The No. 1-ranked Washington women's rowing team heads to Indianapolis this week for the 2019 NCAA Rowing Championships.
 
The 23rd NCAA regatta will be held at the Indianapolis Rowing Center at Eagle Creek Park, which was also the venue for NCAAs in 2003, 2014 and 2015, and hosted the World Championships in 1994. Racing is this Friday through Sunday, May 31-June 2.
 
Last season, the UW finished second overall, winning the second varsity eight championship while finishing second in both the varsity eight and varsity four. The year before, in 2017, Washington became the first team ever to sweep all three grand finals, earning the program's fourth NCAA championship. Washington also won in 1997, 1998 and 2001, and the Huskies have never finished outside of the top 10 in 22 prior regattas. The UW also won seven national titles prior to the start an NCAA-sponsored championship in 1997.
 
This year, the UW enters the championships with the No. 4 seed in the varsity eight (I Eights) and the No. 1 seed in both the second varsity eight (II Eights) and the varsity four (Fours).
 
Here's the schedule of races this weekend (subject to change):
 
Friday, May 31, Heats
UPDATE: Races were delayed due to weather. Check @UW Rowing on Twitter for the latest.
5:10 p.m. ET/2:10 p.m. PT – Varsity Eight, heat four
(lanes 1-6): Gonzaga, Virginia, Washington, Texas, Wisconsin, Northeastern
 
5:20 p.m. ET/2:20 p.m. PT – Second Varsity Eight, heat one
(lanes 1-5): Navy, Brown, Washington, Princeton, UCF
 
6:00 p.m. ET/3:00 p.m. PT – Varsity Four, heat one
(lanes 1-5): Harvard, California, Washington, Brown, Iowa
 
Saturday, June 1 – Semifinals
8:36 and 8:48 a.m. ET/5:36 and 5:48 a.m. PT – Varsity Eight, A/B semifinals
9:24 and 9:36 a.m. ET/6:24 and 6:36 a.m. PT – Second Varsity Eight, A/B semifinals
10:12 and 10:24 a.m. ET/7:12 and 7:24 a.m. PT – Varsity Four, A/B semifinals
 
Sunday, June 2 – Finals
10:24 a.m. ET/7:24 a.m. PT – Varsity Four, grand final
10:48 a.m. ET/7:48 a.m. PT – Second Varsity Eight, grand final
11:12 a.m. ET/8:12 a.m. PT – Varsity Eight, grand final
 
See the "NCAA Regatta Website" link at the top right of this page for the full schedule of all heats, repechages, semifinals and finals.
 
Scoring
The NCAA Rowing champion is determined by total points. The first-place finisher in the Varsity 4+ grand final will earn 22 points, with each finisher after that receiving one fewer (21 for second, 20 for third, all the way to one point for 22nd place). The 2V8+ winner gets 44 points, with each subsequent finisher earning two fewer (42 for second; 40 for third, etc.), and the varsity eight winner gets 66 points, with the second-place team getting 63, etc. Any ties in the point totals are broken by the two (or three) teams' finish in the varsity eight.
 
Race Coverage
For the latest information on the Huskies at the NCAA Championships, make sure to follow @UW_Rowing on Twitter. You'll find the latest links to live coverage and more there. The NCAA will live stream the races in Indianapolis, via its NCAA Championships Live website. Any links to live video and/or to live results will be posted on the @UW_Rowing Twitter feed, as well as on the women's rowing schedule page here on GoHuskies.com. Also, you'll find lots of great links and an NCAA Rowing app on the regatta's website. See link at top right of this page.
 
UW's All-Time NCAA Team Finishes
2017: 2nd
2017: 1st
2016: 5th
2015: 4th
2014: 7th
2013: 6th
2012: 7th
2011: 8th
2010: 10th
2009: 7th
2008: 2nd
2007: 10th
2006: 7th
2005: 9th
2004: 5th
2003: 3rd
2002: 2nd
2001: 1st
2000: 2nd
1999: 3rd
1998: 1st
1997: 1st
 
UW's All-Time NCAA Event Champions
Fours (stroke to bow, coxswain)
1999 (Erin Becht, Anna Mickelson, Kara Nykrein, Kellie Schenk, Mary Whipple)
2000 (Lauren Estevenin, Carrie Stasiak, Heidi Hurn, Adrienne Hunter, Anne Heisburg)
2001 (Margherita Pallottino, Yvonne Stenken, Kattie Baurichter, Teegan Simonson, Maili Barber)
2008 (Rachel Powers, Jennifer Park, Charlene Franklin, Adrienne Martelli, Maggie Cheek)
2017 (Valentina Iseppi, Valerie Vogt, Julia Paulsen, Sophia Baker, Marley Avritt)*
* - NCAA-record time for fours: 7:07.103
 
Second Eights (coxswain, stroke to bow)
2002 (Anne Hessburg, Jenni Vesnaver, Jessica Harm, Shannon Oates, Erin Becht, Sanda Hangan, Margherita Pallottino, Erin Curry, Mandy Nelson)
2017 (Isabella Corriere, Marlee Blue, Maggie Phillips, Carmela Pappalardo, Phoebe Spoors, Karlé Pittsinger, Bella Chilczuk, Anna Thornton, Calina Schanze)
2018 (Marley Avritt, Brooke Pierson, Katy Gillingham, Carmela Pappalardo, Karlé Pittsinger, Julia Paulsen, Jennifer Wren, Jessica Thoennes, Calina Schanze)
 
First Eights (coxswain, stroke to bow)
1997 (Alida Purves, Sabina Telenska, Denni Nessler, Kelly Horton, Katy Dunnet, Annie Christie, Jan Williamson, Tristine Glick, Kari Green)
1998 (Missy Collins, Sabina Telenska, Denni Nessler, Kelly Horton, Katy Dunnet, Annie Christie, Rachel Dunnet, Vanessa Tavalero, Kari Green)
2001 (Mary Whipple, Lauren Estevenin, Nicole Borges, Anna Mickelson, Rika Geyser, Adrienne Hunter, Carrie Stasiak, Nicole Rogers, Annabel Ritchie)
2002 (Mary Whipple, Lauren Estevenin, Annabel Ritchie, Anna Mickelson, Heidi Hurn, Adrienne Hunter, Carrie Stasiak, Kara Nykreim, Yvonneke Stenken)
2017 (Phoebe Marks-Nicholes, Chiara Ondoli, Elise Beuke, Brooke Pierson, Katy Gillingham, Brooke Mooney, Tabea Schendekehl, Jessica Thoennes, Annemieke Schanze)
 
All-Time NCAA Rowing Team Championships
Brown – 7
Washington – 4
California – 4
Ohio State – 3
Virginia – 2
Stanford – 1
Harvard – 1
 
All-Time NCAA Rowing Event (V8+, 2V8+, V4+) Championships
Brown – 14
Washington – 13
Virginia – 9
California – 7
Ohio State – 6
Yale – 4
Princeton – 3
Michigan – 2
Stanford – 2
Clemson – 1
Harvard – 1
Minnesota – 1
USC – 1
 
UW's Pre-NCAA (NCRC) Women's National Championships
Varsity Eight*
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1987
1988
* V8+ winner was considered national champion prior to NCAA regatta
 
Junior Varsity Eight
1981
1982
1983
1987
1989
1994
 
Varsity Four
1987