SPOKANE, Wash. – The NCAA Division I Women's Rowing Committee has released the full list of 22 teams that will compete across three events in the 2022 NCAA Division I Women's Rowing Championships.
The championships will be held May 27-29 at Nathan Benderson Park in Sarasota, Fla., with University of Central Florida and Suncoast Aquatic Nature Center Associates serving as hosts.
Gonzaga's varsity eight and second varsity boats are both seeded No. 18 while the varsity four boat is seeded 20th. The Zags will compete in Heat 2 for both the varsity eight and second varsity eight races, while Gonzaga's varsity four boat will compete in Heat 4.
The Zags are one of 22 teams in the field. Eleven conferences were awarded automatic qualification and the remaining 11 slots were filled with at-large selections to complete the championship field. Gonzaga qualified for the seventh-straight season and eighth time in program history after winning the West Coast Conference last week.
At the last NCAA Rowing Championships in 2021, Gonzaga finished 20th overall. That year, the varsity eight took first in the D Final to finish 19th overall, while the second varsity eight finished fourth in the D Final (22nd overall). The varsity four claimed sixth in the C Final to finish 18th overall.
Gonzaga is fresh off its seventh-straight WCC title and 20th championship in program history. Gonzaga swept the competition with placing first in all three races on the day at Lake Natoma. They finished with 42 total points to secure the win.
Teams qualifying for the NCAA Championships are required to field two boats of eight rowers and one boat of four rowers.
The following teams were selected:
Automatic Qualifiers
SMU (American Athletic)
Rhode Island (Atlantic 10)
Virginia (Atlantic Coast)
Texas (Big 12)
Ohio State (Big Ten)
Northeastern (Colonial Athletic)
Princeton (The Ivy League)
Jacksonville (Metro Atlantic Athletic)
Stanford (Pac-12)
Boston (Patriot League)
Gonzaga (West Coast)
At-Large Selections
Brown
California
Duke
Michigan
Oregon State
Pennsylvania
Rutgers
Southern California
Syracuse
Washington
Yale
The seeding for each boat classification is as follows:
| I Eights |
II Eights |
Fours |
| 1 |
Texas |
1 |
Texas |
1 |
Texas |
| 2 |
Princeton |
2 |
Yale |
2 |
Stanford |
| 3 |
Stanford |
3 |
Washington |
3 |
Princeton |
| 4 |
Brown |
4 |
Stanford |
4 |
Ohio State |
| 5 |
Yale |
5 |
Brown |
5 |
Washington |
| 6 |
Ohio State |
6 |
Pennsylvania |
6 |
Brown |
| 7 |
Michigan |
7 |
California |
7 |
Michigan |
| 8 |
Washington |
8 |
Michigan |
8 |
Southern California |
| 9 |
Pennsylvania |
9 |
SMU |
9 |
Yale |
| 10 |
California |
10 |
Ohio State |
10 |
Virginia |
| 11 |
Oregon State |
11 |
Virginia |
11 |
California |
| 12 |
SMU |
12 |
Syracuse |
12 |
Duke |
| 13 |
Virginia |
13 |
Princeton |
13 |
SMU |
| 14 |
Syracuse |
14 |
Duke |
14 |
Oregon State |
| 15 |
Duke |
15 |
Rutgers |
15 |
Rutgers |
| 16 |
Rutgers |
16 |
Oregon State |
16 |
Syracuse |
| 17 |
Southern California |
17 |
Southern California |
17 |
Pennsylvania |
| 18 |
Gonzaga |
18 |
Gonzaga |
18 |
Northeastern |
| 19 |
Boston U. |
19 |
Boston U. |
19 |
Boston U. |
| 20 |
Northeastern |
20 |
Rhode Island |
20 |
Gonzaga |
| 21 |
Rhode Island |
21 |
Jacksonville |
21 |
Rhode Island |
| 22 |
Jacksonville |
22 |
Northeastern |
22 |
Jacksonville |
