NCAA Championships
Nathan Benderson Park | Sarasota, Fla.
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SARASOTA, Fla. – After a couple weather delays, the Gonzaga women's rowing team completed the second day of the NCAA Championships with one race per boat today. 

The first race of the day was the 1V8 boat, which finished third overall in the Semi-Final 3, ahead of Boston University and Northeastern. Cassidy Parr stroked the crew to a 6:31.516 finishing time as Oregon State took first with a 6:25.254 time. The performance puts the Zags into the C Final tomorrow morning, which begins at 6:10 a.m. Pacific Time. Gonzaga will race against Oregon State, Duke and Rutgers in the final competition of the season.

The 2V8 crew competed next and placed fourth with a time of 7:02.925 in the Semi-Final 3 race with Mollie Monson in the eight seat. The performance put the Zags ahead of Rhode Island as Rutgers took first in 6:44.097. Tomorrow, the boat competes at 5:34 a.m. in the D Final against Rhode Island, Jacksonville and Northeastern.

The final race of the day with the 1V4 crew had a lightning delay right before launching, which pushed back race times an hour out. GU placed third overall after the delay with Serena Foster stroking the boat to a 7:35.671 finish. The Bulldogs finished ahead of Rhode Island and Boston University as Syracuse placed first with a time of 7:27.609. The boat will race first tomorrow with a start time of 5:22 a.m. in the C Final against Duke, Oregon State, SMU, Pennsylvania and Syracuse.

Lineups
Varsity 8+
C: Sailor Hawes
8: Cassidy Parr
7: Grace Dojan
6: Megan Chalfant
5: Hannah Cooney
4: Katie Sierhuis
3: Camille Ruhlin-Hicks
2: Stephanie Westlund
1: Olivia Feistner
 
2nd Varsity 8+
C: Clare Bretschneider
8: Mollie Monson
7: Perrine Sarraute
6: Abigail Gagnon
5: Kailee Jackson
4: Grace Nickas
3: Kaley Grau
2: Ella Beck
1: Quinn Elsenbast
 
Varsity 4+
C: Kathryn Millett
4: Serena Foster
3: Lucianne Salmick
2: Maddie Sontag
1: Sydney Bohn
 
2nd Varsity 4+
C: Maren Marshall
4: Colleen Weber
3: Tatum Heyl
2: Kailee Jackson
1: Samantha Claborn

 
ABOUT THE REGATTA
- Gonzaga is heading back to the NCAA Championships for the seventh-straight year and eighth time in program history after their seventh-straight West Coast Conference Championship on May 14.
- The 2022 NCAA Championships will take place at Nathan Benderson Park in Sarasota, Fla. The event is hosted by the University of Central Florida and Suncoast Aquatic Nature Center Associates.
- 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'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.
- On Friday, Gonzaga's varsity eight will compete in Heat 2 against California, Princeton, Michigan, and Duke at 6:12 a.m. The 2V8 stacks up against Ohio State, Yale, California and Rutgers at 7 a.m. while the varsity four will face Duke, Ohio State, Washington, SMU, and Rhode Island at 8: 12 a.m.
- This is the third time and second-straight year that GU has raced at Nathan Benderson Park for the NCAA Championships, and the second time in program history GU has raced in the state of Florida. In 2018, Gonzaga placed 18th at the NCAA Championships. Gonzaga's first-ever trip to the NCAA Championships was back in 2013; that year, the regatta was held at Eagle Creek Park in Indianapolis, Ind. That year, GU finished 19th overall.

 
EVENT HISTORY
- 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.
- The Zags recorded their best finish in program history in 2016 at the NCAA Championships on Lake Natoma, finishing 16th overall with 45 points. The varsity eight had their best finish at the event, taking second in the C Final to finish 14th overall. The second varsity eight also had their best finish in NCAA Championships history, taking 16th after finishing fourth in the C Final. The varsity four took 19th after taking first in the D Final.
- The Zags had set a then-program record with a 17th place overall finish at the NCAA Championships in 2015 with 37 points. The varsity eight finished 15th and the second varsity eight took 19th, both records at the time.
- The varsity four's best finish came in 2013, their first appearance, when they took 16th overall and fourth in the C Final.  The Zags finished 19th overall that season with the varsity eight and second varsity eight taking 19th.