NCAA Championships
Nathan Benderson Park | Sarasota, Fla.
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SARASOTA, Fla. – After the third day of competition, the Gonzaga women's rowing team finished 18th overall and recorded 28 team points at the NCAA Championships to finish out the 2022 season. The finish marks one of the best performances in program history as the Zags finished 18th in 2018 along with 16th in 2016 and 17th in 2015.

"I am so proud of these young women, our staff, and this program!" head coach Andrew Derrick said. "We had some real challenges through the week that included COVID line-up changes, a couple disappointing rows, and some great competition. But when the dust settled, I think we did absolutely all we could do this weekend.  Each boat had some great highlights to their weekend and moved our program in the right direction. We will truly miss all the seniors, they are phenomenal. They set a great standard and left a legacy and culture of pushing the bar higher and higher and I believe the team will be even better next year!"
 
All three boats raced for the third-straight day as both the 1V4 and 1V8 competed in the C Final today and the 2V8 raced in the D Final.

The Varsity 8 raced a super close race that included Rutgers, Oregon State, Southern California, Duke, and Syracuse. In the first 1,000 meters, the Zags were right next to Syracuse with both boats having a time of 3:17 and only one second behind USC and Duke. GU ended up placing sixth in the heat with a time of 6:41.154 as Rutgers placed first with 6:31.963. With their performance today, the boat places 18th overall in the nation.

In the 2V8 race, the Zags placed first in the D Final with a finishing time of 6:56.523 over Rhode Island, Northeastern and Jacksonville. The Bulldogs took command over the race from the start and kept the momentum up as they won the race by over five seconds to take 19th overall.

The 1V4 boat competed in the C Final and took sixth in the heat to place 18th overall with a 7:30.656 time. GU competed against SMU, Syracuse, Duke, Oregon State and Pennsylvania as SMU placed first in 7:14.960. The boat's time was just shy of a school record in the C Final at the NCAAs with the current program best being 7:30.280 by the Varsity 4's 2013 team.

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.