Friday, May 26
Pennsauken, NJ
All Day
Gonzaga University
at
NCAA Championships
Women's Rowing Set for NCAA Championships
5/25/2023 4:42:00 PM | Women's Rowing
The Bulldogs start competition on Friday morning in New Jersey
PENNSAUKEN, New Jersey. – The Gonzaga women's rowing team is set to compete in their eighth straight NCAA Championships on May 26-28.
NCAA Championships
Camden County Boathouse | Pennsauken, NJ
May 27 | 6 a.m. PT | Heat Sheets/Results | Live Video
May 28 | 6 a.m. PT | Heat Sheets/Results | Live Video
May 29 | 6 a.m. PT | Heat Sheets/Results | Live Video
ABOUT THE REGATTA
- Gonzaga is heading back to the NCAA Championships for the eighth-straight year and ninth time in program history after their eighth-straight West Coast Conference Championship on May 13.
- The 2023 NCAA Championships will take place at Camden County Boathouse in Pennsauken, New Jersey. The event is hosted by Temple University and Camden County Boathouse.
- 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 boat is seeded No. 19 while the 2V8 crew is No. 20. The 1V4 boat is also seeded No. 18. The 1V8 boat will compete in Heat 3 while 2V8 is in Heat 4 and 1V4 is in Heat 2 on Friday, May 26
.- On Friday, Gonzaga's varsity eight will compete in Heat 3 against California, Stanford, Brown, Ohio State and Jacksonville at 9:24 a.m. The 2V8 stacks up against Duke, Washington, Stanford, Michigan and Navy at 10:24 a.m. while the varsity four is in Heat 2 and will face SMU, Yale, Washington and Pennsylvania at 10:48 a.m..
EVENT HISTORY
- Last season, the Bulldogs placed 18th as a team. The Varsity 8 raced a super close race that included Rutgers, Oregon State, Southern California, Duke, and Syracuse. 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, the boat placed 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.
- 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.
Lineups
NCAA Championships
Camden County Boathouse | Pennsauken, NJ
May 27 | 6 a.m. PT | Heat Sheets/Results | Live Video
May 28 | 6 a.m. PT | Heat Sheets/Results | Live Video
May 29 | 6 a.m. PT | Heat Sheets/Results | Live Video
ABOUT THE REGATTA
- Gonzaga is heading back to the NCAA Championships for the eighth-straight year and ninth time in program history after their eighth-straight West Coast Conference Championship on May 13.
- The 2023 NCAA Championships will take place at Camden County Boathouse in Pennsauken, New Jersey. The event is hosted by Temple University and Camden County Boathouse.
- 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 boat is seeded No. 19 while the 2V8 crew is No. 20. The 1V4 boat is also seeded No. 18. The 1V8 boat will compete in Heat 3 while 2V8 is in Heat 4 and 1V4 is in Heat 2 on Friday, May 26
.- On Friday, Gonzaga's varsity eight will compete in Heat 3 against California, Stanford, Brown, Ohio State and Jacksonville at 9:24 a.m. The 2V8 stacks up against Duke, Washington, Stanford, Michigan and Navy at 10:24 a.m. while the varsity four is in Heat 2 and will face SMU, Yale, Washington and Pennsylvania at 10:48 a.m..
EVENT HISTORY
- Last season, the Bulldogs placed 18th as a team. The Varsity 8 raced a super close race that included Rutgers, Oregon State, Southern California, Duke, and Syracuse. 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, the boat placed 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.
- 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.
Lineups
| 1V8+ | 2V8+ | V4+ | |
| C | Sailor Hawes | Clare Bretschneider | Lula Macey |
| 8 | Cassidy Parr | Ella Beck | Grace Hare |
| 7 | Camille Ruhlin-Hicks | Isabella Barstow | Leah Manzo-McCottry |
| 6 | Katie Sierhuis | Maria Ines Marquez | Samantha Claborn |
| 5 | Grace Dojan | Kaley Grau | Lillian Rickett |
| 4 | Perrine Sarraute | Katherine Hill | |
| 3 | Hannah Cooney | Samantha Sabin | |
| 2 | Quinn Elsenbast | Erin Monfredini | |
| 1 | Olivia Feistner | Mollie Monson |
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