NCAA Division II rowing championship

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NCAA Division II rowing championship
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Sports current event.svg 2019 NCAA Division II Rowing Championship
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Sport College rowing
Founded2002
No. of teams6
CountryUnited States
Most recent
champion(s)
Cal Poly Humboldt (3)
Official website NCAA.com

The NCAA Division II Rowing Championship is a rowing championship held by the NCAA for Division II women's heavyweight (or openweight) collegiate crews. [1]

Contents

The reigning champions are Cal Poly Humboldt, who won their third team national title in 2023. They look to defend their title this upcoming postseason.

The most successful program has been Western Washington, with eight titles. The most successful conference has been the GNAC, producing 14 of the 21 champions (though not all occurred while in the conference).

UC Davis has made the transition to Division I, and despite winning the first two Division II championships back-to-back, cut their rowing team in 2010 due to the financial crisis. [2]

Mercyhurst will make the transition to Division I following the 2023-24 season. It is the only independent school to have won the tournament, and their new rowing conference is TBA.

Format

The NCAA Division II Women's Rowing Championships comprise 68 total competitors (86 including spares) and two events, varsity eights and fours. Four teams are selected, each of which is required to field an eight and a four. Two additional at-large schools are selected to field only an eight. The following criteria are used in selecting teams and individual boats:

Scoring

Results

NCAA Division II Rowing Championships
YearSite
(Host Team)
Team ResultsIndividual Results
ChampionScoreRunner-UpScoreFoursII EightsI Eights
2002
Details
Indianapolis, IN UC Davis 50 Western Washington 45Not held UC Davis UC Davis
2003
Details
UC Davis(2)20 Western Washington 15 UC Davis Not heldUC Davis (2)
2004
Details
Gold River, CA Mercyhurst 18 Humboldt State 17 Humboldt State Mercyhurst
2005
Details
Western Washington20Mercyhurst12 Western Washington Western Washington
2006
Details
West Windsor, NJ Western Washington(2)20 Barry 15Western Washington (3)Western Washington (2)
2007
Details
Oak Ridge, TN Western Washington(3)20 UC San Diego 15Western Washington (4)Western Washington (3)
2008
Details
Gold River, CAWestern Washington(4)20UC San Diego15Western Washington (5)Western Washington (4)
2009
Details
Cherry Hill, NJ Western Washington(5)18Mercyhurst13 Nova Southeastern Western Washington (5)
2010
Details
Gold River, CAWestern Washington(6)20 Seattle Pacific 11Western Washington (6)Mercyhurst (2)
2011
Details
Western Washington(7)20Mercyhurst13Western Washington (7)Western Washington (6)
2012
Details
West Windsor, NJHumboldt State20Western Washington13Humboldt State (2) Humboldt State
2013
Details
Indianapolis, IN Nova Southeastern 20Barry15Nova Southeastern (2) Nova Southeastern
2014
Details
Humboldt State16Nova Southeastern15Western Washington (8)Humboldt State (2)
2015
Details
Gold River, CABarry20Mercyhurst15
2016
Details
Barry (2)20 Central Oklahoma 15
2017
Details
West Windsor, NJWestern Washington(8)17Central Oklahoma16
2018
Details
Sarasota, FL Central Oklahoma18Western Washington14
2019
Details
Indianapolis, IN [4] Central Oklahoma (2)30 Florida Tech 23
2020Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic
2021
Details
Sarasota, FLCentral Oklahoma (3)20Mercyhurst15Not held
2022
Details
Mercyhurst (2)30Western Washington19
2023
Details
Pennsauken, NJ
(Temple)
Cal Poly Humboldt (3)30Central Oklahoma25
2024
Details
Bethel, OH
(Marietta)
2025
Details
West Windsor, NJ
(Ivy & MAAC)
2026
Details
Gainesville, GA
(North Georgia)

Team champions

Team#Years
Western Washington 82005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2017
Cal Poly Humboldt 32012, 2014, 2023
Central Oklahoma 32018, 2019, 2021
Barry 22015, 2016
Mercyhurst 22004, 2022
UC Davis 22002, 2003
Nova Southeastern 12013

Event champions

Fours

YearWinning TeamCrewTime
2003 UC Davis Laura Syms
Sarah Anderson
Joan Silva
Dawn Leppert
Michelle Seymour (cox)
7:47.03
2004 Humboldt State Jolie Smith
Winnie Bell
Jessica Lev
Lisa McDonnell
Melanie Rowsey (cox)
7:57.5
2005 Western Washington Jordan Tobler
Tanya Kaufman
Samantha Marikis
Courtney Moeller
Elisabeth Johnson (cox)
7:46.82
2006Western Washington (2)Hilary Gastwirth
Katie Saelens
Katrina Anderson
Kirsten Mathers
Coree Naslund (cox)
8:24.155
2007Western Washington (3)Jordan Tobler
Gina Auriemma
Katie Saelens
Hilary Gastwirth
Robin Fitzpatrick (cox)
8:08.72
2008Western Washington (4)Katie Tipton
Casey Mapes
Julia Munger
Hilary Gastwirth
Samantha Oberholzer (cox)
7:57.54
2009 Nova Southeastern Lauren McElhenny
Claire Kurlychek
Ashley Lofria
Jessica Sutter
Heather Clayton (cox)
7.53.64
2010Western Washington (5)Carson MacPherson-Krutsky
Hannah Gallagher
Stephanie Bluhm
Kelsey Baker
Kelsey McFarland (cox)
7.25.35
2011Western Washington (6)Kelsey Baker
Mariana Cains
Alyssa Dewey
Lauren Fleming
Kelsey McFarland (cox)
7:50.72
2012 Humboldt State (2)Kaitlyn Shanle
Amanda Nelson
Shenae Bishop
Julia Smith
Ka’ena Sado (cox)
7:42.96
2013Nova Southeastern (2)Megan O’Donnell
Caitlin Mooney
Emily Harrington
Amber Morrell
Courtney Berger (cox)
7:43.85
2014Western Washington (7)Audra Massey
Jenny Chang
Olivia Gangmark-Strickland
Katya Hewitt
Kate Nelson (cox)
7:59.304
2015 Barry Jelena Momirov
Eva Patyi
Bethany Desmond
Mandy Carper
Angela Dasch (cox)
7:49.155

II Eights

YearWinning TeamCrewTime
2002 UC Davis Sara Miller
Kelly Sweerus
Alison Prehn
Marisa Obrian
Ashley Raasch
Amy Mackey
Chrissy Twomey
Dawn Lep
Katie Borg (cox)
7:17.98

I Eights

YearWinning TeamCrewTime
2002 UC Davis Analise Zoller
Brooke Fornaciari
Julie Maosen
Kerry Byrne
Brooke Roberts
Sara Deleon
Shelly Best
Sabrina Litton
Sarah Whipple (cox)
7:06:64
2003UC Davis (2)Kari Harris
Ashley Montross
Becky Anderson
Kalie Benson
Brooke Fornaciari
Shelley Best
Kerry Byrne
Cassie Protman
Katie Borg (cox)
6:51.74
2004 Mercyhurst Naomi Petendra
Kerri Kanaley
Courtney Oke
Chelsea Boothe
Meg Bryant
Megan Holloway
Kristin Best
Kristen Ficorilli
Jill Natale (cox)
7:02.9
2005 Western Washington Stephanie Parker
Amelia Whitcomb
Gail Lumsden
Metta Gilbert
Kailyn McGrath
Lindsay Mann-King
Staci Reynolds
Julia Gamache
Krissy Whaley (cox)
6:48.72
2006Western Washington (2)Staci Reynolds
Julia Gamache
Jordan Tobler
Lindsay Mann-King
Rebecca Willms
Metta Gilbert
Samantha Marikis
Amelia Whitcomb
Elisabeth Johnson (cox)
7:17.64
2007Western Washington (3)Staci Reynolds
Lindsay Mann-King
Meghan Woodman
Amelia Whitcomb
Samantha Marikis
Metta Gilbert
Audrey Coon
Lila Scaife
Kristy Theodorson (cox)
7:03.80
2008Western Washington (4)Staci Reynolds
Metta Gilbert
Meghan Woodman
Gina Auriemma
Samantha Marikis
Amelia Whitcomb
Audrey Coon
Madeleine Eckmann
Kristy Theodorson (cox)
6:53.20
2009Western Washington (5)Casey Mapes
Audrey Coon
Jean Piette
Heather Kelly
Katie Woolsey
Megan Northey
Madeleine Eckmann
Kate Berni
Kristy Theodorson (cox)
6.52.60
2010Mercyhurst (2)Annie Schiller
Alexandra Salen
Alicia Peterson
Sally O’Briend
Rachel Beste
Bethany Brun
Leah Niecgorski
Amanda Carlyon
Lindsey Crosby (cox)
6:42.53
2011Western Washington (6)Stephanie Bluhm
Kate Berni
Siri Carlson
Casey Mapes
Carson MacPherson-Krutsky
Megan Northey
Jean Piette
Katie Woolsey
Samantha Oberholzer (cox)
6:50.46
2012 Humboldt State Katie Lepley
Molly Fisher
Anna Wagner
Alex Torquemada
Ashley Frakes
Edi Sullivan
Jacki McPherson
Chyna Balonick
Katie Harris (cox)
6:48.84
2013 Nova Southeastern Lauren Boudreau
Tori Torrisi
Stephanie Hauck
Amanda Craig
Taylor Van Horn
Kelly Scott
Sarah Patterson
Camille Evans
Amanda Hudon (cox)
6:42.74
2014Humboldt State (2)Jamie Larrabee
Ripley McChesney
Maggie Wilhelm
Kayley Weber
Maddy Guillaume
Samantha Morford
Kate Dedrick
Mariah Smither
Katrina Rehrer (cox)
7:13.405
2015 Barry Anais Foppoli
Paola Girotto
Ellie Hartman
Rosita Boncheva
Paula Klak
Macarena Liano Abascal
Virginia Diaz Rivas
Sara Rus Alba
Stephanie Dinkel (cox)
7:11.548

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