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NCAA Division III rowing championship
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event [ [1]
Sport College rowing
Founded2002
No. of teams8
CountryUnited States
Most recent
champion(s)
Wellesley (3rd)
Official website NCAA.com

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

Wellesley are the defending champions, winning their third national title in 2023. [2]

The most successful program has been Williams, with nine titles. [3]

Championship

Each championship tournament consists of eight teams, and each team is required to field two boats of eight rowers and a coxswain.

The following are the berths that are allocated:

Results

NCAA Division III Rowing Championships
Year Site
(Host Team)
Team Results
Champion Score Runner-Up Score
2002
Details
Indianapolis, IN Williams 9 Colby 11
2003
Details
Colby 10 Puget Sound 12
2004
Details
Gold River, CA Ithaca 7 Smith 10
2005
Details
Ithaca (2) 10 Smith 10
2006
Details
West Windsor, NJ Williams (2) 21 Ithaca 15
2007
Details
Oak Ridge, TN Williams (3) 18 Trinity (CT) 16
2008
Details
Gold River, CA Williams (4) 25 Trinity (CT) 21
2009
Details
Cherry Hill, NJ Williams (5) 24 Bates 19
2010
Details
Gold River, CA Williams (6) 26 Bates 19
2011
Details
Williams (7) 19 Bates 16
2012
Details
West Windsor, NJ Williams (8) 42 Bates 37
2013
Details
Indianapolis, IN Williams (9) 43 Bates 35
2014
Details
Trinity (CT) 40 Williams 33
2015
Details
Gold River, CA Bates 39 Trinity (CT) 38
2016
Details
Wellesley 40 Bates 36
2017
Details
West Windsor, NJ Bates (2) 39 Williams 38
2018
Details
Sarasota, FL Bates (3) 56 Wellesley 45
2019
Details
Indianapolis, IN [4] Bates (4) 46 WPI 41
2020 Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic
2021
Details
Sarasota, FL Bates (5) 42 Hamilton 33
2022
Details
Wellesley (2) 51 Bates 50
2023
Details
Pennsauken, NJ
( Temple)
Wellesley (3) 54 Wesleyan 45
2024
Details
Bethel, OH
( Marietta)
2025
Details
West Windsor, NJ
( Ivy & MAAC)
2026
Details
Gainesville, GA
( North Georgia)

Notes

  • In 2005, Ithaca and Smith tied in total points for the team title, which was awarded to Ithaca based on a better overall finish in the Varsity 8+ race.
  • In 2006 and 2008, Williams won the team title by placing second and third in the grand final.
  • In 2015, total points for team title was awarded to Bates, but Trinity won the Varsity 8+ grand final.
  • In 2017, Bates again won the team title, although Williams placed first in the Varsity 8+ grand final.
  • In 2022, Wellesley won the team title, despite WPI winning the Varsity 8+ grand final.
  • In all other years, the winner of the Varsity 8+ race also won the NCAA Division III team title. [5]

Event results

Varsity 8+

Year School Crew
2023 Wellesley Anya Hanichak (8), Anneka Hallstrom (7), Katherine Moeser (6), Kaitlyn Severin (5), Sage Gilbert-Diamond (4), Hannah Bates (3), Emma Anghel (2), Kaylee Liu (1), Isabella Santos (Cox)
2022 WPI Melissa Bazakas-Chamberlain (8), Alexandra Heline (7), Megan Tupaj (6), Caitlin Kean (5), Jillian Early (4), Maren Cork (3), Emily Adams (2), Ashley Schuliger (1), Logan Rinaldi (Cox)
2021 Bates Grace Bake (8), Carla Guichard (7), Sally Harris Porter (6), Hannah Beams (5), Elizabeth Fischer (4), Lillian Kinder (3), Catharine Berry-Toon (2) and Saylor Strugar (1), Elizabeth Folsom (Cox)
2020 Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic
2019 Bates Head Coach: Peter Steenstra
2018 Bates Head Coach: Peter Steenstra
2017 Williams Clara Beery (8), Bertie Miller (7), Eileen Russell (6), Gabrielle Markel (5), Rebecca Smith (4), Maddy Boutet (3), Emory Strawn (2), Emily Burch (1), Louisa Abel (cox), Head Coach: Kate Maloney
2016 Wellesley Emilia Ball (8), Kathryn Barth (7), Sydney Dollmeyer (6), Loren Lock (5), Molly Hoyer (4), Olivia Duggan (3), Lauren Bazley (2), Katie Livingston (1), Alessandra Zaldívar-Giuffredi (cox), Head Coach: Tessa Spillane
2015 Trinity Chanel Erasmus, Kiely MacMahon, Georgia Wetmore, Madeleine Boudreau, Claudia Jensen, Cristina Pretto, Jennifer Sager, Antonia Bowden, Sarah Keane (cox), Head Coach: Wesley Ng
2014 Trinity Jillian Zieff (8), Renee Swetz (7), Madeleine Boudreau (6), Kathryn Hibbard (5), Julia Kelling (4), Catherine Guariglia (3), Rose Lichtenfels (2), Claire Barkin (1), Gwendolyn Schoch (cox), Head Coach: Wesley Ng
2013 Williams Katie Westervelt, Meg Steer, Andrea Remec, Stephanie Neul, Emma Laukitis, Piper Sallquist, Annie Haley, Dana Golden, Anna Hopkins (cox), Head Coach: Kate Maloney
2012 Williams Dana Golden, Annie Haley, Jane McClellan, Lindsay Olsen, Abbie Deal, Emma Pelegri-O'Day, Julia May, Dorothy MacAusland, Fiona Wilkes (cox), Head Coach: Kate Maloney
2011 Williams Anna Soybel, Adrienne Darrow, Dana Golden, Annie Haley, Abbie Deal, Lindsay Olsen, Kate Shaper, Emma Pelegri-O'Day, Becca Licht (cox), (Interim) Head Coach: Brad Hemmerly
2010 Williams Emma Pelegri-O'Day, Sarah Ginsberg, Madeline Berky, Dana Golden, Lindsay Olsen, Kate Shaper, Dorothy MacAusland, Julia Haltermann, Becca Licht (cox), Head Coach: Justin Moore
2009 Williams Julia Haltermann, Emma Pelegri-O'Day, Kate Shaper, Dorothy MacAusland, Meg Conan, Samantha Smith, Sarah Ginsberg, Katherine Robinson, Allison Prevatt (cox), Head Coach: Justin Moore
2008 Trinity Ellie Wierzbowski, Amory Minot, Ali Schmidt, Deede Dixon, Ashley Swiggett, Loren Massimino, Carmel Zahran, Natalie Jones, Stephanie Apstein (cox), Head Coach: Wesley Ng
2007 Williams Katherine Robinson, Katie Quayle, Carolyn Skudder, Louisa Berky, Kate Sortun, Julia Haltermann, Abby Weir, Emily Cheston, Allison Prevatt (cox), Head Coach: Pat Tynan
2006 Ithaca Sarah Kuebler, Emma Flemer, Kaitlin Veninsky, Stephanie Knabe, Kelsey Schaeffer, Stacey Bowen, Jane Semiz, Heather Luke, Melanie Pessin (cox), Head Coach: Becky Robinson
2005 Trinity Tara Maciog, Hadley Wilmerding, Elizabeth Guernsey, Sarah Carter, Katie Gordon, Loren Massimino, Ali Schmidt, Carmel Zahran, Emily McLean (cox), Head Coach: Marina Traub
2004 Ithaca Jill Moler, Nora Lahr, Jessie Selock, Megan Musnicki, Stephanie Knabe, Stacey Bowen, Heather Luke, Leslie Nichols, Catie Gloo (cox), Head Coach: Becky Robinson
2003 Colby Leah Hagamen, Emily Allen, Laura Mistretta, Annie Szender, Leah Robertson, Andrea Piekarski, Megan Loosigian, Ellie Boyce, Vivienne Ho (cox), Head Coach: Stew Stokes
2002 Williams Anne Rutherford, Anne Lewis, Liz Mygatt, Rachel DeSouza, Laura Spero, Shoshana Clark, Izzy Lowell, Emma Herries, Rachel Outman (cox), Head Coach: Justin Moore

See also

References

  1. ^ "Rowing : Division III : Highlights" (PDF). Fs.ncaa.org. Retrieved 2014-02-14.
  2. ^ "Wellesley Crew Wins the 2022 NCAA DIII Rowing National Championship". 2022-05-28. {{ cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= ( help)
  3. ^ "Under 3 coaches in 8 years, Williams won more consecutive rowing titles than any NCAA school". NCAA.org. Retrieved 2022-07-22.
  4. ^ https://www.ncaa.com/news/rowing/article/2019-05-30/ncaa-rowing-championships-washington-central-oklahoma-bates-crowned
  5. ^ "DIII Rowing". NCAA.com. Retrieved 2014-02-14.
 3. 
https://www.ncaa.com/news/rowing/article/2014-05-31/trinity-conn-earns-programs-first-ncaa-national-championship

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