INDIANAPOLIS — The NCAA Division I Women’s Rowing Committee has selected the teams that will compete in the 2017 NCAA Division I Women’s Rowing Championships.
The championships will be held May 26-28 at Mercer Lake in West Windsor, New Jersey, with The Ivy League and the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference serving as hosts.
The team championship is composed of 22 teams. Eleven conferences were awarded automatic qualification and the remaining 11 slots were filled with at-large selections to complete the championship field. Teams qualifying for the championship as an automatic qualifier or as an at-large are required to field two boats of eight rowers and one boat of four rowers. For the I Eights, II Eights and Fours, all 22 boats will be seeded into four heats.
The following teams were selected:
| AUTOMATIC QUALIFIERS | CONFERENCE |
|---|---|
| Washington | Pac-12 Conference |
| UCF | American Athletic Conference |
| Gonzaga | West Coast Conference |
| Jacksonville | Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference |
| Princeton | The Ivy League |
| Massachusetts | Atlantic 10 Conference |
| Navy | Patriot League |
| Northeastern | Colonial Athletic Conference |
| Ohio State | Big Ten Conference |
| Texas | Big 12 Conference |
| Virginia | Atlantic Coast Conference |
AT-LARGE SELECTIONS:
Brown
California
Michigan
Stanford
WIsconsin
Yale
Syracuse
Washington State
Indiana
Iowa
Notre Dame
The seeding for each boat classification is as follows:
| I EIGHTS | II EIGHTS | FOURS | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Washington | 1 | Washington | 1 | Washington |
| 2 | California | 2 | California | 2 | California |
| 3 | Texas | 3 | Brown | 3 | Michigan |
| 4 | Princeton | 4 | Michigan | 4 | Ohio State |
| 5 | Ohio State | 5 | Texas | 5 | Yale |
| 6 | Stanford | 6 | Princeton | 6 | Wisconsin |
| 7 | Michigan | 7 | Ohio State | 7 | Brown |
| 8 | Brown | 8 | Yale | 8 | Virginia |
| 9 | Yale | 9 | Wisconsin | 9 | Texas |
| 10 | Washington State | 10 | Syracuse | 10 | Princeton |
| 11 | Indiana | 11 | Virginia | 11 | Stanford |
| 12 | Virginia | 12 | Stanford | 12 | Washington State |
| 13 | Notre Dame | 13 | Iowa | 13 | Gonzaga |
| 14 | Syracuse | 14 | Notre Dame | 14 | Indiana |
| 15 | Iowa | 15 | Indiana | 15 | Syracuse |
| 16 | Wisconsin | 16 | Washington State | 16 | Iowa |
| 17 | UCF | 17 | Gonzaga | 17 | Notre Dame |
| 18 | Gonzaga | 18 | Northeastern | 18 | UCF |
| 19 | Northeastern | 19 | Navy | 19 | Navy |
| 20 | Navy | 20 | Massachusetts | 20 | Northeastern |
| 21 | Massachusetts | 21 | UCF | 21 | Massachusetts |
| 22 | Jacksonville | 22 | Jacksonville | 22 | Jacksonville |
In 2016, California claimed its first rowing national title since 2006 at the NCAA Division I Women’s Rowing Championships at the Sacramento State Aquatic Center in Gold River, California. For all the latest news, results and a webcast of all races at the NCAA Championships, visit NCAA.com.
