NCAA Division III Rowing Championship

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]

NCAA Division III Rowing Championship

Current season, competition or edition: []
Sport	College rowing
Founded	2002
No. of teams	8
Country	United States
Most recent champion(s)	Bates College (2019)
Official website	NCAA.com

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:

• Pool A – four (Pool A consists of conferences that have been awarded automatic qualification):
  • Liberty League
  • Mid-Atlantic Rowing Conference
  • New England Small College Athletic Conference
  • New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference
• Pool B/C – four (Pools B and C include independents, institutions from conferences that do not meet automatic-qualification standards and Pool A institutions that did not receive their conference’s automatic qualification). Independents and institutions from conferences that do not meet automatic-qualification standards are:
  • Massachusetts Maritime Academy
  • D’Youville College
  • Sarah Lawrence College
  • State University of New York Maritime College
  • Lewis & Clark College
  • Mills College
  • Pacific University
  • Pacific Lutheran University
  • University of Puget Sound

Varsity 8+ Champions

Year	School	Crew
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	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

Team Champions

• 2019 - Bates
• 2018 - Bates
• 2017 - Bates+++
• 2016 - Wellesley
• 2015 - Bates
• 2014 - Trinity
• 2013 - Williams
• 2012 - Williams
• 2011 - Williams
• 2010 - Williams
• 2009 - Williams
• 2008 - Williams+++
• 2007 - Williams
• 2006 - Williams+++
• 2005 - Ithaca++
• 2004 - Ithaca
• 2003 - Colby
• 2002 - Williams
• Note: 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. +++And, in 2017, Bates again won the team title, although Williams placed first in the Varsity 8+ grand final. In all other years, the winner of the Varsity 8+ race also won the NCAA Division III team title.[2]

See also

• Intercollegiate Women's Varsity Eights
• Intercollegiate Rowing Association Women's Varsity Lightweight Eights Champions
• NCAA Division I Rowing Championship
• NCAA Division II Rowing Championship
• http://www.ncaa.com/news/rowing/article/2016-05-28/wellesley-captures-its-first-division-iii-rowing-national-title

References

1. "Rowing : Division III : Highlights" (PDF). Fs.ncaa.org. Retrieved 2014-02-14.
2. "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

External links

• NCAA Division III Rowing