The Women’s Rowing team picked up an at large bid to the NCAA Championships following a second place finish at the Big Ten Championships. Women’s rowing, currently ranked at No. 10, earned a berth to the NCAA Championships for a seventh consecutive year.
Seemingly without much fanfare, head coach Justin Price has built a powerhouse program in his nine years at the state university.
RU’s Varsity 8, 2nd Varsity 8, and Varsity 4 boats begin NCAA competition on Friday, May 29, with flighted heats, with semifinals
slated for Saturday, May 30, before the competition wraps up with championship finals on Sunday, May 31.
At the Big Ten meet, the Scarlet Knights saw their Third Varsity 8 claim a Big Ten title with silver in its six other races. The Third Varsity 8’s title marked RU’s first Big Ten Championship in the event and fourth boat to win gold at the championships, joining the Fourth Varsity 8 in 2022 and the Third Varsity 4 in 2023 and 2024.
Five Scarlet Knights earned All-Big Ten Honors. First Team All-Big Ten went to Chiara Saccomando, Lily Wood and Elena Moran. Wood picked up third-team honors for the third-straight year, while Saccomando landed on her second all-conference team after earning second team last season. All-Big Ten Second Team honors went to Fallon DeWitt and Beatrice Colclough.
At last year’s NCAA Championships, Rutgers placed eighth in its second-highest national finish in program history.
