Michigan
NCAA Championship
Michigan in Ohio to Take Part in NCAA Championships
5/29/2024 11:08:00 AM | Rowing
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Fresh off the program's ninth Big Ten Championship, the No. 9-ranked University of Michigan rowing team continues its postseason with the NCAA Championships this Friday through Sunday (May 31-June 2) at East Fork State Park's Harsha Lake in Bethel, Ohio.
Three days of racing begins on Friday (May 31) with U-M's first scheduled event at 10:12 a.m. (first varsity eight heats).
A full first-day schedule and scoring system breakdown are below.
Scoring System, Format
The NCAA rowing team champion is determined by total points earned in three different boat classes (1V8, 2V8, 1V4). Each boat class competes for a national title. Competing in five- and six-boat races, teams will race in heats on Friday based on seeding, with the top three boats in each heat advancing to A/B semifinals, and the lower-finishing boats moving on to C/D semifinals. Those semifinals grant berths to Sunday's (June 2) Grand Final (national placings 1-6), Petite Final (7-12), C Final (13-18) and D Final (19-22).
Any ties in the team point totals are broken by the two (or three) teams' finish in the varsity eight.
| Event | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
| 1V8 | 66 | 63 | 60 | 57 | 54 | 51 | 48 | 45 | 42 | 39 | 36 | 33 | 30 | 27 | 24 | 21 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 3 |
| 2V8 | 44 | 42 | 40 | 38 | 36 | 34 | 32 | 30 | 28 | 26 | 24 | 22 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| 1V4 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Friday Schedule (Michigan Only)
Event/Time
1V8 (Heat 3) -- 10:12 a.m.
2V8 (Heat 2) -- 10:48 a.m.
1V4 (Heat 3) -- 11:48 a.m.
| Michigan Seeds/Lane Assignments | |||
| Event | Seed | Lane (Heat) | Opponents (Lanes) |
| 1V8 | 11 | 2 (3) | Boston (1), Princeton (3), Pennsylvania (4), Rutgers (5), Jacksonville (6) |
| 2V8 | 10 | 2 (2) | Boston (1), Tennessee (3), Washington (4), Duke (5) |
| 1V4 | 6 | 4 (3) | Northeastern (1), Cal (2), Princeton (3), Indiana (5), Jacksonville (6) |
Notes
• The NCAA Championships regatta takes place in Ohio for the first time. It is the sixth time the event has been in the Midwest with all five previous championships happening in Indianapolis, Ind. (most recently in 2019).
• The Wolverines have placed top-12 nationally in 11 straight years, earning top-five finishes three times in the last six seasons.
• Michigan's roster is full of seniors, including three athletes with NCAA Grand Final experience in their careers: Ariana Shokoohi (1V8), Zara Collisson (2V8), and Sarah McKay (1V4).
• Other athletes with NCAA experience returning from the 2023 championship lineup (17 total) include coxswain Logan Roeder and rowers Annaka Draaisma, Katie Easton, Delaney Evans, Aubrey Fitts, Brooke Gietzen, Gabrielle Graves, Abby Hathaway, Sara Houben, Gracie Landefeld, Leah Miller, Anna Muench, Jana Peachey and Carla Russell.
• U-M is the top-ranked Big Ten program in the field, having won gold medals in all three events at the conference championship regatta en route to 189 team points, the third-highest total in league history. Indiana, Ohio State and Rutgers all made the NCAA field as at-large bids.
• Collisson was recently named Big Ten Athlete of the Year. The 2023 All-American's selection gives the Wolverines five of the last six award recipients. She also was named first team All-Big Ten, along with Easton and Peachey. Draaisma and Fitts picked up second-team honors.
• Head coach Mark Rothstein also received recognition from the conference, collecting co-Big Ten Coach of the Year honors. It was the seventh league award in Rothstein's decorated career leading the Wolverines.
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