Hoosiers' Fifth NCAA Championshp Appearance Begins Friday In Sarasota

Friday, May 25

Sarasota, FL

8:58 AM

Indiana University

NCAA

BLOOMINGTON, IN - APRIL 18, 2018 - during rowing practice at Lake Lemon in Bloomington, IN. Photo By Craig Bisacre/Indiana Athletics

Hoosiers' Fifth NCAA Championshp Appearance Begins Friday In Sarasota

5/24/2018 5:30:00 PM | Women's Rowing

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SARASOTA, Florida – The Indiana Rowing team will make its fifth straight appearance in the NCAA Championships beginning Friday at Nathan Benderson Park in Sarasota, Florida. The regatta is hosted by the University of Central Florida.

The 22 schools that were selected for the championship will get started at 8:10 a.m. on Friday. The trio of IU crews will race at 8:58 a.m. (1V8), 9:30 a.m. (2V8) and 10:02 a.m. (1V4). For those crews that do not advance to the A/B semifinals automatically, they will return Friday afternoon for repechage heats beginning at 2:30 p.m.

Follow the live results during the regatta at RegattaTiming.com.

Below are the seeds for each of the three boats that will be competing in Sarasota:

I Eights		II Eights		I Fours
1	Washington	1	Washington	1	Washington
2	Stanford	2	California	2	California
3	California	3	Virginia	3	Ohio State
4	Texas	4	Ohio State	4	Virginia
5	Ohio State	5	Michigan	5	Texas
6	Michigan	6	Texas	6	Yale
7	Iowa	7	Stanford	7	Michigan
8	Princeton	8	Iowa	8	Brown
9	Yale	9	Southern California	9	Stanford
10	Southern California	10	Wisconsin	10	Wisconsin
11	Virginia	11	Princeton	11	Indiana
12	Wisconsin	12	Yale	12	Washington State
13	Brown	13	Brown	13	Princeton
14	Indiana	14	Indiana	14	Iowa
15	Washington State	15	Washington State	15	Syracuse
16	Syracuse	16	Syracuse	16	Gonzaga
17	Gonzaga	17	Northeastern	17	Southern California
18	Navy	18	Gonzaga	18	UCF
19	Northeastern	19	Rhode Island	19	Navy
20	UCF	20	UCF	20	Northeastern
21	Rhode Island	21	Navy	21	Rhode Island
22	Jacksonville	22	Jacksonville	22	Jacksonville

UNPRECEDENTED SUCCESS FOR THE HOOSIERS
The Indiana Rowing program is in the midst of unprecedented success for the program, as they have made five consecutive appearances in the NCAA Championship in 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and now 2018. Prior to 2014, the Hoosiers had never qualified for the NCAA Championship.

In 2014, the Hoosiers finished 11th as a team and were led by the ninth-place finish of the 1V4 while the 1V8 finished 10^th and the 2V8 came in 14^th.

In 2015, Indiana once against finished 11^th as a team with the 1V8 leading the way with another 10^th place finish while the 2V8 checked in with a 11^th place finish and the 1V4 registered a 13^th place finish.

In 2016, Indiana finished 15th as a team with the 1V4 crew leading the way with a 12th place finish. The 2V8 crew finished fourth in the C final to take 14th place overall and the 1V8 earned a 16th place finish at the NCAA Championships.

In 2017, IU recorded a 12th place finish as a team with the 1V8 leading the way with a 12th place finish. The 2V8 won the C final to bring home 13th place and the 1V4 garnered 14th place by finishing second in their C final.

INDIANA FINISHES FIFTH AT THE BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS
At the Big Ten Championships, the trio of NCAA boats each finished fifth in their heats and that secured fifth place as a team in the standings for the event. The highlight of the event for the Hoosiers was the third-place finish of the 2V4 boat after they entered the race seeded fifth.

WASZ NAMED TO USROWING WORLD UNIVERSITY CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM
Indiana senior Emily Wasz was one of 12 athletes selected to participate with USRowing at the World University Rowing Championships in Shanghai, China from Aug. 10-12. The Illinois native joined the Indiana rowing program without any rowing experience and has helped guide the Hoosiers to three straight NCAA Championship appearances and is looking for a fourth appearance this season.

HOOSIERS WIN DALE ENGLAND CUP IN ADVERSE CONDITIONS
The Indiana Hoosiers had to battle not just three other high-level opponents in Notre Dame, Duke and Penn, but also windy conditions that made Lake Lemon difficult to navigate. In the end, it was the 1V4 that highlighted the day for IU by winning their race while the 2V8 finished in a dead heat with Notre Dame and the 1V8 finished second. When the team points were totaled up, Indiana had claimed the Dale England Cup title with 60 points while Penn was second with 54 points.

1V4 CONTINUES STRONG SPRING WITH SECOND PLACE FINISH AT CLEMSON INVITATIONAL
Behind a strong performance from the 1V4, the Hoosiers captured fourth place at the always strong Clemson Invitational that featured 21 teams. The 1V4 finished second in their morning heat and then followed that effort with a second place finish in the "A" final, falling to Ohio State by just over two seconds.

The 1V8 closed with a fifth place performance in the A Final and the 2V8 matched that with a fifth place finish in their A Final. In the team standings, Ohio State came in first followed by Virginia, Wisconsin and Indiana and the Hoosiers one point ahead of Southern California and 14 points ahead of Washington State.

IU OPENS 2018 CLAIMING TEAM TITLE AT DOC HOSEA INVITATIONAL
Behind a strong performance from the first varsity 8 and both varsity 4's, the Hoosiers accumulated 108 points to win the team title at the Doc Hosea Invitational on March 31.

The 1V8 won their morning heat and then pulled away for the win by nearly three seconds over Dartmouth and Syracuse in the Grand Final. The 1V4 and 2V4 both put forth commanding performances in their morning and Grand final heats to win by six and nine seconds, respectively.

Indiana Lineups for NCAA Championships

First Varsity 8
Coxswain: Morgan McKay
8. Madison Wright
7. Emily Schutzman
6. Abigail Armstrong
5. Emily Wasz
4. Antonia Frappell
3. Allison Spencer
2. Siena Patty
1. Hilary Shinnick

Second Varsity 8
Cox: Leah Jade Hughes
8. Jordan Miller
7. Maddie Pierce
6. Elizabeth Saunders
5. Lauren Woodgate
4. Abigail Bogovich
3. Maggie Bornhorst
2. Rosie Munro
1. Paige Spiller

First Varsity 4
Cox: Madison Chaplin
4. MC Webb
3. Elizabeth Meinzer
2. Elle Eichorst
1. Connie Brahm