Indiana University Athletics
#NCAABound: Indiana Rowing Earns First NCAA Bid
5/20/2014 12:00:00 AM | Women's Rowing
May 20, 2014
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - The Indiana Rowing team's record season has resulted in the Hoosiers picking up the program's first-ever at-large bid to the NCAA Championships, which will take place at Eagle Creek Park in Indianapolis, May 30-June 1.
"We're really excited," said head coach Steve Peterson. "It's been a long time coming. The team has been building and building over the years. The athletes over the course of the years have worked hard so we could make progress every year and it's finally come to fruition, so we're very excited."
The Hoosiers are coming off a record performance at the Big Ten Rowing Championships, finishing in fourth for the program's highest finish at the championship. IU also made history in the First Varsity 8 and Second Varsity 8 boats, medaling in each event for the first time in program history.
Indiana is seeded 12th in the First Varsity 8 race, 11th in the Second Varsity 8 and 13th in the First Varsity 4 race. The Hoosiers are one of four teams from the Big Ten earning a bid, including reigning National Champion Ohio State, Michigan and Wisconsin.
"We had a pretty good idea that we would get selected, but actually seeing it just solidified it," said junior Meradith Dickensheets. "This is the first time that IU will be seen at the NCAA's so we're really excited to be part of it."
Racing gets underway on Friday, May 30 with the First Varsity 8 races at 9:10 a.m. ET. Click here for ticket information. Click here for the complete NCAA release.
The following teams were selected:
Automatic Qualifiers:
 Boston U. (Patriot League)
, Jacksonville (Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference), 
Louisville (American Athletic Conference), 
Massachusetts (Atlantic 10 Conference)
, Northeastern (Colonial Athletic Conference), 
Ohio State (Big Ten Conference)
, Oklahoma (Conference USA), 
Princeton (The Ivy League), 
San Diego (West Coast Conference)
, Stanford (Pac-12 Conference)
, Virginia (Atlantic Coast Conference)
At-Large Selections:
 Brown
, California, 
UCLA, 
Harvard
, Indiana
, Michigan
, Notre Dame, 
USC
, Washington
, Washington State
, Wisconsin
The seeding for each boat classification is as follows:
I Eights

1. Ohio State

2. Stanford

3. Princeton

4. Brown

5. Washington

6. California

7. Virginia

8. Michigan

9. USC

10. Notre Dame

11. UCLA

12. Indiana

13. Harvard

14. Washington State

15. Wisconsin

16. Louisville

17. San Diego

18. Oklahoma

19. Northeastern

20. Massachusetts

21. Boston University
22. Jacksonville
II Eights

1. Brown

2. Stanford

3. Ohio State

4. Virginia

5. UCLA

6. California

7. Princeton

8. Michigan

9. Washington

10. Notre Dame

11. Indiana

12. Washington State

13. USC

14. Harvard

15. Louisville

16. Wisconsin

17. San Diego

18. Oklahoma

19. Northeastern

20. Boston University

21. Massachusetts

22. Jacksonville
Fours

1. Brown

2. Virginia

3. Ohio State

4. Stanford

5. Washington

6. Wisconsin

7. California

8. Princeton

9. Michigan

10. Harvard

11. Notre Dame

12. Washington State

13. Indiana

14. Louisville

15. UCLA

16. San Diego

17. USC

18. Northeastern

19. Oklahoma

20. Boston University
21. Massachusetts

22. Jacksonville
Contact: Shana Daniels
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