No. 16 IU Rowing Ready for Return to NCAA Championships

PENNSAUKEN, N.J. – No. 16-ranked Indiana rowing will begin competition in the 2023 NCAA Rowing Championships on Friday (May 26) morning. The regatta runs through Sunday (May 28) at the Camden County Boathouse in Pennsauken, New Jersey.

IU returns to the championships for the seventh time in nine full seasons after earning an at-large bid for the first time since 2019.

The first day of rowing for Division-I programs is scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. ET Friday, beginning with Varsity Eight heats. Indiana's V8 is entered in heat four and will race at 9:36 a.m. All three days will be streamed live on NCAA.com.

NOTES

Indiana reached the NCAA Championship after recording a program-record finish at the Big Ten Championships earlier this month. The Hoosiers pulled off a third-place performance as a team, highlighted by a silver-medal finish by the Varsity Eight – also a program-best result.
IU head rowing coach Steve Peterson was named the Big Ten Coach of the Year for the first time in his 20-year stint with the Hoosiers. Peterson has led the Hoosiers to each of their seven NCAA appearances and, in 2014, was named the CRCA National Head Coach of the Year.
For the first time in program history, four Hoosiers earned All-Big Ten honors. Senior Laura Feinson, the reigning Big Ten Rowing Athlete of the Year, repeated as a first-team honoree. Fellow senior Piper Maaka, a second-team selection a year ago, progressed to the first team, joining Feinson. Senior Ruby Leverington and freshman Emily Bowden each earned second-team laurels.
Indiana's Varisty Eight is carrying momentum into the national regatta. In April, the crew beat Ohio State's top boat head-to-head and was named the Big Ten Boat of the Week before leading the team to its sixth-straight Dale England Cup a week later. At the conference championships, the V8 surged in the last 500 of its race to secure the silver medal in front of Ohio State and Rutgers.
Indiana's 2V8 and V4 finished fourth and fifth, respectively, at the conference meet.
In its seven NCAA appearances, IU's top finish is 11th, repeating the feat in 2014 and 2015.

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
All times eastern
Friday Morning – May 26
9 a.m. – V8 Heat 1
9:12 a.m. – V8 Heat 2
9:24 a.m. – V8 Heat 3
9:36 a.m. – V8 Heat 4 (Indiana)
9:48 a.m. – 2V8 Heat 1 (Indiana)
10 a.m. – 2V8 Heat 2
10:12 a.m. – 2V8 Heat 3
10:24 a.m. – 2V8 Heat 4
10:36 a.m. – V4 Heat 1(Indiana)
10:48 a.m. – V4 Heat 2
11 a.m. – V4 Heat 3
11:12 – V4 Heat 4

Saturday Morning – May 27
8:12 a.m. – V8 Semifinal 3
8:24 a.m. – V8 Semifinal 4
8:36 a.m. – V8 Semifinal 1
8:48 a.m. – V8 Semifinal 2
9 a.m. – 2V8 Semifinal 3
9:12 a.m. – 2V8 Semifinal 4
9:24 a.m. – 2V8 Semifinal 1
9:36 a.m. – 2V8 Semifinal 2
9:48 a.m. – V4 Semifinal 3
10 a.m. – V4 Semifinal 4
10:12 a.m. – V4 Semifinal 1
10:24 a.m. – V4 Semifinal 2

Sunday Morning – May 28
8:12 a.m. – V4 Final 4
8:24 a.m. – V4 Final 3
8:36 a.m. – 2V8 Final 4
8:48 a.m. – 2V8 Final 3
9 a.m. – V8 Final 4
9:12 a.m. – V8 Final 3
9:24 a.m. – V4 Final 2
9:36 a.m. – V4 Final 1
9:48 a.m. – 2V8 Final 2
10 a.m. – 2V8 Final 2
10:12 a.m. – V8 Final 2
10:24 a.m. – V8 Final 1

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Emily Bowden

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Piper Maaka

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