IU Varsity Eight Makes Top 12 Cut at NCAA Championships

Friday, May 30

Mercer County, N.J.

9:48 a.m.

Indiana University

NCAA Rowing Championships

IU Varsity Eight Makes Top 12 Cut at NCAA Championships

5/30/2025 1:50:00 PM | Women's Rowing

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INDIANAPOLIS – Indiana's Varsity Eight led the way on the first day of the 2025 NCAA Championships Friday (May 30) on Mercer Lake in West Windsor, New Jersey.

The V8 earned a third-place finish in its heat, advancing to Saturday's A/B semifinals. The results mean the crew will finish 12th or better nationally, clinching it best finish since at least 2018 (12th).

Indiana's top boat battled in the early going with Penn for the third position but made its charge after the 500-meter mark. The Hoosiers gained contact with the second-place Texas boat – and moved within five seats at one point – and maintained it through the end of the race. IU finished 3.3 seconds behind the Texas crew while leaving Penn (+7.5

The Indiana Second Varsity Eight and Varsity Four crews both finished fifth in their heats and will race in C/D semifinals Saturday.

RESULTS

Heats

V8
1. Yale - 6:12.632
2. Texas - 6:15.396
3. Indiana - 6:18.701
4. Penn - 6:26.262
5. Oregon State - 6:30.119

2V8
1. Stanford - 6:18.391
2. Harvard - 6:22.646
3. Cal - 6:25.511
4. Rutgers - 6:25.591
5. Indiana - 6:45.285

V4
1. Stanford - 6:58.521
2. Michigan - 7:03.379
3. Tennessee - 7:04.383
4. Virginia - 7:09.086
5. Indiana - 7:22.689

SCHEDULE
Saturday (Updated)
7:12 a.m. – V8 A/B Semifinal (vs. Brown, Tennessee, Yale, Virginia, Cal)
9:28 a.m. – 2V8 C/D Semifinal (vs. Boston, Penn, UCF, Fairfield)
9:36 a.m. – V4 C/D Semifinal (vs. Northeastern, Oregon State, UCF, Fairfield)

LINEUPS
V8: Lilly Gintert (coxswain), Annabel Oertel (stroke), Nico Daly, Maddison Shanks, Phoebe Inall, Abbey Armstrong, Lilly Murphy, Laura McCabe, Grace Sappington (bow)
2V8: Rebecca Baker (coxswain), Lily Haupt (stroke), Rea Kearns, Grace Langridge, Clare Hunsberger, Caroline Schrieber, Cat Madden, Bridgette Sutton, Mikayla Messinger (bow)
V4: Alison Nieder (stroke), Lucy Tait, Elena Knecht, Yael Kiser, Olivia Mencias (coxswain)

UP NEXT
The 2025 NCAA Championships continue Saturday (May 31) with semifinal racing set to kick off at 7:12 a.m. ET.

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