Hoosiers Earn Third Consecutive NCAA Championships Bid
5/20/2025 6:06:00 PM | Women's Rowing
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Indiana Rowing will return to the NCAA Rowing Championship for the third consecutive season and ninth time in 11 full seasons. The 22-team field was announced during the NCAA selection show on Tuesday (May 20).
The Hoosiers will race among the nation's best May 30-June 1 at Lake Mercer in West Windsor, New Jersey. The competition includes the Varsity Eight, Second Varsity Eight and Varsity Four crews.
"We're excited," IU head rowing coach Steve Peterson said. "Coming off the Big Ten Championships, we felt like we performed well - well enough to get selected, but until you hear your name called, there's always that element of anxiety hanging over it.
"This has been such an up-and-down spring for us between the weather challenges – we haven't been on the water as much as we wanted – and we had an illness that affected our team. So, it's just been kind of a crazy year, and I feel like the past three or four weeks we have finally been getting in some decent training, and so hopefully we're on the upswing with speed right now.
"I am extremely proud. Any great athlete has to face adversity on the way to success, and that is what these ladies have done. And they have just stayed focused on the day-to-day, do the best you can, that's all you can focus on, and go from there and let the results take care of themselves."
The committee rated Indiana as the No. 10 seed in the Varsity Eight category, No. 17 in the Second Varsity Eight and No. 16 in the Varsity Four. IU's V8 leads the way after recording a 16-7 record during the regular season.
Indiana finished fourth at the 2025 Big Ten Rowing Championships, its fourth consecutive top-four finish. IU's V8 and 2V8 set the tone, both crews finishing fourth.
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The Hoosiers will race among the nation's best May 30-June 1 at Lake Mercer in West Windsor, New Jersey. The competition includes the Varsity Eight, Second Varsity Eight and Varsity Four crews.
"We're excited," IU head rowing coach Steve Peterson said. "Coming off the Big Ten Championships, we felt like we performed well - well enough to get selected, but until you hear your name called, there's always that element of anxiety hanging over it.
"This has been such an up-and-down spring for us between the weather challenges – we haven't been on the water as much as we wanted – and we had an illness that affected our team. So, it's just been kind of a crazy year, and I feel like the past three or four weeks we have finally been getting in some decent training, and so hopefully we're on the upswing with speed right now.
"I am extremely proud. Any great athlete has to face adversity on the way to success, and that is what these ladies have done. And they have just stayed focused on the day-to-day, do the best you can, that's all you can focus on, and go from there and let the results take care of themselves."
The committee rated Indiana as the No. 10 seed in the Varsity Eight category, No. 17 in the Second Varsity Eight and No. 16 in the Varsity Four. IU's V8 leads the way after recording a 16-7 record during the regular season.
Indiana finished fourth at the 2025 Big Ten Rowing Championships, its fourth consecutive top-four finish. IU's V8 and 2V8 set the tone, both crews finishing fourth.
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