Sunday, June 1
Mercer County, N.J.
8 a.m.
Indiana University
vs
NCAA Rowing Championships
Hoosiers Finish 14th Nationally Behind Historic Varsity Eight
6/1/2025 10:54:00 AM | Women's Rowing
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Indiana rowing finished as the No. 14 team nationally Sunday (June 1) at the 2025 NCAA Championships on Mercer Lake in West Windsor, New Jersey, led by the Varsity Eight's historic ninth-place finish as a crew.
IU's V8 earned the boat's best-ever finish at an NCAA Championships, tying the program record for any Hoosier crew – the Varsity Four's 2014 and 2019 crews also finished ninth in those seasons. Indiana placed third in the V8 petite final Sunday with a time of 6:15.162, just one half of a second behind Rutgers and 2.6 seconds off race winner Princeton. The Hoosiers outpaced Cal (6:16.996), Virginia (6:17.738) and Big Ten rival Michigan (6:20.140).
Indiana's No. 14 team finish is the program's best result since 2019 when the Hoosiers placed 12th. In their third consecutive NCAA appearance, the Hoosiers improved from 15th a year ago.
IU's Varsity Four and Second Varsity Eight finished 17th and 18th, respectively, after placing fifth and sixth in their 'C' finals. Both races were tightly contested as Indiana finished within seven seconds of the lead in each race.
TEAM STANDINGS
1. Stanford – 129
2. Yale – 121
3. Texas – 118
4. Washington – 117
5. Tennessee – 106
6. Princeton – 99
7. Brown – 95
8. Rutgers – 83
t9. Cal – 79
t9. Virginia – 79
11. Michigan – 74
12. Syracuse – 67
13. Harvard – 65
14. Indiana – 58
15. UCF – 52
t16. Dartmouth – 39
t16. Penn – 39
18. Oregon State – 33
19. Northeastern – 27
20. Boston – 20
21. Rhode Island – 12
22. Fairfield – 6
RESULTS
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)
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IU's V8 earned the boat's best-ever finish at an NCAA Championships, tying the program record for any Hoosier crew – the Varsity Four's 2014 and 2019 crews also finished ninth in those seasons. Indiana placed third in the V8 petite final Sunday with a time of 6:15.162, just one half of a second behind Rutgers and 2.6 seconds off race winner Princeton. The Hoosiers outpaced Cal (6:16.996), Virginia (6:17.738) and Big Ten rival Michigan (6:20.140).
Indiana's No. 14 team finish is the program's best result since 2019 when the Hoosiers placed 12th. In their third consecutive NCAA appearance, the Hoosiers improved from 15th a year ago.
IU's Varsity Four and Second Varsity Eight finished 17th and 18th, respectively, after placing fifth and sixth in their 'C' finals. Both races were tightly contested as Indiana finished within seven seconds of the lead in each race.
TEAM STANDINGS
1. Stanford – 129
2. Yale – 121
3. Texas – 118
4. Washington – 117
5. Tennessee – 106
6. Princeton – 99
7. Brown – 95
8. Rutgers – 83
t9. Cal – 79
t9. Virginia – 79
11. Michigan – 74
12. Syracuse – 67
13. Harvard – 65
14. Indiana – 58
15. UCF – 52
t16. Dartmouth – 39
t16. Penn – 39
18. Oregon State – 33
19. Northeastern – 27
20. Boston – 20
21. Rhode Island – 12
22. Fairfield – 6
RESULTS
| Heats (May 30) | Semifinals (May 31) | Finals (June 1) |
| 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 |
V8 – A/B 1. Yale - 6:04.490 2. Tennessee - 6:07.532 3. Brown - 6:09.822 4. Virginia - 6:12.258 5. Cal - 6:15.062 6. Indiana - 6:27.172 |
V8 – Petite 1. Princeton - 6:12.486 2. Rutgers - 6:14.652 3. Indiana - 6:15.162 4. Cal - 6:16.996 5. Virginia - 6:17.738 6. Michigan - 6:20.140 |
| 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 |
2V8 – C/D 1. UCF - 6:30.536 2. Penn - 6:32.818 3. Indiana - 6:34.212 4. Boston - 6:40.716 5. Fairfield - 7:12.150 |
2V8 – C 1. Rutgers - 6:34.238 2. UCF - 6:36.666 3. Penn - 6:37.494 4. Dartmouth - 6:38.672 5. Northeastern - 6:39.158 6. Indiana - 6:40.556 |
| 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 |
V4 – C/D 1. UCF - 7:11.995 2. Oregon State - 7:13.757 3. Indiana - 7:14.753 4. Northeastern - 7:21.813 5. Fairfield - 8:01.825 |
V4 – C 1. UCF - 7:14.147 2. Virginia - 7:15.423 3. Penn - 7:16.671 4. Oregon State - 7:21.125 5. Indiana - 7:22.829 6. Boston - 7:29.613 |
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)
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