Princeton University Athletics
Women's Crew Places Fifth at NCAA Championships
May 26, 2001 | Women's Rowing - Open
May 26, 2001
Gainesville, Ga - - Princeton's women's varsity eight open crew team finished fifth with a time of 7:10.12 in the Grand Final at the 2001 NCAA Championships at Lake Lanier in Gainesville, Ga. Princeton was less than a second behind Washington as the two teams lead after the first 500 meters. The Tigers dropped to third place at the 1,000 meter mark and fell back to fifth place over the next 500 meters, eventually losing by more than six seconds to a winning Washington crew.
The Tigers placed sixth at the championships last year.
FINAL POINT TOTALS: 1. Washington 58, 2. Michigan 53, 3. Brown 49, 4. Ohio State 37, 5. Princeton 33, 6. California 23, 7. Virginia 22, 8. Harvard 20, 9. Iowa 20, 10. Boston University 17
VARSITY FOUR GRAND FINAL: 1. Washington 7:32.69, 2. Michigan 7:35.31, 3. Iowa 7:35.97, 4. Ohio State 7:38.41, 5. Brown 7:42.06, 6. Virginia 7:44.93
SECOND VARSITY EIGHT GRAND FINAL 1. Michigan 6:43.34, 2. Washington 6:48.52, 3. Brown 6:50.53, 4. Virginia 6:52.13, 5. Ohio State 6:53.27, 6. Harvard 6:55.31
VARSITY EIGHT GRAND FINAL 1. Washington 7:04.03, 2. Brown 7:05.34, 3. Michigan 7:08.45, 4. Southern California 7:09.09, 5. Princeton 7:10.12, 6. Syracuse 7:19.56
NCAA women's open results