Princeton University
NCAA Championships
Women's Open Crew Places Sixth at NCAA Championships
May 30, 2004 | Women's Rowing - Open
May 30, 2004
RANCHO CORDOVA, Calif. - In a nearly perfect day under calm conditions at the CSUS Aquatic Center, Princeton's varsity eight placed fourth in the grand final to lead the Tigers to a sixth-place team finish at the 2004 NCAA Women's Rowing Championships. Brown placed first in the both the varsity eight and second varsity eight competitions on the way to the Division I team championship.
Brown, which is one of four teams to reach the NCAA Championships every year since the inaugural event in 1997, tallied 70 points for the team title. Yale posted its top finish in school history with a second-place finishing 58 points, followed by Michigan (52), Cal (51), Washington (43), Princeton (36), Virginia (36), Ohio State (33), Washington State (28), Harvard (24), Wisconsin (19) and Michigan State (18). Brown's 70 points were the most by a team since 1998. Harvard won last year's championship with 59 points, edging out Brown by two points. In the varsity eight grand final, Brown's time of 6:32.9 was just 1.7 seconds faster than second-place Yale (6:34.6). Rounding out the top six were Michigan (6:37.1), Princeton (6:37.7), Ohio State (6:38.9) and Princeton (6:37.7). In the varsity eight petite final, Washington won with a time of 6:37.8, followed by Harvard, Virginia, Tennessee, Notre Dame and USC, respectively.
Brown captured its first title of the day in the second varsity eight competition, placing first with a time of 6:44.1. Behind Brown were Cal (6:46.8), Washington State (6:47.0), Michigan (6:47.2), Yale (6:50.4) and Cal (6:40.1). In the second varsity eight petite final, Virginia posted a winning time of 6:48.8, followed by Wisconsin, Harvard, Princeton, Michigan State and Ohio State, respectively.
After placing eighth in the varsity four competition last year, Virginia came away with this year's fours championship. The Cavaliers' winning time of 7:27.5 was more than three seconds faster than second-place Washington (7:30.8). Brown (7:32.2), Yale (7:34.4), Cal (7:39.3) and Ohio State (7:39.9) rounded out the top six, respectively.
In the Div. I varsity four petite final, Wisconsin placed first with a time of 7:32.5, followed by Michigan State (7:34.2), Michigan (7:37.7), Princeton (7:39.5), Washington State (7:41.1) and Harvard (7:46.4).