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Sunday, May 19
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Ivy League Championships
No. 3 Women's Rowing Captures Seventh Consecutive Ivy Title
May 19, 2024 | Women's Rowing - Open
PENNSAUKEN – The No. 3 Princeton Women's Rowing Team won its seventh consecutive Ivy League title, earning the Sally P. Shoemaker and the Ivy NCAA automatic bid.
Just like last year, the Tigers needed the Varsity Eight to come through.
Once again, the Varsity Eight did what it normally does.
Win.
The top boat led throughout and took home a 6:30.52, 2.5 seconds in front of the rest of the field. Penn was second (6:33.03) followed by Yale (6:34.45).
With the victory, the Tigers jumped to the top of the NCAA Automatic Bid (1V, 2V, 4A) leaderboard with 44 points in front of Yale (39), Brown (37) and Penn (35).
In the overall team point standings, Princeton's 82 points led the field in front of Brown (75), Yale (71) and Penn (66).
"It's really exciting," said Katherine George about winning the Ivy title. "We've been working all year for this moment. At the start of the season, we said that our goal was to win Ivies and that's what we managed to do. It was a really good showing from the whole team. It's a very exciting day."
"This means the world to us as a coaching staff and as a university, said head coach Lori Dauphiny. "These women have fought and trained throughout the year. It's so fun to see the success of everyone throughout the program. There were close races throughout and everyone performed at their best level. I couldn't be prouder of all of them."
The Varsity 4C started the action with a bronze medal in its grand final, earning a 8:12.85 behind Brown and Penn.
Princeton earned its first victory of the day as the Varsity 4B corralled a 10.8-second victory for gold!
The Tigers' third varsity eight placed fourth, coming across the line at 7:05.17.
Varsity 4A gave Dauphiny's team its second victory of the contest, earning a 7:18.72, 3.8 seconds in front.
Princeton's 2V nabbed a bronze medal behind Brown and Yale with a time of 6:47.34.7.
"It was a great team effort," said Klara Thiele. "Seven Ivy League Championships in a row is what we wanted. We got the job done, but we're not done yet as the NCAAs are coming. It's great to be a part of the Ivy League with all of these very strong competitors. I'm excited that we were about to do it again."
The NCAA Selection Show will be on Tuesday, May 21st at 5 p.m. on NCAA.com. The NCAA Rowing Championships are May 31st-June 2nd at the East Fork/Harsha Lake in Bethel, Ohio, hosted by Marietta College and the Cincinnati USA Sports Commission
Just like last year, the Tigers needed the Varsity Eight to come through.
Once again, the Varsity Eight did what it normally does.
Win.
The top boat led throughout and took home a 6:30.52, 2.5 seconds in front of the rest of the field. Penn was second (6:33.03) followed by Yale (6:34.45).
Time to celebrate! @IvyLeague Champions for the seventh straight year! https://t.co/IY387GPb6b pic.twitter.com/IMOcI0S1jd
— Princeton Open Women (@princetonwcrew) May 19, 2024
With the victory, the Tigers jumped to the top of the NCAA Automatic Bid (1V, 2V, 4A) leaderboard with 44 points in front of Yale (39), Brown (37) and Penn (35).
In the overall team point standings, Princeton's 82 points led the field in front of Brown (75), Yale (71) and Penn (66).
"It's really exciting," said Katherine George about winning the Ivy title. "We've been working all year for this moment. At the start of the season, we said that our goal was to win Ivies and that's what we managed to do. It was a really good showing from the whole team. It's a very exciting day."
"This means the world to us as a coaching staff and as a university, said head coach Lori Dauphiny. "These women have fought and trained throughout the year. It's so fun to see the success of everyone throughout the program. There were close races throughout and everyone performed at their best level. I couldn't be prouder of all of them."
The Varsity 4C started the action with a bronze medal in its grand final, earning a 8:12.85 behind Brown and Penn.
Princeton earned its first victory of the day as the Varsity 4B corralled a 10.8-second victory for gold!
The Tigers earned an impressive 10.8-second victory! https://t.co/iNr3WWbJpH pic.twitter.com/8XAqYhq5RJ
— Princeton Open Women (@princetonwcrew) May 19, 2024
The Tigers' third varsity eight placed fourth, coming across the line at 7:05.17.
Varsity 4A gave Dauphiny's team its second victory of the contest, earning a 7:18.72, 3.8 seconds in front.
It's the second victory for the Tigers as the Varsity 4A corralled a 3.8-second decision! https://t.co/LBvBdswTwX pic.twitter.com/9lEqJyUGI6
— Princeton Open Women (@princetonwcrew) May 19, 2024
Princeton's 2V nabbed a bronze medal behind Brown and Yale with a time of 6:47.34.7.
"It was a great team effort," said Klara Thiele. "Seven Ivy League Championships in a row is what we wanted. We got the job done, but we're not done yet as the NCAAs are coming. It's great to be a part of the Ivy League with all of these very strong competitors. I'm excited that we were about to do it again."
The Best Feeling.
— Princeton Open Women (@princetonwcrew) May 19, 2024
Winning???? pic.twitter.com/OTorM6SDra
The NCAA Selection Show will be on Tuesday, May 21st at 5 p.m. on NCAA.com. The NCAA Rowing Championships are May 31st-June 2nd at the East Fork/Harsha Lake in Bethel, Ohio, hosted by Marietta College and the Cincinnati USA Sports Commission
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