NCAA Division III rowing championship

NCAA Division III rowing championship
Association	NCAA
Sport	College rowing
Founded	2002;23 years ago
Division	Division III
No. of teams	8
Country	United States
Most recent; champion(s)	Tufts (2nd)
Most titles	Williams (9)
Official website	NCAA.com

Last updated August 31, 2025

The NCAA Division III rowing championship is the annual rowing regatta hosted by the National Collegiate Athletic Association to determine the champions of women's collegiate heavyweight (or openweight) rowing among its Division III member programs in the United States.^[1]

Format

Each championship tournament consists of eight teams, and each team is required to field two boats of eight rowers and a coxswain.

The following are the berths that are allocated:

Pool A – four (Pool A consists of conferences that have been awarded automatic qualification ("AQ")):
Pool B/C – four (Pools B and C include independents, institutions from conferences that do not meet automatic-qualification standards, and Pool A institutions that did not receive their conference’s AQ). Independents and institutions from conferences that do not meet AQ standards are:

Results

NCAA Division III Rowing Championships
Year	Site (Host Team)	Team Results
Year	Site (Host Team)	Champion	Score	Runner-Up	Score
2002 Details	Indianapolis, IN	Williams	9	Colby	11
2003 Details	Indianapolis, IN	Colby	10	Puget Sound	12
2004 Details	Gold River, CA	Ithaca	7	Smith	10
2005 Details	Gold River, CA	Ithaca (2)	10	Smith	10
2006 Details	West Windsor, NJ	Williams (2)	21	Ithaca	15
2007 Details	Oak Ridge, TN	Williams (3)	18	Trinity (CT)	16
2008 Details	Gold River, CA	Williams (4)	25	Trinity (CT)	21
2009 Details	Cherry Hill, NJ	Williams (5)	24	Bates	19
2010 Details	Gold River, CA	Williams (6)	26	Bates	19
2011 Details	Williams (7)	19	Bates	16
2012 Details	West Windsor, NJ	Williams (8)	42	Bates	37
2013 Details	Indianapolis, IN	Williams (9)	43	Bates	35
2014 Details	Indianapolis, IN	Trinity (CT)	40	Williams	33
2015 Details	Gold River, CA	Bates	39	Trinity (CT)	38
2016 Details	Gold River, CA	Wellesley	40	Bates	36
2017 Details	West Windsor, NJ	Bates (2)	39	Williams	38
2018 Details	Sarasota, FL	Bates (3)	56	Wellesley	45
2019 Details	Indianapolis, IN ^[3]	Bates (4)	46	WPI	41
2020	Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic
2021 Details	Sarasota, FL	Bates (5)	42	Hamilton	33
2022 Details	Sarasota, FL	Wellesley (2)	51	Bates	50
2023 Details	Pennsauken, NJ (Temple)	Wellesley (3)	54	Wesleyan	45
2024 Details	Bethel, OH (Marietta)	Tufts	54	Wesleyan, Williams	47
2025 Details	West Windsor, NJ (Ivy & MAAC)	Tufts	56	Williams	49
2026 Details	Gainesville, GA (North Georgia)

Notes

In 2005, Ithaca and Smith tied in total points for the team title, which was awarded to Ithaca based on a better overall finish in the Varsity 8+ race.
In 2006 and 2008, Williams won the team title by placing second and third in the grand final.
In 2015, total points for team title was awarded to Bates, but Trinity won the Varsity 8+ grand final.
In 2017, Bates again won the team title, although Williams placed first in the Varsity 8+ grand final.
In 2022, Wellesley won the team title, despite WPI winning the Varsity 8+ grand final.
In all other years, the winner of the Varsity 8+ race also won the NCAA Division III team title.^[4]

Champions

Team	Titles	Years
Williams	9	2002, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
Bates	5	2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021
Wellesley	3	2016, 2022, 2023
Ithaca	2	2004, 2005
Tufts	2	2024, 2025
Trinity (CT)	1	2014
Colby	1	2003

Individual events

Varsity 8+

Year	School	Crew
2025	Tufts	Rose Tinkjian (8), Sami Haynes (7), Stella Shen (6), Emma Lyle (5), Lucy Howell (4), Reilly Uiterwyk (3), Josie Monroe (2), Sydney Barr (1), Hannah Jiang (Cox), Head Coach: Lily Siddall
2024	Tufts	Rose Tinkjian (8), Janna Moore (7), Shira Roberts (6), Emma Mahoney (5), Summer Maxwell (4), Samara Haynes (3), Karen Dooley (2), Emma Lyle (1), Hannah Jiang (Cox), Head Coach: Lily Siddall
2023	Wellesley	Anya Hanichak (8), Anneka Hallstrom (7), Katherine Moeser (6), Kaitlyn Severin (5), Sage Gilbert-Diamond (4), Hannah Bates (3), Emma Anghel (2), Kaylee Liu (1), Isabella Santos (Cox), Head Coach: Tessa Spillane
2022	WPI	Melissa Bazakas-Chamberlain (8), Alexandra Heline (7), Megan Tupaj (6), Caitlin Kean (5), Jillian Early (4), Maren Cork (3), Emily Adams (2), Ashley Schuliger (1), Logan Rinaldi (Cox)
2021	Bates	Grace Bake (8), Carla Guichard (7), Sally Harris Porter (6), Hannah Beams (5), Elizabeth Fischer (4), Lillian Kinder (3), Catharine Berry-Toon (2) and Saylor Strugar (1), Elizabeth Folsom (Cox)
2020	Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic
2019	Bates	Head Coach: Peter Steenstra
2018	Bates	Head Coach: Peter Steenstra
2017	Williams	Clara Beery (8), Bertie Miller (7), Eileen Russell (6), Gabrielle Markel (5), Rebecca Smith (4), Maddy Boutet (3), Emory Strawn (2), Emily Burch (1), Louisa Abel (cox), Head Coach: Kate Maloney
2016	Wellesley	Emilia Ball (8), Kathryn Barth (7), Sydney Dollmeyer (6), Loren Lock (5), Molly Hoyer (4), Olivia Duggan (3), Lauren Bazley (2), Katie Livingston (1), Alessandra Zaldívar-Giuffredi (cox), Head Coach: Tessa Spillane
2015	Trinity	Chanel Erasmus, Kiely MacMahon, Georgia Wetmore, Madeleine Boudreau, Claudia Jensen, Cristina Pretto, Jennifer Sager, Antonia Bowden, Sarah Keane (cox), Head Coach: Wesley Ng
2014	Trinity	Jillian Zieff (8), Renee Swetz (7), Madeleine Boudreau (6), Kathryn Hibbard (5), Julia Kelling (4), Catherine Guariglia (3), Rose Lichtenfels (2), Claire Barkin (1), Gwendolyn Schoch (cox), Head Coach: Wesley Ng
2013	Williams	Katie Westervelt, Meg Steer, Andrea Remec, Stephanie Neul, Emma Laukitis, Piper Sallquist, Annie Haley, Dana Golden, Anna Hopkins (cox), Head Coach: Kate Maloney
2012	Williams	Dana Golden, Annie Haley, Jane McClellan, Lindsay Olsen, Abbie Deal, Emma Pelegri-O'Day, Julia May, Dorothy MacAusland, Fiona Wilkes (cox), Head Coach: Kate Maloney
2011	Williams	Anna Soybel, Adrienne Darrow, Dana Golden, Annie Haley, Abbie Deal, Lindsay Olsen, Kate Shaper, Emma Pelegri-O'Day, Becca Licht (cox), (Interim) Head Coach: Brad Hemmerly
2010	Williams	Emma Pelegri-O'Day, Sarah Ginsberg, Madeline Berky, Dana Golden, Lindsay Olsen, Kate Shaper, Dorothy MacAusland, Julia Haltermann, Becca Licht (cox), Head Coach: Justin Moore
2009	Williams	Julia Haltermann, Emma Pelegri-O'Day, Kate Shaper, Dorothy MacAusland, Meg Conan, Samantha Smith, Sarah Ginsberg, Katherine Robinson, Allison Prevatt (cox), Head Coach: Justin Moore
2008	Trinity	Ellie Wierzbowski, Amory Minot, Ali Schmidt, Deede Dixon, Ashley Swiggett, Loren Massimino, Carmel Zahran, Natalie Jones, Stephanie Apstein (cox), Head Coach: Wesley Ng
2007	Williams	Katherine Robinson, Katie Quayle, Carolyn Skudder, Louisa Berky, Kate Sortun, Julia Haltermann, Abby Weir, Emily Cheston, Allison Prevatt (cox), Head Coach: Pat Tynan
2006	Ithaca	Sarah Kuebler, Emma Flemer, Kaitlin Veninsky, Stephanie Knabe, Kelsey Schaeffer, Stacey Bowen, Jane Semiz, Heather Luke, Melanie Pessin (cox), Head Coach: Becky Robinson
2005	Trinity	Tara Maciog, Hadley Wilmerding, Elizabeth Guernsey, Sarah Carter, Katie Gordon, Loren Massimino, Ali Schmidt, Carmel Zahran, Emily McLean (cox), Head Coach: Marina Traub
2004	Ithaca	Jill Moler, Nora Lahr, Jessie Selock, Megan Musnicki, Stephanie Knabe, Stacey Bowen, Heather Luke, Leslie Nichols, Catie Gloo (cox), Head Coach: Becky Robinson
2003	Colby	Leah Hagamen, Emily Allen, Laura Mistretta, Annie Szender, Leah Robertson, Andrea Piekarski, Megan Loosigian, Ellie Boyce, Vivienne Ho (cox), Head Coach: Stew Stokes
2002	Williams	Anne Rutherford, Anne Lewis, Liz Mygatt, Rachel DeSouza, Laura Spero, Shoshana Clark, Izzy Lowell, Emma Herries, Rachel Outman (cox), Head Coach: Justin Moore

References

↑ "DIVISION III ROWING CHAMPIONSHIP RECORDS BOOK" (PDF). ncaa.org. NCAA. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
↑ "Under 3 coaches in 8 years, Williams won more consecutive rowing titles than any NCAA school". NCAA.org. Retrieved 2022-07-22.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
↑ "NCAA rowing championships: Washington, Central Oklahoma, Bates crowned this weekend | NCAA.com". www.ncaa.com. Retrieved 2025-08-30.
↑ "DIII Rowing". NCAA.com. Retrieved 2014-02-14.

External links

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[1] "DIVISION III ROWING CHAMPIONSHIP RECORDS BOOK" (PDF). ncaa.org. NCAA. Retrieved 9 January 2025.

[2] "Under 3 coaches in 8 years, Williams won more consecutive rowing titles than any NCAA school". NCAA.org. Retrieved 2022-07-22.^{[ permanent dead link ]}

[3] "NCAA rowing championships: Washington, Central Oklahoma, Bates crowned this weekend | NCAA.com". www.ncaa.com. Retrieved 2025-08-30.

[4] "DIII Rowing". NCAA.com. Retrieved 2014-02-14.

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