The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
No. 8 Rowing receives second NCAA Championships bid
05.17.2016 | Rowing
Longhorns earn second straight NCAA Championships berth after winning the automatic qualifier standings at the Big 12 Championships.
INDIANAPOLIS – No. 8 Texas officially earned its second consecutive team berth to compete in the NCAA Championships Tuesday afternoon when the governing body unveiled the championship seedings.
Texas earned one of 11 automatic bids to the NCAA Championships by winning the Big 12 Championship on Sunday and claiming the top spot in the regatta's NCAA automatic-qualifier standings. The other 11 participants in the 22-team event received at-large bids into the NCAA Championships, which are set for May 27-29 on Lake Natoma in Gold River, California.
The championships call for the 22 teams to field three boats for competition: I Eights (first eights), II Eights (second eights) and Fours, with each division seeded from one to 22 and divided into four heats.
Texas received the No. 8 seed in the I Eights, the No. 7 seed in the II Eights and the No. 10 seed in the Fours.
Texas joined California, UCF, Gonzaga, Jacksonville, Northeastern, Ohio State, Princeton, Rhode Island, Navy and Virginia as automatic qualifiers for the NCAA Championships. The at-large selections included Brown, Duke, Indiana, Michigan, USC, Stanford, Syracuse, Washington, Washington State, Wisconsin and Yale.
Full NCAA Championships seedings are available here.