No. 4 Rowing preview: NCAA Championship

5/31/2019 UPDATE (1:00 p.m. CT): Racing at Eagle Creek Park has been delayed until 3:00 p.m. CT due to debris from last night's heavy storms. Follow @TexasRowing on Twitter for live updates. In addition, Division I is eliminating its reps. The top-3 finishers in each heat will progress to the A/B semifinals. The remainder will progress to the C/D semifinals.

AUSTIN, Texas -- Beginning on Friday, May 31, the University of Texas rowing team will compete in Indianapolis, Indiana for a shot at earning the 2019 NCAA Division I Rowing Championship crown. The Longhorns earned the Big 12 Conference's automatic bid into the NCAA Championships for a fifth straight year earlier this month at the Big 12 Championships. The three day-long regatta will take place at Eagle Creek Park, hosted by the University of Indiana in conjunction with the Indiana Sports Corp and the Indianapolis Rowing Center.

The structure of the event features heats on day one, semifinals on day two, and finals on day three. This will be the Longhorns' seventh trip overall to the NCAA Championships.

The first eight will kick off racing for the Longhorns on Friday morning at 4:10 p.m. CT, competing in lane four against Gonzaga, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin and Northeastern.

The second eight will follow at 4:40 p.m. CT, racing in lane four against Iowa, Duke, Stanford, Wisconsin, and Marist.

Lastly, the Texas four will start at 5:20 p.m. CT in lane three, battling against Rhode Island, Virginia, Princeton, Rutgers, and Marist.

Tickets for entry to the venue can be purchased online here or on site.

Quick Links:

- Day 1 Heats

- Schedule of Events

- Tickets

- Parking

- NCAA Website

- Weather

- Livestream

- History

The events are scored as follows:

Place	I Eights	II Eights	Fours
1	66	44	22
2	63	42	21
3	60	40	20
4	57	38	19
5	54	36	18
6	51	34	17
7	48	32	16
8	45	30	15
9	42	28	14
10	39	26	13
11	36	24	12
12	33	22	11
13	30	20	10
14	27	18	9
15	24	16	8
16	21	14	7
17	18	12	6
18	15	10	5
19	12	8	4
20	9	6	3
21	6	4	2
22	3	2	1

NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS HISTORY
UT placed a program-best third overall at the 2018 NCAA Championships, and, for the first time ever at an NCAA Championship, the Longhorns sent all three boats to the grand finals (championships finals). Texas broke its previous best team finish set just the year before in 2017. It marked the top finish by a Big 12 member school at the national championship. The first eight placed third overall, the second eight placed fifth overall, and the four placed fourth, totaling 115 points.

In 2017, Texas placed fourth overall with 108 points in the final team standings at the 2017 NCAA Championships. Texas placed fourth in the eights grand final, first in the second eights petite final (seventh place overall) and fourth in the fours grand final.

The Longhorns placed eighth as a team at the 2016 NCAA Championships. UT announced its presence at the 2015 NCAA Championships and finished seventh overall in the 22-team regatta with 99 points.

The Longhorns placed fourth in the eights grand final, second in the second eights petite final and fifth in the fours petite final at the 2015 NCAA Championships.

Texas sent its varsity eight boats to compete at the 2003 and 2004 NCAA Championship regattas but had not been invited to compete at the Championships as a team until the Longhorns' breakthrough season in 2015. The UT varsity eight placed sixth in its petite final (6:28.65) at the 2003 NCAA Championship but did not reach a final at the 2004 NCAA Championships.

This week's regatta marks the 23rd NCAA Division I Rowing Championship. Brown ranks No. 1 all-time with its seven national titles while Washington and California, the defending NCAA champion, boast 4 titles apiece. Ohio State has three NCAA team titles and Virginia holds two.

The University of Texas at Austin Athletics

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