The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
05.17.2022 | Rowing
Texas was named the top overall seed and has the top-seeded boat in all three championship races.
INDIANAPOLIS – No. 1 Rowing was selected as the top overall seed and the top seed in all three events in the 2022 NCAA Division I Rowing Championship, the NCAA selection committee announced on Tuesday. The championships will be held May 27-29 at Nathan Benderson Park in Sarasota, Florida.
Texas has the top seed in all three events (first varsity eight, second varsity eight, four) for the first time in program history, while the second varsity eight and four earned the top seed in their respective events for the first time. The Longhorns claimed their first national title at last year's championship, which was also located at Nathan Benderson Park.
The team championship is composed of 22 teams. Eleven conferences were awarded automatic qualification and the remaining 11 slots were filled with at-large selections to complete the championship field. Teams qualifying for the championship are required to field two boats of eight rowers and one boat of four rowers. For the I Eights, II Eights and Fours, all 22 boats will be seeded into four heats.
Automatic Qualifiers:
Boston (Patriot League)
Gonzaga (West Coast Conference)
Jacksonville (Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference)
Ohio State (Big Ten Conference)
Northeastern (Colonial Athletic Conference)
Princeton (The Ivy League)
Rhode Island (Atlantic 10 Conference)
SMU (American Athletic Conference)
Stanford (Pac-12 Conference)
Texas (Big 12 Conference)
Virginia (Atlantic Coast Conference)
At-Large Selections:
Brown
California
Duke
Michigan
Oregon State
Pennsylvania
Rutgers
Southern California
Syracuse
Washington
Yale
|
Seed |
First Eight |
Second Eight |
Four |
|
1 |
TEXAS |
TEXAS |
TEXAS |
|
2 |
Princeton |
Yale |
Stanford |
|
3 |
Stanford |
Washington |
Princeton |
|
4 |
Brown |
Stanford |
Ohio State |
|
5 |
Yale |
Brown |
Washington |
|
6 |
Ohio State |
Penn |
Brown |
|
7 |
Michigan |
California |
Michigan |
|
8 |
Washington |
Michigan |
USC |
|
9 |
Penn |
SMU |
Yale |
|
10 |
California |
Ohio State |
Virginia |
|
11 |
Oregon State |
Virginia |
California |
|
12 |
SMU |
Syracuse |
Duke |
|
13 |
Virginia |
Princeton |
SMU |
|
14 |
Syracuse |
Duke |
Oregon State |
|
15 |
Duke |
Rutgers |
Rutgers |
|
16 |
Rutgers |
Oregon State |
Syracuse |
|
17 |
USC |
USC |
Penn |
|
18 |
Gonzaga |
Gonzaga |
Northeastern |
|
19 |
Boston |
Boston |
Boston |
|
20 |
Northeastern |
Rhode Island |
Gonzaga |
|
21 |
Rhode Island |
Jacksonville |
Rhode Island |
|
22 |
Jacksonville |
Northeastern |
Jacksonville |
