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Rowing concludes NCAA Championships with third-place finish
06.01.2025 | Rowing
This marks the eighth-straight year that Texas has recorded a top-four finish at the NCAA Championships.
WEST WINDSOR, N.J. – Texas Rowing wrapped up a successful run at the 2025 NCAA Championships with a third-place finish at Mercer Lake on Sunday. It marks the eighth-consecutive top-four finish for the Longhorns. In addition, Texas has finished inside the top-three in six of the last seven national meets including three national titles, all under head coach Dave O'Neill.
Texas totaled 118 points – the fifth-highest points total at a national meet in program history. Stanford won the title after compiling 129 total points, and Yale finished as the national runner-up with 121 points. Following third-place Texas (118 points), Washington finished fourth (117), Tennessee fifth (106), Princeton sixth (99), Brown seventh (95), Rutgers eighth (83) and California and Virginia tied for ninth (79) to round out the top-10.
"I'm really proud of this team and this ultimate result. We know how hard it is to get the team onto the podium, and we never take it for granted," Texas head coach Dave O'Neill said. "The year as a whole was a fantastic experience, and everyone deserves a ton of credit. I was impressed every step of the way. Whether it was development of athletes, leaders stepping up, embracing the training, managing injuries and the stress and disappointment of selection. I cannot express how proud I am of this team."
"All of our crews raced really hard and did all they could. There might be a hint of disappointment from some, and that can be expected when you're so close to winning. However, those crews that finished ahead of us were outstanding, and I'm confident we did the best we could have done."
Forecasted strong winds moved up Sunday's schedule with the first race for the Horns kicking off at 7:08 a.m. CT. Mercer Lake saw clear skies and 7-8 mph winds throughout Grand Finals. The wind started to pick up at the start of the I Eight Grand Final.
The Texas First Four commenced Grand Finals by clinching its sixth-straight top-three finish at the national regatta, placing third in 6:59.548 to earn a spot on the podium. It was a tight race from start-to-finish between third-place Texas, first-place Stanford and runner-up Washington. Stanford won it in 6:56.532 followed by Washington (2nd-6:58.598), Texas (3rd-6:59.548), Yale (4th-7:01.820), Rutgers (5th-7:01.858) and Tennessee (6th-7:12.228).
The II Eight registered a fourth-place finish after crossing the finish line in 6:17.213. It was a hard-fought battle for the Horns against Stanford (1st-6:13.075), Washington (2nd-6:14.931), Princeton (4th-6:15.021), Yale (6:19.535) and Virginia (6th-6:27.933). The Second Eight has finished inside the top-four in back-to-back seasons after posting a runner-up finish in 2024. The II Eight has also notched a top-four finish in five of the last six national regattas.
In the final race of the 2025 campaign, the Texas I Eight had a podium finish after placing third in 6:09.848. Yale won in 6:06.138 followed by Stanford (2nd-6:08.336), Texas (3rd-6:09.848), Tennessee (4th-6:10.912), Washington (5th-6:12.538) and Brown (6th-14.088). With the clutch effort by the I Eight, Texas was able to fend off the Washington Huskies to solidify a third-place team finish to cap the weekend. The I Eight has tallied a podium finish in six of the last seven national meets.
Final Team Scores (Team – Points)
- Stanford – 129
- Yale – 121
- TEXAS – 118
- Washington – 117
- Tennessee – 106
- Princeton – 99
- Brown – 95
- Rutgers – 83
- California, Virginia – 79
- Michigan – 74
- Syracuse – 67
- Harvard – 65
- Indiana – 58
- UCF – 52
- Dartmouth, Pennsylvania – 39
- Oregon State – 33
- Northeastern – 27
- Boston U – 20
- Rhode Island – 12
- Fairfield – 6
Lineups:
I Eight: Amy Werner (Cox), Sue Holderness, Imy Grey, Marg Van der Wal, Ilva Boone, Phoebe Wise, Lucy McFarlane, Lucy Searle and Abby Dawson.
II Eight: Bronwen Holmes (Cox), Rhiannon Luke, Katherine Nordheim, Phoebe Robinson, Allie Alton, Amelia Gleed, Savvy Jerome, Taryn Kooyers and Ellie Rodriguez.
I Four: Paris West (Cox), Nadja Yaroschuk, Daniela Thiermann, Jess Colbran and Paula Becher.
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