The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
Rowing debuts at No. 3 in Pocock CRCA preseason poll
02.11.2026 | Rowing
Texas has won three of the last five NCAA National Championships.
AUSTIN, Texas – Texas Rowing has been ranked No. 3 in the Pocock CRCA preseason poll, the organization announced Wednesday. It marks the ninth-consecutive year Texas has been ranked inside the top-four in the initial poll and the 11th-straight time UT has garnered a top-eight preseason ranking.
The Longhorns received one first-place vote to check in at No. 3. The Top 10 features No. 1 Stanford (22 votes), No. 2 Yale (two votes), No. 3 Texas (one vote), No. 4 Washington, No. 5 Tennessee, No. 6 Princeton, No. 7 Brown, No. 8 Virginia, No. 9 Rutgers and No. 10 Cal.
Last season, Texas finished third at the NCAA Championships after totaling 118 points – the fifth-highest points total at a national meet in program history. The I Eight earned a podium finish after placing third in 6:09.848 while the II Eight registered a fourth-place finish in 6:17.213. The Longhorn I Four placed third in 6:59.548.
Scheduled to open their season next month, the Longhorns return Amy Werner, Imy Grey, Marg Van der Wal, Ilva Boone, Phoebe Wise, Lucy McFarlane, Lucy Searle and Abby Dawsom from Texas' NCAA Championships I Eight boat. Bronwen Holmes, Rhiannon Luke, Katherine Nordheim, Allie Alton, Amelia Gleed, Savvy Jerome and Ellie Rodriguez, who raced at the NCAA Championships in the II Eight, return. Paris West, Daniela Thiermann, Jess Colbran and Paula Becher, who raced at the national meet in the I Four, are slated to return.
Texas opens the season at the San Diego Crew Classic on March 28-29, which is regarded as America's premier spring regatta. Racing is held in Mission Bay Park on the shores of Fiesta Bay-Crown Point.
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