Rowing: Ohio State Selected to Compete in Ninth-Consecutive NCAA Championships – Ohio State Buckeyes
5/20/2008 12:00:00 AM | Rowing
COLUMBUS, Ohio The Ohio State rowing team will make its ninth-consecutive appearance in the NCAA championships after the announcement of the 2008 field Tuesday by the NCAA Division I Women’s Rowing Committee. The championships will take place May 30-June 1 at Lake Natoma in Gold River, Calif. The University of California, Berkeley, will serve as host.
It is the 10th NCAA appearance overall for the Buckeyes. In 1997, in just Ohio State’s second year as a varsity program, the First Varsity Four became the first Buckeye boat to compete at nationals.
Ohio State was one of 12 teams selected with each team fielding two boats of eight rowers and one boat of four rowers. In addition, four Varsity Eight boats from institutions not represented in the team competition were selected.
Last year, Ohio State made program history by finishing third as a team in the 2007 NCAA Championships. Along with the program-best team standing, the First Varsity Eight was the runner-up in the Grand Final race, which stands as the best placing by a Buckeye boat in the history of the program.
2008 NCAA Division I Women’s Rowing Championships
May 30 June 1
Lake Natoma
Gold River, Calif.
Host: UC Berkeley
Teams
Brown
California
Harvard
Michigan State
Ohio State
Princeton
Tennessee
Virginia
Washington
Washington State
Wisconsin
Yale
At-Large First Varsity Eights
Clemson
Michigan
Southern California
Stanford
