No. 13 Rutgers Rowing Travels To Indiana For NCAA Championships (first time since 2001)

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No. 13 Rutgers rowing will travel to the Midwest for the 2019 NCAA Championship beginning on May 31 through June 2 at the Indianapolis Rowing Center at Eagle Cree Park. Heats and lane assignments for the Championships are available here (PDF) and live results can be accessed via the following link.

Competition on Friday begins for the Scarlet Knights at 9:24 a.m.


More Here: https://scarletknights.com/news/201...ravels-to-indiana-for-ncaa-championships.aspx

 

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Inside Rutgers rowing’s ‘insane’ turnaround story ahead of NCAA Championships bid


Rutgers will make its first NCAA Championships appearance in 18 years this weekend, the final stop in a stunning turnaround season that has seen the program win the Eastern Sprints for the first time earlier this year, finish a school-best fourth in the conference meet and earn its first-ever national ranking. Racing starts Friday at Eagle Cree Park in Indianapolis.

“It’s insane. No one has ever seen this kind of improvement before," said senior Sarah Johanek, the team’s best rower and a four-year stalwart on its Varsity Eight boat, the most-prestigious assignment.


https://www.nj.com/rutgers/2019/05/...nd-story-ahead-of-ncaa-championships-bid.html

 

[Wolv RU]

Inside Rutgers rowing’s ‘insane’ turnaround story ahead of NCAA Championships bid


Rutgers will make its first NCAA Championships appearance in 18 years this weekend, the final stop in a stunning turnaround season that has seen the program win the Eastern Sprints for the first time earlier this year, finish a school-best fourth in the conference meet and earn its first-ever national ranking. Racing starts Friday at Eagle Cree Park in Indianapolis.

“It’s insane. No one has ever seen this kind of improvement before," said senior Sarah Johanek, the team’s best rower and a four-year stalwart on its Varsity Eight boat, the most-prestigious assignment.


https://www.nj.com/rutgers/2019/05/...nd-story-ahead-of-ncaa-championships-bid.html

What a great story this is. Sounds like they have an excellent coach.

 

[AreYouNUTS]

That article is simply amazing. EVERY Scarlet Knights Athletics fan - including those who swear up-and-down that the only way any of our programs can ever be good is by hiring a HC from this area - NEEDS to read it (hopefully one Is coming featuring our softball head coach, who hails from Florida, as well...).

 

[Wolv RU]

That article is simply amazing. EVERY Scarlet Knights Athletics fan - including those who swear up-and-down that the only way any of our programs can ever be good is by hiring a HC from this area - NEEDS to read it (hopefully one Is coming featuring our softball head coach, who hails from Florida, as well...).

Yes, to expand, the coach came from California. Probably knew little about Rutgers and had no ties to the area. In year 2, they are ranked #13 and got an NCAA bid for first time in 18 years.

 

[RUTrack94]

Yes, to expand, the coach came from California. Probably knew little about Rutgers and had no ties to the area. In year 2, they are ranked #13 and got an NCAA bid for first time in 18 years.

But ... but ... the coach didn’t know NJ

 

[bigmatt718]

RU 1V8 advances to the Semis tomorrow morning by placing 3rd in their heat behind only Stanford and Michigan. RU 2V8 finished 4th and just missed the semis by 2 secs behind Yale. They will race in the conso races tomorrow.

 

[Jim_from_RU]

It’s unbelievably impressive what this program has done this year.

 

[bigmatt718]

RU V4 finishes 2nd in their heat, defeating both Princeton and UVA to gain entry into the Semis tomorrow morning. Only finished behind Texas who is one of the elites in the sport.

 

[RUTrack94]

Awesome job ... 2 advance and 1 missed by only 2.5 seconds!

#AnotherTeamOnTheRise

 

[rudad02]

RU 1V8 advances to the Semis tomorrow morning by placing 3rd in their heat behind only Stanford and Michigan. RU 2V8 finished 4th and just missed the semis by 2 secs behind Yale. They will race in the conso races tomorrow.

Terrific.

 

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[bigmatt718]

RU 1V8 finished 5th in their semis heat. Defeated Yale and was .3 secs from defeating Princeton for 4th. No shame in not placing...Washington, Stanford and OSU are all bonafide elite teams. RU legit should finish Top 10 tomorrow in the 1V8 Petite Finals.

 

[bigmatt718]

RU V4 finishes 4th, ahead of Duke, Indiana and UVA. Had a shot at the Championship tomorrow but OSU rallied for 3rd. Lets take 7th place tomorrow. Conso 2V8s coming up.

 

[bigmatt718]

RU 2V8s wins decisively in the cosmos races. Duke was 6 secs behind for 2nd. They'll race for 13th-18th place tomorrow.

 

[bigmatt718]

RU 1V8 finishes 10th in the nation. Defeated Brown and UVA in the Petite Final. RU had a bad start, if not for that the team likely wouldve beat Iowa and challenged Yale for 8th.

 

[bigmatt718]

RU V4 boat finishes 10th in the nation as well. Defeated Yale, Duke and UVA. Likely have a shot to finish Top 10 in the nation. One race left...2V8 13th-18th place.

 

[RUTrack94]

2 boats in Top 10 ... not too shabby for a team that didn’t qualify for the NCAAs for a few decades!

#AnotherRUTeamOnTheRise

 

[bigmatt718]

2V8 finishes 14th. Only Harvard beat them. All 3 boats finished higher than their projected seedings.

 

[AreYouNUTS]

2 boats in Top 10 ... not too shabby for a team that didn’t qualify for the NCAAs for a few decades!

#AnotherRUTeamOnTheRise

Phenomenal.

 

[rudad02]

Great job Ladies & Coaches. Congrats!

 

[rsutton86]

What the coach has done is impressive, but congratulations to all of those girls who bought into his vision and training. It would have been easy to continue down the same path of mediocracy (or lower) of years past. They certainly reversed that trend.

 

[RUTrack94]

The women placed 11th with 70 points and finished 3rd among B1G teams!

Thank you for the great season and raised expectations for next year!

#AnotherRUTeamOnTheRise

 

[MS-RU]

Congratulations on a great season ladies!

 

[koleszar]

The women placed 11th with 70 points and finished 3rd among B1G teams!

Thank you for the great season and raised expectations for next year!

#AnotherRUTeamOnTheRise

18 years of not even qualifying to 11th is pretty fvcking amazing. Well deserved praise for our Women Rowers. You made your school proud.

 

[Rutgers36]

Congratulations on an amazing year! Keep it going next year!

 

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[AreYouNUTS]

Amazing!! CONGRATS!!