Rowing DIVISION I Highlights Brown wins seventh national title: Brown held off a late charge by Stanford in the fi nal race of the day to capture the team title at the 2011 NCAA championships on May 29 on Lake Natoma in Gold River, Calif. In the varsity eights grand fi nal, Princeton captured the title in a time of 6 minutes, 27.12 seconds. The Tigers led wire-to-wire as they won the varsity eight national title for the second time, the fi rst coming in 2006. While Princeton won the race, the battle for second determined the national championship. With Stanford closing the gap on Brown in the fi nal 100 meters, the Bears crossed the line in 6:28.62, just fi ve-hundredths of a second ahead of Stanford. That margin of victory was the diff erence as the two teams tied for the team championships with 85 points each. The tiebreaker to determine the national championship was the higher fi nish in the varsity eights race, giving Brown its seventh national title and third in the past fi ve years. California, which held a slim lead in the team race entering the grand fi nal, fi nished fourth in the race and third in the team championship. Princeton fi nished fourth in the team standings, followed by Southern California, Virginia, Michigan State, Washington, Wisconsin and Ohio State. Yale was 11th, with Washington State, Michigan, Harvard, Clemson and Dartmouth rounding out the fi eld. The Division I second varsity eights grand fi nal was captured by Stanford, which led wire-to-wire and fi nished in a time of 6:26.76, more than two seconds ahead of Brown. California fi nished third, followed by Ohio State, Virginia and Southern California. Washington captured the petite fi nal of the second varsity eights, edging Michigan State for the victory. Princeton was third, ahead of Washington State, Michigan, Yale and Wisconsin. In the third fi nal Clemson erased a nearly three-second defi cit in the fi nal 500 meters, but it was Dartmouth holding on for the victory in a time of 6:34.34, .46 seconds ahead of Clemson. Harvard fi nished third in the race, seven seconds back. The Division I fours title went to California, which used a strong second 500 meters to pull past Virginia and never relinquish its lead. The Golden Bears came across in 7:09.60, ahead of Virginia, Southern California, Washington, Wisconsin and Stanford. In the petite fi nal Brown came from third place at the 1,000-meter mark to edge Ohio State for the victory. Princeton, Washington State, Michigan and Yale rounded out the fi eld. Michigan State captured the third fi nal by more than four seconds against Harvard, followed by Clemson and Dartmouth. 2011 TEAM RESULTS I Eights II Eights Fours Total 1. Brown ....................................................................45 30 10 85 2. Stanford ................................................................42 32 11 85 3. California ..............................................................39 28 16 83 4. Princeton ..............................................................48 16 8 72 5. Southern California .........................................36 22 14 72 6. Virginia ..................................................................30 24 15 69 7. Michigan St. ........................................................33 18 4 55 8. Washington ........................................................21 20 13 54 9. Wisconsin .............................................................24 8 12 44 10. Ohio St. ....................................................................9 26 9 44 11. Yale .........................................................................27 10 5 42 12. Washington St. ..................................................18 14 7 39 13. Michigan ..............................................................15 12 6 33 14. Harvard .................................................................12 2 3 17 15. Clemson ..................................................................6 4 2 12 16. Dartmouth .............................................................3 6 1 10 Note: Ties in team scoring are broken by finish in I Eights. 2011 EVENT RESULTS II Eights: Third final—1. Dartmouth, 6:34.45; 2. Clemson, I Eights: Third final—1. Harvard, 6:34.45; 2. Ohio St., 6:36.62; 6:34.91; 3. Harvard, 6:41.91. 3. Clemson, 6:38.47; 4. Dartmouth, 6:40.63. Fours: Third final—1. Michigan St., 7:28.50; 2. Harvard, 7:32.72; 3. Clemson, 7:34.71; 4. Dartmouth, 7:40.83. II Eights: Petite final—1. Washington [Monique Moore, I Eights: Petite final—1. Virginia [Keziah Beall, Claudia Victoria Nenchey, Skye Pearman-Gillman, Marie Strohmayer, Blandford, Sarah Borchelt, Carli Goldberg, Martha Kuzzy, Fours: Petite final—1. Brown [Kelly Fennessy, Lawren Veronica Tamsitt, Hanne Trafnik, Sarah Velling, Haley Yeager, Kristine O’Brien, Christine Roper, Fiona Schlesinger, Sidney Kieffer, Mairi McKellop, Lauren Meyer, Elizabeth Mills (cox- Kelsey Jackson (coxswain)], 6:35.91; 2. Michigan St., 6:37.28; Thorsten (coxswain)], 6:33.24; 2. Yale, 6:33.83; 3. Wisconsin, swain)], 7:17.67; 2. Ohio St., 7:18.32; 3. Princeton, 7:19.24; 4. 3. Princeton, 6:37.43; 4. Washington St., 6:40.57; 5. Michigan, 6:37.65; 4. Washington, 6:38.06; 5. Washington St., 6:42.66; Washington St., 7:24.00; 5. Michigan, 7:26.72; 6. Yale, 7:29.57. 6:42.28; 6. Yale, 6:43.59; 7. Wisconsin, 6:43.92. 6. Michigan, 6:42.74. Fours: Grand final—1. California [Becca Lindquist, II Eights: Grand final—1. Stanford [Sarah Bolmer, Susan I Eights: Grand final—1. Princeton [Ashton Brown, Molly Kyndal Mancho, Charlotte Palmer, Catherine Shannon, Bryukhanov, Marielle Higgins, Daphne Martchenko, Erin Hamrick, Kelly Pierce, Kelsey Reelick, Emily Reynolds, Heidi Lynn Anderson (coxswain)], 7:09.60; 2. Virginia, 7:11.39; Radigan, Julia Thompson, Michelle Vezie, Kristy Wentzel, Robbins, Michaela Strand, Lauren Wilkinson, Lila Flavin 3. Southern California, 7:12.73; 4. Washington, 7:17.51; 5. Tiffany Dao (coxswain)], 6:26.76; 2. Brown, 6:29.41; 3. (coxswain)], 6:27.12; 2. Brown, 6:28.62; 3. Stanford, 6:28.67; Wisconsin, 7:17.74; 6. Stanford, 7:18.08. California, 6:31.70; 4. Ohio St., 6:33.42; 5. Virginia, 6:37.20; 6. 4. California, 6:30.06; 5. Southern California, 6:30.19; 6. Southern California, 6:37.83. Michigan St., 6:36.12. 2 DIVISION I ROWING—HISTORY History Team Results Year Champion Coach Points Runner-Up Points Host or Site 1997 .................................................Washington Jan Harville 201 Princeton 184 Rancho Cordova, Calif. 1998 .................................................Washington Jan Harville 91 Brown 85 Gainesville, Ga. 1999 .................................................Brown John Murphy 56 Virginia 56 Rancho Cordova, Calif. 2000 .................................................Brown John Murphy 59 Washington 55 Camden, N.J. 2001 .................................................Washington Jan Harville 58 Michigan 53 Gainesville, Ga. 2002 .................................................Brown John Murphy 67 Washington 63 Indianapolis 2003 .................................................Harvard Liz O’Leary 59 Brown 57 Indianapolis 2004 .................................................Brown John Murphy 70 Yale 58 Gold River, Calif. 2005 .................................................California Dave O’Neill 67 Virginia 63 Gold River, Calif. 2006 .................................................California Dave O’Neill 66 Brown 66 West Windsor, N.J. 2007 .................................................Brown John Murphy 58 Virginia 54 Oak Ridge, Tenn. 2008 .................................................Brown John Murphy 67 Washington 59 Gold River, Calif. 2009 .................................................Stanford Yasmin Farooq 88 California 85 Cherry Hill, N.J. 2010 .................................................Virginia Kevin Sauer 87 California 82 Gold River, Calif. 2011 .................................................Brown John Murphy 85 Stanford 85 Gold River, Calif. Note: Ties in team scoring are broken by finish in I Eights. TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS 2004 Virginia [Launa Forehand, Kerry Maher, 2003 Brown [Abby Thomas, Frances Betancourt, Brown 7, Washington 3, California 2, Harvard, Stanford, Renee Albers, Libby McCann, Ashley Jill Filipek, Kady Tremaine, Megan Wachs, Virginia, 1 each. Jones (coxswain)], 7:27.5. Meg Anderson, Audrey Patten, Becky 2005 Virginia [Katrin Sydlik, Allison Brennan, Hutchinson, Liza Aquiar (coxswain)], INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIPS Mieke Pitts, Mindy Fiesler, Michelle Ellison 6:35.03. Brown 13, Washington 9, Virginia 7, Yale 4, Princeton 3, (coxswain)], 7:18.42. 2004 Brown [Erika Faires, Diane Schneider, Caitlin California 2, Stanford 2, Clemson, Harvard, Michigan, 2006 Brown [Anne Van Beuningen, Carly Traub, Flynn, Sophie Branson-Gill, Meghan Kelly, Minnesota, Southern California, 1 each. Joanna Jacob, Casey Collins, Christina Maggie Cheney, Kaitlin Masarie, Audrey Caligiuri (coxswain)], 7:41.1030. Patten, Peggy McKendry (coxswain)], 2007 Virginia [Chrissie Monaghan, Amanda Chase, 6:44.1. Rebecca Ryall, Mindy Fiesler, Mary Eddy 2005 Virginia [Chrissie Monaghan, Mary Championship Records (coxswain)], 7:35.03. Dobmeier, Sara Lipp, Heather Gardner, 2008 Washington [Rachel Powers, Jennifer Park, Kim Southern, Libby McCann, Crystal Charlene Franklin, Adrienne Martelli, MacLeod, Beth Clark, Launa Forehand FOURS (coxswain)], 6:34.19. 7:07.98—Virginia [Ruth Retzinger, Hunter Terry, Chelsea Maggie Cheek (coxswain)], 7:24.75. 2009 Clemson [Kelly Murphy, Lydia Hassell, 2006 Brown [Jeanette Saraidaridis, Sarah Simpson, Inge Janssen,