BETHEL, Ohio -- Cal Poly Humboldt women's rowing placed fourth nationally with a total of 19 team points on Saturday morning at the NCAA Division II Rowing National Championships in Ohio. The Varsity 4+ (V4+) boat finished as national runner-ups, placing second in the Grand Final with a time of 7:50.41. The boat was led by coxswain
Emily Daniels and featured rowers
Gabriella Griffin,
Marie-Claire Desplancke,
Emry Yount, and
Sydney Schwankl.
"Of course, you want your team to row as fast as they can on the last day, and this team did everything they could," stated head coach Matt Weise. "The four had an outstanding performance and held their seed, which was great to see. The eight was right there in the mix, and if they were just two seconds faster, we would be national champions. It's a hard one to swallow, but they raced great and raced their hearts out; that's all you can ask for as a coach. We will look to next season and try to figure out how to go a little bit faster. I'm very proud of this group."
The V4+ boat kicked the day off with a strong second place finish in their Grand Final race. The 'Jacks crossed the line with a time of 7:50.41 to earn a spot on the podium for the second straight season. Seattle Pacific University won the race with a time of 7:46.39. Following the top-two finishers was Central Oklahoma (7:57.46) in third place and Mercyhurst (8:07.71) in fourth place.
The points earned from this race are listed below (including points from the Petite Final):
1st - Seattle Pacific (12)
2nd - Cal Poly Humboldt (10)
3rd - Central Oklahoma (8)
4th - Mercyhurst (6)
5th - Western Washington (4)
*
6th - Embry Riddle (2)
*
* = competed in Petite Final
Shortly after was the Varsity 8+ (V8+) Grand Final that determined who would become the 2024 National Champion. Humboldt took fourth place in the V8+ final, clocking a time of 7:02.877 to bring up the rear of a field that was separated by just 5.267 total seconds.
Sonja Scollon was the Lumberjacks' coxswain, and was joined by rowers
Leah Dunn,
Dana Foley, Lucianna Voss, Emily Marsolis, Elizabeth Walters,
Kealey Scott,
Gwen Sutton and
Kylie Mosley.
The points earned from this race are listed below (including points from the Petite Final):
1st - Western Washington (18)
2nd - Mercyhurst (15)
3rd - Central Oklahoma (12)
4th - Cal Poly Humboldt (9)
5th - Embry Riddle (6) *
6th - Seattle Pacific (3) *
* = competed in Petite Final
Below is the point totals for each team after the day of rowing was completed. Western Washington, who also won the GNAC Championship this season, went on the win their ninth national championship.
| 2024 NCAA Division II Women's Rowing Championships - Final Team Scores |
| Place |
Team |
Eights |
Fours |
Total |
| 1 |
Western Washington |
18 |
4 |
22 |
| 2 |
Mercyhurst |
15 |
6 |
21 |
| 3 |
Central Oklahoma |
12 |
8 |
20 |
| 4 |
Cal Poly Humboldt |
9 |
10 |
19 |
| 5 |
Seattle Pacific |
3 |
12 |
15 |
| 6 |
Embry-Riddle |
6 |
2 |
8 |
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