With the NCAA falling victim to the COVID-19 crisis this year, row2k offers you our Virtual NCAA 2020; we've taken 16 of the fastest NCAA Varsity Eight Champion crews going back to the 2000 NCAA, and created matchups using our proprietary seeding formula. The top vote-getting crews from each matchup will move on to the next round each week, until a champion is crowned.

Voting for Round I is open from Monday, April 20th until Friday, April 24th (5pm EST)

Washington 2017

Results

Lineup

Factoid

NCAA DI V8+ Final 2017
Washington 6:36.939
Stanford 6:38.520
California 6:40.069
Texas 6:44.737
Michigan 6:44.812
Yale 6:48.634

Marks-Nicholes (cox)
Ondoli
Beuke
Pierson
Gillingham
Mooney
Schendekehl
Thoennes
Schanze
Coach: Farooq

Dominant regatta for Huskies, first team to sweep all three events. Varsity 8's only loss was in the dual meet vs. Cal.

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Brown 2004

Results

Lineup

Factoid

NCAA DI V8+ Final 2004
Brown 6:32.90
Yale 6:34.60
Michigan 6:37.10
Princeton 6:37.70
Ohio State 6:38.90
Cal 6:40.10

Mehta (cox)
Dryer
Anderson
Starr
Prazar
Dearborn
Obolensky
Walcott
Almy
Coach: Murphy

Overhauled the crew's lineup after finishing fourth at Sprints, including adding a novice walk-on. The crew went on to win heat, semi, and final at NCAAs.

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Washington 2017 vs. Brown 2004 (NCAA)

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Brown 2004

53.4% (941 votes)

 

Washington 2017

46.6% (821 votes)

 

Total Votes: 1762

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Princeton 2011

Results

Lineup

Factoid

NCAA DI V8+ Final 2011
Princeton 6:27.12
Brown 6:28.62
Stanford 6:28.67
California 6:30.06
Southern California 6:30.19
Michigan State 6:36.12

Flavin (cox)
Wilkinson
Reelick
Reynolds
Strand
Robbins
Pierce
Hamrick
Brown
Coach: Dauphiny

The crew went unbeaten fall '10 and spring '11, with their only loss being to the USA W8+ at Henley Royal Regatta.

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Cal 2005

Results

Lineup

Factoid

NCAA DI V8+ Final 2005
Cal 6:20.74
Princeton 6:22.80
Radcliffe 6:23.86
Virginia 6:24.22
Yale 6:25.89
Ohio State 6:26.96

Hitomi (cox)
Djukic
Vander Schilden
Terheyden
Atkinson
Obradovic
Reinhardt
Allen
Cafaro
Coach: O'Neill

Bow pair of Allen and Cafaro would each go on to win at least one world championships as part of the USA W8+.

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Princeton 2011 vs. Cal 2005 (NCAA)

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Cal 2005

53.4% (818 votes)

 

Princeton 2011

46.2% (708 votes)

 

Total Votes: 1531

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Virginia 2012

Results

Lineup

Factoid

NCAA DI V8+ Final 2012
Virginia 6:18.72
Michigan 6:22.09
Southern Cal 6:25.06
Princeton 6:25.90
California 6:27.19
Washington 6:29.11

Thorsten (cox)
Beall
Kuzzy
O'Brien
Cowburn
Schlesinger
Grainger
Benton
Goldberg
Coach: Sauer

The crew won HOCR, ACCs, Sprints, and NCAAs. Only loss was to USC at the San Diego Crew Classic.

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Cal 2013

Results

Lineup

Factoid

NCAA DI V8+ Final 2013
Cal 6:21.426
Princeton 6:22.595
Ohio State 6:23.197
Virginia 6:23.648
Washington 6:25.697
Southern California 6:28.293

Ersted (cox)
Nowinski
Rippe
Hipango
Kohler
Helssen
Chase
Simpson
Premzic
Coach: O'Neill

This was an upset win for the Bears after losing multiple times to USC and Washington throughout the spring.

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Virginia 2012 vs. Cal 2013 (NCAA)

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Virginia 2012

61.9% (963 votes)

 

Cal 2013

37.9% (589 votes)

 

Total Votes: 1556

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Stanford 2009

Results

Lineup

Factoid

NCAA DI V8+ Final 2009
Stanford 6:11.95
Virginia 6:12.32
California 6:14.76
Yale 6:17.22
Brown 6:18.13
Princeton 6:24.02

Levy (cox)
Roddy
Eaton
Logan
Luczak
Smith
Meyer
Vezie
Fritsch
Coach: Farooq

Crew contained three current or future USA Olympians; Logan, Luczak, and Meyer.

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Ohio State 2016

Results

Lineup

Factoid

NCAA DI V8+ Final 2016
Ohio State 6:19.035
California 6:21.111
Stanford 6:22.167
Brown 6:22.186
Virginia 6:23.308
Princeton 6:26.186

Asad (cox)
Davis
Shields
Wiliams
Dietrich
Johnson
Ralph
Riley
Engel
Coach: Teitelbaum

Third straight NCAA win for Buckeyes, Shields and Williams only rowers to race in all three NCAA championship eights.

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Stanford 2009 vs. Ohio State 2016 (NCAA)

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Stanford 2009

58.2% (798 votes)

 

Ohio State 2016

41.2% (564 votes)

 

Total Votes: 1370

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Yale 2010

Results

Lineup

Factoid

NCAA DI V8+ Final 2010
Yale 6:24.76
Virginia 6:25.75
Princeton 6:27.06
California 6:27.60
Stanford 6:31.30
Southern California 6:34.21

Kanak (cox)
Ritzel
Gerrand
Henly
McCrea
Nash
Hart
Mader
Dickson
Coach: Porter

Three rowers, Ritzel, Gerrand, and Henly each won their third NCAA Varsity 8+ national title.

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Washington 2019

Results

Lineup

Factoid

NCAA DI V8+ Final 2019
Washington 6:07.284
Texas 6:07.971
Michigan 6:08.659
Stanford 6:09.344
California 6:10.515
Ohio State 6:11.042

Avritt (cox)
Schendekehl
Schanze
Asoumanaki
Blue
Cohen
Iseppi
Wren
Pappalardo
Coach: Farooq

Lost to Cal three times during the regular season, got second in their NCAA heat, but won the tightly packed final after trailing the field through 1000m.

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Yale 2010 vs. Washington 2019 (NCAA)

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Washington 2019

58.1% (949 votes)

 

Yale 2010

41.2% (674 votes)

 

Total Votes: 1634

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Ohio State 2014

Results

Lineup

Factoid

NCAA DI V8+ Final 2014
Ohio State 6:44.476
Brown 6:48.471
California 6:48.509
Washington 6:49.645
Michigan 6:50.134
Stanford 6:52.927

Lazur (cox)
Bode
Norton
Shields
Williams
Bauer
Miedema
Ravera
Cid Centelles
Coach: Teitelbaum

Unbeaten season and first Big 10 team to win Varsity 8 event at NCAAs.

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Radcliffe 2003

Results

Lineup

Factoid

NCAA DI V8+ Final 2003
Harvard-Radcliffe 6:26.92
Michigan 6:28.58
Stanford 6:29.54
Washington 6:30.07
Virginia 6:31.49
Southern California 6:38.33

Gluck (cox)
Marvel
Brown
Davies
Brock
Lambert
Schofield
Fisher
Pasternack
Coach: O'Leary

Davies would go on to race in the 2004, 2008, and 2012 USA Oympic W8+. Part of an epic year for Harvard rowing, in addition to also winning the light and heavy varsity eights at the IRA.

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Ohio State 2014 vs. Radcliffe 2003 (NCAA)

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Radcliffe 2003

53.7% (704 votes)

 

Ohio State 2014

45.8% (600 votes)

 

Total Votes: 1311

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Cal 2018

Results

Lineup

Factoid

NCAA DI V8+ Final 2018
California 6:14.857
Washington 6:16.535
Texas 6:17.800
Stanford 6:20.495
Princeton 6:23.340
Ohio State 6:28.527

Christopher (cox)
Wesselman
Croonquist
Faralisch
Moffat
Betts
Brown
Payne
Bliemel
Coach: Acosta

Bears avenged their only loss of season, to UW at Pac-12s, in convincing fashion over the entire NCAA field.

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Washington 2002

Results

Lineup

Factoid

NCAA DI V8+ Final 2018
Washington 6:36:41
Brown 6:39:87
California 6:40:96
Ohio State 6:41:11
Princeton 6:44:54
Stanford 6:52:53

Whipple (cox)
Estevenin
Ritchie
Mickelson
Hurn
Hunter
Stasiak
Nykreim
Stenken
Coach: Harville

Unbeaten year for Huskies, winning the Varsity 8 for second year in a row. Whipple and Mickelson would go on to race in the 2004 and 2008 USA Olympic W8+.

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Cal 2018 vs. Washington 2002 (NCAA)

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Cal 2018

53.3% (733 votes)

 

Washington 2002

46.2% (635 votes)

 

Total Votes: 1375

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Princeton 2006

Results

Lineup

Factoid

NCAA DI V8+ Final 2006
Princeton 6:36.851
California 6:43.260
Brown 6:43.521
Washington State 6:48.067
Ohio State 6:49.319
Michigan State 6:51.222

Agnew (cox)
Lind
Haraldsdottir
Zider
Darby
Morin
Kruse
Stone
Bertko
Coach: Dauphiny

Dominant unbeaten season; Princeton's 6.4 second winning margin over second place Cal is the largest winning margin in NCAA DI history. Crew contained four current/future Olympians: Lind, Morin, Stone, and Bertko

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Yale 2007

Results

Lineup

Factoid

NCAA DI V8+ Final 2007
Yale 6:37.08
Ohio State 6:38.77
USC 6:39.45
Brown 6:39.55
Virginia 6:41.50
Princeton 6:45.38

Cleveland (cox)
Jeffers
Gerrand
Geiser
Redman
Ritzel
Rich
Henly
Glandorf
Coach: Porter

Yale's first national championship and undefeated season since the famous "These are the bodies..." crew led by Chris Ernst achieved the feat in 1979.

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Princeton 2006 vs. Yale 2007 (NCAA)

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Princeton 2006

58.0% (863 votes)

 

Yale 2007

41.8% (622 votes)

 

Total Votes: 1489

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