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 the Quarterfinals is open from Monday, May 4th until Friday, May 8th (5pm EST)

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.

VS

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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Brown 2004 vs. Cal 2005 (NCAA)

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Brown 2004

55.7% (1195 votes)

 

Cal 2005

44.3% (951 votes)

 

Total Votes: 2146

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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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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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Virginia 2012 vs. Stanford 2009 (NCAA)

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Virginia 2012

54.5% (775 votes)

 

Stanford 2009

45.5% (646 votes)

 

Total Votes: 1421

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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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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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Washington 2019 vs. Radcliffe 2003 (NCAA)

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Washington 2019

59.3% (699 votes)

 

Radcliffe 2003

40.7% (479 votes)

 

Total Votes: 1178

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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.

VS

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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Cal 2018 vs. Princeton 2006 (NCAA)

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Princeton 2006

51.7% (705 votes)

 

Cal 2018

48.3% (659 votes)

 

Total Votes: 1364

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