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Rhode Island will make its ninth overall appearance at the NCAA Women's Rowing Championship, co-hosted by Lake Lanier Olympic Park and the University of North Georgia, beginning Friday morning on Lake Lanier in Gainesville, Ga.

The Championship field is comprised of 22 teams and provides three events, the Varsity 8+, Second Varsity 8+, and Varsity 4+. Each race covers a 2,000-meter course. Each team is required to field two boats of eight rowers each and one boat of four rowers. For the Rams, it is their third consecutive year competing at the regatta, having represented URI at the 2025 NCAA Women's Rowing Championships in West Windsor, N.J. 

Rhody's Varsity 8+ and Second Varsity 8+ boats will compete in Heat 4 of their respective flights on Friday. Rhode Island's Varsity 4+ boat will compete in Heat 3. The Varsity 8+ will race at 10:24 a.m., following by the Second Varsity 8+ at 11:12 a.m. and the Varsity 4+ at 11:48 a.m. All three crews are scheduled to race in Lane 6. Both of Rhode Island's Varsity 8+ boats were and were seeded 21st out of 22 competing boats, while its Varsity 4+ boat was seeded 22nd. 

The national championship consists of three days of racing. The top three boats from each of Friday's heats will secure spots in the A/B Semifinals on Saturday, May 30 while the rest of the teams move on to the C/D Semifinals.

Finals for each flight will be held on Sunday, May 31. Each boat class has four sets of finals: D Final (places 19-22), C Final (places 13-18), B Final (places 7-12) and Grand Final (places 1-6).

Rhode Island had its best-ever finish at the NCAA Championship came in 2024 when the Rams secured 20th place. The Rams collected 17 points in that year's championship to finish ahead of both SMU and Jacksonville. A season ago in 2025, Rhode Island placed 21st. 

Rhode Island Racing Schedule - Friday, May 29
Varsity 8+ - Heat 4 - Friday, May 29
10:24 a.m. - Massachusetts, Rutgers, Princeton, Yale, Miami, Rhode Island 

Second Varsity 8+ - Heat 4 - Friday, May 29
11:12 a.m. - Massachusetts, Rutgers, Princeton, Washington, Michigan, Rhode Island

Varsity 4+ - Heat 3 - Friday, May 29
11:48 p.m. - Northeastern, Princeton, Washington, Virginia, Ohio State, Rhode Island

Rhode Island Racing Lineups
VARSITY 8+
Lily Stasaitis (coxswain)
Bethany Nordstrom
Nora Lake
Liz Mayer
Emma Barnhart
Sasha Hanewald
Sierra Munroe
Charlotte Aeder
Brigid McShea

SECOND VARSITY 8+
Rachel Bauhaus (coxswain)
Danika Rogers
Sage Sabatino
Anna Kann
Sophia Thyer
Amanda Cubit
Payton Klein
Maddy Papik
Emma Larsh

VARSITY 4+
Kate Sullivan (coxswain)
Irma Accius
Lucy Lyons
Abigail Galayda
Anna Smith