Women’s Crew Gains 23rd Consecutive Berth into NCAA Championships

INDIANAPOLIS – Brown University women's crew has earned an at-large bid into the 2019 NCAA Division I Women's Rowing Championships set for the Indianapolis Rowing Center at Eagle Creek Park in Indianapolis, Ind., from May 31 to June 2, the NCAA announced on Tuesday.

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Brown will compete in the NCAA Championships for the 23^rd consecutive year and stands as one of three programs, along with Princeton and Washington, to take part in all 22 championships since the event's inception in 1997. Under head coach John Murphy the Bears have won seven NCAA titles, with the most recent occurring in 2011.

Brown's first varsity eight gained the No. 7 seed and will race in heat two on Friday, May 31 at 9:12 a.m., facing second-seeded Princeton, 10^th-seeded Iowa, 15^th-seeded Navy, and 18^th-seeded UCF.

The Bears' second varsity eight earned the No. 9 seed and will race in heat one on Friday, May 31 at 9:48 a.m., competing against top-seeded Washington, eighth-seeded Princeton, 16^th-seeded UCF, and 17^th-seeded Navy.

Brown's A varsity four garnered the No. 8 seed and will race in heat one on Friday, May 31 at 10:36 a.m., meeting top-seeded Washington, ninth-seeded California, 16^th-seeded Iowa, and 17^th-seeded Radcliffe.

The championship, this year co-hosted by Indiana University, Bloomington and the Indiana Sports Corporation, is composed of 22 teams. Eleven conferences were awarded automatic qualification and the remaining 11 slots were filled with at-large selections to complete the championship field.

Teams qualifying for the championship as an automatic qualifier or as an at-large are required to field two boats of eight rowers and one boat of four rowers. For the first varsity eight, second varsity eight and varsity four, all 22 boats are seeded into four heats.

Brown will enter the championship coming off a second-place team finish at the Ivy League Championship. At the Ivy Championship on Sunday, all six of Brown's boats earned medals on the day with the first varsity eight, second varsity eight, and A varsity four all taking silver. The Bears' C varsity four took gold while the B varsity four and third varsity eight both claimed bronze.

Automatic Qualifiers (11):
Central Florida (American Athletic Conference)
Gonzaga (West Coast Conference)
Marist (Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference)
Michigan (Big Ten Conference)
Navy (Patriot League)
Northeastern (Colonial Athletic Association)
Princeton (Ivy League)
Rhode Island (Atlantic 10 Conference)
Texas (Big 12 Conference)
Virginia (Atlantic Coast Conference)
Washington (Pac-12 Conference)

At-Large Selections (11):
Brown
California
Duke
Indiana
Iowa
Ohio State
Radcliffe
Rutgers
Stanford
Wisconsin
Yale

Seeding
Seed	I Eights	II Eights	Fours
1	California	Washington	Washington
2	Princeton	Michigan	Stanford
3	Stanford	Stanford	Texas
4	Washington	California	Ohio State
5	Texas	Virginia	Michigan
6	Michigan	Texas	Princeton
7	Brown	Ohio State	Duke
8	Ohio State	Princeton	Brown
9	Yale	Brown	California
10	Iowa	Yale	Yale
11	Rutgers	Duke	Virginia
12	Virginia	Indiana	Indiana
13	Wisconsin	Radcliffe	Wisconsin
14	Radcliffe	Wisconsin	Rutgers
15	Navy	Rutgers	UCF
16	Duke	UCF	Iowa
17	Indiana	Navy	Radcliffe
18	UCF	Northeastern	Navy
19	Rhode Island	Iowa	Rhode Island
20	Gonzaga	Rhode Island	Northeastern
21	Northeastern	Gonzaga	Gonzaga
22	Marist	Marist	Marist

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