Brown University
NCAA Championship - Day 3
No. 9 Women's Crew Wraps Up Competition at 2026 NCAA DI Rowing Championship
5/31/2026 11:09:00 AM | Women's Crew
GAINESVILLE, Ga. - The No. 9 Brown women's crew wrapped up competition at the 2026 NCAA DI rowing championship earlier today, with all three boats racing in their respective Petite Finals.
The Bears finished tenth overall in the team trophy standings with 77 points.Â
The Varsity Eight, coxed by Summer Balla-Kellett and stroked by Isla Wilding, crossed the finish line in 6:00.061, good enough for a fourth place finish. This result marks a tenth place finish overall at the regatta, solidifying the program's status as one of the best in the nation.
The Second Varsity, coxed by Caitlyn Roddy and stroked by Sydney Chait-Walter, finished their Petite Final in fifth place with a time of 6:08.770. The 2V8 race was the most competitive of the day, with the Bears narrowly missing out on fourth and third place finishes, falling behind the Syracuse Orange by 0.130 seconds and the California Golden Bears by roughly 1.5 seconds.Â
The A4, coxed by Brooke Halvorsen and stroked by Ellie Knight, had the best finish of the day for the Bears. Coming in third place with a time of 6:54.134, the A4 finished the regatta in ninth place overall.Â
FULL LINEUPS AND RESULTS
V8 Petite Final
Washington - 5:56.227
California - 5:57.723
Syracuse - 5:58.245
Brown - 6:00.061
Rutgers - 6:02.045
Ohio State - 6:03.195
B: Adair Beck
2: Keira Hale
3: Lizzie Hedeman
4: Mary Claire Warren
5: Holly Crews
6: Sadie Bell
7: Madeleine Young
S: Isla Wilding
C: Summer Balla-Kellett
2V8 Petite Final
Washington - 6:03.358
Michigan - 6:05.598
California - 6:07.136
Syracuse - 6:08.640
Brown - 6:08.770
Miami - 6:17.114
B: Maeve O'Connell
2: Orla Fitzgerald
3: Tessa Tomkinson
4: Alessandra Tuttle
5: Eugenia Rodriguez-Vazquez
6: Calissa Snyder Cox
7: Anna Beinhocker
S: Sydney Chait-Walter
C: Caitlyn Roddy
A4 Petite Final
California - 6:47.910
Yale - 6:49.522
Brown - 6:54.134
Princeton - 6:58.380
Syracuse - 7:00.526
Miami - 7:07.994
B: Ella BogueÂ
2: Annabelle HarboldÂ
3: Hannah Hickson
S: Ellie Knight
C: Brooke Halvorsen
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