BETHEL, Ohio – The 16th-ranked Duke rowing team is set to make its fifth-straight appearance in the NCAA Rowing Championships beginning Friday at East Fork State Park in Bethel, Ohio.
Duke will race three boats throughout the weekend and enters the championship as the No. 10-seed in the Varsity Four, No. 15-seed in the Second Varsity Eight and No. 16-seed in the Varsity Eight.
Eleven conferences were awarded automatic qualifications in SMU, Rhode Island, Syracuse, Texas, Michigan, Northeastern, Princeton, Jacksonville, Stanford, Boston U. and Gonzaga. Duke earned one of 11 at-large selections alongside Brown, California, Indiana, Ohio State, Penn, Rutgers, Tennessee, Virginia, Washington and Yale to round of the 22-team field.