For a second consecutive year, Rutgers rowing produced a program best third place finish in the Big Ten Championships at Eagle Creek Park in Indianapolis, Indiana on Sunday. The No. 18 Scarlet Knights finished behind No. 9 Ohio State and No. 6 Michigan. However, their team performance was even better than last year, as they set a program record with six medal-winning results this past weekend. You can watch the history making day for RU on Saturday, May 21st at 11:00 a.m. on the Big Ten Network and Fox Sports App.
The highlight of the meet for the Scarlet Knights came in the opening race of the day as the 2nd Novice 8 boat delivered the program’s first ever Big Ten gold medal in a photo finish victory over the Buckeyes by three-tenths of a second.