Back to the Washington Huskies Newsfeed

Washington wins NCAA women's rowing title; Pac-12 first to 500 titles

Washington won the NCAA women's rowing title Sunday, making the Pac-12 Conference the first league to reach 500 national championships among current conference teams.

The top-ranked Huskies beat Stanford and California by a comfortable margin in the final race Sunday at Mercer Lake in West Windsor, N.J., posting a time of 6:36.939 in the varsity eight grand final.

Washington became the 173rd women's team in the Pac-12 to win an NCAA title. The Pac-12 has the most championships by a wide margin; the Big Ten has the second-most titles with 306 and the SEC is third with 220.