'We started this season further behind than we have in past years. 'I saw execution of what we've being working for all year long,' added fifth-year senior coxswain Nina Castagna. 'That race was full of belief and love and control. Anything is possible on race day, especially when you have love backing you up in your corner,' said fifth-year senior captain McKenna Bryant.

'Today's battle was 'disrupting with love' as our coaches told us to do. Washington was 2.404 second behind, in 6:19.558, while top-seeded Princeton ran third, another 2.6 seconds back.

The places held through the final half of the race, with Stanford finishing with a time of 6:17.154. By 1,000 meters, the Cardinal had stretched the lead a bit, but Washington remained in contention, just over one second behind. Heading into the final race of the regatta, the first eights grand final, Washington needed to finish two or more places ahead of Stanford, and at least one spot ahead of Yale to win the national championship.īut the Cardinal, which had tied on points for the NCAA title each of the last two years, but lost each based on the tie-breaker, took the lead from the start of the raceĪt the 500-meter buoy, the Stanford shell led, but UW, Princeton and Penn were all within one second of the lead. Washington has made the podium all six times under Farooq and have never finished outside of the top-10 in the 26-year history of NCAA Rowing Championships. The Huskies have now finished in the top-four at NCAAs 15 times in 26 years, including five titles and five runner-up finishes. None of this happens without all of those women back home and, specifically, the work that the first varsity eight and the second varsity eight did together all year.' 'The results that you saw on the water today are really the results of our entire roster of 65 women. 'Everything we do is built towards this moment,' said Farooq.

Princeton was third with 113, while two-time defending champion Texas tied Yale for fourth with 110 points (Texas was awarded fourth place based on the tie-breaker – finish in first eights final). Stanford totaled 129 points to earn the title, with UW compiling 120. Washington also finished second in the fours petite final, good for eighth place overall. Stanford, which won both of the eights finals, captured the overall team title for the first time since 2009, when the Cardinal won at the same venue under current UW head coach Yasmin Farooq. 4 in the second, finished second in both of those two grand finals.

– The Washington women's rowing team finished second at the 2023 NCAA Championships Sunday at Cooper River, marking the Huskies' highest team finish since winning the 2019 national title.

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