Women’s Rowing Team Finishes 3rd as a Team in the Nation Among DII Crews for 2nd Consecutive Year

The NSU women’s rowing team completed their last day of action at the 2006 NCAA Division II Women's Rowing Championships on Mercer Lake in West Windsor, New Jersey.

The Sharks Varsity 8+ crew placed 3rd in the NCAA DII Grand Final with a time of 7:25:44, following V8+ winners Western Washington University (7:17:64) and 2nd place finishers Barry University (7:18:68). Florida Tech finished seven seconds behind NSU for 4th place with a time of 7:32:34.

Western Washington took 1st in the Varsity 4+ Grand Final, by 6 seconds (8:24:15) over Barry University and secured the overall team championship with the sweep in both races and 20 team points. Barry finished 2nd as a team with 15 team points, NSU was 3rd with 8 team points and UC San Diego was 4th with 7 points.

Combined with the NSU Varsity 4+ crew's 4th place finish in Saturday's semifinal race, the Sharks equaled their 3rd place team finish of a year ago. NSU is the only crew to earn a trip to the National Rowing Championships in each of their first three seasons on the water, as the varsity 8+ crew earned a 5th place finish in their 2003-04 inaugural season.