2023-2024 SEASON
April 27&28, 2024 - WIRA Results
April 5-7, 2024 - San Diego Crew Classic Results
November 11, 2023 - Head of the Lagoon Results
October 28, 2023 - Head of the American Results
October 8, 2023 - Head of the Port Results
2022-2023 SEASON
April 29&30, 2023 - WIRA
April 1&2, 2023 - San Diego Crew Classic
March 25, 2023 - President’s Cup
Link to President’s Cup results
November 28, 2022 - Erg-a-thon
The team completed their annual Erg-a-thon on Saturday, November, 5! The athletes took turns rowing on ergs for 12 consecutive hours. The money raised will go toward helping the team fund equipment purchases, repairs, and team travel costs. The fundraiser ended on November 28, and the team raised $14,922! Thank you to all who donated!
November 12, 2022 - Head of the Lagoon
October 29, 2022 - Head of the American
October 8 - 9, 2022
Parent’s Day/Boat Christening - October 8, 2022
We had parents and alumni come out for a boat christening in honor of Colleen Chelini and all the hard work she did to allow for the endowment to be created and funded! The newest boat to be added to the Curt Rocca boathouse is named "Colleen Marie!"
The team also surprised Teegan Gatta Medcalf with an official boat christening for the "Teegy Weegy" formally called the "Teegan Gatta!"
Head of the Port - October 9
We entered 4 pairs, a four, and 3 eights. The pairs consisted of varsity members and one novice who has previous rowing experience, while the four and eights were mixed boats to allow the novices to have an enjoyable first 5K race!
Shout out to Daphne Kuta and Sarah Whipple Puddicombe for stopping by the boathouse and saying hi! It was nice to see some alumni back at their home port!
Link to HOP results
2021-2022 SEASON
May 20 - 22 - ACRA
Our season finished strong with our national championship regatta in Oak Ridge, Tennessee! Despite the heat and humidity, our varsity eight and novice four left everything on the water in all their races. Our four finished 3rd in their final, and our varsity eight finished 6th in the Grand Final, one of the highest varsity finishes in our club’s history! This year has been incredible and we are so proud of all of our athletes for all the commitment and hard work that was put into the season!
April 30 - March 1 - WIRA
Over the weekend of 4/30 - 3/1, we took two eights, two fours, a pair, and a double to the Western Intercollegiate Rowing Association (WIRA) Championships. We were so excited to come back to Lake Natoma in Sacramento for the first time in three years, and our Aggies killed it!
Eights: The Novice and Varsity 8’s both placed 7th overall, with a 1st place finish in their respective petite finals on Sunday.
Petite final results: V8: 7:14.3 N8: 7:57.4
Small Boats: Both our pair and our double had amazing races on Saturday that placed them into the grand finals on Sunday. Our pair finished third overall and our double finished first! Our double’s win marks the first WIRA championship won by our team since 2009!! Way to go Callie McClain and Sydney Harris!!
Grand final results: 2-: 9:02.4 2x: 8:40.9
April 16, 2022 - Covered Bridge Regatta
We took our Novice and Varsity eights to Eugene, OR to go down our first buoyed 2k course of the season! Both boats got in two races on Saturday, placing second in each race. We had so much fun getting in some competition against new teams and bonding on our long car ride up there!
Results:
Morning Race: V8: 7:13.9 N8: 7:59.0
Afternoon Race: V8: 7:34.2 N8: 8:33.9
April 4, 2022 - UC Irvine Dual
After practicing with them over spring break, we invited UCI up to the port for some friendly competition! Our Novice and Varsity 8’s both took the win over 2000m on this perfect day for racing!
Results:
V8: 7:06.5 N8: 7:52.8
March 13, 2022 - Aggie Invite & Alumni Day
For our first 2k of the season, we faced off against Cal Poly Humboldt and Orange Coast College. After we killed it on the racecourse, we were joined by our Alumni for a pancake breakfast and meet-and-greet!
Results:
V8 = 7:20.00
V4+ = (A) 7:59.4, (B) 8:14.5
N8 = 7:53.5
N4+ = (A) 8:03.9*, (B) 9:38.6* *shortened to 1750m
November 13, 2021 - Head of the Lagoon
All of our girls KILLED it at Head of the Lagoon! Our novice boat placed 1st and our double placed 3rd!! Congrats to everyone!
Results: W2x = 26:18.1 W4+ = 22:29.3 WN4+ = (A) 25:39.8, (B) 26:01.2 WN8+ = (A) 22:29.6, (B) 26:30.2
October 10, 2021 - Head of the Port
Results: W4+ = (B) 22:03.0, (A) 25:05.0 W8+ = (B) 21:42.0, (A) 21:54.0
PREVIOUS YEARS
November 10, 2018 Head of the Lagoon
Our Novices competed in their first race! With out N8+ taking third place and bringing home some bronze hardware. Our JV8+ also took home third, making it a successful regatta for UCD!
April 14th Scrimmage with SSU and Cal Lightweights
Results: V8+ = 7:35 JV8+ = 8:06 N8+ = 8:46 V4+ = 8:29 N4+ = 8:44 2- = 8:54 2x = 8:52
UCD W Rowing had some awesome racing today (April 14th) against Sonoma State and Cal Lightweights.
Not only did the team row its typical 8's and 4's, we also rowed a pair, and even a 2x (yay, sculling!).
It was a fun race day, and also served as great practice for WIRA, which as of now is only 2 weeks away!
March 17th Racing Against Humboldt State University
Results:
Varsity) V8+--7:35.6 JV8+--8:25.6
V4+(A)--8:36.7 V4+(B)--8:49.3
Novice) N8+--9:45.3
N4+(A)--9:42.4 N4+(B)--11.16.4
Aggies Race at Head of the Lagoon Nov. 11
Results:
V8+ (A) ---- 20.55
V8+ (B) ---- 22.04
N8+ ---- 25.26
Varsity races at Head of the American Oct.28th
V8+ (A)----19.26,
V8+ (B)-----21.24
V4+-----23.12
Varsity starts their 2017-18 year with Head of the Port
Our 2 Varsity 8+ boats came in 3rd and 4th, ahead of both Mills and Saint Mary's C boat, at 18:57 and 19:31.
Huge thanks to Michael Long for taking such incredible photos!
Novice 8+ and Varsity 4+ take 1st in annual Causeway Classic Cup with Sacramento State University on May 6, 2017
Novice 8+ wins GOLD at 2017 San Diego Crew Classic
The Novice 8+ took first place in their Saturday heat, finishing 13 seconds ahead of second place crew, Humbolt State. They then attacked the Grand Final on Sunday, finishing with a boat length of open water on second place crew Orange Coast College.
The Varsity 8+ took first in petite finals after suffering a broken rigger during their heat cost them their ticket to the Grand Final. The team also entered a Varsity 4+ for the first time and we had an Alumni boat entered for the second year in a row. For full race results from the exciting weekend, click here.
International Women's Day 2017
The image of our UC Davis Women's Varsity 8+ was selected to represent North America as one of seven winners in the #internationalwomensday photo contest by World Rowing. One entry was selected from each continent. See the winning entries: http://www.worldrowing.com/news/rowing-success-for-international-women-day
Aggies take first at Head of the Lagoon
This year's novice crew is starting their season off with some hardware! Women's Novice 4+ took the gold and the Novice 8+ took the bronze.
Novice 8+ takes GOLD at ACRA 2016
After a crazy season, the Novice and Varsity teams proved themselves against the tough competition in Gainesville, GA over Memorial Day Weekend. The Novice 8+ clenched GOLD and the title of National Champions, two seconds ahead of second place team Colorado. The Varsity 4+ finished 6th in Grand Finals, and our first ever Varsity Pair (the infamous UC Davis Women's Pair) took 2nd in the B Final.
Find all the weekend's results here.
We LOVE our Coxswains!
In honor of US Rowing's third annual Coxswain Appreciation Week on May 1st through May 7th, the team presented Lauren and Alice with personalized t-shirts signed by the Varsity and novice crews with messages of encouragement and appreciation. Big congratulations to Alice, who was recognized as runner-up in the #CoxieAppreciation social media campaign as a "Coxswain who keeps their cool"! Read about it here.
Varsity 4+ takes 5th at WIRAs, Novice 4+ takes 6th
The Varsity and Novice crews gave it their all against some tough competition at the 2016 Western Intercollegiate Rowing Championships at Sac State Aquatic Center on April 30th and May 1st. The Novice 4+ finished in 6th in their Grand Final following UC Irvine and ahead of Cal Lightweights. The Varsity 4+ finished 5th in their Grand Final following UC Irvine and ahead of UC Santa Barbara.
Find the all the race results from the weekend here.
Athletes Dawn Red Shirts in Preparation for WIRAs
In the annual tradition, athletes wore their red UC Davis shirts to practice every day of the week, inspiring aggression and unity against the common cause of beating the other teams at WIRA. The team came together for an intense week of practice leading up to the Western Intercollegiate Rowing Championships at Sac State Aquatic Center on April 30th through May 1st.
Alumni join the Varsity & Novice teams at 2016 San Diego Crew Classic
The Varsity 8+ took fifth in Grand Finals just behind UC Irvine on Sunday, April 3rd. The Novice 8+ took 2nd place only to UC Santa Barbara after a less than typical rolling start due to windy conditions.
After several years, we were fortunate to have a rock solid group of alumni join us this year to compete and represent UC Davis in the Women’s Alumni category.
Varsity starts the year at Head of American
Results: | V8+ 20:28 | V4+(A) 24:33 | V4+(B) 27:05 |
Novice 4 Takes Silver at ACRA
Sunday, May 24th, UC Davis's Women's Novice four claimed the silver with a time of 8:00.23 at the American Collegiate Rowing Association.
Following the US Military Academy at West Point (7.48.20) and came in ahead of University of New Hampshire (8:02.73).
JV8 Brings Home the Bronze at WIRA
Sunday, April 26th, coming from behind in lane 6, UC Davis's Women's JV8+ stole the bronze with a time of 7:42.1 at the Western Intercollegiate Rowing Association Championships.
Following UC San Diego (7.35.8) and came in ahead of Western Washington University (7:47.1).