By: Evan O'Kelly, Associate Commissioner for Communications

WEST WINDSOR, N.J. – All four Great Northwest Athletic Conference women’s rowing teams finished in the top-5 at the NCAA Women’s Rowing Championships, which wrapped up on Saturday night at Mercer Lake.
 
GNAC champion Cal Poly Humboldt finished as the team national runner-up accumulating 24 points with a win in the varsity 4+ race and a third-place finish in the varsity 8+ race. Reigning national champion Western Washington took home the team bronze medal with 21 points, finishing second in the varsity 8+ race and fourth in the varsity 4+ race.
 
Seattle Pacific and Central Oklahoma each totaled 13 points, with the Falcons taking fourth in the varsity 8+ and fifth in the varsity 4+, and the Bronchos placing second in the varsity 4+ and sixth in the varsity 8+. Embry-Riddle won the 2025 national team title, after winning the varsity 8+ race and taking third in the varsity 4+ race to secure 26 points.
 
The Vikings kicked off the final day of the championships with a runner-up finish in the varsity 8+ race, finishing with a time of 6:47.966 minutes. Embry-Riddle used a late push to just edge past WWU, clocking in at 6:47.187 minutes for what proved to be the key difference in winning the team national title. Cal Poly Humboldt finished third with a time of 6:50.074 minutes, Central Oklahoma posted a time of 7:09.695 minutes and Seattle Pacific followed in 7:13.410 in the grand finals.
 
Living up to their potential in the varsity 4+ race, the Lumberjacks secured the national title with a dominant victory in 7:32.426 minutes. That was nearly six full seconds faster than runner-up Central Oklahoma, which clocked in at 7:38.044 minutes. The Vikings finished fourth in 7:45.572 minutes and Seattle Pacific was fifth with a time of 7:53.973 minutes.
 
Varsity 8+ Finals – GNAC Boat Lineups
Western Washington (Second place, 6:47.966)
Janisa Cook (cox), Mia Marie Knipe (8), Emma Clark (7), Taylor Wall (6), Sonja Gebhardt (5), Maddie Kidd (4), Sarah Plemons (3), Paige Donner (2), Jenna Buckholt (1)
 
Cal Poly Humboldt (Third place, 6:50.074)
Sonya Scollon (cox), Lily Storseth (8), Dayanara Anaya (7), Dana Foley (6), Gabriella Griffin (5), Kealey Scott (4), Emily Marsolais (3), Elizabeth Walters (2), Leah Dunn (1)
 
Seattle Pacific (Fourth place, 7:13.410)
Aleksia Haugen (cox), Amelia Pape (8); Emma Jones (7); Audrey Rekedal (6), Solanes Capps-Mace (5), Isabella Lisenby (4), Grace Combs (3), Anna Gatmaytan (2), Addie Clark (1)
 
Central Oklahoma (Sixth place, 7:09.695)
Macie Cohlmia (cox), Eva-Louisa Eschbach (8), Rachel Harris (7), Isabel Brown (6), Sawyer Schreiner (5), Raphaela Sanchez Alvan (4), Tierney Westermier (3), Grace McConville (2), Ksenia Mrsny (1)
 
Varsity 4+ Finals – GNAC Boat Lineups
Cal Poly Humboldt (First place, 7:32.426)
Emily Daniels (cox), Addy Toll (4), Elsie Stevens (3), River Walkington (2), Kylie Mosley (1)
 
Central Oklahoma (Second place, 7:38.044)
Sinead Quirke (cox), Victoria Petschnig (4), Anya Landrowski (3), Carlota Martinez (2), Peyton Meiler (1)
 
Western Washington (Fourth place, 7:45.572)
Kylie Lovrich (cox), Reed Chesnek (4), Shae Mitchel (3), Faith Rowles (2), Sarah Ernst (1)
 
Seattle Pacific (Fifth place, 7:53.973)
Lexi Roybal (cox), Emmerson Spencer (4), Emma Ely (3), Megan Rouse (2), Brit Dalberg (1)