Rowing Races to Indy For B1G Championships
May 15 | Women's Rowing
PISCATAWAY, N.J. -- Rutgers women's rowing is set to compete in its first Big Ten Championships this weekend in Indianapolis, Ind. The Scarlet Knights will take the water against two-time defending Big Ten and national champion and No. 1 Ohio State, No. 8 Wisconsin, No. 12 Michigan, No. 13 Indiana, Minnesota, Iowa and Michigan State.
2015 Big Ten Rowing Championships -- Saturday, May 16 -- Sunday, May 17
TV (Tape Delay): Big Ten Network -- 6 p.m.
Big Ten Championship Release: Click here Competition will take place at Eagle Creek Park for the fifth consecutive season. BTN will televise the Big Ten Rowing Championships tape delayed on Sunday, May 24, at 6 p.m. ET.
Rutgers received its final tune-up of the regular season two weeks ago at the Eastern Sprints on May 3, where the Second Varsity 8 finished fourth. The Scarlet Knights had their strongest outing of the season on Lake Quinsigamond on April 26, taking top spots in the Second Varsity 8, Second Varsity 4 and Novice 8 races against Holy Cross and Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
The Scarlet Knights and 20-year head coach Max Borghard finished fifth last season at the inaugural American Athletic Conference Rowing Championships in West Windsor, N.J., accumulating 101 team points.
The full weekend's schedule of events is listed below. For information on seed and lane assignments, and the scoring system for the championships, click here.
Schedule of Events
| Saturday, May 16 | |
| 7:30 a.m. | Coaches meeting (at course) |
| 8:00 a.m. | Coxswain meeting |
| 8:00 a.m. | Boat scales open |
| 8:15 a.m. | Course opens for practice |
| 12:00 p.m. | Course closes for practice |
| 12:30 p.m. | Boat scales close |
| 1:00 p.m. | Course opens for practice |
| 3:00 p.m. | Coxswain weigh-in opens |
| 4:00 p.m. | Course closes for practice |
| 4:10 p.m. | Crews can begin launching for races |
| 5:00 p.m. | Heat 1 Novice I Eights (4 boats) |
| 5:10 p.m. | Heat 2 Novice I Eights (4 boats) |
| 5:15 p.m. | Coxswain weigh-in closes |
| 5:20 p.m. | Heat 1 I Fours (4 boats) |
| 5:30 p.m. | Heat 2 I Fours (4 boats) |
| 5:45 p.m. | Heat 1 II Eights (4 boats) |
| 5:55 p.m. | Heat 2 II Eights (4 boats) |
| 6:05 p.m. | Heat 1 I Eights (4 boats) |
| 6:15 p.m. | Heat 2 I Eights (4 boats) |
| Sunday, May 17 | |
| 6:45 a.m. | Course opens for practice |
| 7:00 a.m. | Coxswain weigh-in opens |
| 8:00 a.m. | Course closes for practice |
| 8:10 a.m. | Crews can begin launching for races |
| 9:00 a.m. | FINAL Novice II Eights (7 boats) |
| 9:10 a.m. | Petite Final Novice I Eights (2 boats) |
| 9:20 a.m. | FINAL Novice I Eights (6 boats) |
| 9:40 a.m. | FINAL III Varsity Four (6 boats) |
| 10 a.m. | FINAL II Fours (7 boats) |
| 10:05 a.m. | Coxswain weigh-in closes |
| 10:10 a.m. | Petite Final I Fours (2 boats) |
| 10:20 a.m. | FINAL I Fours (6 boats) |
| 10:30 a.m. | Petite Final II Eights (2 boats) |
| 10:40 a.m. | FINAL II Eights (6 boats) |
| 10:50 a.m. | Petite Final I Eights (2 boats) |
| 11:05 a.m. | FINAL I Eights (6 boats) |
| 12:30 p.m. | Awards Ceremony |
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