WEST WINDSOR, N.J. – The Harvard-Radcliffe heavyweight crew wrapped up day one of the 2025 NCAA Championship with strong efforts across all three boats. The varsity four secured a third-place finish in its heat, advancing to Saturday's AB semifinal, while the varsity eight advances to the CD final and the second varsity eight advances to the AB semifinal.
On Saturday,
Harvard-Radcliffe will return to the water for three key semifinal races at the NCAA Championship. The
first varsity eight will compete in the
CD semifinal at 8:24 a.m., racing against crews from Rhode Island, Boston, UCF, and Oregon State for placement opportunities in Sunday's finals. Shortly after, the
second varsity eight will line up in the
AB semifinal at 9:36 a.m., facing off against top-ranked boats from Michigan, Yale, Washington, Princeton, and Brown with a spot in the grand final on the line. Rounding out the day, the
varsity four will race in its
AB semifinal at 10:24 a.m., taking on a strong field including Tennessee, Princeton, Texas, Stanford, and Syracuse. All three boats will look to build on their opening day efforts and secure the best possible finish heading into the final day of competition.
Watch Saturday's semifinals live at NCAA.com.
Day One Results
1st Varsity Eight – Heat 1 (09:48)
- Stanford (Luise Bachmann) – 06:11.533
- Brown (Jessica Mcgrady) – 06:14.999 (+3.466)
- Michigan (Leia Till) – 06:20.126 (+8.593)
- Harvard (Meena Baher) – 06:22.721 (+11.188)
- Syracuse (Olivia Bachert) – 06:24.539 (+13.006)
2nd Varsity Eight – Heat 1 (10:36)
- Stanford (Nora Goodwillie) – 06:18.391
- Harvard (Erin Hanrahan) – 06:22.646 (+4.255)
- California (Olivia Roth) – 06:25.511 (+7.120)
- Rutgers (Olivia Elliott) – 06:25.591 (+7.200)
- Indiana (Lily Haupt) – 06:45.285 (+26.894)
1st Varsity Four – Heat 4 (12:00)
- Texas (Nadja Yaroschuk) – 07:03.603
- Yale (Lucy Richardson) – 07:05.288 (+1.685)
- Harvard (Claudia Chadwick) – 07:12.122 (+8.519)
- Dartmouth (Alex Ba) – 07:15.840 (+12.237)
- Northeastern (Piper Larin) – 07:33.360 (+29.757)
- Rhode Island (Maia Hembruff) – 07:57.895 (+54.292)
?? Upcoming Races – Saturday, May 31
1st Varsity Eight – CD Semi Final (08:24)
- Rhode Island (Hailey Pardi)
- Boston (Sotiria Angou)
- Harvard (Meena Baher)
- UCF (Sofia Naboni Nevado)
- Oregon State (Giulia Clerici)
2nd Varsity Eight – AB Semi Final (09:36)
- Michigan (Abigail Dent)
- Yale (Anna Keating)
- Washington (Ava Meuleman)
- Princeton (Laoise O'donohue)
- Harvard (Erin Hanrahan)
- Brown (Isla Wilding)
1st Varsity Four – AB Semi Final (10:24)
- Tennessee (Giorgia Borriello)
- Princeton (Cece Sommerfeld)
- Texas (Nadja Yaroschuk)
- Stanford (Julia Doss)
- Syracuse (Alice McNeill)
- Harvard (Claudia Chadwick)
Lineups
V8+ (Coxswain:
Bridget Kondrat)
2V8+ (Coxswain:
Alexandra Cherf)
V4+ (Coxswain:
Gina-Marie Ricciotti)
