Texas Seeded to win NCAA Rowing championship

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Seeding came out for rowing today and Texas is seeded to win... now, this is just seeding so things will have to play out on the water but it ultimately comes down to Texas vs Stanford in the 1v8 with Texas finishing 2nd in the race to Tenn with Stanford 3rd, tying with Stanford in points, and winning the championship based on the tiebreaker.

Interestingly, Tennessee is seeded way low in the 1v4 and 2v8 races (5th and 8th). So even as the top seed in the 1v8 race which is worth the most points, they still fall short of Texas and Stanford by 12 points. Can they make up those 12 points in those earlier races during the meet?

There are 22 teams at the meet and there are 3 races that go through a series of heats leading up to the finals.

1v4 (1st varsity 4) - this is a 4 person boat. 1st place scores 22 points, down by 1 point for each place after that, with last place scoring 1 point

2v8 (2nd varsity 8 ) - this is the 2nd best 8 person boat. 1st place scores 44 points (double), down by 2 pts for each place after that, with last place scoring 2 points.

1v8 (1st varsity 8 ) - this is the best 8 person boat. 1 place scores 66 points (triple), down by 3 points for each place after that, last place scores 3 points.

Ties are broken based on which team has a better finish in the 1v8 race. 

Points -  total - 1v4 - 2v8 - 1v8
Texas      126 - 21 - 42- 63
Stanford  126 - 22. - 44. - 60
Tenn.       114 - 18 - 30 - 66

Others of note Virginia 108, Princeton 106, Yale 104

[TexTheHorn24]

Gotta perform and get it done. May the dynasty continue to grow ! 🤘🏻🚣‍♀️