Texas Rowing goes for NCAA Championship - Sunday 8:36 am first race

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Texas wins all 6 of its pre-lim races and has all 3 boats in the A Finals. The first race is a 8:36. Then 9:00 and 9:24.

Rowing has 22 teams total and each race is worth subsequently more points. The first race, 1st varsity 4 (4 person boat), is worth 22 points for the winner and you lose 1 point for each place after that. The 2nd race, 2nd varsity 8 (8 person boat), is worth 2 times the points 44 for winning and you lose 2 points after that. The final race, 1st Varsity 8, is worth 3 times the points, 66 points for winning and you lose 3 points for each place after that. The 1v8 race also serves as the tiebreaker. If you end up tied in points, the team with the faster 1v8 gets the nod.

Texas finished 2nd to Stanford in the 1v4 race but went on to beat them in the 2v8 and 1v8 races. That gives Texas 131 points, Stanford 127 with Texas also being faster in the tiebreaking 1v8 race if needed.

Things will be different in the finals, teams don't go all out in pre-lim races as they focus on finishing top 3 to advance. We will follow the results closely tomorrow morning and see how things look in terms of points heading into the 1v8 race. For example, if Texas ends up finishing 2nd to Stanford in both the 1v4 and 2v8 races, Texas would be down by 3 points headed to the 1v8. Texas would need to beat Stanford in the 1v8 race by at least one place to tie in points and also have the tiebreak.

It seems pretty clearly Texas v Stanford for 1st and 2nd here. If Stanford does win and Texas finish 2nd, that would be a 20 point swing in favor of Stanfords Directors Cup chances.