Notables
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- Stanford women's rowing competes at the San Diego Fall Classic Sunday, Nov. 9, its lone action in the fall portion of its 2025-26 campaign.
- The Cardinal is sending eight total boats to compete in two races: the Women's Open 8+ and the Women's Open 4+.
- Racing starts at 7:45 a.m. with the Women's Open 8+ race, followed by the Women's Open 4+ race at 10:45 a.m.
- Results and additional information about the regatta can be found here.
- Year in Review: Stanford women’s rowing regained its spot at the top of the collegiate rowing world in 2025, winning its fourth consecutive conference title, the first as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), and the program’s third NCAA team title guided by individual national championships from the varsity four and second varsity eight boats.
- A Bit About Byrnes: Derek Byrnes enters his tenth season as Stanford’s Farwell Family Director of Women’s Rowing in 2025-26. Byrnes has led the Cardinal to two NCAA team titles (2023 and 2025) and eight top-six finishes in his first nine seasons at the helm of the program (2020 championship canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic).
- Lucky 13: The Cardinal has some new faces on The Farm for the 2025-26 season: Fiona Asgeirsson (Rye, N.Y.), Emma Bagrie (Wellington, New Zealand), Lexi Gormley (Margate City, N.J.), Liz Hicks (Washington, D.C.), Sumner Kerr (Richmond, Va.), Leni Koetitz (Gross Koeris, Brandenburg, Germany), Barbara McMahon (Margate City, N.J.), Lia Nathan (Washington, D.C.), Nava Ruthfield (Seattle, Wash.), Yaara Ronen (Nyack, N.J.), Emily Tierney (Panther Valley, N.J.), Astrid Thomas (Brisbane, Australia), and Claire Van Praagh (New York, N.Y.).