Western Washington Vikings women's rowing explained

The Western Washington University Women's Rowing team has currently won the NCAA Division II National Championships for the last 5 years, for the 2005 through 2009 seasons. Their fifth win was accomplished on June 1 in Sacramento, CA on Lake Natoma. They are the first NCAA rowing team to win 5 consecutive titles, since the NCAA began recognizing women's rowing in 1997.[1]

History

The Vikings have been a team since 1978, but were not granted varsity status at Western until 1982.[2] The current coach, John Fuchs has coached since the 1999 season.

Notes and references

  1. Web site: ncaa.com. July 25, 2008.
  2. Web site: Western Washington - Western Washington University Vikings . 2008-07-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081231080756/http://wwuvikings.cstv.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/wwu/sports/w-crew/auto_pdf/wrowhistory . 2008-12-31 . dead .