Completed Event: Women's Rowing at Head of the Charles on October 18, 2025
Final
Women's Rowing
at Head of the Charles
Sunday, October 26
10:45 a.m. CT
University of Kansas
vs
Kansas State, Creighton, & Tulsa
Jayhawks Wrap Up First Race at the Boathouse for This Season
10/26/2025 8:01:00 PM | Women's Rowing
LAWRENCE, Kan. – The Kansas Rowing team welcomed Kansas State, Creighton, and the University of Tulsa for their first home race of the 2025-2026 season and to close to their fall schedule on the Kansas River.
"I think we had two big successes today. I thought from an event hosting standpoint, everything went smooth thanks to great efforts from our staff," said head coach Andrew Derrick. "Even more importantly the team did a great job from a performance standpoint. There are clearly things to improve upon as you would expect in October, but the team showed great improvement and depth across the whole roster. I am particularly impressed with our 3rd Eight's performance and the statement some those athletes made today about where they should sit come springtime. The Novice 8+ also did great especially for their first ever outing. All in all, very happy of our squad's effort and execution today and a big thank you to the Creighton's, Kansas State's, and Tulsa's staff and student-athletes for making the trip. Great competitors and racing all around."
For Flight 1 beginning at 10:45 a.m., two Kansas crews placed within the top five with the 2nd Eight's boat taking 4th with a time of 16:13.336 and the 1st Eight's boat coming in as runner-up behind Tulsa's 1st Eight's boat with a time difference of 1 second. Tulsa's 2nd Eight's crew placed 3rd and Kansas State's 1st Eight's boat took 5th.
The race then took an hour and fifteen-minute mid-morning break before continuing on with Flight 2 at 12:30 p.m. The University of Tulsa's 4+A boat finished first with a time of 17:01.898, with KU crews taking the remaining spots of the top 5. The Kansas IV 8 boat finished 6 seconds behind the victors with a time of 17:07.616, the Novice 8+ boat placed 3rd with a time of 17:14.496 in their first competition, the 4+B crew finished just milliseconds after them to claim 4th place, and then the 4+A boat took up 5th a completed time of 17:23.361 to wrap up the racing for this event.
For official results from today's race, click here.
UP NEXT
Kansas Rowing will announce their spring schedule soon.
"I think we had two big successes today. I thought from an event hosting standpoint, everything went smooth thanks to great efforts from our staff," said head coach Andrew Derrick. "Even more importantly the team did a great job from a performance standpoint. There are clearly things to improve upon as you would expect in October, but the team showed great improvement and depth across the whole roster. I am particularly impressed with our 3rd Eight's performance and the statement some those athletes made today about where they should sit come springtime. The Novice 8+ also did great especially for their first ever outing. All in all, very happy of our squad's effort and execution today and a big thank you to the Creighton's, Kansas State's, and Tulsa's staff and student-athletes for making the trip. Great competitors and racing all around."
For Flight 1 beginning at 10:45 a.m., two Kansas crews placed within the top five with the 2nd Eight's boat taking 4th with a time of 16:13.336 and the 1st Eight's boat coming in as runner-up behind Tulsa's 1st Eight's boat with a time difference of 1 second. Tulsa's 2nd Eight's crew placed 3rd and Kansas State's 1st Eight's boat took 5th.
The race then took an hour and fifteen-minute mid-morning break before continuing on with Flight 2 at 12:30 p.m. The University of Tulsa's 4+A boat finished first with a time of 17:01.898, with KU crews taking the remaining spots of the top 5. The Kansas IV 8 boat finished 6 seconds behind the victors with a time of 17:07.616, the Novice 8+ boat placed 3rd with a time of 17:14.496 in their first competition, the 4+B crew finished just milliseconds after them to claim 4th place, and then the 4+A boat took up 5th a completed time of 17:23.361 to wrap up the racing for this event.
For official results from today's race, click here.
UP NEXT
Kansas Rowing will announce their spring schedule soon.
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