Rutgers men finished the season well at the American College Rowing Association National Championship in Oak Ridge, TN. Over 80 colleges were represented at the 3 day regatta.

A strong field of thirty one schools entered the main event, the Varsity 8. The 5th ranked Rutgers 8 finished 7th in the time trial to qualify directly to the championship semi-finals while places 9 - 31 raced in the repecharge round for a 2nd chance. Rutgers finished 3rd in their semi-final the next day to earn a spot in the Grand Final for the 2nd year in a row.

The Grand Final was very close, with Notre Dame winning, followed by Virginia, UCLA, Orange Coast, Rutgers, and Purdue in that order. All boats were well under 6 minutes with the winner finishing in 5:47, a very fast final considering the moderate cross/quartering headwind.

In the 2nd Varsity 8 event, Rutgers finished 3rd in their opening heat, 1 second from qualifying directly to the semi-final. In a tremendous race and tough draw in the repecharge round, Rutgers finished 1 second behind the winning crew, but that put them in 4th place as the top 4 crews finished within a deck. The finish relegated Rutgers to the 3rd level final, where they completely dominated the 7 boat field, opening water in the first 500 meters and going on to win by 13 seconds. Virginia won the Grand Final. Rutgers 3rd Varsity 8 rowed in their 7 boat Grand Final, finishing 5th in the race won by Bucknell.

Congratulations to the Rutgers Crew.