2025 Liberty League Rowing Championships Results
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Ithaca College won its seventh consecutive Liberty League Women’s Rowing Championship title, with a 4.6 second margin of victory in the Varsity Eight race, on Friday at Saratoga Lake’s Fish Creek. The Bombers also earned a spot at the NCAA Division III Women’s Rowing Championship with the Liberty League’s automatic bid.
The championship is the seventh for Ithaca in as many years since the institution joined the Liberty League as an all-sports member in 2017-18. The Bombers also earned titles in 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024. The 2020 championship was not contested.
The Liberty League team championship title is based on a first-place finish in the Varsity Eight race. To earn the NCAA automatic qualifier on the women's side, teams must also have a Second Varsity Eight boat entered. The Bombers won the Varsity Eight and Varsity Four races and earned a pair of runner-up finishes in the Second Varsity Eight and Novice Four.
It was a battle between Ithaca and William Smith in both the V8+ and 2V8+ races to open the regatta. In the V8+, the Bombers trailed the Herons for the first 1,000 meters but came storming back in the second half of the race to earn the victory with a time 7:28.011. The Herons were second, crossing the finish line in 7:32.617. Skidmore was third at 7:47.520 and the Thoroughbreds were followed by Rochester (8:02.351), RIT (8:02.587), St. Lawrence (8:17.754), and Union (8:27.912).
In the 2V8+, the Herons were triumphant as they narrowly edged the Bombers by 3.7 seconds as William Smith claimed its first gold medal in the event since 2017 with a time of 7:53.075. Ithaca was the runner-up at 7:56.780 while Skidmore placed third (8:17.261) and William Smith B (8:23.740) was fourth. RIT (8:48.855), St. Lawrence (8:59.628) and Rochester (9:23.717) rounded out the seven-boat field.
Ithaca also posted a win in the V4+ in another tight race as the Bombers won by 4.3 seconds, 9:21.015. Union was second at 9:25.323 and RIT finished third with a time of 9:50.397. Skidmore (9:54.517) and St. John Fisher (10:18.025) were fourth and fifth respectively.
RIT cruised to victory in the N4+ race, eclipsing runner up Ithaca by over 35 seconds. The Tigers posted a time of 9:02.094 for their first win in the event at the Liberty League Championship. Ithaca finished second with a time of 9:38.282 and Rochester (9:43.934) took third. Rounding out the field was RIT B (10:10.031) and St. John Fisher (11.18.711).
Women's Varsity Eight
1. Ithaca, 7:28.011
2. William Smith, 7:32.617
3. Skidmore, 7:47.250
4. Rochester, 8:02.351
5. RIT, 8:02.587
6. St. Lawrence, 8:17.754
7.Union, 8:27.912
Women's Second Varsity Eight
1. William Smith A, 7:53.075
2. Ithaca, 7:56.870
3. Skidmore, 8:17.261
4. William Smith B, 8:23.740
5. RIT, 8:48.855
6. St. Lawrence, 8:59.628
7. Rochester, 9:23.717
Women's Varsity Four
1. Ithaca, 9:21.015
2. Union, 9:25.323
3. RIT, 9:50.397
4. Skidmore, 9:54.517
5. St. John Fisher, 10:18.025
Women's Novice Four
1. RIT, 9:02.094
2. Ithaca, 9:38.282
3. Rochester, 9:43.934
4. RIT, 10:10.031
5. St. john Fisher, 11:18.711