Stanford Women’s Rowing Dominates at San Diego Fall Classic – Stanford Cardinal

SAN DIEGO – Stanford Women’s Rowing took on its only fall racing event of the 2025-26 season Sunday morning, sending nine boats to compete at the annual San Diego Fall Classic on Mission Bay in San Diego. 

Stanford sent four eights boats: “Card”, “Elle Logan”, “SWC”, and “Attacker”, and five fours boats: “Thunderdome”, “IB”, “Juice”, “Nerd”, and “Academic Weapon”.

The Cardinal’s eights boats earned the four top finishes in the Women’s Open 8+ competition, with “SWC” finishing first, “Attacker” second, “Card” third, and “Elle Logan” placing fourth. Stanford bested crews from UCLA, University of San Diego, UC San Diego, San Diego State, and UC Santa Barbara. 

The morning ended with the Cardinal’s five fours recording the top five finishes in the Women’s Open 4+ race. “Academic Weapon” placed first, followed by “Thunderdome”, “Juice”, “Nerd” and “IB” with the second, third, fourth and fifth-place finishes, respectively.  

Stanford next competes in the Spring of 2026. 

Lineups

Eights
“Card”
Cox: Reese Dibiase
8: Julia Doss
7: Susie Mallen
6: Charlotte Botha
5: Lexi Gormley
4: Elli Rowley
3: Taya Anderson
2: Kathryn Alexander
1: Heather Schmidt

“Elle Logan”

Cox: Tess Herrick
8: Fiona Asgeirsson
7: Astrid Thomas
6: Mia Thompson
5: Leni Koetitz
4: Yaara Ronen
3: Brooke Seebeck
2: Ellie Vander Ploeg Fallon
1: Harriet Noyes

“SWC”

Cox: Carolyn Kennedy
8: Martha Shepherd
7: Madeleine Greenstock
6: Matilda Drewett
5: Emma Bagrie
4: Annika Jeffery 
3: Emily Tierney
2: Sofia Simone
1: Charlotte Jett


“Attacker”

Cox: Ella Casano 

8: Nora Goodwillie
7: Célia Dupré
6: Carly Brown
5: Sarah Marriott
4: Alice Baker
3: Claire Van Praagh
2: Quincy Stone
1: Ellie Sutro

Fours
“Nerd”

Cox: Grace De La Torre

4: Julia Doss
3: Ellie Sutro
2: Charlotte Jett
1: Sofia Simone 

“Academic Weapon”

Cox: Honor Warburg
4: Célia Dupré
3: Carly Brown
2: Sarah Marriott
1: Quincy Stone 

“Thunderdome”

Cox: Abbey Heinemann
4: Martha Shepherd
3: Madeleine Greenstock
2: Matilda Drewett
1: Valentina Fenton

“IB”
Cox: Reese Dibiase
4: Kathryn Alexander
3: Susie Mallen
2: Elli Rowley
1: Heather Schmidt

“Juice”
Cox: Nava Ruthfield
4: Emily Tierney
3: Claire Van Praagh
2: Nora Goodwillie
1: Annika Jeffery

Results

Womens Open 8+ 

“SWC”- 15:05.575
“Attacker”- 15:10.275
“Card” – 15:34.147
“Elle Logan”- 15:52.873
UCLAW A- 16:02.107
UCLAW B- 16:11.231
Stanford Lightweight Rowing- 16:15.240
UCLAW D- 16:27.062
UCLAW C- 16:34.473
 USD A- 16:49.999
 UCSD B- 16:58.448
 UCSD A- 16:59.691
 USD B- 17:23.621
 UCSB A- 17:27.953
 USD C- 18:13.331
 UCSD C- 18:17.185
 SDSU A- 18:39.395
 CP A- 19:23.152
 UCSB B- 20:29.906

Womens Open 4+

“Academic Weapon”- 17:39.075
“Thunderdome”- 17:55.244
“Juice” – 17:56.919
“Nerd”- 18:28.515
“IB”- 18:33.617
Stanford Lightweight Rowing G- 18:57.421
UCLAW A- 19:05.591
USD A- 19:07.038
UCLAW B- 19:24.510
 UCLAW D- 20:07.861
 USD B- 20:15.810
 Stanford Lightweight Rowing F- 20:23.864
 UCSD A- 20:25.775
 UCSD B- 20:50.405
 USD C- 20:57.749
 UCSB B- 21:43.423
 UCSD D- 21:46.634
 LMU A- 21:53.831
 UCSB A- 21:56.669
 SDSU A- 22:19.586
 UCSD C- 22:20.085
 CP A- 23:48.366
 UCSB C- 26:15.291