Crew composition per shell class (8 rowers + 1 coxswain for 8+; 4 rowers + 1 coxswain for 4+; 4 rowers + no coxswain for 4-); NCAA Championship: each program enters multiple boats — Varsity 8+, Second Varsity 8+, Varsity 4+ (and additional boats per division); Officials: starter, finish judges, l...
Why people argue about this
People often assume that if a program enters multiple boats in a division, they get extra points for each boat's performance, which isn't true. The actual confusion arises because under NCAA rules, only one team score is calculated per division based on the best-performing boat from all entries, not individual boats within the same entry.
