women begin competing in the eight-oared boat (8+) at the National Women's Rowing Association (NWRA) Championship (collegiate and non-collegiate). 1972 – Congress passes Title IX, which eventually leads to large growth in women's rowing. 1973 – Radcliffe College women's rowing team wins NWRA National Championship. 1973 – Princeton women's eight wins New England Intercollegiate Regatta championship (forerunner to EAWRC Women's Eastern Sprints). 1975 – The University of Wisconsin women's rowing team wins NWRA National Championship. 1976 – The Yale women's rowing team strips in front of the Yale athletic director to demand equal opportunity under Title IX. The incident makes national headlines. The documentary film, A Hero for Daisy, memorializes this event. 1976 – First EAWRC Varsity Women's Lightweight 8 championship, won by Boston University, 1979 – Yale women's team claims its first national championship as top college finisher at NWRA regatta. 1980 – The first Women's National Collegiate Rowing Championship is held at Oak Ridge, Tennessee, sponsored by the National Women's Rowing Association (NWRA). 1982 – The only Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) rowing championships was held 1983 – Boston University women's rowing team wins National Championship for a third time. 1986 – The National Women's Rowing Association (NWRA) dissolves and USRowing assumes responsibility as the national governing body for women's rowing. 1988 – Northeastern University Men's 8+ capture school's first IRA Championship at Lake Onondaga, NY 1997 – The NCAA establishes a rowing championship for women. Washington sweeps the NCAA Regatta and IRA Regatta. 2002 – The University of California Men's 8 wins its fourth straight IRA gold medal (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002), the first four-peat since Cornell (1955–1958). 2009 – Washington Sweeps the 8+ Events at the IRA Regatta, becoming the first crew to do so since they did in 1997. They won in the Varsity 8, Second Varsity 8, Freshman 8, and open four and placed second in the Varsity 4 2010 – The University of California Men's 8 wins gold at the IRAs, its sixth in 12 years and 16th overall, second only to Cornell's 22 titles. 2011 – Washington's men's 8 wins gold at the IRAs for the 14th time. 2012 – Washington's men achieve an unprecedented sweep of all five grand finals at the IRAs, setting record times in 2V8, freshmen 8, V4, and open 4, as well as its 15th V8 IRA title. Categories Men's rowing Men's rowing is not