[Canalejas]

As I understand it, collegiate rowing competitions exist for both men and women.  And for each gender, there are open weight competitions and competitions that restrict the weight of the rowers.  The restricted ones are called Lightweight.  

However, only the women's open class has an NCAA-awarded championship.  The women's lightweight class and all the men compete for championships outside the NCAA.  That's how Stanford came in 4th at the NCAAs (open weight) the same weekend that it won a championship at the IRAs (lightweight) despite the championships being held thousands of miles apart.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College_ro...ed_States)

[Canalejas]

As I understand it, collegiate rowing competitions exist for both men and women.  And for each gender, there are open weight competitions and competitions that restrict the weight of the rowers.  The restricted ones are called Lightweight.  

However, only the women's open class has an NCAA-awarded championship.  The women's lightweight class and all the men compete for championships outside the NCAA.  That's how Stanford came in 4th at the NCAAs (open weight) the same weekend that it won a championship at the IRAs (lightweight) despite the championships being held thousands of miles apart.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College_ro...ed_States)