The Washington men’s and women’s rowing teams will compete this Sunday at the 58th annual Head of the Charles Regatta. The Huskies will have a crew in each of the two marquee eights competitions.
Washington’s Nikki Martincic and McKenna Bryant won the 4,000-meter head race and later finished third in the 250-meter sprint to highlight the UW women’s rowing team’s performance Sunday at the Burnaby Lake Small Boat Regatta.
Last year, standout high school athlete Hallie Jensen had never rowed — but now she’s competing on the UW’s Division I crew team, thanks to the Hometown Huskies program.
When Washington junior Marley Avritt, the coxswain for the varsity eight, saw her crew fall to last in the six-team grand final of the NCAA Women’s Rowing Championships on Sunday, she figured something magical had to happen.
You might not ever know what it’s like to compete in an eight shell, as the Washington rowing teams do. But you can train like the Huskies.
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Fresh off a win in the annual Windermere Cup, UW women’s rowing coach Yaz Farooq joined Q13 Fox Sports Director Aaron Levine in-studio on Sunday night to recap the big win and look ahead to the upcoming Pac-12 and NCAA Championships.
A realization gained Friday night paid off big time Saturday morning when the Washington men’s varsity eight rowed to a decisive victory over members of the German National Team in the final race of the 33rd annual Windermere Cup.
Yaz Farooq didn’t really believe the scouting report she got three years ago from UW men’s rowing coach Michael Callahan.
Just because it wasn’t perfect didn’t mean it wasn’t a great morning for the Washington women’s crew team. The top-ranked Huskies won three of four races against No. 2 California in their dual match on the Montlake Cut, with the Golden Bears avoiding the sweep by rallying to win the varsity eight, the final event…