The Seattle Times: Washington rowing holds Class Day Regatta
The Huskies open another season of high expectations as the women are coming off a historic sweep and the men are looking to win the title they narrowly missed out on last year.
The Seattle Times: ROW TOWN USA
‘The perfect moment’: It’s what gets UW rowers through the early mornings and hard work. A day in the life of UW Rowing.
1889 Washington Magazine: The Girls in the Boat
On May 28, 2017, University of Washington’s women swept all three events—the first and second varsity eights and the four—making it the first team to win all grand finals in the twenty-one-year history of the NCAA Regatta. History was teetering when the eight rowers plus coxswain from the University of Washington stepped into their racing…
Seattle Times: UW men’s crew looks to join women with national title, too
The three-day Intercollegiate Rowing Association regatta opens Friday near Sacramento. The Huskies are hoping to claim men’s and women’s national titles in the same year for the first time since 1997.
Seattle Times: How Washington rowing overcame choppy waters to surge to its Triple Crown
You have to be a little different to be a rower. You have to learn to make pain your friend. Maybe that explains one of the Washington women’s rowing team’s mottos this year: Embrace the suck.
Pac-12 Network Video: ‘An inspiration to future women of Washington’
Watch: The Huskies are the 2017 #NCAARow National Champions.
ESPN: UW wins NCAA women’s rowing title; Pac-12 first to 500 titles
Washington won the NCAA women’s rowing title Sunday, making the Pac-12 Conference the first league to reach 500 national championships. The top-ranked Huskies beat Stanford and California by a comfortable margin in the final race Sunday at Mercer Lake in West Windsor, New Jersey, posting a time of 6:36.939 in the varsity eight grand final.
Seattle Times: Huskies win NCAA women’s rowing title with historic sweep
The University of Washington women’s rowing team didn’t just win another NCAA national championship, the Huskies made history in storming to their fourth team title. Washington swept all three grand events Sunday for the first time in the 21-year history of the regatta.
Row2K: A Day of Firsts for Washington Caps the 2017 NCAA Championship
Washington Coach Yaz Farooq was up to her waist in the brownish water of Mercer Lake surrounded by part of her team while waiting for the varsity eight to reach the shore for the impending celebration. Each of the UW athletes standing with her – actually it was more like jumping around and dancing –…
Pac-12 Network: Washington Sweeps Pac-12 Men’s and Women’s Rowing Championship
For the first time since 1997 WASHINGTON claimed the Pac-12 Men’s and Women’s Rowing Championship. On the men’s side, Washington collected 72 team points for the title, winning three of the four scoring races. CALIFORNIA came close in second place with 65 points and OREGON STATE totaled 50 points to round out the podium placing.