The No. 1-ranked Washington men’s rowing team opens its competitive season this Friday and Saturday in Sarasota, Fla. On Friday, UW will race No. 2 Harvard and No. 8 Stanford, for the Bolles Cup and Paup Cup, respectively. On Saturday, those three programs will join three more and compete for the Benderson Cup.
The freshmen women and senior men both posted top-10 Montlake Cut times en route to wins in their respective Class Day races Saturday on Montlake Cut. The 125th annual Class Day Regatta marked the start of the spring season for the UW men’s and women’s rowing teams, who will both begin the season in earnest next weekend.
The start of each new UW rowing season is marked by the annual Class Day Regatta, which will be held this Saturday, March 21, on Montlake Cut. With each new spring, the Washington women’s rowing team is bolstered by a group of newcomers.
Class Day has been a key component to the Washington Rowing program since 1901 – a century and a quarter ago – and the 2026 version is upon us this Saturday, March 21. Each year, the UW men’s team officially introduces its new class of freshmen in conjuction with Class Day, as it’s a milestone that indicates that each of those individuals has made the team.
The traditional start to the Washington rowing season comes this Saturday, March 21, as the UW hosts the 125th annual Class Day Regatta on Montlake Cut. Fans are encouraged to line the Cut to watch the races.
Washington Rowing, along with Windermere Real Estate, welcomes men’s and women’s crews from the Great Britain National Team, the women’s Canadian National Team and the Northeastern University men’s team for the 40th annual Windermere Cup, scheduled for Saturday, May 2, 2026.
The Washington women’s rowing team will tackle a schedule packed with fierce competition next spring, as the Huskies will compete in several of the nation’s biggest and most prestigious regattas in 2026. Today, the Huskies revealed their competition schedule for the spring of 2026. Washington, which swept the Big Ten Championships and finished fourth at NCAAs last year, will take on a schedule that will include many of the nation’s top programs.
The annual event, co-hosted by the UW and Lake Washington Rowing Club, features a three-mile course, which starts in Lake Union, northeast of Gasworks Park, crosses Portage Bay, runs through the Montlake Cut and finishes in Union Bay of Lake Washington, just east of Conibear Shellhouse. See the link to the map for more.
The annual event, co-hosted by the UW and Lake Washington Rowing Club, features a three-mile course, which starts in Lake Union, northeast of Gasworks Park, crosses Portage Bay, runs through the Montlake Cut and finishes in Union Bay of Lake Washington, just east of Conibear Shellhouse. See the link to the map for more.
The Washington men’s rowing team opened the 2025-26 season with an excellent performance at the 60th annual Head of the Charles Regatta, winning the Collegiate Division in the Championship Eights while defending its crown with a win in the Championship Fours.