The No. 1-ranked Washington men’s rowing team will return to Lake Natoma in Gold River, Calif., May 29-31, for the 2026 Intercollegiate Rowing Association National Championship Regatta, as the IRA announced the field for the annual event today.
The No. 4-ranked Washington women’s rowing team won all seven of its heats Friday night on the first day of the 2026 Big Ten Rowing Championships. On Sunday, all seven of those crews will race at the Indianapolis Rowing Center to defend their titles from last year.
The No. 1-ranked Washington men’s rowing team heads to the 2026 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Rowing Championships this Sunday at Lake Natoma, in Gold River, Calif.
The No. 4-ranked Washington women’s rowing team will compete at Big Ten Championships this coming weekend in Indianapolis, looking to defend the title that the Huskies won last year, in their first year as a member of the Big Ten Conference.
The 40th Windermere Cup presented as big an Opening Day challenge as the Washington women’s rowing team has faced in years, if not decades, as the No. 4-ranked Huskies took on two crews that earned medals in the most recent Olympic Games Saturday on the Montlake Cut.
It may have been the best day, in terms of weather, ever for a Windermere Cup. It may have been the strongest field, in terms of international and domestic competition, in the 40-year history of the event. And the Washington men’s varsity crew’s epic win over Great Britain may have been the most thrilling race ever at the Opening Day Regatta.
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 this Saturday, May 2.
The No. 1-ranked Washington men’s varsity eight crew held off its biggest rival – No. 2 California – Saturday at The Dual, earning the Schoch Cup in a thrilling race at Redwood Shores.
The No. 1-ranked Washington men’s rowing team will travel south to Redwood Shores to take on its biggest rival this Saturday at The Dual, vs. California – the most important and longest-running rowing rivalry in the West.
The No. 5-ranked Washington women’s rowing team won two races and finished second in four others Sunday, as the Huskies faced their stiffest challenge of the season on day two at the B1G Invitational at Lake Natoma.