The Washington women open up their spring schedule this Saturday morning as hosts of the annual Husky Open on Montlake Cut. Racing begins at 8:00 a.m. PT. The regatta will feature only women’s races at the collegiate level (no college men’s races), as well as a full schedule of junior and masters races for boys and girls, men and women.
Washington Rowing, along with Windermere Real Estate, welcomes men’s and women’s crews from the New Zealand National Team and the Indiana University for the 39th annual Windermere Cup, scheduled for Saturday, May 3, 2025.
The Washington men’s rowing team is proud to announce that, effective immediately, the program will compete in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation. The Huskies will be joined by the men’s rowing teams from California, Gonzaga, Oregon State, San Diego, Santa Clara, Stanford and UC San Diego in comprising the eight-team MPSF for men’s rowing.
The Washington men’s rowing team begins its defense of its 20th National Championship next spring, with a schedule that includes dual regattas against four longtime rivals, among other events.
Washington crews finished in the top three spots in the Championship Women’s Eight, Sponsored by Pocock Racing Shells Sunday at the 2024 Head of the Lake Regatta. UW crews also won the Collegiate Fours and the Collegiate Pairs events.
The Washington men’s rowing team won every race in which it competed Sunday at the Head of the Lake Regatta, taking top honors in every men’s collegiate in the fall season finale. The Head of the Lake Regatta is a time-trial head race that runs from the south end of Lake Union, through Portage Bay and the Montlake Cut and ends in Lake Washington’s Union Bay, near Conibear Shellhouse.
Washington won the men’s championship fours and finished in the top five in both the men’s and women’s championships eights at the Head of the Charles Regatta, Sunday. Washington won the men’s fours event for the first time in program history. UW was just the second college crew to win the event since 2012.
The Washington men’s rowing team has added two new members to the coaching staff as the 2024-25 season gets underway. Olympic Gold Medalist Michael Grady and former Notre Dame men’s team head coach Quinn Klocke have joined the program as assistant coaches, the Blake W. Nordstrom Head Coach for Washington Men’s Rowing Michael Callahan announced today.
Untied States Olympians Brooke Mooney and Maddie Wanamaker have joined the Washington women’s rowing staff as assistant coaches ahead of the 2024-25 season, head coach Yasmin Farooq announced today.
Washington men’s rowing coach Michael Callahan, who helped lead the United States men’s eight to its first Olympic medal since 2008, has been awarded the Order of Ikkos from the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee.