The No. 3-ranked Washington women’s rowing team won all three of its heats Friday morning on the first day of action at the 2025 NCAA Rowing Championships on Mercer Lake. The Huskies earned comfortable heat victories in the first and second eights, and the fours, and will compete in A/B semifinals on Saturday’s second day of action.
The No. 3-ranked Washington’s women’s rowing team will compete at the 2025 NCAA Championships May 30-June 1 at Mercer Lake in West Windsor, N.J. The Huskies, under ninth-year head coach Yasmin Farooq, earned the No. 4 seed in the first varsity eight, and the No. 2 seed in both the second eight and the four.
The No. 2-ranked Washington men’s rowing team will compete for the program’s 21st national championship, and defend its 2024 titles, this weekend, May 3–June 1, at the 122nd Intercollegiate Rowing Association (IRA) National Championship Regatta, on Cooper River in New Jersey.
The No. 2-ranked Washington women’s rowing team swept all seven grand finals and won the Big Ten Championship Sunday in the Huskies’ first year in their new conference. In the 25-year history of the Big Ten regatta, Washington was just the second team ever to sweep, winning every grand final, joining Ohio State, which accomplished that feat in 2018.
Washington’s men’s rowing team won the grand finals in the second and third varsity eights, and in the varsity four, but fell to rival California in the varsity eight final at the inaugural Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Men’s Rowing Championships Sunday at Lake Natoma.
At the inaugural Mountain Pacific Sports Federation, the No. 1-ranked UW men needed to race in just two heats, winning them both. On Sunday, they’ll have five crews competing for titles. The winner of the varsity eight final will be named the first-ever MPSF Men’s Rowing Champion.
The No. 2-ranked Washington women’s rowing team won all seven of its heats Saturday morning at the 2025 Big Ten Championships, held at the Indianapolis Rowing Center. On Sunday, the Huskies will seek their first crown in their new conference.
The No. 1-ranked Washington men’s rowing team heads to the inaugural Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Rowing Championships this weekend at Lake Natoma, in Gold River, Calif. After decades participating in what was the Pac-8, Pac-10 and Pac-12, the Husky men now compete in the MPSF.
The No. 3-ranked Washington women’s rowing team will compete at Big Ten Championships for the first time in program history this coming weekend in Indianapolis. The Huskies, who had competed in the Pac-10/Pac-12 since the conference first recognized women’s sports in 1986-87, made the move to the Big Ten along with most of the rest of UW’s programs.
The No. 1-ranked Washington men’s rowing team held off a late challenge from New Zealand to retain the Windermere Cup Saturday on Montlake Cut, wrapping up a clean sweep of races at the Windermere Cup & Opening Day Regatta.