The Washington women’s rowing team closed out the fall season with a successful day at the annual Head of the Lake Regatta. UW won the Championship Eight, Junior Varsity EIght, Four and Pairs races. The Head of the Lake is an annual head race (time trial) that covers a three-mile race course.
The Washington men’s rowing team wrapped up the fall season with a sweep of wins at the annual Head of the Lake Regatta, winning all five races in which it competed. The Huskies won all three men’s collegiate eights races, the championship fours and the single sculls.
Washington’s men’s and women’s rowing teams are back in action this Sunday, Nov. 5, for the annual Head of the Lake Regatta, which gets underway at 8:00 a.m. PT. The annual event, co-hosted by the UW and Lake Washington Rowing Club, features a three-mile course.
In the Women’s Championship Eights, the Huskies had two entries. Washington’s first varsity eight finished in 12th place, seventh among college crews, in the 34-boat field. The UW V8+ time was 16:43.007. A U.S. National Team entry, which included UW alums Nina Castagna, Brooke Mooney and Jessica Thoennes, won the race in 16:11.313.
Five University of Washington crews – two men’s and three women’s – wrapped up competition at the 58th annual Head of the Charles Sunday. The Head of the Charles, the largest three-day regatta in the world, features a three-mile head race (time trials) down the Charles River through the heart of Boston.
The Huskies will have two men’s and women’s crews in each of the two marquee eights competitions – the Men’s and Women’s Championship Eights. The UW women will also enter one crew in the Women’s Championship Fours. Washington will also be represented by a number of alumni, with an eight in each of the men’s and women’s alumni/alumnae eights races.
The Washington men’s and women’s rowing teams will compete this Sunday at the 58th Head of the Charles Regatta, the premier fall rowing event of the year. The Huskies will have two men’s and women’s crews in each of the two marquee eights competitions.
Huskies Isabel van Opzeeland and Mira Calder took top honors in the 4,000-meter race as the Washington women’s rowing team opened the 2023-24 season Sunday at the Burnaby Lake Small Boat Regatta. The regatta featured singles, pairs and doubles competing in a 4,000-meter head race.
The Washington women’s rowing team opens the 2023-24 season with a trip to British Columbia where, this Sunday, they’ll participate in the 12th annual Burnaby Lake Small Boat Invitational. The regatta, held on Burnaby Lake, just east of Vancouver, B.C., is a 4,000-meter head race.
Seven current or former Washington rowers earned medals and a total of 11 qualified their countries for the 2024 Olympic Games as the 2023 World Rowing Championships wrapped up Sunday in Belgrade, Serbia. Coxswain and 2022 UW captain Nina Castagna ’22, along with former Husky rowers Brooke Mooney ’18 and Jessica Thoennes ’18.