The No. 1-ranked Washington men’s rowing team won three of four races, including both the first and second varsity eights races, to win the Benderson Cup Saturday. The Huskies beat four top-10 ranked teams to earn the Cup for the second year in a row.
The No. 5-ranked Washington women’s rowing team won two races and finished second in four others Sunday on the final day of the San Diego Crew Classic, on Mission Bay. Washington beat No. 1-ranked Texas in the final of the Karen Plumleigh Cortney Cup, for varsity four crews. The Huskies also won the B fours event, with a pair of UW entries taking the top two spots in that race.
The No. 5-ranked Washington women’s rowing team won five of six races and saw all seven crews advance to Sunday A finals during the first day of action Saturday at the San Diego Crew Classic. Sunday, the Huskies will race for trophies in six different race categories, with two crews competing in the second fours event.
The No. 1-ranked Washington men’s rowing team opened the spring season with four wins in four head-to-head races vs. No. 3-ranked Harvard Friday at Nathan Benderson Park.
The Washington women’s rowing team heads south to the San Diego Crew Classic this Saturday and Sunday, March 29-30. Washington, ranked No. 5 in the most recent Pocock CRCA poll, will send a total of seven crews to race on Mission Bay. UW will compete in the first and second varsity eights, novice eights and open eights, as well as the varsity fours and “B” fours (where UW will have two entries). Here is the full schedule of events.
The Washington men’s rowing team opens the competitive spring season this weekend when the Huskies compete Friday and Saturday at Nathan Benderson Park in Sarasota, Fla. On Friday, Washington will face Harvard in a dual regatta for the Bolles Cup, competing in four race categories (first, second, third and fourth varsity eights).
The junior men and the fifth-year women won the featured races Saturday at Washington Rowing’s 124th annual Class Day Regatta, on Montlake Cut. Class Day, first established in 1901, pits a crew from each class (freshmen, sophomores, juniors, etc.) against one another in men’s and women’s races, and signifies the official start of the spring rowing season each year at UW.
The traditional start to the Washington rowing season comes this Saturday, March 22, as the UW hosts the 124th annual Class Day Regatta on Montlake Cut. Fans are encouraged to line the Cut to watch the races. For those unable to make it in person, however, there will be a live video feed.
The Washington women’s rowing team opened the spring season with wins in all of its races at the Husky Open Saturday morning on the Montlake Cut. A total of 11 UW crews each raced twice, with Oregon State and the University of British Columbia competing in some of the races, while several events featured only Husky crews.
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.