When Washington junior Marley Avritt, the coxswain for the varsity eight, saw her crew fall to last in the six-team grand final of the NCAA Women’s Rowing Championships on Sunday, she figured something magical had to happen.
The Washington women have returned to the top of the collegiate rowing world as the top-ranked Huskies swept all three grand finals to win the NCAA Championship Sunday. The Huskies won what will surely be a legendary varsity eight grand final before earning victories in the second eights and the fours.
Washington’s men’s rowing team won the James Ten Eyck overall points championship for the 12th time in the last 13 years, but for the third year in a row, Yale took home the Intercollegiate Rowing Association national championship with a win in the varsity eight grand final Sunday at Lake Natoma.
The No. 2-ranked Washington men’s rowing team returns to Lake Natoma in Gold River, Calif., for the 117th Intercollegiate Rowing Association Championships this Friday through Sunday, May 31-June 2.
The No. 1-ranked Washington women’s rowing team heads to Indianapolis this week for the 2019 NCAA Rowing Championships. The 23rd NCAA regatta will be held at the Indianapolis Rowing Center at Eagle Creek Park.
For the third year in a row, the UW men’s and women’s rowing teams won Pac-12 Championships today. The men won all five races and the women came back from a third-place finish in the varsity eight race to earn the team title, thanks to their winning performances in the second and third varsity eight and the varsity four races.
Fresh off a win in the annual Windermere Cup, UW women’s rowing coach Yaz Farooq joined Q13 Fox Sports Director Aaron Levine in-studio on Sunday night to recap the big win and look ahead to the upcoming Pac-12 and NCAA Championships.
A realization gained Friday night paid off big time Saturday morning when the Washington men’s varsity eight rowed to a decisive victory over members of the German National Team in the final race of the 33rd annual Windermere Cup.
Washington’s men’s and women’s rowing teams swept the marquee races at the 33rd annual Windermere Cup Saturday, in front of a huge crowd lining Montlake Cut.
It was a memorable win in what Michael Callahan, coach of the Washington men’s rowing team, considers one of the most important races of the year.