The Washington women’s rowing team will tackle a schedule packed with fierce competition next spring, as the Huskies will compete in several of the nation’s biggest and most prestigious regattas in 2026. Today, the Huskies revealed their competition schedule for the spring of 2026. Washington, which swept the Big Ten Championships and finished fourth at NCAAs last year, will take on a schedule that will include many of the nation’s top programs.

The annual event, co-hosted by the UW and Lake Washington Rowing Club, features a three-mile course, which starts in Lake Union, northeast of Gasworks Park, crosses Portage Bay, runs through the Montlake Cut and finishes in Union Bay of Lake Washington, just east of Conibear Shellhouse. See the link to the map for more.

The annual event, co-hosted by the UW and Lake Washington Rowing Club, features a three-mile course, which starts in Lake Union, northeast of Gasworks Park, crosses Portage Bay, runs through the Montlake Cut and finishes in Union Bay of Lake Washington, just east of Conibear Shellhouse. See the link to the map for more.

The Washington men’s rowing team opened the 2025-26 season with an excellent performance at the 60th annual Head of the Charles Regatta, winning the Collegiate Division in the Championship Eights while defending its crown with a win in the Championship Fours.

The Washington men’s rowing team will compete this Sunday at the 60th Head of the Charles Regatta, the premier fall rowing event of the year. Washington will enter crews in the men’s championship four and eights. Washington will also have entries in the men’s and women’s alumni races on Saturday.

Washington’s Logan Ullrich has joined an elite list of University of Washington student-athletes who have been honored as their sport’s National Athlete of the Year today as he was honored with the inaugural “The Oarsman” Award from the Intercollegiate Rowing Coaches’ Association, the national governing body for college men’s rowing.

The UW men won their 21st National Championship with a win in the varsity eight grand final at the IRAs. The Huskies also won the second varsity eight title for the 33rd time, the Ten Eyck Trophy (overall points) for the 19th time, and finished a very close second in the third varsity eight final.

Not far away, also in New Jersey, the UW won finished fourth overall at NCAA Championships. The Huskies won silver medals in both the second eights and the fours, and finished fifth in the varsity eight final. It was the 10th straight, top-five national finish for UW, which has never placed outside of the top-10 in the 28-year history of the NCAA regatta.

At the IRA National Championship Regatta, the UW men won the Varsity 4+ National Championship. In record time. Meanwhile, the Huskies won all three of their eights semifinals, breaking IRA regatta records in two of them. They’ll race for national titles tomorrow.