REDWOOD SHORES, Calif. – The No. 2-ranked Washington men's rowing team finished its weekend trip to Redwood Shores with four victories in four races vs. No. 18 Oregon State on Sunday. After going 7-for-7 vs. No. 6 Northeastern and No. 13 Stanford on Saturday, the Huskies finished the regatta with 11 wins in 11 races.
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On Sunday, the Huskies won races with their first and second varsity eights, freshman eight and varsity four.
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"Strong execution on the second day of racing today the whole squad," head coach
Michael Callahan said afterwards. "Many of our boats are coming together and finding some rhythm. We are now focused on improving over the next couple weeks leading into the Cal Dual on Montlake on April 20."
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Washington opened the morning with a convincing victory in the men's varsity eight race. The UW boat, featuring Moses Lake senior
Madison Molitor in the bow seat, turned in its fastest time of the weekend, finishing the 2,000 meters in 5:36.19. Oregon State posted a time of 5:56.59. The win was the third of the weekend for the top Husky crew.
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In the UW's second race of the morning, Washington's freshman eight squared off against the Oregon State third varsity eight. The UW crew, which included local products
Chandler Kovacevich (Snohomish) and
Jason Pyke (Bellevue) picked up its second victory of the weekend, having beaten Stanford's M3V8+ on Saturday. This time around, the Huskies finished with a time of 5:52.15 to the Beavers' 6:26.33.
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The Huskies second varsity eight wrapped up the trip with its third win, beating the Beavers' second boat in the third race of the day. In a crew featuring two Dutchmen –
Michiel Mantel and
Gert-Jan van Doorn, the Husky shell crossed the Redwood Shores finish line in a time of 5:32.32. OSU finished in 5:58.73.
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Washington wrapped up its road trip with a win over the Beavers in the varsity four. The Husky crew of coxswain
Isabel Klein and rowers
Evan Olson,
Paolo Bifulco,
Sebastian Ritter and
Max Rennie finished the 2,000 meters with a time of 6:14.50, ahead of the Beavers (6:31.58).
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Up Next
Following this weekend's trip to the Bay Area, the Huskies will have two weeks to prepare for the annual Cal Dual, April 20 on Montlake Cut.
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Washington Lineups
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Varsity Eight
Shell: Grand Challenger
Cox:
Adam Gold (Seattle, Wash./Seattle Academy)
Stroke:
Elijah Maesner (Duvall, Wash./Eastlake)
7:
Simon van Dorp (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
6:
Ben Davison (Inverness, Fla./Citrus)
5:
Andrew Gaard (Madison, Wis./West)
4:
Samuel Halbert (Woodinville, Wash./Woodinville)
3:
Chris Carlson (Bedford, N.H./Brewster Academy
2:
Philipp Nonnast (Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
Bow:
Madison Molitor (Moses Lake, Wash./Moses Lake)
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Second Varsity Eight
Shell: Carl Lovsted
Cox:
Kira Lewis (Belleuve, Wash./Interlake)
Stroke:
Peter Lancashire (Port Macquarie, Australia)
7:
Gert-Jan van Doorn (Leiden, Netherlands)
6:
Tennyson Federspiel (Bellevue, Wash./Bellevue)
5:
Michiel Mantel (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
4:
David Bridges (Portland, Ore./Jesuit)
3:
George Esau (Long Lake, Minn./Orono)
2:
Harvey Kay (Nottingham, U.K.)
Bow:
Chase Deitner (Perth, Australia)
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Third Varsity Eight
Shell: John Jacobi
Cox:
Kimmons Wilson (Orlando, Fla./Winter Park)
Stroke:
Cole Zwierzynski (Portland, Ore./Franklin)
7:
Steve Rosts (Jordan, Ont., Canada/Eden)
6:
Chase Barrows (Snohomish, Wash./Archbishop Murphy)
5:
Elliott de Bruin (San Francisco, Calif./Lowell)
4:
Nick Everett (Brockville, Ont., Canada)
3:
Felix Reinhold (Cape Town, South Africa)
2:
Carsten Rossen (Seattle, Wash./Cleveland)
Bow:
Pau Turina (Portland Ore./Benson Tech)
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Freshman Eight
Shell: Chuck Holtz II
Cox:
Thomas Wenk (Cincinnati, Ohio/St. Xavier)
Stroke:
Matt Condrin (Sacramento, Calif./Jesuit)
7:
Alex Dumitriu Carcoana (Fargo, N.D./Northfield Mt. Hermon)
6:
Vukasin Pivac (Belgrade, Serbia)
5:
Mattijs Holler (Vienna, Austria)
4:
Chandler Kovacevich (Snohomish, Wash./Monroe)
3:
Jason Pyke (Bellevue, Wash./International School)
2:
Jack Premzic (Davis, Calif./Davis Senior)
Bow:
Nils Vorberg (Hamburg, Germany)
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Varsity Four
Shell: Lou Gellermann
Stroke:
Evan Olson (Bothell, Wash./Bothell)
3:
Paolo Bifulco (Portland, Ore./Lincoln)
2:
Sebastian Ritter (Regensburg, Germany)
Bow:
Max Rennie (Deniniquin, Australia)
Cox:
Isabel Klein (Seattle, Wash./University Prep)
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About Washington Rowing
Rowing at University of Washington was established in 1901 with support from the local business community. In 1903, Washington entered its first intercollegiate race and defeated California, starting their storied "Cal Dual" rivalry. From this beginning, UW crews became the champions in the nation, winning the Gold Medal in the Olympics in 1936 as described in the New York Times bestseller The Boys in the Boat. UW has continued its tradition of winning championships and Olympic medals, and today is one of the best university rowing programs in the world. With its state-of-the-art training facility located on the UW campus right on the shores of Lake Washington, surrounded by mountains and in close proximity to the iconic Montlake Cut, Washington Rowing attracts the best men and women student-athletes from the Pacific Northwest and around the world. More information at GoHuskies.com,
WashingtonRowing.com and
@UW_Rowing.
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