Washington won all of its races Sunday at the 38th annual Head of the Lake regatta, but the majority of the schedule was canceled due to the cold conditions on the water.
 
Only 10 of the 70 scheduled events were completed. The majority of the collegiate eights races were finished, as well as two junior and two under-17 eights, but none of the fours, doubles, and singles events were contested.
 
On the men's side, Washington took top spot in the men's collegiate eight and junior varsity eight and finished first, second and third in the third eights.
 
In the first race of the morning, the Huskies' top boat finished the three-mile course from Lake Union, through Portage Bay and the Montlake Cut and into Union Bay, in a time of 14:54.175, about 37 seconds ahead of a Stanford eight. The JV8 result was similar, as Washington's entry completed the race in 15:23.564, 55 seconds in front of Stanford.
 
In the men's 3V8+, the Huskies had the top-three finishers (the Huskies' third varsity boat followed by two freshman boats), with a crew from Oregon State finishing fourth.
 
"We got our top boats out on the water and they had a good race," UW men's coach Michael Callahan said. "We definitely made an improvement from the Head of the Charles. What we wanted to achieve was to row longer in the water and we did that. We challenged the guys to perform their best on race day."
 
The Washington women finished first and second in the championship women's eight and earned first and third places in the collegiate JV eight.
 
In the championship eight, Washington's two entries finished in 17:13.861 and 17:16.420, while the Washington State eight took third place. In the JV race, one Husky boat took first in 17:38.009, while WSU (17:46.822) took second ahead of the other UW crew (18:38.002).
 
"Before the races, I told them that Mother Nature can throw anything at you, and you have to be ready to race in extreme conditions," women's coach Yaz Farooq said. "In Sarasota [site of the NCAA Championships next spring], it's going to be hot and humid. Embrace the extremes."
 
The start of the regatta was delayed about 25 minutes due to commercial maritime traffic in the ship canal. After 10 races, the referees determined that the conditions were too inclement to complete the schedule.
 
The Head of the Lake marked the final, scheduled event for the Washington rowing teams this fall. Now, the crews will train in anticipation for the 2018 season, which starts with the 117th annual Class Day next March 24.
 
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UW MEN'S LINEUPS:
COLLEGIATE M8+
Cox: Braeden Daste
8: Viktor Pivac
7: Arne Landboe
6: Ben Davison
5: Simon van Dorp
4: Michiel Mantiel
3: Philipp Nonnast
2: Luca Lovisolo
1: Luke El Khoury
 
COLLEGIATE JV8+
Cox: Kimmons Wilson
8: Samuel Halbert
7: Alexander Vollmer
6: Carsten Rossen
5: Chris Carlson
4: Connor Gann
3: George Esau
2: Sean Kelly
1: Robert Karlen
 
COLLEGIATE 3V8+
Bow #28:
Cox: Rielly Milne
8: Max Rennie
7: Mason Pollack
6: Elijah Maesner
5: Tennyson Federspiel
4: Austin Regier
3: David Bridges
2: Evan Olson
1: Andrew Gaard
 
Bow #29:
Cox: Adam Gold
8: Angus Batstone
7: Chase Deitner
6: Peter Lancashire
5: Gert-Jan van Doorn
4: Ian Engstrom
3: Steven Rosts
2: Sebastian Ritter
1: John Sclfani
 
Bow #33:
Cox: Kira Lewis
8: Paolo Bifulco
7: Cameron Helgerson
6: Chase Barrows
5: John Danielson
4: Nicholas Everett
3: Louis Kallgren
2: Jeffrey Thiers
1: Stewart Sykes
 
UW WOMEN'S LINEUPS:
CHAMPIONSHIP W8+
Bow #16:
Cox: Madison Mariani
8: Brooke Pierson
7: Tabea Schendekehl
6: Calina Schanze
5: Karle Pittsinger
4: Jennifer Wren
3: Sara Clark
2: Valentina Iseppi
1: Anna Thornton
 
Bow #14:
Cox: Phoebe Marks-Nicholes
8: Brooke Mooney
7: Elise Beuke
6: Jessica Thoennes
5: Katy Gillingham
4: Carmela Pappalardo
3: Kenzie Waltar
2: Julia Paulsen
1: Sophie Anderson-Kundig
 
COLLEGIATE JV8+
Bow #23:
Cox: Marley Avritt
8: Emma Vagen
7: Klara Grube
6: Tommie de Rooij
5: Molly Gallaher
4: Sarah Talamaivao
3: Nancy MacGeorge
2: Adele Likin
1: Teal Cohen
 
Bow #27:
Cox: Amanda Durkin
8: Anna Porteous
7: Kelsey Eager
6: Annaka Green
5: Carley Vaccher
4: Rachel McGlothlen
3: Katelyn Costanza
2: Tea Federspiel
1: Holly Drapp