HENLEY-ON-THAMES, U.K. – Both Washington men's crews won their third consecutive race Friday at Henley Royal Regatta, as the Husky coxed four advanced to The Prince Albert Challenge Cup final and the UW eight earned a spot in The Temple Challenge Cup semifinals.
 
In the second of the 81 races that were contested Friday on the Thames, Washington's four won its semifinal over a crew from Imperial College London, utilizing a very strong start to take control of the race nearly immediately.
 
After a day off Saturday, the four will take on Oxford Brookes in The Prince Albert Challenge Cup final Sunday (time TBD). Washington has won the Prince Albert once before, in 2015.
 
Later in the afternoon, Washington's eight took on a crew from Cornell in a Temple Challenge Cup quarterfinal. Much like the four, the UW eight grabbed the lead from the start and was comfortably in front for the entire 2,112 meters, winning by two-and-a-half lengths.
 
Saturday, the Huskies will take on the Oxford Brookes University "A" entry in a semifinal at 6:20 a.m. PT. The other semifinal features Oxford Brookes "B" vs. Syracuse University.
 
Along with the two Washington crews, a long list of UW alumni competed in a variety of other races on Friday, with most of them finding success and advancing. Here's a rundown of those races:
 
Three current or former UW oarsmen earned places in The Ladies' Challenge Plate (M8+) semifinals, with three separate quarterfinal victories on Friday. Evan Olson '19, racing in the Oxford Brookes University "A" crew; Peter Lancashire '21, competing for Leander Club; and Robert Pluijmert '24, in a Dutch National Team crew racing as Hollandia Roeiclub, all won their quarterfinal races.
 
Saturday, Pluijmert and Lancashire will go head-to-head in one semifinal, while Olson's Oxford Brookes eight takes on a different Dutch crew in the other.
 
Welsh rower Angharad Broughton '23 won her Town Challenge Cup race as a part of a Univ. of London & Leander Club coxless four, beating a crew from Syracuse University to move on to the semifinals. Broughton's crew will face an entry from Leander Club & Imperial College London in the semis.
 
In her Henley debut after a first-round bye, Isabel van Opzeeland '23, representing Hollandia Roeiclub, won her Stonor Challenge Cup race vs. a British double. She'll face another British entry, from Twickenham Rowing Club, in a Saturday semifinal.
 
Austrian Mattijs Holler '22, bow seat in a Leander Club coxless four, got a tough challenge from Syracuse, but won its Visitors Challenge Cup quarterfinal. Holler will move on to the semis where a four from Princeton University awaits.
 
In the next-to-last race of the day Friday, UW alumni and Canadians Jack Walkey '23 and Joel Cullen '23, rowing for Maple Bay R.C., competed with a pair from Cambridge University in a Silver Goblets & Nickalls' Challenge Cup quarterfinal race. The two members of the '23 UW varsity eight won a comfortable victory, beating the Brits by three and a half lengths. They'll face a Dutch pair in the semifinals Saturday.
 
British rower Holly Dunford '22 and her Molesey R.C. quad fell to a Canadian National Team crew, racing as Shawnigan Lake School, in a Princess Grace Challenge Cup quarterfinal. 
 
American Fiona Shields '22, rowing in the Thames Rowing Club "C" crew, led at the halfway point, but nonetheless fell to the Thames R.C. "B" entry, in a Wargrave Challenge Cup quarterfinal.
 
Sebastian Ritter '21, competing for 45 Münchener R.C., (GER), fell to a Thames Rowing Club crew in a Thames Challenge Cup semifinal.
 
In addition to the UW eight's Temple Challenge Cup semi, the following UW alumni will compete in semifinals on Saturday:
 
• Evan Olson '19, Oxford Brookes "A", Ladies' Challenge Plate vs. Skadi & Proteus-Eretes, NED, Race #7, 3:00 a.m. PT
• Steven Rosts '22, Ridley College & Maple Bay R.C., Queen Mother Challenge Cup vs. A.Z.S. Torun & W.T.W. Wloclawek, Poland, Race #11, 3:40 a.m. PT
• Angharad Broughton '23, Univ. of London & Leander Club, Town Challenge Cup vs. Leander Club & Imperial College London, Race #13, 4:00 a.m. PT
• Peter Lancashire '21, Leander Club, Ladies' Challenge Plate vs. Hollandia Roeiclub, Race #14, 4:10 a.m. PT
• Robert Pluijmert '24, Netherlands U23 Team as Hollandia Roeiclub, Ladies' Challenge Plate vs. Leander Club, Race #14, 4:10 a.m. PT
• Jack Walkey '23, Maple Bay R.C., Silver Goblets & Nickalls' Challenge Cup vs. E. Brouwer & P. van Veen, Hollandia Roeiclub, Race #30, 8:20 a.m. PT
• Joel Cullen '23, Maple Bay R.C., Silver Goblets & Nickalls' Challenge Cup vs. E. Brouwer & P. van Veen, Hollandia Roeiclub NED, Race #30, 8:20 a.m. PT 
• Isabel van Opzeeland '23, Hollandia Roeiclub, Stonor Challenge Cup vs. O.A. Obukohwo & K.S.A. George, Twickenham R.C. & Leander Club, Race #33, 9:50 am PT
• Mattijs Holler '22, Leander Club, Visitors Challenge Cup vs. Princeton, Race #43, 11:40 a.m. PT
 
On Sunday, Great Britain's Jacob Dawson '16 (Leander and Oxford Brookes) and Canadian Will Crothers '09 (Maple Bay R.C.) will square off Sunday in The Grand Challenge Cup (open M8+) final.
 
See the links at the top of this page for replays of both UW races, a full Friday video replay, and a link to Saturday's live video coverage.
 
WASHINGTON LINEUPS:
 
The Temple Challenge Cup 8+
Bow: Max Heid
2: Marius Ahlsand
3: Luke Henry
4: Pablo Matan
5: Blake Vogel
6: Cameron Tasker
7: Blake Bradshaw 
Stroke: Max Mason
Coxswain: Kieran Joyce
 
The Prince Albert Challenge Cup 4+
Coxswain: Casey Neumann
Bow: Jonathan Wang-Norderud
2: Archie Drummond 
3: Ethan Blight
Stroke: Ryan Smith
 
Huskies at Henley History
Here is a list of UW victories at the Henley Royal Regatta:
 
1977 – Grand Challenge Cup (men's eight)
1977 – Visitors' Challenge Cup (men's coxless four)
1981 – Ladies Challenge Plate (men's eight)
2000 – Henley Prize (women's eight)
2003 – Ladies Challenge Plate (men's eight)
2010 – Temple Challenge Cup (men's eight)
2012 – Temple Challenge Cup (men's eight)
2015 – Prince Albert Challenge Cup (men's coxed four)
2018 – Temple Challenge Cup (men's eight)
2022 – Visitors' Challenge Cup (men's coxless four)
Other appearances: 1958, 1973, 1984, 1995, 1997, 2013
 
Note: UW alumni have competed and won at Henley on numerous occasions, rowing for clubs other than UW. The above list includes only those crews who won their trophy under the University of Washington name.