Men’s And Women’s Rowing Teams Cruising Through 2022 En Route to Windermere Cup MARK MOSCHETTI • FOR GO HUSKIES MAGAZINE
Men’s Rowing RECAP
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he heart of the men’s rowing season is at hand for the Washington Huskies. But they’ve already been plenty busy – and plenty successful, too, starting last fall when they finished second at the Head of the Housatonic in Shelton, Conn.; won the Head of the Charles in Boston, then won the Head of the Lake in Seattle. Through the early spring, the Huskies swept all races against Washington State in a dual match-up on March 26 through the Montlake Cut. They went on to sweep a double-dual against Stanford and Oregon State in Seattle, then won every race on both days of a two-regatta trip to Northern California April 9-10: the Ky Ebright Invitational in Oakland and the Pac-12 Invitational in Redwood City. As always, the circle-the-calendar day for the regular season is the dual against Cal. This time, it was in Redwood Shores on April 23. Washington won the freshman eights, while the Bears came out on top in the other races. The season begins in earnest on May 7, with the Windermere Cup on Montlake Cut, this will be the first Windermere since 2019, with the last two canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Netherlands national eight will be in Seattle for that race, their first appearance here since 1994. It’s noteworthy that Washington’s first-line varsity eight has two Dutch rowers, Gert-Jan van Doorn and Simon van Dorp. The eight also includes international rowers from New Zealand, Canada, and Germany. A week later, on May 15, the Pacific-12 Championships begin at Dexter Lake just south of Eugene. Washington’s varsity eight has won the race 41 times since the team’s first victory in 1962. That will be followed by the IRA Championships Regatta in West Windsor, N.J., from June 3-5. Last year, UW swept all four grand finals at the IRA. Overall, the Huskies have won 19 IRA national championships.
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