SEATTLE – The Washington women’s rowing team wrapped up the regular season with convincing wins in the Windermere Cup and Erickson Cascade Cup Saturday at the 38^th annual Windermere Cup / Opening Day Regatta on Montlake Cut.

The Huskies beat crews from the Italian National Team and the University of Wisconsin in the feature race, winning the Windermere Cup for the 27^th time.

The race was close throughout most of the 2,000-meter course, packed with fans viewing from yachts and, for the final 600 meters, jammed along both sides of the Cut. The veteran Husky varsity crew held off both the Italians and Badgers and pulled away at the end to win with a time of 6:32.310, about a third-of-a-length of open water ahead of Italy (6:37.903). Wisconsin finished in 6:50.543.

“It was really cool,” said fifth-year UW rower Angharad Broughton, the seven-seat in the varsity shell. “It was my last trip down the Cut and it was made very special, especially with everyone in my boat.

“It was so loud,” she continued. “You couldn’t hear [coxswain] Grace [Murdock]. She was banging on the side of the boat so we could hear her for the steps in the sprint. It was really great.”

The race was the final home event for the UW this season. In two weeks, they’ll travel to the last-ever Pac-12 Championships and then, two weeks after that, to NCAA Championships.

“I thought it was excellent,” said UW women’s coach Yasmin Farooq. We made really good steps today, and in the night sprints [on Friday] as well.

“I felt like we made a really good step with our start last night in,” Farooq continued, referring to Friday night’s 600-meter sprint race vs. the same two opponents. “And then they made another step with the start today, which made it even better. We’ve been working on our second 500 and I thought excellent strides were made there.

“The beauty of this race course is if you can dig deep there, when you get to the Cut, you’re going to be elevated by all of Husky Nation, and that’s going to help you find another gear.”

Washington also earned the Erickson Cascade Cup (second varsity eights), with the UW “Gold” crew winning with a time of 6:36.442. Wisconsin’s second crew finished in second (6;48.089), followed by the UW “Purple” shell and Seattle University.

The Huskies also earned wins in the third varsity eight, with UW boats taking the top-two spots, and the varsity four, where Wisconsin also finished second.

Western Washington, the top-ranked NCAA Division II program in the nation, won the Open Eight race, beating crews from UW, Gonzaga and Seattle Pacific.

WASHINGTON WOMEN’S LINEUPS

Varsity Eight (Windermere Cup)
Shell: Title IX Legacy
Cox: Grace Murdock (Roswell, Ga./Milton)
Stroke: Elena Collier-Hezel (Buffalo, N.Y./Park School/Michigan)
7: Angharad Broughton (Cardiff, Wales, U.K.)
6: Nikki Martincic (Newtown, Australia)
5: Olivia Hay (Auckland, New Zealand)
4: Cillian Mullen (Tacoma, Wash./Batavia (Ill.))
3: Zola Kemp (Wellington, New Zealand)
2: Shakira Mirfin (Invercargill, New Zealand
Bow: Caitlin Bentley (Johannesburg, South Africa)

Second Varsity Eight Gold (Erickson Cascade Cup)
Shell: Kit Green
Cox: Carina Baxter (El Dorado Hills, Calif./Oak Ridge)
Stroke: Isabel van Opzeeland (Hoofddorp, Netherlands)
7: Ava Meuleman (Seattle, Wash./Roosevelt)
6: Jess Weir (London, England, U.K.)
5: Grace Vander Griend (Bellingham, Wash/Sehome)
4: Abby Adebiyi (London, England, U.K.)
3: Christiana Congdon (Stonington, Conn./St. Paul’s)
2: Cait Whittard (St. Catherines, Ont., Canada)
Bow: Jordan Freer (Lotus, Calif./El Dorado/UCSB)

Second Varsity Eight Purple (Erickson Cascade Cup)
Shell: Dottie Simpson
Cox: Elisabeth Wu (Seattle, Wash./Shorecrest/Wisconsin)
Stroke: Carmel Bollag (Seattle, Wash./University Prep)
7: Allison Jakeway (Maple Ridge, B.C., Canada)
6: Cami Martin (Seattle, Wash./Nathan Hale)
5: Brianna Hoffman (Poulsbo, Wash./North Kitsap)
4: Margaret Young (San Anselmo, Calif./Archie Williams)
3: Isabelle Tinsley (Venice, Fla./College of Florida Collegiate School)
2: Alex Dessart (Bronxville, N.Y./Bronxville)
Bow: Eliza Perry (Bellingham, Wash./Sehome)

Varsity Four
Shell: Wendell S. Sykes
Cox: Camille Randall (Seattle, Wash./Seattle Prep)
Stroke: Paris Burbine (Alpharetta, Ga./Cambridge)
3: Mira Calder (Victoria, B.C., Canada/Claremont)
2: Sofie Sand (Rochester, Wash./Rochester)
Bow: Grace Epp (Redmond, Wash./Redmond)

Third Varsity Eight Gold
Shell: Title IX Sisterhood
Cox: Olivia Murdock (Roswell, Ga./Milton)
Stroke: Danielle Lohrenz (Minnetonka, Minn./Minnetonka)
7: Claire Surbeck (Bellevue, Wash./International School)
6: Victoria Gevaudan (Pittsburgh, Pa./Oakland Catholic)
5: Caitlin Hane (Irvine, Calif./University)
4: Zoë Bischoff (Seattle, Wash./Holy Names Academy)
3: Briana Hopper (Seattle, Wash./Holy Names/Cornell)
2: Maddie Ohm (Chicago, Ill./
Bow: Luella Bowersock (Austin, Texas/

Third Varsity Eight Purple
Shell: Jenni Vesnaver Hogan
Cox: Perry McLoughlin (Port Washington, N.Y./Schreiber)
Stroke: Fiona Rosales (Oakland, Calif./School for the Arts)
7: Hannah Nowers (Palmer, Alaska (Palmer)
6: Isabella Crosby (University Place, Wash./Curtis)
5: Ella Jones (West Seattle, Wash./West Seattle)
4: Kate Russ (Plano, Texas (Plano East)
3: Lita Howard (Seattle, Wash./Roosevelt)
2: Cora Madison  (Kirkland, Wash./International Comm.)
Bow: Cas Pendleton (King of Prussia, Pa./ John Carroll)

Open Eight
Cox: Jordyn Costello (Newport Beach, Calif./Newport Harbor)
Stroke: Megan Romesberg (Satellite Beach, Fla./Satellite)
7: Ellen Koselka (Ann Arbor, Mich./Skyline)
6: Scout Wilson (San Antonio, Texas/United World
5: Jane Cox (Poway, Calif./Academy of Our Lady of Peace)
4: Izzy Peters (Bellingham, Wash./Squalicum)
3: Olivia Fox (University Place, Wash./Curtis)
2: Molly Wiser (Leavenworth, Wash./Cascade)
Bow: Greta Slaats (Crozet, Va./Western Albemarle)

SEATTLE – The No. 2-ranked Washington men’s rowing team earned its 28^th Windermere Cup, beating crews from the Italian National Team and Wisconsin in the 38^th annual Windermere Cup / Opening Day Regatta Saturday on Montlake Cut.

A huge crowd packed the Cut, rewarded by fair weather and a long slate of masters, juniors and collegiate races. Washington wrapped up its home schedule with wins in all four men’s collegiate races.

In the final race of the morning, the Huskies’ varsity eight raced a crew from Italy, made up of athletes with under-23-level or higher international experience, and the varsity eight from Wisconsin.

The Huskies, won the race win a time 5:45.830, roughly two lengths of open water ahead of the Italian eight, which crossed in 5:55.041. Wisconsin was another five seconds back, crossing in 6:00.351.

“Watching this since I was a little kid, it’s kind of crazy having this one last experience now,” said UW varsity stroke Max Heid, who attended Seattle Prep, visible up the hill from the Montlake Cut finish line, “especially in that stroke seat of that varsity eight the last time down the course. It was thrilling. Just the sound of everyone going down to the end there. This is why I wanted to come here.

“No other program in the world do you have a natural amphitheater looking down on your racing,” he added.

“What a crowd,” exclaimed UW men’s head coach Michael Callahan. “It’s one of the biggest crowds I’ve seen on land for a long time. I was impressed by the turnout today. Seattle came out for this.

“Having ‘The Boys in the Boat actors,’ there brought some extra publicity on for the team the whole year,” he continued, “but it’s awesome to have Seattle here just supporting the team so well. Rowtown, USA … it’s awesome.”

Six cast members from the film, “The Boys In The Boat,” based on the story of the UW’s 1936 men’s crew that won gold at the 1936 Olympic Games, and based on the blockbuster book by Daniel James Brown, were on hand for the races.

In addition to the win in the Windermere Cup, Washington earned the Erickson Cascade Cup with a win in the second varsity eight race, beating Wisconsin in a time of 5:51.415.

Washington also won the third varsity eight/freshman eight race, with the Huskies’ third varsity crew beating the freshmen, as well as a crew from Western Washington University. The Huskies also had three entries in the varsity four race, finishing one-two-three ahead of a club crew from Seattle University.

The Huskies will next compete at the final Pac-12 Championships, two weeks from Sunday at Gold River near Sacramento. Another two weeks later, they’ll race that IRA National Championship Regatta at Mercer Lake in New Jersey.

WASHINGTON MEN’S LINEUPS

Varsity Eight (Windermere Cup)
Shell: Brett Reisinger ’98
Cox: Nikita Jacobs
Stroke: Max Heid
7: Archie Drummond
6: Jonathan Wang-Norderud
5: Giuseppe Bellomo
4: Sam Ford
3: Cameron Tasker
2: Harry Fitzpatrick
Bow: Marius Bjørn-Hansen Ahlsand

Second Varsity Eight (Erickson Cascade Cup)
Shell: ShoedaWg
Cox: Kieran Joyce
Stroke: Darcy McCluskey
7: Ethan Blight
6: Marc Tennesen
5: Povilas Juskevicius
4: Ben Shortt
3: Lyle Donovan
2: Ryan Smith
Bow: Blake Vogel

Third Varsity Eight (Purple)
Shell: John Nordstrom
Cox: Casey Neumann
Stroke: Gus Altucher
7: Blake Bradshaw
6: Quinn Hall
5: Ethan Walsh
4: Parker Raines
3: Louis Gallia IV
2.: Ryan Martin
Bow: Giulio Acernese

Freshman Eight (Gold)
Shell: Grand Challenger
Cox: Chas Knittel
Stroke: Hector Guimet
7: Billy Osborne
6: Klas Ole Lass
5: Rory McDonnell
4: Mason Boulter
3: Brady Shanle
2: Ryan O’Connor
Bow: Dimitri Chamitoff

Varsity Four Purple
Shell: Lou Gellermann
Cox: Maggie Gibbons
Stroke: Connor Shoup
3: Finn Griskauskas
2: Oliver Black
Bow: Luke Collins

Varsity Four Gold
Shell: George Pocock
Cox: Tess Kadian
Stroke: Lucas Woodruff
3: Matteo Belgeri
2: Henry Ramstad
Bow: Caleb Cowles

Varsity Four Hi-Viz
Shell: Clipper Too
Cox: Lilly Kurtz
Stroke: Alex Ware
3: Anton Boudzko
2: Carter Yagle
Bow: Addison Smee

REDWOOD SHORES, Calif. – The No. 2 Stanford women’s rowing team earned a decisive overall victory against No. 4 Cal in the Big Row on Saturday, winning every race in the annual rivalry.

Competing in a consistent rain on the Peninsula bayshore, Stanford won all five races by at least seven seconds, to complete the regular season and provided an exclamation point in the final home regatta of Stanford’s seniors, who were recognized afterward on Senior Day.

The defending NCAA champion Cardinal earned a crowning victory in the first varsity eight race. With junior Luise Bachmann at stroke and senior Belle Battistoni at bow, Stanford covered the 2,000-meter Belmont Channel/Redwood Shores Lagoon course in 6:26.6, against a headwind, with Cal in 6:33.7.

The wind was mostly between 9-12 knots, with gusts up to 17 knots. The rain never let up. It didn’t matter to the Cardinal, which won by eight seconds in 2V8, 15 in 1V4, nine in 3V8, and 10 in 4V8.

Stanford next competes at the Pac-12 Championships at Lake Natoma on May 19. Stanford is the two-time defending champion.

Results
1V8+
1. Stanford- 6:26.6
2. Cal- 6:33.7

2V8+
1. Stanford- 6:36.9
2. Cal- 6:45.4

1V4+
1. Stanford 7:19.7
2. Cal 7:35.6.

3V8+
1. Stanford- 7:00.8
2. Cal- 7:10.1

4V8+
1. Stanford- 7:21.0
2. Cal- 7:31.7

Lineups
1V8+: C: Carolyn Kennedy, 8: Luise Bachmann, 7: Matilda Drewett, 6: Lucy Burrell, 5: Fiona Mooney, 4: Iris Klok, 3: Annika Jeffery. 2: Lettie Cabot, 1: Belle Battistoni.
2V8+: C: Honor Warburg, 8: Madeleine Greenstock, 7: Julia Braz, 6: Beckie Leigh, 5: Julietta Camahort , 4: Regan McDonnell, 3: Elli Rowley, 2: Heather Schmidt, 1: Nora Goodwillie.
1V4+: C: Abbey Heinemann, 4: Mathilda Kitzmann, 3: Lucy Black, 2: Paloma Sequeira, 1: Quincy Stone.
3V8+: C: Reese Dibiase, 8: Kieran Wallace, 7: Sofia Simone, 6: Julia Veith, 5: Kathryn Alexander, 4: Alice Baker, 3: Katherine Mote, 2: Caia Costello, 1: Taylor English.
4V8+: C: Grace De La Torre, 8: Susie Mallen,  7: Charlotte Botha, 6: Lily Moore, 5: Natalie Clemans, 4: Sonia Gnatowska, 3: Brooke Seebeck, 2: Mia Thompson, 1: Schuyler Hyde.

This week’s IRCA/IRA Poll has Princeton atop the heavyweight men’s varsity eight poll for the second week in a row while Wesleyan retains the top spot for the DIII varsity eight and Harvard does the same for the lightweight men’s varsity eight.