The junior racing season kicked into high gear with the first events of the USRowing Youth series taking place this past weekend. On the collegiate side, the Princeton heavyweight men completed an undefeated regular season in both the first and second varsity eights, while the Washington men and women came away with wins at Opening Day.
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USRowing Southwest and Central Youth Championships: The USRowing Youth Series kicked off in Sacramento and Oklahoma City this past weekend with the Southwest and Central Youth Championships. Qualifying crews in each of 41 events will advance to the USRowing Youth National Championship, with the top four finishers going from the Southwest region and the top three finishers advancing from the Central region. Both events named additional, non-qualifying event champions, typically in U16 and B-class events. In the Southwest event, Oakland Strokes won the mens youth 8+ while Marin came in first for women. On the sculling side, the Newport Aquatic Center won the women’s youth 4x while Long Beach won the men’s youth 4x. In Oklahoma, Dallas United finished first in the men’s youth 8+ while host team OKC Riversport claimed the top spot in the women’s youth 8+. The Rowing Club of the Woodlands finished first in the women’s youth 4x while the Texas Rowing Center claimed the gold on the men’s side. Racing was live streamed on Overnght and results were posted online, however team points total were not included.
Windermere Cup/Opening Day: The Washington men and women both came away with the win against the Italian National Team and the University of Wisconsin in the Windermere Cup at Opening Day in Seattle on Saturday. The #2 Husky men handled the Italians and Badgers easily, winning by roughly two lengths of open water over Italy, while the #8 women had a slightly tighter race, still coming away with the win by about a third-of-a-length of open water ahead of Italy. In other races at the regatta, the Western Washington women won the Collegiate Open 8+ while Brentwood and Victoria City won the men’s and women’s junior eights respectively. Local club Sammamish won the women’s 40+, 50+, and 60+ masters eights as well as the men’s 30+ masters eight.
The Windermere Cup belongs to the Dawgs!
Both the women's and men's @UW_Rowing teams retained the top prize at the annual event 🏆#GoHuskies x #RowingU pic.twitter.com/fU0lzui89J
— Washington Athletics (@UWAthletics) May 4, 2024
Content Cup: The #1 Princeton heavyweight men have concluded the regular season undefeated in both the varsity and second varsity eights with wins over #6 Brown on Saturday, May 3rd. This is the first undefeated season for the top boat since 2006 and the first time in the 152 years of the program that both eights have been undefeated in the same year. Keelan Good, senior stroke of the second eight, said, “Just two years ago today, we had gotten swept for the third weekend in a row and were not in a good place. It’s gratifying to see all of our hard work finally pay off and for the senior class to realize the goals that we set for this program at the beginning of the year.”
It’s the first undefeated regular season for the Tigers since 2006! https://t.co/xoco61HpFs pic.twitter.com/4XQA7hc3zO
— Princeton Heavies (@TigerHeavies) May 4, 2024
