MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin women's rowing team continued its strong start to the fall season with a comprehensive performance at the Head of the Rock Regatta in Rockford, Illinois, on Sunday. All six events that the team participated in resulted in a victory for a UW boat.

The Head of the Rock, which was an all-day event, started early for the Badgers as the collegiate pairs race was the fourth event of the morning. Out of 13 entries in the race, first through 12th place were all Badger boats with Kate Ruffalo and Jenn Whitehill taking the top spot. The pairing of Brianna Wynne and Mirha Girt took second, while Eliza Clifford and Maren Schultz rounded out the top-three.

"For the varsity group, the gelling of the sophomores is coming together, which is good to see," lightweight coach Dusty Mattison said. "We're really setting high standards and everyone is rising to those standards."

In the women's open single event, Maddie Wanamaker finished first out of four competitors with a time of 18:13.987.

The Cardinal and white would continue their run of success by finishing all three participants in the novice four and openweight four events in the top-three spots. The first-place finisher in the novice four, coxed by Saylor Martin, finished about 40 seconds ahead of the second-place UW boat. In the openweight four event, all three Badger boats finished within less than 30 seconds of each other.

The lightweight rowers continued to follow in their openweight counterparts lead by finishing in five out of the top six spots in the novice eight race. Drake was the non-UW boat, which finished in third.

"For the lightweights today, it was all about being a team and coming together," Mattison said. "They were there to work together and work as a unit and that was definitely achieved today."

Wisconsin finished off the last race of the regatta by sweeping the top-four spots in the openweight eight race. The boat coxed by Saylor Martin finished just one second ahead of the second-place lightweight Badger boat that was coxed by Audrey Dalgarno.

"The fall is a great time to try our athletes out not only in different lineups, but different sides," associate head coach Nancy LaRocque said. "That will help us be more versatile for spring racing."

The next event of the fall season for both the openweight and lightweight teams will take place on Oct. 22-23 at the Head of the Charles Regatta in Boston.    
 
Head of the Rock
Rock River
Rockford, Illinois
Oct. 9, 2016
3 miles
 
Collegiate Eight (20 total entries)
1. Wisconsin C, 15:02.334; 2. Wisconsin B, 15:03.764; 3. Wisconsin A, 15:13.711; 4. Wisconsin D, 15:29.767

UW Lineups
Wisconsin A – Coxswain Jane Merriman, Sarah Roe, Sarah Lueken, Callie Hebert, Jessie Bowden, Maren Schultz, Tiffany Mankowski, Allie Lohrenz, Nica Wardell
Wisconsin B (Lightweight) – Coxswain Audrey Dalgano, Kate Ruffalo, Jenn Whitehill, Brianna Wynne, Mirha Girt, Anna Dawley, Janet Titzler, Agathe Denis, Anna Leach
Wisconsin C – Coxswain Saylor Martin, Alison Morrison, Anika Nelson, Riley Aschenbrennet, Eliza Clifford, Cheyenne Brandt, Morganne Freeman, Amanda Morris, Grace Armstrong
Wisconsin D (Lightweight) – Coxswain Eleanor Martin, Claire Kelley, Marilyn Garberg, Ariel Tallo, Amanda Aiello, Shannon Lipe, Payton James, Alex Fochios, Brianna Ohm
 
Collegiate Pair (13 total entries)
1. Wisconsin F, 17:12.751; 2. Wisconsin B, 17:18.251; 3. Wisconsin C, 17:24.057; 4. Wisconsin H, 17:27.713; 5. Wisconsin D, 17:29.552; 6. Wisconsin E, 17:44.604; 7. Wisconsin J, 17:58.070; 8. Wisconsin A, 18:07.596; 9. Wisconsin I, 18:10.580; 10. Wisconsin G, 18:10.580, 11. Wisconsin K, 18:18.690; 12. Wisconsin L, 20:01.242 
 
UW Lineups
Wisconsin A – Allison Morrison, Sarah Lueken
Wisconsin B (Lightweight) – Brianna Wynne, Mirha Girt 
Wisconsin C – Eliza Clifford, Maren Schultz
Wisconsin D (Lightweight) – Agathe Denis, Janet Titzler
Wisconsin E – Cheyenne Brandt, Anika Nelson
Wisconsin F (Lightweight) – Kate Ruffalo, Jenn Whitehill
Wisconsin G – Amanda Morris, Grace Armstrong
Wisconsin H (Lightweight) – Ariel Tallo, Marilyn Garberg
Wisconsin I (Lightweight) – Anna Dawley, Anna Leach
Wisconsin J (Lightweight) – Amanda Aiello, Claire Kelley
Wisconsin K (Lightweight) – Shannon Lipe, Payton James
Wisconsin L (Lightweight) – Alex Fochios, Brianna Ohm
 
Collegiate Four (18 total entries)
1. Wisconsin A, 16:32.702; 2. Wisconsin C, 16:45.733; 3. Wisconsin B, 16:59.879           
 
UW Lineups
Wisconsin A – Coxswain Saylor Martin, Sarah Roe, Morganne Freeman, Riley Aschenbrennet, Jessie Bowden
Wisconsin B (Lightweight) – Coxswain Eleanor Martin, Jaqueline Jones, Sara Hamilton, Emily Nguyen, Nicole Bowman
Wisconsin C – Coxswain Jane Merriman, Allie Lohrenz, Olivia Mulford, Lexi Tead, Lauren Ross
 
 
Novice Collegiate Eight (15 total entries)
1. Wisconsin A, 15:22.256; 2. Wisconsin B, 15:57.377; 4. Wisconsin C, 16:42.982; 5. Wisconsin E, 17:42.546; 6. Wisconsin D, 18:23.309
 
UW Lineups
Wisconsin A – Coxswain Maggie Mandarano, Taylor Caudle, Reagan Hinrichs, Katherine Grose, Elizabeth Clarke, Emily Cerbins, Morgan Dewing, Margo Mingelgrin, Lisbet Pietz
Wisconsin B – Coxswain Lucy Tasker, Caroline Bia, Hannah Mesmer, Rileigh Long, Rachel Illgen, Grace Joyce, Valentina Mathis, Abigail Keith, Enya Doherty
Wisconsin C – Coxswain Nikki Levy, Rebekah Armstrong, Anna Hinchley, Lauren O'Connor, Lane Methvin, Ashley Rochon, Sinclair Richards, Hannah Rowe, Leah Lustig
Wisconsin D – Coxswain Anika Chaterjee, Lia Schulman, Samantha Wellner, Alyssa Dezeeuw, Claire Milne, Sydney Copus, Abigail Kolda, Alice Rusnak, Megan Barillari
Wisconsin E – Coxswain Riley Bui, Sarah Lewis, Mikayla Stow, Logan Klein, Paige Riemann, Mercedes Krenz, Natalie Krenz, Natalie Somers, Paige Gorst, Lilly Koch
 
 
Novice Collegiate Four (11 total entries)
1. Wisconsin A, 16:19.011; 2. Wisconsin B, 17:01.070; 3. Wisconsin C, 17:09.358
 
UW Lineups
Wisconsin A – Coxswain Maggie Mandarano, Taylor Caudle, Reagan Hinrichs, Katherine Grose, Elizabeth Clarke
Wisconsin B – Coxswain Nikki Levy, Lisbet Pietz, Morgan Dewing, Emily Cerbins, Margo Mingelgrin
Wisconsin C – Coxswain Rachel Yan, Caroline Bias, Hannah Mesmer, Grace Joyce, Rileigh Long
 
Open Singles (4 entries)
1. Maddie Wannamaker (Wisconsin), 18:13.987