BETHEL, Ohio – Many current members of the Wisconsin men's rowing team competed over the last six days at the USRowing national championships, and consistently finished near the top in several races.

Three pairs of Badgers competed in the Men's Intermediate 2- Final rowing for Mendota, with the duo of rising juniors Adam Wehking and John Young taking first with a time of 7:00.938. Badgers locked up the top two spots after the duo of sophomore-to-be Owen Lilleleht and junior Matthew Palmer finished in second with a time of 7:03.260.

The duo of senior Sam Wheeler and sophomore Aidan Olson rounded out the Badger boats, finishing in sixth with a time of 7:22.950.

A Wisconsin pair also finished on top of the podium in the Men's Elite 2- Final, as senior Kurt Mueller and junior Tyler Bernstein finished in first with a time of 6:55.400. The duo of senior William Alt and sophomore James Sullivan took fourth with a time of 7:08.871, followed closely by the duo of juniors Ben Meyer and Henry Dern in fifth with a time of 7:10.214.

Led by Wehking, a boat of Badgers took first in the Men's Elite 8+ Final with a time of 5:50.303. Another boat led by Wheeler took third with a time of 5:57.921, and a final Badger boat led by junior Carson McFarland took fifth with a time of 6:04.599.

Wisconsin also took first in the Men's Intermediate 8+ Final, with the boat also led by Wehking winning in a photofinish with a time of 5:58.606. 

Two more boats competed in the Men's Elite 4+ Final, with Wehking's boat finishing in second with a time of 6:34.623, and Wheeler's boat finishing third with a time of 6:37.307.

In the Men's Elite 4- Final, a boat led by senior Will Klauke finished in second with a time of 6:23.558, and a boat led by senior Evan Miller finished in third with a time of 6:24.615.

And rounding out the national championships for the Badgers, a boat led by Lilleleht took fourth in the Men's Intermediate 4+ Final with a time of 6:41.011.

Overall, the Badgers won gold four times, medaled in six of seven events, and had 10 total medals across the board.