MARIETTA, Ohio - The No. 13 Wisconsin men's rowing began the spring season in Ohio for a dual against Marietta. The Badgers swept the Pioneers, placing first in the varsity eight, secondary varsity eight and the varsity four boats to sweep the competition. 

In the varsity eight, Wisconsin, with coxswain Jimmy Catalano and rowers Dylan Green, Joey Cleary, Adam Wehking, Breck Duncan, Eddie Brody, Galen Quinn, Isaac Krahn and Olin Frederiks, finished the 2000-meter race in five minutes, 18.21 seconds. 

In the second varsity eight, the boat comprised of coxswain Jonah Rane, Aidan Schmidt, Michael Horan, Sebastian Murrell, Garrison Waugh, Josh Wehking, Lorenzo Miller, Sam Crowley and Matt King posted a 5:24.66 time.

The three varsity four boats racing, Wisconsin 'A', 'B' and 'C', finished one after the other, securing the top-3 places. Wisconsin 'A', comprised of coxswain Grayson VanLue, Jeremy Falstad, Jack O'Brien, Walter Stanwood and Will Klipstine finished first in 5:55.16. Wisconsin 'B', which consisted of coxswain Ben Burke, Dylan Knanishu, Luke Truog, Ethan Dooley and Mick Santry took second with a time of 5:59.49. Wisconsin 'C', comprised of coxswain Connor Slawin, Jack Turco, Jan Zitko, Josh Barth and Victor Bulat secured third place, crossing the line in 6:02.07.

Up next: The Badgers will host Minnesota and MSOE at Porter Boathouse on Saturday, April 9. Select Badgers will travel to Redwood Shores, California, to compete in the CAL/Stanford Invite on April 9-10 against Oregon State, California and Stanford.

Straight From the Shore
Men's Head Coach Chris Clark
On the course and the surprise
"We rowed on the Ohio River and it was mild and calm. I would say the only thing of interest was in the first race, the varsity race, there was a steamboat for viewing and this boat I don't think followed its instructions. It created a wake that on a river that has current can act very different than it acts on the lake. It sticks around as giant rollers so our eights were going along quite well and then 'bam' when we hit those rolls the guys couldn't believe it. They didn't know it was coming and a couple of them thought the boat was going to swamp and I thought the boat might break in half to be honest with you. It went from being a terrific, very quick clean first 1500 to a little bit of survival. At no point life and limb was risked. It's the kind of thing that they laugh about. In the other two races, there was perfectly flat water."

On the opponent
"The Marietta coach Greg Meyer, who was a Wisconsin grad in the Class of 1992, has got an excellent program here and I would expect in a couple of years to be very strong. It is a beautiful town and a great rowing set up and and the last two years we have started the season here."

On next weekend
"Next week we move on to California on Saturday and Sunday to race Oregon State, Cal and Stanford. I'm glad we got this race under our belt.

"We're not on Lake Mendota yet. The docks should go in on Monday so we haven't taken a stroke on our own lake since November so we need all the work we can get."

vs. Marietta 
April 2, 2022
Marietta, Ohio
Ohio River

Varsity Eight (2 entries)
1. Wisconsin, 5:18.21; 2. Marietta 5:40.20
UW Lineup: Coxswain Jimmy Catalano, Dylan Green, Joey Cleary, Adam Wehking, Breck Duncan, Eddie Brody, Galen Quinn, Isaac Krahn, Olin Frederiks

Secondary Varsity Eight (2 entries)
1. Wisconsin, 5:24.66; 2. Marietta, 5:42.17
UW Lineup: Coxswain Jonah Rane, Aidan Schmidt, Michael Horan, Seb Murrell, Garrison Waugh, Josh Wehking, Lorenzo Miller, Sam Crowley, Matt King

Third Varsity Four (4 entries)
1. Wisconsin 'A', 5:55.16; 2. Wisconsin 'B', 5:59.49; 3. Wisconsin 'C', 6:02.07; 4. Marietta, 6:36.07
UW Lineup: A - Coxswain Grayson VanLue, Jeremy Falstad, Jack O'Brien, Walter Stanwood, Will Klipstine
B - Coxswain Ben Burke, Dylan Knanishu, Luke Truog, Ethan Dooley, Mick Santry
C - Coxswain Connor Slawin, Jack Turco, Jan Zitko, Josh Barth, Victor Bulat