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Cardinal Invitational
F(oar) things to know: Badgers open spring with Cardinal Invite
March 14, 2024 | Women's Rowing
Openweights kick off spring rowing in Tennessee
OAK RIDGE, Tenn. – The Wisconsin women's openweight rowing team begins its spring racing season this Saturday and Sunday, March 16-17, at the Cardinal Invitational on Melton Hill Lake.
Before they hit the water, here are f(oar) things to know:
1. AT THE HELM: Vicki Opitz begins her first spring season as the newest head coach of the Wisconsin women's rowing team.
"The goals for the program this year are to build off of the performances for the last couple of years," she said. "We've had a lot of our senior standing athletes step up in a way that has been incredibly impressive in the coaches' eyes. I think with their leadership in combination with a lot of the fitness that they've picked up over this winter training, I'm very to see where it's going to lead us in our first couple of races."
Click here to view Coach Opitz's full season preview.
We checked in with head coach Vicky Opitz before the Badger women's openweights open the spring this weekend at the Cardinal Invite in Tennessee pic.twitter.com/nDLqBebq0s
— Wisconsin Rowing (@BadgerRowing) March 14, 2024
2. SPRING AHEAD: The Cardinal Invite marks the first of three regular-season regattas before the 2024 Big Ten Championships scheduled for May 19 in Baraboo, Wisconsin, at Devil's Lake State Park.
Before the Badgers get to the conference championships, they'll also compete at the Big Ten Invitational at Nathan Benderson Park in Sarasota, Florida, on April 19-20, and at the Windermere Cup on Seattle's Montlake Cut on May 4.
3. OLYMPIC DREAMS: Four Wisconsin women's rowing alumni were invited to the 2024 U.S. Olympic Selection Camp that is currently running from March 3-24 in Sarasota, Florida, at Nathan Benderson Park.
The camp will select the women's double sculls, lightweight women's double sculls, women's four, men's four and women's eight that will compete at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games July 27-August 4.
Read more about Wisconsin's Olympic rowing hopefuls here.
Two Badger men are also at the camp.
4. FOLLOW ALONG: Live results for this weekend's event can be found here.
2024 Cardinal Invitational
March 16-17
Melton Hill Lake
Oak Ridge, Tennessee
2000 meters
SATURDAY, MARCH 16 (Times are CT and subject to change)
Wisconsin, Clemson, UNC, Indiana
8:54 a.m. - 3V4
Wisconsin, Indiana
9:10 a.m. – 4V8/2N8
Wisconsin, Navy, Indiana
9:18 a.m. - 3V8/1N8
Wisconsin, USD, Indiana, Navy
9:26 a.m. - V8
9:34 a.m. - 1V4
9:42 a.m. - 2V8
9:50 a.m. - 2V4
Wisconsin, Indiana
2:42 p.m. - 3V4
2:58 p.m. - 4V8/2N8
Wisconsin, UNC, Alabama
3:06 p.m. - 3V8/1N8
Wisconsin, UNC, Alabama, USD
3:14 p.m. - V8
3:22 p.m. - 1V4
3:30 p.m. - 2V8
3:38 p.m. - 2V4
Wisconsin, Louisville, Alabama
3:46 p.m. - 3V4
SUNDAY, MARCH 17
Wisconsin, Navy, Duke, Notre Dame
7:34 a.m. - 3V8/1N8
7:42 a.m. - V8
7:50 a.m. - 1V4
7:58 a.m. - 2V8
8:06 a.m. - 2V4
Wisconsin, Notre Dame
8:14 a.m. - 3V4
Wisconsin, Indiana
8:22 a.m. - 4V8/2N8
