MARIETTA, Ohio -- The Wisconsin men's rowing program kicked off its spring season Saturday against Marietta on the Muskingam River.
Wisconsin's varsity eight highlighted the afternoon winning by 14 seconds and racing past Marietta in 5:35.8 compared to the Pionerers' time of 5:59.8 over 2000 meters.
Three Wisconsin boats took part in the second varsity eight race, with the second varsity eight boat taking home first place. Wisconsin's third varsity eight and fourht varsity eight also competed, with the third varsity eight taking second place.
In the varsity four, Wisconsin A finished with a time of 6:29.8, beating Marietta's time of 6:33.8 and Wisconsin B's time of 6:38.9.
Straight from the River
Head coach Beau Hoopman
"Going to Marietta College is a great tune up race for the start of our season. Coach Greg Myhr and his team are very welcoming hosts who can accommodate our squad and provide competition for every athlete we have boated. We took the entire squad on a bus to Marietta. We were gone for a total of 34 hours; about 22 of it was spent on the bus, eight was spent sleeping at a hotel in Columbus, Ohio, and approximately one hour was spent descending like locusts on two different grocery stores to buy food. That left about three hours to get set up and some racing in before we headed back.
"We brought the cold windy weather, but the water on the Muskingum River was great and the racing was solid. It's early in the season and we still need to work on rowing cleanly in windy conditions, but we're on the right track in terms of development.
"Some freshman are stepping into roles on the varsity and the sophomores are making the leap to important roles in their respective boats. We have spring break training at our boathouse and then a big test coming up in two weeks out in California. We'll measure ourselves against some top competition in our sport including the defending national champs, so in the meantime we need to continue pushing the rock up the hill."
Up Next: Wisconsin will take two weeks off to prepare for the Pac-12 Invitational in Redwood Shores, California on April 6-7.
at Marietta
March 23, 2023
Marietta, Ohio
Muskingam River
2000 meters
Varsity Eight Race
1. Wisconsin 5:35.8, 2. Marietta 5:49.8
UW Lineup: Coxswain
Jonah Rane,
Elias Strasman,
Michael Horan,
Will Klipstine,
Lucas Farmer,
Lukas Weinhold,
Andrew Soman,
Garrison Waugh,
Benjamin Cook
Second Varsity Eight Race
1. Wisconsin 2V 5:45.2, 2. Wisconsin 3V 5:55.2, 3. Marietta 6:02.2, 4. Wisconsin 4V, 6:17.7
2V8 UW Lineup: Coxswain
Grayson VanLue,
Jack O'Brien,
Ethan Dooley,
Luke Truog,
Walter Stanwood,
Alexander Beer,
Dylan Knanishu,
Mitchell Lafferty,
Daniel Hintzman
3V8 UW Lineup: UW Lineup: Coxswain
Henry Benton,
Jaden Halom,
Connor Goff,
Henry Wurdell,
Thomas Leuty,
Hans Rasmussen,
Miles Metzger,
Jack Lionette, Maxell McCartney
4V8 UW Lineup: UW Lineup: Coxswain
Liam Smith,
Thomas Dupont,
Yegor Baranovski,
Hunter Kokkinen,
Ryan Olsen,
Jonathan Zietlow,
Kian O'Loughlin,
Bjorn Schoff,
Jesse Ellis
Third Varsity Four
1. Wisconsin A 6:29.8, 2. Marietta 6:33.8, 3. Wisconsin B 6:38.9
UW Lineup: A - Coxswain
Charles Ramquist,
William Carey,
Quinn Koeper,
Henry Griffin,
Mateo Miller
UW Lineup: B - Coxswain
Alexander Quinn,
Isaac Rockwell,
Joseph Jaroski,
Samuel Thompson,
Oliver Ehrhardt
You can view the full results
HERE.
