F(oar) things to know: Eastern Sprints conference championships

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Eastern Sprints

F(oar) things to know: Eastern Sprints conference championships

May 16, 2024 | Men's Rowing

Badgers race Sunday in Worcester, Massachusetts

MADISON, Wis. – Wisconsin men's rowing travels to Lake Quinsigamond in Worcester, Massachusetts, for this Sunday's Eastern Association of Rowing Colleges Championships, more commonly known as the Eastern Sprints.

1. EXPECTIONS: The Badgers are seeded No. 12 in the varsity eight, with Princeton the top seed. UW's second varsity eight is seeded 14th, with Princeton again seeded No. 1. UW also earned the No. 12 seed in the third and fourth varsity eight events. Princeton and Yale garnered the top seeds in those events, respectively.

Crews from Princeton, Harvard, Yale, Northeastern, Boston University, Brown, Dartmouth, Syracuse, Pennsylvania, Cornell, Columbia, Navy, Georgetown and Holy Cross will compete in the event.

Final Eastern Sprints seeding poll

2. SPRINTS HISTORY: Wisconsin's varsity eight owns three Eastern Sprints titles all time, including in the inaugural event back in 1946. UW also captured varsity eight titles in 2002 and 2008.

The Badgers also own a pair or Rowe Cups as overall team champion from 1946 and 2008.

The UW second varsity eight's victory in 2012 marks the most recent varsity boat win at the event.

3. LAST TIME OUT: The Badgers competed for the first time in school history at the Windermere Cup in Seattle against second-ranked Washington and the Italian National Team. The Huskies were first to cross in the line in both the varsity and second varsity eight races, with UW third.

4. FOLLOW THE ACTION: Racing at the Eastern Sprints is slated to start at 8 a.m. CT with the first varsity eight heat. Afternoon finals are set to begin at 1:30 p.m., with the varsity eight grand final launching at 5:30 p.m. to close out racing. Schedule subject to change.

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PROBABLE LINEUPS
Varsity Eight
Coxswain Jonah Rane, Elias Strasman, Michael Horan, Will Klipstine, Andrew Soman, Garrison Waugh, Dylan Knanishu, Luke Truog, Lucas Farmer

Second Varsity Eight
Coxswain Grayson VanLue, Ethan Dooley, Jack O'Brien, Walter Stanwood, Lukas Weinhold, Benjamin Cook, Henry Wurdell, Daniel Hintzman, Mitchell Lafferty

Third Varsity Eight
Coxswain Henry Benton, Jaden Halom, Maxwell McCartney, William Carey, Thomas Leuty, Bergen Peters, Henry Griffin, Ruffin Bryant, Connor Goff

Fourth Varsity Eight
Coxswain Charles Ramquist, Mateo Miller, Thomas Dupont, Joseph Jaroski, Isaac Rockwell, Quinn Koeper, Hunter Kokkinen, Miles Metzger, Alexander Beer