WEST WINDSOR, N.J. – The Wisconsin men's rowing team completed its final race of the season by finishing 18th as a team at the 2024 Intercollegiate Rowing Association (IRA) National Championship on Sunday at Mercer Lake.
UW's third varsity eight put in the best result by winning the C Final and taking 13th place in a time of 5:56.347.
Both UW's varsity eight and second varsity eight won their D Finals, with the varsity clocking 5:49.131 to beat out Oregon State for 19th place. The Badger second varsity eight won their D Final in 5:55.259 to also claim 19th.
Previously on Saturday, the varsity four won the E Final for 25th place.
Overall, Washington beat out Harvard and California for the varsity eight national title, Princeton and Dartmouth for the second varsity eight, Princeton and California for the third varsity eight championship and Dartmouth and FIT for the varsity four title. Washington also won the Ten Eyck Trophy as team points champion.
Straight from the Shore
Head Coach Beau Hoopman
"We knew going into this year that it would be a tall task to stay up to pace with the top crews at the IRA. The depth and experience of the team is slight compared to even three years ago, but that doesn't mean we can't race.
Setting the example
"Sometimes crews will even surprise you with how racy they can be on the biggest stage. On Friday the 3V became an example for the rest of the team, narrowly missing the semifinal and posting the team's fastest time of the day. Sometimes the wave starts from the bottom of the squad and that can be a wake-up call for the rest of the team. On Sunday every crew responded and had their best piece of the year and for a young team that's a good start.
On the future
"We're returning everyone except for three seniors and two fifth-year coxswains whose efforts through the Covid year helped keep this team together and afloat. Next year the pressure will be on the underclassmen to improve and get us back to baseline; that starts tomorrow at the 1st SOAR session of 2024."
2024 IRA National Championships
June 2 (Day 3)
Mercer Lake
West Windsor, NJ
2000 meters
Ten Eyck Trophy Standings
1. Washington, 288 points; 2. Princeton, 266; 3. California, 260; 4. Harvard, 252; 5. Brown, 229; 6. Yale, 222; 7. Syracuse, 218; 8. Dartmouth, 218; 9. Pennsylvania, 188; 10. Boston University; 11. Northeastern, 174; 12. Cornell, 161; 13. Navy, 124; 14. Stanford, 113; 15. Drexel, 106; 16. Columbia, 95; 17. Georgetown, 91; 18. Wisconsin, 90; 19. Oregon State, 88; 20. LaSalle, 60; 21. UC San Diego, 49; 22. Santa Clara, 39; 23. MIT, 20; 24. Jacksonville, 17.
Varsity Eight (24 entries)
D Final (Places 19-24)
1. Wisconsin, 5:49.131; 2. Oregon State, 5:52.088; 3. MIT, 5:53.418; 4. UC San Diego, 5:54.088; 5. Santa Clara, 6:00. 295; 6. Jacksonville, 6:00.905
UW Lineup - Coxswain
Jonah Rane,
Will Klipstine,
Michael Horan,
Elias Strasman,
Lucas Farmer,
Garrison Waugh,
Andrew Soman,
Luke Truog,
Ethan Dooley
Second Varsity Eight (23 entries)
D Final (Places 19-23)
1. Wisconsin, 5:55.259; 2. LaSalle, 5:57.873; 3. UC San Diego, 6:07.236; 4. Jacksonville, 6:10.093; 5. Santa Clara, 6:12.489
UW Lineup - Coxswain
Grayson VanLue,
Dylan Knanishu,
Jack O'Brien,
Walter Stanwood,
Lukas Weinhold,
Benjamin Cook,
Henry Wurdell,
Daniel Hintzman,
Mitchell Lafferty
Third Varsity Eight (19 entries)
C Final (places 13-19)
1. Wisconsin, 5:56.347; 2. Drexel, 5:59.613; 3. Navy, 6:02.737; 4. Oregon State, 6:05.727; 5. Georgetown, 6:06.663; 6. Santa Clara, 6:13.620; 7. UC San Diego, 6:25.377
UW Lineup - Coxswain
Henry Benton,
Jaden Halom,
Maxwell McCartney,
William Carey,
Thomas Leuty,
Bergen Peters,
Henry Griffin,
Ruffin Bryant,
Connor Goff
FROM SATURDAY
Varsity Four (37 entries)
E Final – Places 25-30
1. Wisconsin, 6:44.308; 2. Oklahoma City, 6:46.048; 3. MIT, 6:46.048; 4. Navy, 6:48.638; 5. Marietta, 6:51.078; 6. Williams, 6:54.391
UW Lineup - Coxswain
Charles Ramquist,
Mateo Miller,
Isaac Rockwell,
Hans Rasmussen,
Jack Lionette
