MILWAUKEE – The Wisconsin women's rowing team opened its fall 2025 season by racing at the Milwaukee River Challenge on Saturday.
Rowers competed on a three-mile course that took them through the heart of downtown Milwaukee on both the Menomonee and Milwaukee Rivers. The Badgers raced against teams from all over the Midwest, including boats from Marquette, the University of Chicago, Purdue and more.
Wisconsin was led by its women's open fours E boat, coxed by Emma Hefner, which came in third place behind two Badger lightweight crews.
In the women's open eights event, the openweights' top boat finished in fourth place with a time of 16:50.843, just over a second behind medal pace.
Up Next: The Badgers head to Boston to race in the Head of the Charles regatta on Oct. 19.
Milwaukee River Challenge
Oct. 4, 2025
Milwaukee
Menomonee River / Milwaukee River
3 miles
Women's Open Fours
1. Wisconsin A (lightweight), 17:40.914; 2. Wisconsin B (lightweight), 17:43.511; 3. Wisconsin E (Cox - Hefner), 17:50.794; 4. Wisconsin E (Cox - Harris), 18:08.662; 5. Wisconsin E (Cox - Powell), 18:22.740; 7. Wisconsin E (Cox - Beauchamp), 18:34.823; 11. Wisconsin G, 18:59.162; 19. Wisconsin F, 19:15.919
Wisconsin E - Coxswain Emma Hefner, Madison Stack, Jordan Morrissey, Sophia Gruenling, Anna Mueller
Wisconsin E - Coxswain Chloe Powell, Grace Fragakis, Lilia Graves, Tristen Gallo, Bella Karanov
Wisconsin E - Coxswain Hannah Harris, Kylie Silus, Bella Moore, Josie Reeve, Kaisa Lindfors
Wisconsin E - Coxswain Kylie Beauchamp, Piper García Hall, Ashley Grancorvitz, Lauren Braun, Celia Fujita
Wisconsin F - Coxswain Addison Bauer, Mare van de Velde, Aliza Korman, Anna Fabricky, Cassie Nemecek
Wisconsin G - Coxswain Teá Cotronis, Maggie Johnson, Ava Heinz, Kira Funk, Eva McKinley
Women's Open Eights
1. Wisconsin B (lightweight), 16:12.349; 2. Wisconsin A (lightweight), 16:14.431; 3. Wisconsin C (lightweight), 16:49.607; 4. Wisconsin E, 16:50.843; 7. Wisconsin F, 17:25.310; 8. Wisconsin G (Cox - Geisler), 17:27.024; 14. Wisconsin G (Cox - Bradley), 19:38.438
Wisconsin E - Coxswain Emma Hefner, Madison Stack, Jordan Morrissey, Sophia Gruenling, Anna Mueller, Grace Fragakis, Lilia Graves, Tristen Gallo, Bella Karanov
Wisconsin F - Coxswain Jamie Nick, Kylie Silus, Bella Moore, Josie Reece, Kaisa Lindfors, Piper García Hall, Ashley Grancorvitz, Lauren Braun, Celia Fujita
Wisconsin G - Coxswain Aquinnah Geisler, Mare van de Velde, Aliza Korman, Anna Fabricky, Cassie Nemecek, Hanna Kügler, Marian Cracraft, Eva McKinley, Alex Spies
Wisconsin G/novice boat - Coxswain Cassidy Bradley, Adeline Chvala, Megan Gruber, Elizabeth Stocking, Olivia Pettey, Amelia McCartney, Elsa Miller, Daniella Swedenborg, Madeline Dempsey
