CAMDEN, N.J. – Wisconsin men's rowing claimed 13th place at the 2025 Intercollegiate Rowing Association (IRA) National Championships on the Cooper River when the three-day event wrapped on Sunday.
The Badgers collected 135 points to finish 13th as a team, a 15-point increase from the 2024 event, to capture the Chapman Trophy for most improved team.
Wisconsin's varsity eight and second varsity eight both took second in their third-level finals to place 14th overall. Both boats improved five spots from their 19th-place results at last year's event.
The UW third varsity eight won its third-level final and claimed 13th place to match its 2024 achievement.
On Saturday, UW's varsity four earned third in the fourth-level final to place 21st, four better than last year.
Straight from the Shore
Head coach Beau Hoopman
"We ended the IRA weekend on an upbeat note. The wind has been pretty gusty with a tailwind the last two days, and again the finals were as much a tightrope walk as the semis. Whitecaps in the last 500 made for some interesting finishes."
On the team's improvement
"We are greatly improved from last year. We improved speed in all three boats all throughout the weekend, posting the fastest times each boat has recorded on the year. We were only eight seconds back of the fastest time of the day in the 1V, which is a colossal improvement. We also improved our placing in all three boats from last year, so much so that we won the Chapman Team Trophy for most improved on team points. However, if you ask any of the guys, there's more that can be given and the returners are already looking forward to improving next fall."
On the seniors
"We honored and thanked the seniors and sent them off on a positive note. Proud of what they all accomplished this year, but know the team has an uphill battle ahead to stay competitive with the loss of 11 upperclassmen.
"We have to keep building on the momentum and that starts tomorrow at SOAR, looking for fresh faces to try the sport for the first time."
IRA National Championships
June 1, 2025
Camden, New Jersey
Cooper River
2000 meters
Ten Eyck Trophy Team Standings
1. Washington, 285; 2. Harvard, 279; 3. California, 244; 4. Brown, 238; 5. Princeton, 237; 6. Syracuse, 232; 7. Dartmouth, 221; 8. Yale, 209; 9. Northeastern, 191; 10. Pennsylvania, 179; 11. Cornell, 153; 12. Syracuse, 148;
13. Wisconsin, 135; 14. Boston University, 131; 15. Navy, 127; 16. Temple, 89; 17. LaSalle, 87; 18. Columbia, 85; 19. Georgetown, 78; 20. Holy Cross, 70; 21. Oregon State, 67; 22. UC San Diego, 38; 23. MIT, 15; 24. Gonzaga, 13
Varsity Eight – Final 3 (Places 13-19)
1. Cornell, 5:31.44;
2. Wisconsin, 5:32.22; 3. LaSalle, 5:35.50; 4. Columbia, 5:35.74; 5. Boston University, 5:37.89; 6. Temple, 5:49.05
UW Lineup – Coxswain
Henry Benton,
Luke Truog,
Joe Siddall,
Elias Strasman,
Andrew Soman,
Will Klipstine,
Lucas Farmer,
Ruffin Bryant,
Daniel Hintzman
Second Varsity Eight – Final 3 (Places 13-19)
1. Cornell, 5:41.20;
2. Wisconsin, 5:41.74; 3. Columbia, 5:46.06; 4. Temple, 5:49.74; 5. Navy, 5:54.56; 6. UC San Diego, 5:59.13
UW Lineup – Coxswain
Charles Ramquist,
Jaden Halom,
Maxwell McCartney,
William Carey,
Thomas Leuty,
Luke Lehmann,
Henry Griffin,
Jack O'Brien,
Benjamin Cook
Third Varsity Eight – Final 3 (Places 13-19)
1. Wisconsin, 5:50.08; 2. Holy Cross, 5:50.59; 3. Navy, 5:50.76; 4. Oregon State, 5:56.87; 5. Georgetown, 6:06.08; 6. LaSalle, 6:08.88
UW Lineup – Coxswain
Taj Chunawala,
Dylan Knanishu,
Haakon Rosholt,
Samuel Seter,
Lukas Weinhold,
Benjamin Whelan,
Ethan Schumacher,
Ethan Dooley,
Mitchell Lafferty
SATURDAY
Varsity Four (39 entries)
Final 4 (Places 19-24)
1. Northeastern, 06:31.330; 2. Colgate, 06:34.910;
3. Wisconsin, 06:36.230; 4. Loyola, 06:41.480; 5. Coast Guard, 06:47.130; 6. Boston, 06:49.440
UW Lineup – Coxswain
Alexander Quinn,
Isaac Rockwell,
Walter Stanwood,
Henry Wurdell,
Patrick Trihey
