Wisconsin finishes 11th at 2026 Big Ten Rowing Championships

Sunday, May 17

Indianapolis, IN

8 a.m.

Wisconsin Badgers

Big Ten Championships

2026 B1G Rowing Championships varsity eight

Photo by: Marc Lebryk

Wisconsin finishes 11th at 2026 Big Ten Rowing Championships

May 17, 2026 | Women's Rowing

Second and third varsity fours cross the finish line third in petite finals

INDIANAPOLIS – The Wisconsin women's rowing team was led by its fours in Sunday finals at the 2026 Big Ten Rowing Championships at Eagle Creek Park.

Weather impacted the schedule again on Sunday, with racing moved up to 6:47 a.m. CT to get events in before winds were expected to pick up. Saturday's heats were moved to Friday for similar reasons.

UW's second and third varsity fours both placed ninth overall and finished third in their petite finals on the 2000-meter race course. The Badgers varsity four claimed fourth in its petite final for 10th overall.

UW's varsity, second and third varsity eights all finished fifth in petite finals for 11th place overall in each event.

The Badgers earned 57 points to place 11th as a team.

Washington won six of seven events, with the first, second and fourth varsity eight events, as well as the first, second and third varsity four races. Rutgers captured the third varsity eight.

Senior Sophia Gruenling earned second-team All-Big Ten honors after earning first-team accolades last season, while Aliza Korman was named the Badgers' Big Ten Sportsmanship Award winner.

2026 Big Ten Rowing Championships
Sunday, May 17
Indianapolis
Eagle Creek Park
2000 meters

Team Results
1. Washington, 350 points; 2. Rutgers, 322; 3. Ohio State, 262; 4. Michigan, 255; 5. UCLA, 227; 6. USC, 155; 7. Indiana, 143; 8. Minnesota, 142; 9. Iowa, 120; 10. Michigan State, 69; 11. Wisconsin, 57

Varsity Eight (Petite Final – places 7-11)
1. Minnesota, 6:43.663; 2. USC, 6:44.886; 3. Michigan State, 6:1.931; 4. Iowa, 6:59.744; 5. Wisconsin, 7:04.164
UW Lineup - Coxswain Emma Hefner, Madison Stack, Anna Mueller, Sophia Gruenling, Jordan Morrissey, Aliza Korman, Anna Fabrycky, Bella Moore, Jacki Szelagowski

Second Varsity Eight (Petite Final – places 7-11)
1. UCLA, 6:54.518; 2. Minnesota, 6:59.476; 3. Indiana, 7:02.879; 4. Michigan State, 7:07.219; 5. Wisconsin, 7:10.446
UW Lineup - Coxswain Tea Cotronis, Madison Branse, Lilia Graves, Kira Funk, Ava Heinz, Olivia Pettey, Piper Garcia-Hall, Ashley Grancorvitz, Josie Reeve

Varsity Four (Petite Final – places 7-11)
1. USC, 7:54.515; 2. Iowa, 7:57.370; 3. Minnesota, 8:01.277; 4. Wisconsin, 8:08.838; 5. Michigan State, 8:27.386
UW Lineup - Coxswain Chloe Powelll, Mare van de Velde, Hanna Kugler, Lauren Braun, Celia Fujita

Second Varsity Four (Petite Final – places 7-11)
1. USC, 8:21.238; 2. Iowa, 8:29.182; 3. Wisconsin, 8:31.170; 4. Indiana, 8:36.448; 5. Michigan State, 8:51.796
UW Lineup - Coxswain Addison Bauer, Kylie Silus, Grace Fragakis, Bella Karanov, Kaisa Lindfors

Third Varsity Eight (Heat 1 – Top 3 advance to Sunday Final, rest to Petite Final)
1. Washington, 7:41.252; 2. UCLA, 7:45.938; 3. Ohio State, 7:51.217; 4. Minnesota, 8:18.934; 5. Wisconsin, 8:21.542
UW Lineup - Coxswain Cassidy Bradley, Madeline Dempsey, Adeline Chvala, Elizabeth Stocking, Emma Mathison, Eloise Wetzel, Elsa Miller, Gwyneth Kumm, Caitlyn Farrell

Third Varsity Four (Petite Final – places 7-10)
1. Iowa, 8:28.868; 2. USC, 8:35.309; 3. Wisconsin, 8:47.287; 4. Michigan State, 8:48.528
UW Lineup - Coxswain Hannah Harris, Maggie Johnson, Marian Cracraft, Cassie Nemecek, Eva McKinley

Fourth Varsity Eight (Petite Final – places 7-8)
1. Indiana, 7:22.913; 2. Wisconsin, 7:35.493
UW Lineup - Coxswain Josie Marsho, Valerie Champagne, Megan Gruber, Summer Rake, Reghan Ziegler, Veronika Kovalkova, Meredith Aiyenero, Amelia McCartney, Sydney Stuntebeck