F(oar) things to know: Badgers take their final bow at national championships

Friday, May 29

Lake Natoma, CA

7 a.m.

Wisconsin Badgers

IRA National Championship

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F(oar) things to know: Badgers take their final bow at national championships

May 27, 2026 | Men's Rowing

Wisconsin men's crew competes at the IRA National Championship in California

By: Lily Wakefield

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GOLD RIVER, Calif. - The 14-time Ten Eyck Trophy and eight-time Varsity Challenge Cup-winning Wisconsin men's rowing program will take its final bow at the 2026 IRA National Championship on Friday through Sunday, May 29-31.

1. WHAT TO KNOW -- UW will race back in Northern California to close out its season on Lake Natoma. The Badger crew will bring four boats after earning an at-large bid following Eastern Sprints.

UW's varsity eight earned itself the No. 14 spot in the IRA polls with 108 points heading into the national championship racing for the Varsity Challenge Cup.

Washington currently sits at first in the rankings, at 225 points. In a close second place is California at 215. The Badgers have faced both crews this season.

At last year's championship, the Badgers finished 13th as a team in the race for the Ten Eyck Trophy, collecting 135 points. The crew also collected the Chapman Trophy for most improved.

2025 results:

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

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

2. WHERE THEY LEFT OFF – The Badgers finished in 12th at the Eastern Sprints on Sunday, May 17.

UW's varsity eight finished with a time of 5:42.951, placing fifth in the petite final, 11th overall. The Wisconsin second varsity eight found themselves in 12th, while the third varsity eight came in 15th. The Badger varsity four crossed the finish line in fifth place,

Varsity Eight
Petite Final (Places 7-12)

1. Yale, 5:36.909; 2. Boston University, 5:38.025; 3. Syracuse, 5:40.397; 4. Cornell, 5:41.603; 5. Wisconsin, 5:42.951; 6. Columbia, 5:44.807

Second Varsity Eight

Petite Final (Places 7-12)

1. Cornell, 5:49.779; 2. Pennsylvania, 5:51.718; 3. Yale, 5:51.939; 4. Boston University, 5:55.002; 5. Navy, 5:57.793; 6. Wisconsin, 5:58.728

Third Varsity Eight

Third-Level Final (Places 13-15)

1. Holy Cross, 6:25.207; 2. Georgetown, 6:28.013; 3. Wisconsin, 6:29.639

Varsity Four

Grand Final

1. Brown, 7:05.630; 2. Princeton, 7:07.964; 3. Georgetown, 7:16.873; 4. Holy Cross, 7:23.371; 5. Wisconsin, 7:25.905

UW Lineup - Coxswain Dominic Schuster, Grayson Pickar, Quinn Koeper, Bergen Peters, Haakon Rosholt

3. WORDS FROM THE WISE -- After a long and gritty season, Wisconsin men's crew head coach Beau Hoopman looks to what lies ahead this coming weekend:

"We've been building speed and confidence since we landed on Saturday to acclimate to California. We got quite a bit of work done on a really cool body of water on the west side of Sacramento; you can row about 60 miles out to the ocean on this shipping canal if you were so inclined. The guys are peaking at the right time. We've been moving at the fastest splits of the season, and it will be fun to see what they can do."

Senior captain, Andrew Soman, shares the team's plan for IRAs:
"The past three weeks, we've been working on changing speed in the second half of a race. We showed good speed on our starts at sprints, but we lost pace in the middle thousand of the race. It's the opposite problem we had early in the season, where our starts held us back, but as the standards keep rising, it's something we need to continue to improve. Looking at Friday, we just want to focus on going fast and executing our own race plan. Last year, we put a lot of pressure on ourselves to focus on just beating one team, and this year, we want to focus on just having a good, complete race."

4. HOW TO FOLLOW – A recap with results will be posted on the UWBadgers.com website after each day of the race. Stay tuned on the @BadgerMRowing Instagram, Twitter and Facebook as well for live updates.

Look for full results on IRA Rowing.

EXPECTED IRA CHAMPIONSHIP LINEUP & SCHEDULE:

LINEUPS:

Varsity Eight -- Coxswain Charles Ramquist, Ethan Schumacher, Joe Siddall, Lukas Weinhold, Andrew Soman, Elias Strasman, Thomas Leuty, Ruffin Bryant, Henry Griffin.