Benjamin Whelan

Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Westport, Conn.

2025-26: Finished 7th with the third varsity eight at the Princeton Chase for the MEN's 8+ Round 2 race. Came in 1st with the second varsity eight at the Marietta Duel. Came in 2nd with the second varsity eight boat at the Cal Classic. Finished in 1st place to Columbia at the Lake Morey Invite with the second varsity eight. Finished 15th with the third varsity eight at the Eastern Sprints. Placed 1st with the third varsity eight boat in the 4 Final at the 2026 IRA National Championships

2024-25: Four seat in third varsity eight that took 13th at IRA National Championships ... bow seat in 11th place boat at Eastern Sprints

High School: Attended Green Farms Academy ... rowed four years ... in varsity boat as senior and junior ... finished second in the youth eight at the 2023 Head of the Charles

Personal: Parents are Bob and Annie Whelan ... has a sister, Chloe ... mom was a gymnast at Brown ... plans on majoring in biology

Why Wisconsin?
I love the culture and spirit of the school.

What Wisconsin rowing means to you:
To me it means being part of a long and historic legacy.

Friday, November 14

Thursday, March 20

Sunday, May 05

Wednesday, March 20

Second Varsity Eight at 2026 IRA National Championships Sunday

Wisconsin men's crew comes in 16th at IRA National Championship

Sunday, May 31

Eight racing on Saturday at 2026 IRA National Championships

Badgers finish strong during national championship semifinal rounds in California

Saturday, May 30

Badgers finish first day of IRA national championships

Friday, May 29

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

Wednesday, May 27

University of Wisconsin Athletics

2025-26 Men's Rowing Roster

Roster

Lincoln Boehm

Brayton Breezer

Ruffin Bryant

William Carey

Taj Chunawala

Benjamin Cook

Lachlan Demmer

Nathan Engen

Lucas Farmer

Henry Griffin

Raul Gupta

William Harper

Quinn Koeper

Hunter Kokkinen

Julian Kuehn

Luke Lehmann

Jeremiah Lesniak

Thomas Leuty

Riley Matz

Maxwell McCartney

Bergen Peters

Grayson Pickar

Alexander Quinn

Charles Ramquist

Isaac Rockwell

Haakon Rosholt

Ethan Schumacher

Dominic Schuster

Alex Schwartz

Joe Siddall

Liam Smith

Andrew Soman

Elias Strasman

Connor Treccia

Patrick Trihey

Jack Wagner

Lukas Weinhold