Wisconsin Controls the Water at Indiana
March 24, 2007 | Women's Rowing
The UW women's openweight rowers traveled to Lake Lemon in Bloomington, Ind. to take on the Hoosiers of Indiana on Saturday. Wisconsin traveled two varsity boats, and each went undefeated in Saturday's competition.
The varsity eight won each of its three races by an average of five seconds, while the second varsity eight won each of its three races over the second and third varsity eights of Indiana.
'The weather was beautiful, and it was a great day to row,' said head coach Bebe Bryans. 'We were pretty close to being amazed with today's outcome. The women all rowed great and for it only being our second day on the water we were very pleased with the outcome.'
The varsity eight, coxed by Jess Bartelt (Jackson, Wis.), finished the 1,500 meter course in their best time of 5:02.7 in their first piece race. The second varsity eight won all three races, including a best of 5:09.4 in their first race as they were coxed by Claire Geiger (Evanston, Ill.).
After the weekend is over, the Badgers will have rowed close to 70,000 meters between practice on Friday and Sunday, along with competition on Saturday.
'As long as we are here, the weather is nice and we have open water, we might as well get in as much work as possible,' said Bryans.
The women are off next week before returning to action Apr. 7 in Indianapolis, Ind. The women will get to face Indiana again, along with Notre Dame as they compete in the three team dual regatta.
