INDIANAPOLIS – Two months into the fall semester, the Wisconsin men's rowing team sent its sophomores and freshman, many of them novices, to the Bald Eagle Collegiate Invitational to close out the fall competition season on Saturday.

Wisconsin's varsity eight A crew won its race with a time of 13 minutes, 14 seconds over 4.1 kilometers, besting second-place Virginia by 3.4 seconds.

The Badgers' varsity eight B entry ended up fourth in the varsity eight B race with a time of 14:21.2. Michigan B won the event in 13:56.9.

The Badgers swept the varsity four events, with Wisconsin A capturing the A event in 14:46.6 and Wisconsin B won in 14:58.0. UW's C entry, racing in the B event, claimed second place among the 22 crews in a time of 15:10.8.

Wisconsin's novice eights won their three races, winning in the A, B and C events. UW's A boat won the novice eight A in 14:21.1, while Wisconsin B won in 14:56.7 and Wisconsin C cruised to a win in 14:49.9, 45 seconds faster than the second place crew from Michigan C.

In the novice four, among 24 entries, Wisconsin took third (A), eighth (B), ninth (C) and 12th (D) competing in the lone novice four event. Michigan won in 15:35.7, while Badger boats rowed to times of 15:41.6, 16:30.8, 16:40.5 and 16:53.5.

STRAIGHT FROM THE LAKE
Freshman coach Beau Hoopman
"The sophomores did well. The frosh did fine as well. We raced with a lot more novices than last year, but we still have much to learn about racing.  

"Our sophomores were 'in the same boat' last year – they did well in the eight, but not in the four – but they are developing well and results showed it this year. I anticipate the frosh will make similar strides next year when they come back to this race."  

Bald Eagle Collegiate Invitational
Indianapolis
Eagle Creek Park
Nov. 4, 2017
4.1 kilometers

Varsity Eight A (10 entries)
1. Wisconsin A, 13:14.0; 2. Virginia A, 13:17.4; 3. Michigan A, 13:44.8; 4. Purdue A, 13:49.5; 5. Notre Dame A, 13:53.2

UW Lineup
A – Coxswain Cameron Pak, Jacob Wenner, Alex Marett, Kurt Mueller, Philipp Bogdanov, William Alt, Jack Shelton, Evan Miller, Henry Roberts

Varsity Eight B (9 entries)
1. Michigan B, 13:56.9; 2. Virginia B, 14:00.1; 3. Notre Dame B, 14:19.0; 4. Wisconsin B, 14:21.2; 5. Purdue B, 14:21.7

UW Lineup
B – Coxswain Kaz Kishiue-Koval, Will Klauke, Jacob Buboltz, Chase Covey, Samuel Wheeler, Carson McFarland, Logan Morehouse, Spencer Waldron, Blake Richter

Men's Varsity Four A (12 entries)
1. Wisconsin A, 14:46.6; 2. Michigan A, 15:05.3; 3. Notre Dame A, 15:08.3; 4. Minnesota A, 15:19.7; 5. Grand Valley A, 15:24.6

UW Lineup
A – Coxswain Cameron Pak, Jacob Wenner, Alex Marett, Kurt Mueller, Philipp Bogdanov

Men's Varsity Four B (22 entries)
1. Wisconsin B, 14:58.0; 2. Wisconsin C, 15:10.8; 3. Michigan B, 15:21.2; 4. Purdue C, 15:32.5; 5. Virginia B, 15:32.7

UW Lineups
B – Coxswain Kaz Kishiue-Koval, Henry Roberts, William Alt, Jack Shelton, Evan Miller
C – Coxswain Ian Tunney, Will Klauke, Samuel Wheeler, Chase Covey, Jacob Buboltz

Novice Eight A (10 entries)
1. Wisconsin A, 14:21.1; 2. Virginia A, 14:25.6; 3. Notre Dame A, 14:45.9

UW Lineup
A – Coxswain James Catalano, Adam Wehking, Paul Sagraves, Nicholas Anderson, Caleb Sorenson, Samuel Williams, Luke VandenHeuvel, Tyler Berstein, Matthew Bernard

Novice Eight B (7 entries)
1. Wisconsin B, 14:56.7; 2. Michigan B, 15:09.0; 3. Virginia B, 15:10.5

UW Lineup
B – Coxswain David Espino, Matthew Marcou, Henry Dern, Benjamin Meyer, Carson Gehl, Evan Sadlon, Nathaniel Verhagen, Noah Nicol, John Young

Novice Eight C (7 entries)
1. Wisconsin C, 14:49.9; 2. Michigan C, 15:34.9; 3. Michigan D, 15:36.3; 4. Michigan E, 16:09.7; 5. Virginia C, 16:20.2

UW Lineup
C – Coxswain Ian Tunney, Paul Dustman, Chrispin Kenney, Joseph Ramage, Jonathan Kilen, Zachary Ferris, William Tuttle, Nicholas Jablonski, Matthew Palmer

Novice Four (24 entires)
1. Michigan A, 15:35.7; 2. Virginia A, 15:41.6; 3. Wisconsin A, 15:41.6; 4. Notre Dame B, 16:09.2; 5. Virginia B, 16:21.8…; 8. Wisconsin B, 16:30.8; 9. Wisconsin C, 16:40.5…; 12. Wisconsin D, 16:53.5

UW Lineups
A – Coxswain David Espino, Adam Wehking, Caleb Sorenson, Matthew Bernard, Paul Sagraves
B – Coxswain James Catalano, Matthew Marcou, Nicholas Anderson, Luke VandenHeuvel, Tyler Berstein
C – Coxswain Matthew Wittwer, Henry Dern, Evan Sadlon, Samuel Williams, Benjamin Meyer
D – Coxswain Lucas Ratanawong, Noah Nicol, Ian Cooke, Mason Hill, Nicholas Mohrdieck