Wisconsin Badgers
B1G Ten Invitational
F(oar) things to know: Badgers prep for B1G Invite
April 16, 2025 | Women's Rowing
Wisconsin to face top teams from around the country on Friday and Saturday
MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin women's openweight rowing team continues its spring racing season this Friday and Saturday, April 18-19, at the B1G Invitational at Nathan Benderson Park in Sarasota, Florida.
Before they hit the water, here are f(oar) things to know:
1 - B1G COMPETITION: This weekend's competition includes a mix of Big Ten and non-conference opponents from around the country. Notable participants include No. 3 Washington, No. 6 Tennessee, No. 7 Brown, No. 9 Rutgers, and other nationally-ranked teams, as well as 2024 NCAA qualifiers SMU, Ohio State, Indiana, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Duke, among other teams.
View the full schedule and list of participating schools here.
2 - B1G INVITE HISTORY: This marks the fifth year of the Big Ten Invitational, and it remains one of the nation's premier regular-season regattas at the collegiate level. The event is hosted annually by rotating Big Ten schools, including 2025 host Michigan, and is held at Nathan Benderson Park.
This year's event features 23 teams, and seeding is based on the 2024 NCAA-CRCA final season rankings. Wisconsin is the ninth seed among 11 Big Ten teams.
The regatta features three rounds of seven events – 1V8, 2V8, 1V4, 2V4, 3V4, 3V8 and 4V8.
At the 2024 B1G Invite, Wisconsin was led by the second varsity eight and the second varsity four, who each finished in second place in their first races of the regatta on Friday morning.
3 - LAST TIME OUT: The Badgers opened their spring racing season by participating in the Cardinal Invite on Saturday and Sunday, March 15-16, in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
UW was led by its first varsity four boat, which placed second behind No. 18 Notre Dame on Sunday. Read the full regatta recap here.
4 - FOLLOW ALONG: The B1G Invite streams live on RHStv. RHStv can be downloaded for free on Roku, Amazon Fire, AppleTV, Samsung, LG and mobile devices, or it can be accessed via the web. Live results for this weekend's event can also be found here.
B1G Invitational
April 18-19
Nathan Benderson Park
Sarasota, Florida
2000 meters
FRIDAY, APRIL 18 (Times are ET and subject to change)
Wisconsin, Harvard/Radcliffe, Michigan, Duke, USC, Miami
9:50 a.m. - 2V4
10 a.m. - 1V4
10:10 a.m. - 2V8
10:20 a.m. - 1V8
Wisconsin, Minnesota, Tennessee, Rutgers
11:50 a.m. - 3V4
Wisconsin, Iowa, Michigan State, Miami, Rutgers
12 p.m. - 4V8
Wisconsin, Minnesota, Tennessee, Rutgers, Miami, Iowa
12:10 p.m. - 3V8
Wisconsin, Michigan State, Indiana, Ohio State
2:55 p.m. - 4V8
Wisconsin, UCLA, Minnesota, USC
3:15 p.m. - 3V4
Wisconsin, UCLA, Minnesota, SMU, USC, Miami
3:25 p.m. - 3V8
Wisconsin, Miami, Ohio State, Brown, Washington, Duke
3:35 p.m. - 2V4
3:45 p.m. - 1V4
3:55 p.m. - 2V8
4:05 p.m. - 1V8
SATURDAY, APRIL 19
Wisconsin, Iowa, Oklahoma, Minnesota, Clemson, Michigan State
8:50 a.m. - 3V8
Wisconsin, Miami, Minnesota, Notre Dame, UCLA, Harvard/Radcliffe
10:20 a.m. - 2V4
10:30 a.m. - 1V4
10:40 a.m. - 2V8
10:50 a.m. - 1V8
Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa
12:10 p.m. 3V4
Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan State, Iowa
12:30 p.m. - 4V8
