REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - The No. 17 Wisconsin men's rowing team had a strong showing during the Sunday races against No. 2 Oregon State at the Stanford/Cal Invite.

The varsity eight boat came out on top, defeating the Beavers with a time of 5:48.7 over 2000 meters for a victory by more than 10 seconds. The Wisconsin second varsity eight boat triumphed as well, finishing first in 5:57.3 by 3.5 seconds. The third varsity eight boat fell short, finishing with a time of 6:03.5 to Oregon State's 5:59.7.

Up Next:  The Badgers travel to Vermont for the Lake Morey invite on April 25 and 26. 

Straight From the Shore

Head Coach Beau Hoopman

"It's a tall order racing one of the top, if not the top team in the nation right off the bat to start the season. I thought each boat had their moment. The 1V was pretty steady, and had better margins in all three races compared to last year."

"The 2V had a wake up call in the first race with Cal, but responded well in the next two races. There's still some work to do in the 3V; they raced hard, but had a rough weekend. We have 2 months to go in our season, it goes by real quick. Finding more speed is the goal from here on out. It's there, we just need the guys to step up to that next level; especially the freshmen."

"We were pretty underrepresented in that class just because the lack of experience. They should make some jumps in speed in the next three weeks and hopefully we can get them that experience. All in all a good weekend against some really good competition."

Stanford/Cal Invite
April. 6, 2025
Redwood City, CA
Redwood Shores
2000 meters

Varsity Eight
1. Wisconsin V, 5:48.7; 2. OSU V, 5:58.9
Lineup -- Coxswain Henry Benton, Luke Truog, Lucas Farmer, Elias Strasman, Andrew Soman, Will Klipstine, Joe Siddall, Ruffin Bryant, Daniel Hintzman

Second Varsity Eight
1. Wisconsin 2V, 5:57.3; 2. OSU 2V, 6:00.8
Lineup -- Coxswain Charles Ramquist, Jaden Halom, Thomas Leuty, Jack O'Brien, Samuel Seter, Lukas Weinhold, Dylan Knanishu, Luke Lehmann, Benjamin Cook

Third Varsity Eight
1. OSU 3V, 5:59.9; 2. Wisconsin 3V, 6:03.5
Lineup -- Coxswain Alexander Quinn, Ethan Dooley, Ethan Schumacher, Benjamin Whelan, Henry Wurdell, Walter Stanwood, Henry Griffin, Maxwell McCartney, Mitchell Lafferty