Wisconsin Badgers
Head of the Charles
Men's rowing kicks off fall season at Head of the Charles
October 18, 2026 | Men's Rowing
Wisconsin places in eighth in the fours and 24th in the eights
BOSTON – The Wisconsin men's rowing team began its 2026-27 racing season at the Head of the Charles regatta on Sunday.
Wisconsin finished in eighth in the Men's Championship Fours race with a time of 16:10.873. The Princeton A boat came in first at 15:24.400.
The men's eight landed in 12th of 20 collegiate entries and 24th overall in the Men's Championship Eights. The Badgers crossed the finish line at 14.02.829, improving their time by over 30 seconds from the 2025 Head of the Charles. Last year in Boston, the UW eight boat came in 28th at 14:37.019.
The Wisconsin alumni also found great success over the weekend. In the Alumni Four race, the Badgers finished in second at 17.12.649. Associate Head Coach Greg Myhr finished in 15th of 113 entries in the Senior and Grand Master Singles race with a time of 19.45.731
Up next: The Badgers travel to New Jersey to compete at the Princeton Chase on Nov. 1.
Head of the Charles
Oct. 18, 2026
Boston
Charles River
3 Miles
MEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP EIGHT (37 ENTRIES)
1. Holland Acht A, 13:32.835; 2. Harvard A, 13:33.393; 3. Dartmouth A, 13:33.609; 4. Cambridge A, 13:36.084; 5. Washington A, 13:37.294 … 24. Wisconsin, 14:02.829
UW Lineup – Coxswain Taj Chunawala, Raul Gupta, William Harper, Joe Siddall, Luke Lehmann, Julian Kuehn, Connor Treccia, Jeremiah Lesniak, Ethan Schumacher
MEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP FOUR (9 ENTRIES)
1. Princeton A, 15:24.000; 2. Washington A, 15:34.133; 3. California A, 15:48.360; 4. Penn A; 15:51.842; 5. Cornell A, 15:54.328 … 8. Wisconsin A, 16:10.837
UW Lineup – Coxswain Dominic Schuster, Thomas Leuty, Isaac Rockwell, Nathan Engen, Vrishank Nalla
ALUMNI RESULTS:
MEN'S ALUMNI EIGHT (48 ENTRIES)
10. Wisconsin, 15.43.399
UW Lineup -- Coxswain Grayson VanLue ('23), Alex Idárraga ('17), Eli Strasmann ('26), Will Horvat ('15), Michael Knippen ('16), Breck Duncan ('23), James Lueken ('17), Sam Hoidal ('12), Mitchell Lafferty ('25)
MASTERS (40+) FOUR (26 ENTRIES)
9th. Wisconsin B, 18.11.101
UW B Lineup – Coxswain Mike Lucey ('05), Paul Daniels ('03), Peter Nagle ('03), Pete Giese ('03), Beau Hoopman ('03) - HEAD COACH
12th. Wisconsin A, 18.51.627
UW A Lineup – Coxswain Daniel Connelly ('09), Anders Corbett ('10), Brian McDonough ('02), Joe McMullin ('08), Scott Wallen ('07)
ALUMNI FOUR (27 ENTRIES)
2. Wisconsin High Performance A, 17.12.649
UW A Lineup – Coxswain Henry Benton ('25), Daniel Hintzman ('25), Luke Truog ('25), Jack O'Brien ('25), Bergen Peters ('26)
8. Wisconsin High Performance B, 18.10.488
UW B Lineup – Coxswain Alex Quinn, Alex Beer ('26), Ben Cook ('26), Henry Wurdell ('26), Max McCartney ('26)
MASTERS EIGHT 30+ 40+ (23 ENTRIES)
7. Wisconsin High Performance A, 16.29.214
UW A Lineup -- Coxswain Anthony Altimari ('11), Max Goff ('10), Paul Williams ('10), Darren Gary ('09), Zach Krupp ('09), Peter Helfer ('09), Erich Hanxleden ('10), Roger Huffman ('10), George Walters ('09)
16. Wisconsin High Performance A, 17.26.640
UW B Lineup – Coxswain Kathleen Holzem, Pete 'Turbo' Turney '05, Ryan Westergaard ('99), Micah Boyd ('04), Anders Boyd ('04), Mike Tupek ('06), Alex Bisset ('08), Ben Ruble ('13), Josh Iverson ('08)
SENIOR AND GRAND MASTER SINGLES (113 ENTRIES)
15. Greg Myhr ('92) - ASSOC HC, 19.45.731
18. Steve Nuemann ('98), 19.51.677
38. Pat McDonough ('88), 20.30.628
76. James Anderson ('89), 22.34.427
