Wisconsin Badgers
Lake Morey Invite
F(oar) things to know: Badgers voyage to Vermont
April 23, 2026 | Men's Rowing
UW competes at Lake Morey Invite
MADISON, Wis. - The No.14 Badger men's crew will travel to Fairlee, Vermont, for the Lake Morey Invite on Saturday and Sunday, April 25 and 26.Â
1. WHAT TO KNOW --Â The Badgers will send three boats to the East Coast where they will compete against No. 7 Dartmouth, No. 17 Columbia and No. 19 Georgetown. No. 9 Syracuse and No. 12 Boston University are also racing in the regatta.
At the 2025 Lake Morey Invite, UW won the Jablonic Cup race against Boston University where the varsity eight boat finished with a time of 5:44.8
2. WHERE THEY LEFT OFF -- The Badgers last competed in the Cal Classic. UW fell short to No. 5 Stanford and No. 2 Cal on the first day of races. However, the Badgers excelled in races against No. 18 Temple and No. 23 Oregon State on the second day of the regatta.Â
Varsity Eight
1. Wisconsin, 5:43.8;Â 2. Temple, 5:50.8
Lineup -- Coxswain Taj Chunawala, Ethan Schumacher, Thomas Leuty, Elias Strasman, Andrew Soman, Luke Lehmann, Joe Siddall, Ruffin Bryant, Benjamin Cook.Â
Second Varsity Eight
1. California 4V, 5:51.6Â 2. Wisconsin 2V, 5:55.4;
Lineup -- - Coxswain Charles Ramquist, Raul Gupta, William Carey, Jeremiah Lesniak, Isaac Rockwell, Julian Kuehn, Connor Treccia, Benjamin Whelan, William Harper.
Third Varsity Eight
1. Wisconsin 3V, 6:04.3; 2. OSU 3V, 6:06.5
Lineup -- Coxswain Liam Smith, Haakon Rosholt, Henry Griffin, Henry Wurdell, Nathan Engen, John Wagner, Maxwell McCartney, Bergen Peters, Patrick Trihey.
3. WORDS FROM COACH HOOPMAN -- "This is the second and final weekend racing series for us before our conference championship Eastern Sprints on May 17. We had about 2.5 weeks of good training since California, where the younger guys have been making some solid progress. We're looking forward to testing ourselves against some quality in-conference crews for the first time this spring. We'll have another three-week training block after this weekend, where we'll look to continue building speed while finishing up the semester and getting through final exams/graduation. Busy times."
4. WHERE TO NEXT -- The Badgers will compete in the Eastern Sprints regatta on May 17 when they will travel to Lake Quinsigamond in Worcester, Massachusetts. The events serves as UW's conference championships.
​​EXPECTED LAKE MOREY INVITE LINEUP & SCHEDULE:
LINEUPS:
Lineup -- Coxswain Taj Chunawala, Lukas Weinhold, Joe Siddall, Elias Strasman, Andrew Soman, Luke Lehmann, Thomas Leuty, Ruffin Bryant, Benjamin Cook.Â
Lineup -- - Coxswain Alexander Quinn, Ethan Schumacher, Henry Griffin, Isaac Rockwell, Benjamin Whelan, Henry Wurdell, Maxwell McCartney, William Carey, Patrick Trihey.
Lineup -- Coxswain Charles Ramquist, Raul Gupta, Connor Treccia, Julian Kuehn, Lincoln Boehm, Oliver Zanetich, John Wagner, Jeremiah Lesniak,  Bergen Peters.Â
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE
Saturday (ET)
8:30 a.m. – Georgetown (varsity eight)
9:15 a.m. – Georgetown (second varsity eight)
10:00 a.m. – Georgetown (third varsity eight)
3:45 p.m. – Dartmouth (third varsity eight)
4:30 p.m. – Dartmouth (second varsity eight)
5:15 p.m. – Dartmouth (varsity eight)
Sunday
8:30 a.m. – Columbia (varsity eight)
9:15 a.m. – Columbia (second varsity eight)
10:00 a.m. – Columbia (third varsity eight)
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