Badgers begin season at Head of the Charles

BOSTON – The Wisconsin males’s rowing staff kicked off its season on the Charles River on the Head of the Charles regatta- the world’s largest multi-day rowing occasion, which was based in 1965.

Wisconsin positioned ninth within the males’s championship 4 race with a time of 16:06.172. The profitable crew from Cambridge University completed with a time of 5:15.844. At the 2024 Head of the Charles, Wisconsin positioned sixteenth at 16:50.223. 

The Badgers crossed the end line at 14:37.019 and in twenty eighth place for the boys’s championship eight race. The winner of the Championship Eight race was additionally from Cambridge University.

Up subsequent: The Badgers head to New Jersey to compete on the Princeton Chase on Nov. 2.

Straight From the Shore

Head Coach Beau Hoopman

“Both boats did significantly better than last year. The championship eight is probably one of the most competitive races of the year, and even the slightest mistake or wrong line can cause a cascade of issues. We were overtaken early by a really good CRC boat and rowed in their wake for most of the race.

We even avoided the wash around the longest turn on the course, which probably cost us about 10 seconds. We need to clean that up for the Princeton Chase; we’ll row in our racing boats there with our telemetry so we can collect data between the two pieces. 

The Charles is one of those races that you complete and then immediately move on from, and hopefully learn a valuable lesson. The four did great; way faster than last year. Hopefully that leads to some competition for the 1st eight going into November.”

Head of the Charles

Oct. 19, 2025

Boston

Charles River

3 Miles

MEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP EIGHT (30 ENTRIES)

1. Cambridge A, 13:41.692; 2. Washington A, 13:43.240; 3. Harvard A, 13:44.065; 4. UW Alum A, 13:50.581; 5. Northeastern University A, 13:50.931…28. Wisconsin, 14:37.019

UW Lineup – Coxswain Charles Ramquist, Andrew Soman, Lucas Farmer, Elias Strasman, Jeremiah Lesniak, William Harper, Raul Gupta, Ruffin Bryant

 

MEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP FOUR (12 ENTRIES)

1. Washington A, 5:15.844; 2. Princeton A, 15:16.366; 3. British Columbia A; 15:29.149; 4. California A, 15:33.879; 5. Princeton B, 15:47.436.… 9. Wisconsin A, 16:06.172

UW Lineup – Coxswain Taj Chunawala, Ethan Schumacher, Henry Griffin, Nathan Engen, Henry Wurdell