UW Wins All Heats At Rescheduled First Day At Big Ten Championships

INDIANAPOLIS – The No. 4-ranked Washington ladies’s rowing crew received all seven of its heats Friday evening on the primary day of the 2026 Big Ten Rowing Championships. On Sunday, all seven of these crews will race on the Indianapolis Rowing Center to defend their titles from final 12 months.
 
The heats have been moved from Saturday morning to Friday afternoon on account of poor climate forecasts for Saturday. Sunday’s finals schedule (beneath) stays the unchanged.
 
Last 12 months, Washington grew to become simply the second program to brush all seven finals at a Big Ten Championships. This 12 months, the Huskies earned the highest seed in all seven race classes coming into Friday’s heats.
 
The Huskies lived as much as that seeding, successful every warmth (first, second, third; and fourth varsity eights; first, second, and third varsity fours) comfortably.
 
In the eights races, Washington received all of its heats by open water. The closest end got here within the third varsity eight, the place Washington beat second-place UCLA by about 4.7 seconds and two or three seats of open water. The varsity eight received its race in 6:50.141, 8.3 seconds in entrance of the Bruins, whereas UW’s second and fourth eights every received by greater than 13 seconds.
 
The Huskies 4 races went equally, with open-water victories in all three, regardless of some good early challenges. Ohio State’s first varsity 4 completed the closest second to the Dawgs, slightly below seven seconds behind.
 
Rutgers, the second or third seed in each race class, received all of its heats. UW and Rutgers, clearly, didn’t see each other throughout Friday’s heats.
 
Here’s the Sunday race schedule:
 
6:14 a.m. PT / 9:14 a.m. ET – IV Eights Grand Final
6:38 a.m. PT / 9:38 a.m. ET – III Eights Grand Final
7:02 a.m. PT / 10:02 a.m. ET – III Fours Grand Final
7:26 a.m. PT / 10:26 a.m. ET – II Fours Grand Final
7:50 a.m. PT / 10:50 a.m. ET – I Fours Grand Final
8:14 a.m. PT / 11:14 a.m. ET – II Eights Grand Final
8:38 a.m. PT / 11:38 a.m. ET – I Eights Grand Final
 
Sunday’s races will air dwell on Big Ten Network, with protection getting underway at 6:00 a.m. PT.
 
 
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VARSITY 8+ (I EIGHTS)
Shell: Jan Harville
Cox: Izzy Michaelson (Everett, Wash.)
Stroke: Aisha Rocek (Como, Italy)
7: Violet Holbrow Brooksbank (Monmouth, Wales, U.Ok.)
6: Jess Weir (London, England, U.Ok.)
5: Mira Calder (Victoria, B.C., Canada)
4: Jayna Palmer (Truckee, Calif.)
3: Cillian Mullen (Tacoma, Wash.)
2: Zola Kemp (Wellington, New Zealand)
Bow: Katie Gardner (Cowbridge, Wales, U.Ok.)
 
SECOND VARSITY 8+ (II EIGHTS)
Shell: Dottie Simpson
Cox: Perry McLoughlin (Port Washington, N.Y.)
Stroke: Issy Melville (Hamilton, New Zealand)
7: Emily Myers (Oxford, England, U.Ok.)
6: Chloe Sheppard (Tewkesbury, England, U.Ok.)
5: Kalee Verd (Olympia, Wash.)
4: Grace Worthington (Grand Haven, Mich.)
3: Cait Whittard (St. Catharine’s, Ontario, Canada)
2: Amelia Westbrook (Lincoln, England, U.Ok.)
Bow: Sofia Suhinin (Adelaide, Australia)
 
FIRST VARSITY FOUR (I FOURS)

Shell: Sam & Raz
Stroke: Margaret Young (San Anselmo, Calif.)
3: Nienke Overgoor (Bunnik, Netherlands)
2: Emily Downing (Marlow, England, U.Ok.)
Bow: Cami Martin (Seattle, Wash.)
Cox: Camille Randall (Seattle, Wash.)
 
SECOND VARSITY FOUR (II FOURS)
Shell: Wendell Sykes
Stroke: Jordan Freer (Lotus, Calif.)
3: Jane Doyle (New York, N.Y.)
2: Carmel Bollag (Seattle, Wash.)
Bow: Sami Tyler (Camas, Wash.)
Cox: Taylor Inouye (Kailua, Hawai’i)
 
THIRD VARSITY FOUR (III FOURS)
Shell: Coleen Lynch
Stroke: Audrey Cronin (Roswell, Ga.)
3: Ella Bayer (Olympia, Wash.)
2: Sofie Sand (Rochester, Wash.)
Bow: Caroline Law (Bellingham, Wash.)
Cox: Morgan Bradley (Portland, Ore.)
 
THIRD VARSITY EIGHT (III EIGHTS)
Shell: Title IX Sisterhood
Cox: Sloane Roth (Manhattan Beach, Calif.)
Stroke: Scarlett Shelton (Melbourne, Australia)
7: Willow Tzonev (Victoria, B.C., Canada)
6: Caitlin Woods (Melbourne, Australia)
5: Camille Hutton (Manson, Wash.)
4: Finley Stockstad (Tacoma, Wash.)
3: Zoe Keenan (Seattle, Wash.)
2: Grace Sisett (Kelowna, B.C., Canada)
Bow: Claire Rogge (Vancouver, Wash.)
 
FOURTH VARSITY EIGHT (IV EIGHTS)
Shell: Jenni Hogan
Cox: Ella Ryter (Seattle, Wash.)
Stroke: Liv Ormseth (Vashon Island, Wash.)
7: Katharina Stromberg (Seattle, Wash.)
6: Annelise Hahl (Cary, N.C.)
5: Caitlin Hane (Irvine, Calif.)
4: Victoria Trentin (Melbourne, Australia)
3: Kayla Coates-Robertson (Redmond, Wash.)
2: Emma Cronin (Roswell, Ga.)
Bow: Carly Lauritzen (Nine Mile Falls, Wash.)