UW Men Win All Four Races At Head Of The Lake Regatta

Sunday, November 6

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Head of the Lake

November 06, 2022 | Men's Rowing

Full Regatta Results

SEATTLE – The Washington men's rowing team won all of its races Sunday morning at the annual Head of the Lake Regatta, taking the top spot in the three men's eight races, while also winning the collegiate fours.

Husky crews earned the fastest times on the three-mile course that runs from south Lake Union, through Portage Bay and the Montlake Cut and on to Lake Washington. The Huskies' top crew, a varsity eight coxed by Zach Casler and stroked by Darcy McCluskey, won the Ben Porter Cup (men's collegiate/open 8+) with a time of 15:15.593, beating second-place Oregon State by more than 39 seconds.

"The team was been committed to consistent training this autumn quarter that resulted in a baseline to identify where we are right now," said UW head coach Michael Callahan. "Now we turn our focus on quality work this winter to ultimately create boat speed this spring. We have a lot of growth ahead of us. We will need to overachieve, and we are up to the task."

In the men's collegiate JV8+ race, Washington's entry finished in 15:36.648, nearly 45 seconds in front of a crew from the University of British Columbia, which finished second

Washington had three entries in the Men's Collegiate 3V8+ race, and those crews finished first, second and third. The "A" entry, made up of returning athletes, won the race in 15:50.312, while the "B" and "C" eights, both made up of newcomers, finished second and third, six and 58 seconds back, respectively.

Many of those same freshmen rowers returned the race course for the Championship Men's 4+, sponsored by Pocock Racing Shells later in the morning. However, due to the conditions, the race course was shortened.

The four coxed by Casey Neumann and stroked by freshman Ben Shortt won the race with a time of 11:27.550. The other Husky four, coxed by Kieran Joyce and stroked by Marc Tennesen, a freshman from Seattle's Lincoln High School, was second, 38 seconds back.

The Head of the Lake was the final event of the fall for both the UW men's and women's teams.

Washington Men's Lineups

Varsity Eight Ben Porter Cup – Bow #1
Shell: John Jacobi
Cox: Zach Casler (Newport Beach, Calif./Newport Harbor)
Stroke: Darcy McCluskey (Brisbane, Australia)
7: Blake Bradshaw (Auckland, New Zealand)
6: Logan Ullrich (Auckland, New Zealand)
5: Jack Walkey (Victoria, B.C., Canada)
4: Archie Drummond (Twickenham, London, U.K.)
3: Blake Vogel (Pittsburgh, Pa./Central Catholic)
2: Max Mason (Redmond, Wash./Redmond)
Bow: Max Heid (Seattle, Wash./Seattle Prep)

Second Varsity Eight – Bow #8
Shell: Chuck Holtz II
Cox: Nick Dunlop (Sydney, Australia)
Stroke: Michael Thiers (Seattle, Wash./Roosevelt)
7: Robert Pluijmert (Dieren, The Netherlands)
6: Nils Vorberg (Hamburg, Germany)
5: Jonathan Wang-Norderud (Oslo, Norway)
4: Pablo Matan (San Jose, Calif./Bellarmine Prep)
3: Harry Fitzpatrick (Auckland, New Zealand)
4: Marius Ahlsand (Oslo, Norway)
Bow: Alex Gonin (Victoria, B.C., Canada/Oak Bay Secondary)

Third Varsity Eight "A" – Bow #30
Shell: Helgerson
Cox: Athena Baches (Bellevue, Wash./Newport)
Stroke: Quinn Hall (Chester Springs, Pa./Malvern Prep)
7: Luke Henry (Bellevue, Wash./Singapore American)
6: Gus Altucher (Portland, Ore./Cleveland)
5: Louis Gallia IV (Sacramento, Calif./Jesuit)
4: Parker Raines (Sammamish, Wash./Skyline)
3: Caleb Cowles (Newport Beach, Calif./Newport Harbor)
2: Connor Shoup (Steilacoom, Wash./Steilacoom)
Bow: Giulio Acernese (Rome, Italy)

Third Varsity Eight "B" – Bow #31
Shell: Alumnus/Swiftsure
Cox: Tess Kadian (West Bloomfield, Mich./West Bloomfield)
Stroke: Ben Shortt (Auckland, New Zealand)
7: Finn Griskauskas (Chesterfield, Mo./Marquette)
6: Cameron Tasker (Norwich, England, U.K.)
5: Povilas Juskevicius (Kaunus, Lithuania)
4: Marc Tennesen (Seattle, Wash/Lincoln)
3: Ethan Walsh (Philadelphia, Pa./Roman Catholic)
2: Max Taylor (Brisbane, Australia)
Bow: Lyle Donovan (Milton, Ga./Cambridge)

Third Varsity Eight "C" – Bow #32
Shell: Husky Clipper
Cox: Lilly Kurtz (Seattle, Wash./Holy Names Academy)
Stroke: Tommy Igo (Alameda, Calif./Alameda)
7: Jay Olson (Longmont, Colo./Mead)
6: Luke Collins (Bainbridge Island, Wash./Bainbridge)
5: Ryan Martin (Newport Beach, Calif./Pacifica Christian)
4: Nicholas Smyth (Cincinnati, Ohio/Walnut Hills)
3: Ewan Morrow (Seattle, Wash./Garfield)
2: Kiefer Law (Bellingham, Wash./Sehome)
Bow: Henry Ramstad (Seattle, Wash./Ballard/Cornell)

Varsity Four "A" – Bow #200
Shell: Clipper Too
Cox: Casey Neumann (Pacific Palisades, Calif./Palisades)
Stroke: Ben Shortt (Auckland, New Zealand)
3: Finn Griskauskas (Chesterfield, Mo./Marquette)
2: Cameron Tasker (Norwich, England, U.K.)
Bow: Povilas Juskevicius (Kaunus, Lithuania)

Varsity Four "B" – Bow #201
Shell: 2007
Cox: Kieran Joyce (Hamilton, New Zealand)
Stroke: Marc Tennesen (Seattle, Wash/Lincoln)
3: Sam Husarik (Puyallup, Wash./Puyallup)
2: Oliver Black (Sacramento, Calif./Jesuit)
Bow: Addison Smee (Kalama, Wash./Kalama)