Michael Callahan, the University of Washington men’s coach, perhaps summed up best the significance of the annual Windermere Cup.
“It’s our Kentucky Derby,” Callahan said at a Thursday news conference. “It’s a rite of passage, the opening of spring and the boating season.”
Hours before Saturday’s famed horse race takes place in Louisville, Ky., the annual tradition of the opening day of boating season will be celebrated at Montlake, capped by the University of Washington crews taking on Shanghai men’s and women’s High-Performance Rowing teams from China.
Cinco de Mayo celebration on the Montlake Cut, 6 p.