Yaz Farooq didn’t really believe the scouting report she got three years ago from UW men’s rowing coach Michael Callahan.
Farooq was getting ready for her first Windermere Cup as the new UW women’s coach.
“Callahan says it’s like rowing in a stadium, and I’m like, ‘OK,’ ” she said, sounding unconvinced. “But it is rowing in a stadium. There is one (rowing) stadium in the world, and it’s here, in Seattle. It’s just amazing.”
Because of that, UW has no trouble finding the best rowing teams in the world to come for the experience of racing in the Montlake Cut, with fans on each side and above.