Aiming to match the Washington women’s dominant performance at last weekend’s NCAA championships, the UW men head to the Intercollegiate Rowing Association championships as the nation’s top-ranked varsity crew and a favorite to win the school’s sixth men’s title in seven years.
The three-day regatta opens Friday on Lake Natoma near Sacramento with the Huskies rowing to claim men’s and women’s national titles in the same year for the first time since 1997.
“I think what the women did (sweeping all three grand finals at the NCAA regatta) was inspiring to the guys,” UW men’s coach Michael Callahan said.