The Huskies open another season of high expectations as the women are coming off a historic sweep and the men are looking to win the title they narrowly missed out on last year.
Tennyson Federspiel, streaks of purple face paint stretching from brow to cheek as part of the Braveheart theme he and his fellow juniors adopted for Saturday’s 117th annual Class Day Regatta, explained the mindset that guides Washington rowing.
“To be the tip of the spear,” Federspiel, a Bellevue graduate, said. “Everyone from the bottom boat to the top boat, pushing and working toward the fastest boat, trying to make everyone faster.