No. 1 UW Men Hold Off Kiwis To Win Windermere Cup

Saturday, May 3

Seattle, Wash.

10:00 AM

University of Washington

Windermere Cup / Opening Day Regatta

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May 03, 2025 | Men's Rowing

Full Regatta Results

SEATTLE – The No. 1-ranked Washington men's rowing team held off a late challenge from New Zealand to retain the Windermere Cup Saturday on Montlake Cut, wrapping up a clean sweep of races at the Windermere Cup & Opening Day Regatta.

Thousands lined the race course, aboard boats tied to the log boom, across the draw-span of the Montlake Bridge and along both sides of the Cut, as the UW men and women wrapped up their home and regular seasons with wins in all 11 collegiate races, including the featured Windermere Cup events.

For the men, it was the Huskies' 29^th win in the Windermere Cup in 38 attempts. In 2015, the most recent of three prior trips to the event, New Zealand beat the UW, which went on to win the national championship that spring.

Saturday, the Kiwis provided a solid challenge, keeping contact with the Huskies for the entire 2,000 meters. Washington had stretched its lead to nearly a full length as the crews entered the Cut, 600-some meters from the finish line, but the visitors made a move that forced a response from the Huskies.

The 2025 Windermere Cup on May3, 2025. (Photography by Scott Eklund/Red Box Pictures)

The 2025 Windermere Cup on May3, 2025. (Photography by Scott Eklund/Red Box Pictures)

As they crossed the finish line, Washington won by half a boat length and about 1.4 seconds, with a time of 5:30.139 to the Kiwis' 5:31.576.

"I was pleased to see we performed so well today considering the close Dual race last week against California," said Michael Callahan, the UW men's head coach. "New Zealand is a top competitor and gave us a top-notch race today. The varsity had a very well executed race and showed better speed in the middle 1,000 this week."

"I'm really impressed with how the guys in my boat handled the pressure," said UW varsity coxswain Nick Dunlop. "The Kiwis did a really good job not giving us an easy task, so I'm really proud of how we handled today. It was another gritty win."

Washington's crew included three oarsmen from New Zealand: Ben Shortt, Harry Fitzpatrick and Logan Ullrich, who won a silver medal in the four at the 2024 Olympic Games.

The 2025 Windermere Cup on May3, 2025. (Photography by Scott Eklund/Red Box Pictures)

Earlier in the regatta, Washington's second varsity eight bested Gonzaga for the Erickson Cascade Cup.

Washington also had the top-two finishers in the third varsity eights/freshman eights event, with the 3V8 beating the newcomers. In the men's four, Washington had three entries, which finished first through third, ahead of a four from Seattle University.

Next for the UW men is the inaugural Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) Championship, the weekend after next at Lake Natoma in Gold River, Calif. Two weeks later, the Huskies defend their national title at the IRA Regatta on the Cooper River in New Jersey.

"It's super helpful to have really strong competition here in the Cut," noted Dunlop, the varsity cox, "and it's nice to do it in front of a big, home crowd as well. We'll take what we learned today into MPSFs and IRAs."

The 2025 Windermere Cup on May3, 2025. (Photography by Scott Eklund/Red Box Pictures)

"A race like that will only strengthen and prepare us for the conference championships in two weeks," Callahan added. "The whole team top to bottom was outstanding today, and it was an amazing atmosphere on the Cut. I haven't seen that many people so energetic in years! It's so amazing to see our fans out there. Our students appreciate it more than they can know."

WASHINGTON LINEUPS

Varsity Eight – Windermere Cup
Shell: Brett "Big Red" Reisinger
Cox: Nick Dunlop
Stroke: Ryan Smith
7: Harry Fitzpatrick
6: Giuseppe Bellomo
5: Sam Ford
4: Logan Ullrich
3: Jonathan Wang-Norderud
2: Ben Shortt
Bow: Blake Vogel

Second Varsity Eight – Erickson Cascade Cup
Shell: ShoeDaWg
Cox: Kieran Joyce
Stroke: Ryan Martin
7: Klas Ole Lass
6: Quinn Hall
5: Povilas Juskevicius
4: Ian Burnett
3: Lyle Donovan
2: Marius Bjørn-Hansen Ahlsand
Bow: Finn Griskauskas

Third Varsity Eight
Shell: Chuck Holtz III
Cox: Nikita Jacobs
Stroke: Rory McDonnell
7: Will Milne
6: Marc Tennesen
5: Alex Gonin
4: Ewan Morrow
3: Lucas Andersen
2: Cameron Tasker
Bow: Hector Guimet

Fourth Varsity Eight
Shell: Carl Lovsted
Cox: Anjali Pamurthy
Stroke: Devan Godfrey
7: Colin Phariss
6: Parker Raines
5: Ethan Walsh
4: Jed Grieve
3: Marley King Smith
2. Oliver Leach
Bow: Matteo Belgeri

Varsity Four "A"
Shell: Lou Gellermann
Cox: Maggie Gibbons
Stroke: Connor Shoup
3: Lucas Woodruff
2: Billy Osborne
Bow: Galen Hardy

Varsity Four "B"
Shell: George Yeoman Pocock
Cox: Peter Frost
Stroke: Crosby LaMotte
3: Henry Andren
2: Dimitri Chamitoff
Bow: Colin Seng

Varsity Four "C"
Shell: Clipper Too
Cox: Maya Malik
Stroke: Arden Acton
3: Kiefer Law
2: Henry Ramstad
Bow: Addison Smee