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UW Women To Dedicate New 'Jan Harville' Shell Friday At Conibear
April 29, 2026 | Women's Rowing
Friday night, the Washington women's rowing team will officially christen the newest rowing shell in the Husky fleet – the Jan Harville.
The Empacher eight-oared shell, in which the UW women's varsity eight will row Saturday in the Windermere Cup, is named for legendary Washington rower and coach Jan Harville.
Harville rowed at UW in the earliest days of the women's program and went on to join the United States National Team, earning a place on the 1980 Olympic women's eight, though the United States ultimately boycotted the '80 Games. She competed at multiple World Championships and rowed in the women's four at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles.
In the meantime, Harville joined the Washington coaching staff as an assistant in 1980 and became head coach in 1988, earning Pac-10 Coach of the Year a remarkable nine times. Harville led the UW program into the NCAA era, as the Huskies won the first two NCAA championships (the first two NCAA titles ever at UW, in any sport) in 1997 and 1998. She also won the national championship a third time in 2001 and retired following the 2003 season.
The shell that will be christened Friday at Conibear Shellhouse was provided through the efforts of the 1987 and 1988 UW women's crews, each of which won the national championship, with Harville as assistant coach in '87, and as a first-year head coach in 1988.
Harville is a member of the Husky Hall of Fame and the National Rowing Foundation Hall of Fame. In 2000, she was honored as the Pac-12 Coach of the Century.
Friday's event is part of the VBC Reunion, which gets underway at Conibear Shellhouse at 5:00 p.m. The "Jan Harville" will be dedicated at 6:00 p.m., followed by the christening of a new men's shell, the Austin J. Regier '20, at 6:20 p.m. The Washington women will also row in the Windermere Cup Twilight Sprints at 8:00 a.m. and 8:10 p.m., starting from the traditional Montlake Cut finish line, and finishing at the east end of the Cut, in front of the ASUW Shellhouse.
For news, scores, highlights and more, download the Go Huskies app on your mobile device. Follow @washingtrowing on Instagram, Threads, Facebook and TikTok; and @UW_Rowing on X, and subscribe to UW Athletics on YouTube for the latest on the Dawgs.
The Empacher eight-oared shell, in which the UW women's varsity eight will row Saturday in the Windermere Cup, is named for legendary Washington rower and coach Jan Harville.
Harville rowed at UW in the earliest days of the women's program and went on to join the United States National Team, earning a place on the 1980 Olympic women's eight, though the United States ultimately boycotted the '80 Games. She competed at multiple World Championships and rowed in the women's four at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles.
In the meantime, Harville joined the Washington coaching staff as an assistant in 1980 and became head coach in 1988, earning Pac-10 Coach of the Year a remarkable nine times. Harville led the UW program into the NCAA era, as the Huskies won the first two NCAA championships (the first two NCAA titles ever at UW, in any sport) in 1997 and 1998. She also won the national championship a third time in 2001 and retired following the 2003 season.
The shell that will be christened Friday at Conibear Shellhouse was provided through the efforts of the 1987 and 1988 UW women's crews, each of which won the national championship, with Harville as assistant coach in '87, and as a first-year head coach in 1988.
Harville is a member of the Husky Hall of Fame and the National Rowing Foundation Hall of Fame. In 2000, she was honored as the Pac-12 Coach of the Century.
Friday's event is part of the VBC Reunion, which gets underway at Conibear Shellhouse at 5:00 p.m. The "Jan Harville" will be dedicated at 6:00 p.m., followed by the christening of a new men's shell, the Austin J. Regier '20, at 6:20 p.m. The Washington women will also row in the Windermere Cup Twilight Sprints at 8:00 a.m. and 8:10 p.m., starting from the traditional Montlake Cut finish line, and finishing at the east end of the Cut, in front of the ASUW Shellhouse.
For news, scores, highlights and more, download the Go Huskies app on your mobile device. Follow @washingtrowing on Instagram, Threads, Facebook and TikTok; and @UW_Rowing on X, and subscribe to UW Athletics on YouTube for the latest on the Dawgs.
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