68 // VARSITY April 17, 2014
Separation weekend
comes at Clemson Invite
Badgers looking to make move nationally
T
he numbers and letters
listed before the com-
petitors for this week-
end's Clemson Invitational are
glaring.
With every team ranked
between 12th and 19th in
the country taking part in
the event, along with another
10 crews receiving votes in
the latest Collegiate Rowing
Coaches Association Poll, a lot
of crews that might be on the
bubble come NCAA selection
time will get a chance to state
their case for inclusion into
the 22-team field.
Wisconsin enters the week-
end ranked No. 15, so among
the better-thought-of crews
taking part. A strong perfor-
mance would go a long way to
getting UW to its 10th NCAA
championship in 11 seasons.
BOSTON RETURN
● A year ago at this time, the UW wom-
en's lightweight rowing program can-
celled a trip to Boston for the Boston
Round Robin. It was days after the
Boston Marathon bombing and the
unknown surrounding the safety
of UW's travel party was too much
to overcome. This year, the event is
scheduled for the weekend before the
marathon, so the lightweights will get
their toughest test of the season with
teams like No. 1 Stanford, No. 2 Rad-
cliffe, No. 4 Boston University and No.
7 MIT among the crews sixth-ranked
Wisconsin will have to deal with on
the Charles River.
BADGER CHALLENGE WINNERS
● The women's rowing team, along with
football, was honored as the "Bad-
ger Challenge" winner at this week's
Buckinghams. Rowing was honored
as the women's team that exemplified
commitment to developing the whole
student-athlete thanks to a long list of
high-achieving student-athletes in the
classroom who also succeed on the
water and give back to the community.
Between the women's rowing and
football teams, student-athletes com-
bined for more than 3,200 community
service hours. "This was a big goal for
us and I'm really proud," said head
coach Bebe Bryans.
SCHEDULE
OPENWEIGHT
April 19-20 at Clemson Invite
May 4 at Minnesota
LIGHTWEIGHT
April 19-20 at Boston Round Robin
May 4 at Eastern Sprints
INSIDE
WOMEN'S ROWING
BY PAUL CAPOBIANCO @BADGERROWING