INSIDE ROWING BY CHARLIE HEALY @BadgerRowing
THIS WEEKEND Lightweight Women
Saturday
vs. Harvard, MIT, Stanford, UMass, Buffalo — at Boston
the course, a swimmer deliberately swam between the boats, forcing the race to stop for safety reasons. After a 30-minute delay, the race was restarted near the site of the original stoppage. Shortly after the restart, the two boats' oars clashed and an Oxford oar snapped, but the race continued and Cambridge se- cured a 4 1/4-length victory. Dudek helped Cambridge extend
its lead to 81-76 in the all-time se- ries, adding a strange chapter to an already historic race.
Dudek latest Badger in T
he Oxford and Cam- bridge Boat Race is argu-
ably the most famous rowing event in the world. Raced 157 times since
1829, and every year since 1946, the 4.2-mile race on London's River Thames gets worldwide attention. Over the years, several former Badgers have attend-
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'The Boat Race' Former Badger helps Cambridge win wild race
ed Oxford or Cambridge and raced in the famous event. The latest was Steve Dudek, a 2011 UW graduate from Manitowoc, Wis. Dudek and his Cambridge teammates defeated Oxford last Saturday in one of the oddest races in history. With the two boats neck-and- neck about three miles down
Vote early and often! » The women's lightweight fresh- men 8 is a finalist for the Boat of the Week on Row2k.com, and fans can vote for the Badgers online. The UW crew of seven walk-ons won the openweight novice event at the Knecht Cup last weekend, winning over 28 other crews. The first-year Badgers also raced in the lightweight varsity event. Fans are encouraged to vote for the Badgers here.
Shipping up to Boston » The No. 2 lightweight Badgers head to Boston for the last race of the regular season Saturday. It'll be a star-studded field on the Charles River, with No. 1 Stanford, No. 7 Buffalo, No. 9 MIT, No. 10 UMass and Harvard joining UW.
