Washington Rowing

Washington Rowing, along with Windermere Real Estate, welcomes men’s and women’s crews from the Italian National Team and the University of Wisconsin for the 38th annual Windermere Cup, at the Seattle Yacht Club Opening Day Regatta scheduled for Saturday, May 4, 2024.

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A perfect day in the mountains for some team XC skiing💜  
  

Yesterday’s Alumnae Brunch was a huge success, and with record breaking turnout! Thank you to all who were able to join us and participate in this special occasion 💜 It was so empowering to see five decades of UW Women’s rowing in one room. Our program’s rich history, amazing alumnae, and their incredible legacy is what has made our program what you see today. GO DAWGS 🐺 always.
Special shoutout to our very own .photography for capturing these moments perfectly.

Calling all Women’s Alumae 🚨 Five days until our annual Women’s Alumnae Brunch! Meet current members of the team and connect with former teammates. Tickets available on our website!

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Please join us for our annual Women's Alumnae Brunch. Events begin at 9:00 am on Sat., Feb. 3 at Conibear Shellhouse.

Get to know current rowers and hear from our guest speaker, Kim Lawrence.

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Washington Women’s Alumnae Brunch Pease join us Saturday, February 3rd as we celebrate our Washington Rowing Family and Sisterhood!

ROGER MORRIS
Played by Sam Strike

• As a boy, Morris spent his summers rowing a small boat at his family's rustic cabin on Bainbridge Island.
o When he was 12, he rowed across
Puget Sound - and through the Ballard Locks- to his family home in Fremont.
• Like many families, his was hit hard by the Depression. Morris earned his tuition money playing in a dance band.

HOMETOWN
Seattle (Fremont)
POSITION
Bow
MAJOR
Mechanical Engineering

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CHUCK DAY
Played by Thomas Elms

•The son of a dentist, Day probably had the most financial stability of the crew.
Still, he chose a tough and dangerous summer job working on the Grand Coulee Dam project, alongside Joe Rantz and Johnny White.
• Day was the jokester of the group and, according to his family, got into a lot of scraps.
• Day served as a Naval doctor in the South Pacific in WWII.

HOMETOWN
Seattle (just a few blocks north of the UW campus)
POSITION
2 Seat
MAJOR
Pre-Medicine

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GORDY ADAM
Played by Joel Phillimore

• Adam grew up on a dairy farm near the Canadian border.
• He spent five months salmon fishing in the brutal waters off the Alaskan coast to earn enough for tuition.
• Adam ran out of money before he could graduate from the UW. His senior year, he took a part-time job with Boeing, where he would work for 38 years. Joe Rantz and Stub McMillin also had careers at

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JOHNNY WHITE
Played by Tom Varey

• White's father, who'd been a talented sculler in his younger days, often rowed his shell alone on Lake Washington.
• When he graduated from high school two years early, White was too young
-and not strong enough - to pursue his (and his father's) dream of rowing at the UW.
• White spent two years after high school doing heavy labor at a shipyard and a sawmill to save for college. When he arrived at the UW he was tall and muscular.

HOMETOWN
Seattle (South of Seward Park)
POSITION
4 Seat
MAJOR
Metallurgical Engineering

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JIM "STUB" MCMILLIN
Played Wil Coban

• As a teen, McMillin spent all his spare time doing odd jobs and was too busy to turn out for sports.
• After winning gold in Berlin, McMillin nearly had to drop out of school due to lack of funds, but Seattle's Rainier Club raised $350 to help him finish his studies.
• After graduation, McMillin eventually joined Moch as a rowing coach at MIT.

HOMETOWN
Seattle (Queen Anne)
POSITION
5 Seat
MAJOR
Civil Engineering

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GEORGE "SHORTY" HUNT
Played by Bruce Herbelin-Earle

• Hunt was 6'3", hence his tongue-in-cheek nickname.
• The youngest on the team, Hunt celebrated his 19th birthday on the day of the Olympics opening ceremonies.
• Hunt served as a Seabee in the South Pacific during WWIl.

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JOE RANTZ
Played by Callum Turner

o Rantz moved from town to town in the Northwest as a child, but the only place that ever felt like home to him was Sequim.
• Rantz was abandoned at age 15 by his family. Left alone in Sequim, he made do through fishing, foraging and odd jobs.
• As a UW student, Rantz worked as a janitor at the YMCA and lived in its basement.

In his downtime, Rantz could usually be found with an instrument in his hands, singing old cowboy songs.

HOMETOWN
Sequim
POSITION
7 Seat
AREA OF STUDY
Chemical Engineering

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DON HUME
Played by Jack Mulhern

o When Hume's father lost his job at the lumber mill, the family moved to Olympia to find work. Hume stayed behind to finish high school, then worked in a pulp mill.
• Hume found and refurbished a rowboat, and when his job at the pulp mill gave out, he rowed it about 100 miles from Anacortes to Olympia - a trip that took six days.
• On the boat trip to Germany, Hume developed a respiratory infection he couldn't shake, and he raced in the rowing final while 14 pounds underweight and running a fever.

HOMETOWN
Anacortes
POSITION
Stroke Oar
AREA OF STUDY
Engineering

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BOBBY MOCH
Played by Luke Slattery

* Though Moch was not tall (5’7″) and had asthma, he lettered in basketball. He was also valedictorian of his high school.
* Moch’s father was Jewish, a fact Moch didn’t learn until just days before he left for Berlin.
* Moch went on to earn his J.D. from Harvard Law — while coaching rowing at

HOMETOWN
Montesano, Washington

POSITION
Coxswain

AREA OF STUDY
Law

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As we see one chapter in the Washington’s history on the big screen, we encourage you to learn more about its legacy, including the incredible stories of oarswomen in Washington and our community. Check out the new Pulling Together exhibit at MOHAI to experience more of the 100+ year history.

A Brief History of Rowing in Seattle to celebrate at the link in bio.

rei: Women students in front of The ASUW Shellhouse, University of Washington, Seattle, 1949

MOHAI, Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection, 1986.5.15891.4, photo by Clarence J. Rote

Please note: MOHAI is closed December 25. We look forward to welcoming you on Tuesday, December 26.

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Check out the latest edition of SWEEP Magazine, which includes updates on film, profiles of rowers Leah Nash & Blake Vogel & much more!

gohuskies.com/Dec23SWEEP

Honored to be invited to the LA premiere of . Director George Clooney and his dapper cast and crew come together to celebrate their great team.

Based on the incredible true story, see the film only in theaters this Christmas. Get tickets 🎫

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The Washington Rowing community mourns the passing of John Squadroni. (Right side of photo)

John rowed at Washington on the Freshman men’s crew. After which he joined Dick Erickson’s Varsity squad.

In the summer of 1980 Bob Ernst was asked to coach the women’s varsity squad and John asked if he could help coach.

Jan Harville was the Novice coach and the Varsity squad was very large so John helped coach while still taking undergrad courses in forestry.

The rest is history, John developed the athletes that progressed through the 4’s to the JV and on to the Varsity.
The team went on to win the National Championship in 1981,’82,’83,’84,’85 and ‘87.

In 1984 Bob Ernst took a leave of absence to prepare the Olympic VIII that won Gold in Los Angeles.

John coached the UW Varsity that won the National Championship!

After graduating from UW John coached the University of New Hampshire women’s varsity to great results and eventually was asked to Coach California Women’s team.

Since his time at Cal John has run a very successful business which featured skills he acquired as a Forester in Washington.

Rest in peace John.

Thank you, Seattle! Director George Clooney and producer Grant Heslov brought home at a special screening last night including guests author Daniel James Brown, Judy Rantz (daughter of Joe Rantz), UW Crew coaches, staff and alumni.

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The 2024 Boys In The Boat

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George Clooney, director of the movie "The Boys in the Boat, and Daniel James Brown, author of the bestselling book on which the movie is based, at the University of Washington's Conibear Shellhouse on Thursday. "The Boys in the Boat" is the story of the UW rowing team that won gold at the 1936 Olympics. (Daniel Kim / The Seattle Times)


George Clooney visits Seattle, talks 'Boys in the Boat' with its author

https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/movies/george-clooney-visits-seattle-talks-boys-in-the-boat-with-its-author/

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UW CREW in Hollywood Spotlight

UW pulling for ripple effect from Clooney's 'Boys in the Boat' film


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Support the living legacy of Washington Rowing!

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In 1936, the University of Washington men's rowing team did the unthinkable: despite injuries and illness, they defeated British, German, and Italian crews and brought home a gold medal at the Berlin Olympics.
MOHAI is proud to display a selection of rare artifacts and photographs related to the 1936 champion crew which offer a look into the rich history of rowing in Seattle in MOHAI’s newest exhibit, Pulling Together: A Brief History of Rowing in Seattle, now open in the Peggy Corley Showcase on Seattle History.

Explore how the sport of rowing has united the city around the shared values of teamwork and inclusion and connected us to the world beyond.

G: University of Washington crew in front of shell house, 1939

MOHAI, Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection, 1986.5.15874.1

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The Great Race!

and beyond, Washington Athletics is dedicated to honoring the significant contributions made by Native Americans, as well as celebrating the rich and varied cultures, customs, and history.

November 29th, 1941
Swinomish leader Tandy Wilbur arranged a competition between two Indigenous racing canoes and two shells rowed by the University of Washington oarsmen. Wilbur intended the race to help form bonds among the different tribal groups living on the Swinomish reservation, and to use publicity from the race to build economic ties to the settler communities nearby. The four crews made a series of 100-yard sprints down Swinomish Slough, from the Swinomish Reservation to the town of La Conner. When interviewed in the 1990s, members from both sides remembered winning the race.

Image one shows the Indigenous pullers and the Husky Crew posing next to their canoes and shells. Swinomish leader Charlie Edwards, holding the light hat, stands in front of "Lone Eagle" on the right, and "Susie Q" is in the middle. UW crew coach Al Ulbrickson with the dark coat is standing in front of his rowers, with the second UW shell visible at left and right.

Image two shows the four racing crafts in the water. The pullers were racing canoes named "Lone Eagle" and "Susie Q". The Husky oarsmen raced the “Husky II” and an unidentified shell.

Emmett Oliver remarked “The canoe represents Native life at its fullest”….In sum there is a long and significant tradition of canoe in Coastal Salish culture

See this story and more at the

PULLING TOGETHER

A BRIEF HISTORY OF ROWING IN SEATTLE OPENING NOV 24, 2023

Washington Rowing mourns the passing of John Sayre '58, the stroke of UW's legendary 1958 crew, a 1960 Olympic gold medalist, and an extraordinary oarsman in all ways.

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Well rowed, John.

UW Rowing Mourns The Passing Of John Sayre '58 - University of Washington Athletics Former Washington oarsman John Sayre, the stroke rower of the legendary 1958 UW men's crew, has died at the age of 87, his family has announced.

Leading a team to glory takes the skill of a great coach.

After rowing as a student at the University of Washington, Al Ulbrickson went on to coach the crew there from 1927 until retiring in 1959. His UW crews won six Intercollegiate Rowing Association championships; four of those times they won varsity, junior varsity and freshman titles in the same year. He also coached gold medal-winning U.S. rowing teams in the 1936 Berlin and 1948 London Olympics, also taking a bronze in 1952 Helsinki. He was one of five coaches who were charter members of UW Athletic Hall of Fame when it was established in 1979.

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2023 Turkey Trot Winners!🦃🦃🦃  
Overall: Makena Rutledge ‘27 & Lyle Donovan ‘26