Sprinting down the Montlake Cut course as if they had motors instead of oars, University of Washington men’s and women’s varsity crews set course records Saturday in winning Windermere Cup feature races.
The Husky men covered the 2,000-meter course in 5 minutes, 27.48 seconds, finishing far ahead of the Shanghai, China men’s team that was clocked in 5:45.36.
The UW women won in 6:07.03. The Huskies’ second varsity eight was runner-up in 6:18.12 and the Shanghai visitors were third in 6:37.23.
The course that starts on Lake Washington then enters the Montlake Cut has been used by UW rowing teams since the 1970s.