The Washington men’s rowing team fell just short in the Intercollegiate Rowing Association national championship regatta Sunday, as the Huskies were edged by Yale in the varsity eight grand final by 0.069 seconds on Lake Natoma in Gold River, Calif.
The win in the event’s featured race gave Yale the national championship, but the Huskies won national titles in the three other races — the second and third varsity eights and the varsity four.
“I think they had an outstanding race,” UW coach Michael Callahan told gohuskies.com about his varsity eight. “It looked like we were in position to maybe do it, but in the end Yale was able to have a better day.