Don’t count out the No. 4 Huskies, who have a chance at an unprecedented sixth consecutive title this weekend at the Intercollegiate Rowing Association championship in New Jersey.
Last year it was the drive for five, and the Washington men’s rowing team delivered by winning a fifth straight Intercollegiate Rowing Association championship, an unprecedented feat in men’s college rowing.
Are this year’s Huskies in the mix for six?
Anything is possible, says men’s coach Michael Callahan. Though he concedes that with just two seniors in his varsity eight boat and two returnees from last year’s crew, UW faces a tough task when the three-day IRA championships begin Friday on Mercer Lake in West Windsor, N.