The University of Wisconsin men’s rowing team is ranked No. 11 in the country after their home race at Devil’s Lake in Baraboo this weekend. With Eastern Sprints coming up next weekend the excitement surrounding the team is as high as it has been in years.
Though what is perhaps more interesting is how as a program Wisconsin is able to compete with some of the best rowing schools in the nation despite a lower number of recruits in the Midwest than the East and West coasts.
Wisconsin Rowing is built primarily on the strength of walk-on talent with about 70 percent of the team going unrecruited.