Windermere Collegiate Rowing Classic

From Captured Speed Productions we have race video of the Wisconsin vs. Cal varsity dual at Redwood Shores.
This video also includes interviews with Wisconsin coach Chris Clark and Cal coach Steve Gladstone.
Note: Video is very large, you may need to pause for a few seconds to let it load.

Two days and eighty-eight collegiate races later, the collegiate rowing standings are not immediately clearer as to who is better than who, but the results are in, so let's take a look at what went down the 2km course at Redwood Shores.

If there’s one take-home lesson from Saturday, beyond the obvious “rankings don’t matter” standby, it’s that rowing is an outdoor sport, and crews that can handle the elements better than others will always be better off than crews who can’t handle the elements. Yesterday, those elements were wind and rain, the former of which was the predominant factor in a lot of races.

So the big question of the day is: did the midwest and southeast just blow out the west coast or did the west coast just manage to practice themselves into fair water complacency?

It's been two weeks since the Windermere schedule was released, and now the races are upon us. I probably won't be getting race recaps online until after tomorrow's racing, so here's something to munch on in the meantime. Remember, rankings are getting thrown out the window when racing starts...