The UW pair of senior Calina Schanze and junior Tabea Schendekehl won the women's collegiate pairs competition and the Huskies' top entry in the women's collegiate eight won its race Saturday at the Head of the American regatta on Lake Natoma.

Washington's women's rowing team will send a large contingent of rowers to the Head of the American this Saturday. The Head of the American is held on Lake Natoma, the annual home of the Pac-12 Championships, and frequent site of the men's and women's national championship regattas.

Washington Rowing is rich in tradition. From George Pocock and Hiram Conibear, through innumerable championships and Olympic regattas to the present-day successes, the UW men's and women's programs have plenty of reason to be proud.

Washington alumna and veteran U.S. para-rower Danielle Hansen '17 won both a gold and a silver medal while former UW men's team captain Jacob Dawson '16 won bronze in the men's four Saturday in the next-to-last day of the 2018 World Rowing Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria.

Washington's men's and women's rowing teams wrap up their fall schedule Sunday, Nov. 4, with the 39th annual Head of the Lake, starting at 8:00 a.m. PT.