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ROW AMERICA:
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ROW AMERICA 2014-2015:
Milford, CT
When is the rowing season?
Winter: Strength and Cardio
Spring: 2k Races (Sprints)
ALL YEAR!
What can you do with it?
- Gain teamwork, leadership and time management skills
- Make life-long friends!
- Compete on a local level
- Compete on a national level
- Compete on an international level
- Be recruited to college
- Possibly receive a scholarship from a rowing team
Fall: Head Racing 3k-6k (Long Distance)
What is ROWING!?
TITLE IX: Opportunities for Women in Rowing
Where can you row?
boat + water = fun.
Head of the Charles Regatta, Boston, MA
Opportunities on a Collegiate Level
Train in Milford and race in the Northeast or cross-country!
- Universities that have never had a men's team have added women's rowing to the athletic department.
- They provide funding and athletic scholarships for the expensive and demanding sport, contributing to a noticeable increase in the success and competitiveness of many collegiate women's rowing teams.
- This, in part, is to comply with Title IX; many of the football powers use women's rowing to help balance out the large number of scholarships awarded to male football players.
San Diego Crew Classic, San Diego, CA
Fun Facts!!!
http://www.scholarshipstats.com/rowing.html
USA W8+ 2012 Olympic Gold Medalists
- Eight-oared shells are about 60-feet long - that’s 20 yards on a football field.
- Rowing was the first intercollegiate sport contested in the United States. The first rowing race was between Harvard and Yale in 1852.
- Rowing is one of the original sports in the modern Olympic Games.
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