Dear Alumni and Friends, This has been an incredible year already – and there is so much more to come in 2024! This summer we were finally able to take a team to Henley Royal again after a six-year hiatus – it was an amazing experience, not just for the 15 team members getting to […]
The schedule for spring 2022 has been announced! See below for details: Temple Scrimmage| March 5, 2022, | Charlottesville, VA Navy Lights & Bucknell Scrimmage | March 19, 2022 | Charlottesville, VA GWU & Hobart Scrimmage | March 26, 2022 | Charlottesville, VA Knecht Cup | April 9-10, 2022 | Camden, NJ SIRA Regional Championships […]
Mark your calendars for this year’s GivingTuesday! With a 50% increase in students coming to rowing try-outs this year, we will be traveling with a large racing squad. Your generous financial support ensures that our program can continue to operate on a balanced budget. Please consider giving to the Virginia Rowing Association this November 30.
Beaver Creek Sculling, a local high school rowing team; the Dietz International Rowing Academy, an organization providing international rowing and cultural experiences for underprivileged youth; and the Virginia Rowing Association (UVA) will host Arshay Cooper, the team captain of the first all-black high school rowing team. Throughout the evening, Arshay will share his award-winning film, […]
September 12, 2021 The Season has started! We are incredibly grateful for the many students who tried out – selections were very competitive and are still on-going in Phase 2 with 92 people. Our 2021/2022 Roster will be announced in the beginning of October.
Read Frank Biller’s Update
The Classes of 2000 and 2001 offer a challenge grant, matching dollar-for-dollar all donations to VRA up to $20,000 in our 20th anniversary year. To learn more about the grant, see the PDF below. Challenge Grant PDF
On May 11, 2019, my friend Raoul and I will be competing in an Ironman triathlon in Sonoma County, California. Raoul is friend from high school who swam for a Division I program in college and who shares my enthusiasm for absurd soul-crushing feats of endurance athletics. The Ironman initially represented a next-level fitness goal […]
An idea that has been around for a while finally came to fruition thanks to ’18 alumni Chris Hastings and Stephen Hayes. Alumni and current team members have the opportunity to create a SAFE online profile and some background information about themselves. The idea is not only to find mentors and mentees, but to connect […]
Instead of another scrimmage, this year we held a full 2,000-meter dual race for shirts. Since most varsity programs do not run novice eights anymore, we took the best 24 guys and put them across three varsity eights (1V, 2V, 3V). The 3V had the best performance; never separated by more than a few seats […]