The team traveled with five eights to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for the first regatta of the year. Amid a myriad of construction, a strong headwind, and rough water conditions the Hoos got to work at the 36th Memorial Murphy Cup Regatta hosted by Temple University. Novice Eights (4th & 6th of 11) Two novice eights […]
After a long week of heavy training twice a day, we finished Spring Break with a friendly scrimmage against Georgetown. Over the course of the week we rowed heavy volume and tried various lineups, making solid improvements throughout. On Friday we settled on racing lineups for the next day and practiced some rate work to […]
Dear VRA Family, A brief twofold update on the team’s recent and upcoming happenings. As many of you have heard, tragedy struck last week as we lost one of our own, first-year Nick Marshall. As you can imagine, the loss has hit us all hard, not only current team members but also alumni who suffered […]
Over the past two weekends, we’ve started our spring season off! Below is an update on the fun in case you missed it and a preview of what else is to come this spring. On February 17, we had the good fortune of enjoying the 6th Annual State of the VRA Dinner in Washington D.C. […]
You are cordially invited to attend the 6th Annual State of the Virginia Rowing Association Dinner on Saturday, February 17 in Washington, D.C. Join us as Head Coach Frank Biller reports on the current state of the team, recaps the successful fall season, and shares the exciting position the team is in for the coming […]
Virginia Men’s Rowing had a weekend full of racing in both the Head of the Schuylkill and the Princeton Chase. We were lucky to avoid most of the bad weather and have great results! The majority of the team raced on Saturday at Philadelphia’s “Fall Festival of Rowing” at the 47th Annual Head of the […]
October 25, 2017 Dear VRA Family – It is with great pleasure I write regarding the team’s trip to the Head of the Charles this past weekend. In case you haven’t heard the good news—the varsity eight took home gold and set a new course record! Below are all the details from another successful trip […]
HRR Update Thirteen, from 51.5358° N, 0.9029° W Rising fourth year Garret Overholser has brought you this post. He sits seven-seat in the eight and is recognizable by being the only guy on the entire squad using light blue foam grips on his oar handle.As Sebastian noted in his earlier post, our Henley Campaign has come to an end. […]
HRR Update Twelve, from 51.5358° N, 0.9029° W Sebastien Simko, a rising fourth year and stroke of the four (the later, bucketed edition) has written today’s post. As our trip is in the final stages, we will only have a handful of more posts to come. By now many of you know that our run here […]
HRR Update Three, from 51.5358° N, 0.9029° W This update has been brought to you by the other half of the “small people squad” here in Henley. Newly minted alumni Samantha Needham is the coxswain of the four. She graduated with a double major in Anthropology and Spanish and will begin a career in the government […]