1967
Class of 1967 John R. Schoonover Newsletters, Programs, & Press Newsletter | May 1967 Photographs (via Flickr)
Events &News
1877: The Rives Boat Club
Efforts to found a ‘boating club’ began in the autumn of 1867. By the spring of 1877 “the brilliant but all to brief history of boating at the University had its beginning.” (Jefferson, Cabell, and the University of Virginia) The Rives Boat Club was founded at the University of Virginia. Francis R. Rives, Master of […]
VRA sees success at 2017 Head of the Charles
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 […]
VRA Wraps Up Fall Season In Indianapolis
Dear VRA Family, This past weekend we were in Indianapolis, Indiana for the 2nd Annual Bald Eagle Collegiate Invitational; despite our previous plans to never return after last year had unbeatably perfect weather. We brought a whole fleet of boats, with most of the team double racing in both eights and small boats. I am […]
2017 Class Day Races and Alumni BBQ
Hope to see everyone in Charlottesville, this Saturday (November 11) for the festivities! 0845 Team arrives at Boathouse. Gets organized, assists with setup, warm-ups. 0930 Races begin! 1115 Races end, lunch begins. 1230 Wrap up BBQ. 1300 Paved parking lot behind Boathouse cleared for bus parking. Women’s teams for the Rivanna Romp arrive for practice. […]
Full Weekend of Racing at 2017 HOSR and Princeton Chase
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 […]
VRA sees success at 2017 Head of the Charles
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 […]
Martin Carrasco Carvajal
6’4″ / 220 lbs. Hometown: Centreville, VA Year: Class of 2021 Major: B.S. Biomedical Engineering
HRR Update Thirteen
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
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 […]