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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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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 […]
HRR Update 10, from 51.5358° N, 0.9029° W This update has been brought to you by Ellie Coles ’17 who is the varsity eight coxswain. After Henley she’ll put her double major in Chemistry and Archeology to work “hunting for dinosaurs”. The team made its final move of the trip from Nettlebed into houses in […]