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Who rows in college?

If you love rowing and want to row in college, there’s a good chance you’ll find a place where you can be happy and fulfill yourself academically, athletically, and personally. As a student-athlete, you have many options, including NCAA Division I, II, and III rowing schools, plus many club programs. If you’re a talented athlete, you may be recruited to row in college, even if you’ve never rowed in high school. There are also opportunities for light rowers and coxswains, although their options are more limited.

Choose between Division I, II and III schools

There are many college rowing programs of varying abilities. You may want high-level competition with the opportunity to compete for a National Championship or compete in England’s Henley Women’s Regatta, or you may be content to train less frequently and compete at a lower level. Whatever your ability, size or shape, there is a program for you.

There are approximately 140 women’s rowing programs that are supported by the intercollegiate athletics departments of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) member institutions. These are further divided into NCAA Division I, Division II, and Division III programs.

  • If you want to compete at the top level, you should start by looking at Division I schools. Competition in Division I is higher than Division II and III, and so are the demands on the athletes.
  • Division II and III schools are typically smaller, have a different setting, and offer a different college experience than many Division I colleges.
  • Training time at Division II and III schools is much less than Division I.
  • Only Division I and II schools offer rowing scholarships.

Each school is different and has its individual advantages and disadvantages. It is important that you do your research and take a close look at everything a prospective school has to offer.

light rowers

Much varsity lightweight rowing is done only at the club level, but there are a few varsity lightweight programs that are supported by their respective athletic departments. Talented lightweight rowers may be recruited to row at the open weight level at colleges that may not have a supported lightweight team.

Currently the main supported programs are:

  • Wisconsin
  • Princeton
  • Stanford
  • Harvard (Radcliffe)
  • georgetown
  • Bucknell has had some good success at the lightweight level recently, but unlike the others listed here, he doesn’t specialize in lightweight rowing, instead recruiting athletes who can also be lightweight.
  • Women’s lightweight rowing is not an NCAA-sponsored sport, and its annual national championships are held in conjunction with the Intercollegiate Rowing Association (IRA) men’s championships, rather than the NCAA women’s championships.

the electronic book Row in College: A Recruiting Guide for Female Student-Athletes contains a neat way to see which varsity teams are competing at lightweight and how they compare not only to each other, but also to open weight teams.

Lightweight rowers must be under 7:40 for the standard 2k ergometer test to be recruited into one of the top lightweight programs. You still have a very good chance if you have 7:50 with good racing experience and big studios.

During your senior year in high school, you need to make sure your weight is consistently 132 pounds or less, or the top lightweight programs won’t be interested in recruiting you.

coxes

There are opportunities to recruit good helmsmen. Coaches obviously recruit more rowers than helmsmen for their teams, but they are always looking for helmsmen with the potential to make a positive impact on their team.

  • You must proactively market your skills and demonstrate your assertiveness and leadership qualities as you seek a place at your chosen university.
  • Send college coaches your audio tapes, which should demonstrate how you run a practice and what you call both head runs and sprints.
  • You should include information from your team’s formal managerial evaluations to help show what you can offer a prospective college coach.
  • Ask your high school coach for recommendations to coaches at colleges that interest you.
  • Make sure your weight is consistently under 115 pounds.

Walkers and not rowers

You don’t have to have rowed in high school to be able to row in college. There are plenty of opportunities for tall, athletic women to participate in most college rowing programs. Good high school athletes can be recruited to row despite having no previous rowing experience. the electronic book Row in College: A Recruiting Guide for Female Student-Athletes contains a link for more information on “college prep” training services for non-rowers to be recruited to row in college.

Row in College: A Recruiting Guide for Female Student-Athletes is a complete guide to the process of recruiting college ranks for women. It contains most of what you will need to know and the actions you will need to take in order to be successfully recruited to row in college.

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