The William and Mary Rowing Club’s next race took place in Richmond. The club managed to prevail against strong headwinds to gain a 2nd place finish in the Women’s Varsity 8+ and a 1st place finish in the Women’s Novice 8+. William and Mary Alumni also raced, securing a 2nd place finish.
The William and Mary Rowing Club had another successful race weekend up in Northern Virginia, with great showings from all of its squads. Both the men’s Varsity 4+ and the men’s novice 8+ finished third in their races, while the men’s Varsity 8+ managed to pull out a first place finish in the petite final. […]
…and so it begins. The spring/sprint racing season began this past Saturday with our home race on the Chickahominy River, the Virginia Invitational. The weather was impeccable, and WMRC was happy to welcome George Mason University, James Madison University, and Liberty University to our race. The entire women’s squad went undefeated on the day, winning […]
The HOTO! While the Head of the Charles may be the biggest and most prestigious regatta on the fall calendar, the HOTO is perhaps the most exciting race. It is the race where the team stacks itself up against (mostly) similar competition. The men race an assortment of club and smaller varsity teams similar in size, and the women race […]
Homecoming weekend! William and Mary Rowing spent a busy Homecoming Saturday doing their best to promote school spirit and raise $ for the Boathouse campaign. The team had a wonderful time erging 5000 meters each (yeah erging!), selling WMRC Boathouse raffle tickets and clothing to alums, rocking out in the team’s Homecoming Parade Float, and […]
The Head of the Charles (or Chuck), is a name synonymous in rowing circles with a weekend of beautiful New England fall foliage and crisp autumn air, 3.2 miles of zany, challenging turns through tight bridges, and a half million of your best friends cheering you on as you gaspingly push yourself further and further into oxygen debt. It is […]
The season kicked off for William and Mary Rowing in northern Virginia, as the varsity squads raced at the Occoquan Chase. With the team running over two varsity eights for both the girls and guys at practice everyday for the first time in a decade, and with the team largely compromised of underclassmen rowing their first race ever […]
The big one. The end all be all. The Omega. The Dad Vail Regatta. We came out expecting the worst, with practice cancelled on Thursday due to flooding and rampant debris, with the course having washed away the day before, with two days of thunderstorms in the forecast, and with the institution of 1500 meter time trials on Friday to semifinals […]
Another spring weekend, another succesful Tribe regatta! The day started out well with everyone in high spirits, despite the light pitter-pattering of rain. After a coach/coxswain meeting spent listening to regatta officials explain the particulars of the Occoquan’s traffic patterns, the location of the launch and recovery docks, as well as the need for supple bowballs, Tribe Rowing […]
After bravely navigating the winding, treacherous paths on the route from Virginia to Tennessee, the team arrived at Melton Hill Lake eager to take on the competition. Racing kicked off on Saturday with the novice men’s four event. Going up against a strong field of opposing crews, our guys were edged out and placed fourth in the heat, […]