Come one, Come all! Join us in Charlottesville for the 2018 Class Day Races and Alumni Weekend on Saturday, November 17, 2018. The Day’s Programme is as follows: 0830 Team arrives at Boathouse. Classes get organized, assist with lunch set up, warm-up for racing. 0930 Racing begins! We’ll start the day off pitting the classes […]
During the second weekend in May, the team traveled to Philadelphia to compete at the Dad Vail Regatta, where competition was stiffer than ever before. Our five eights, double, and single found stiff competition at the largest colligate regatta of the year. Like always, Dad Vails fell during Finals, providing an excellent opportunity to practice […]
It was a pleasure to head to Oak Ridge, Tennessee for racing this weekend at an old Virginia favorite, SIRAs. Compared to our first couple of races, the conditions were picture perfect down in the ever-hospitable south. We traveled with five 8+s, two 1Xs, and one 2X. Women’s Single (1st of 8) Fourth year Ashley […]
This past weekend the team traveled with five eights back up to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for our second regatta of the year. Weather conditions and construction were nearly identical to our last trip up, both rough, although it did appear that several large piles of dirt had moved locations. Nevertheless, the Hoos had a good day […]
New this year, VRA participated in GivingToHoosDay on April 10, 2018. GivingToHoosDay is a “fun day of online giving” on which the entire University community came together to celebrate and support their favorite areas of the University. Donations to VRA on April 10, same as always, counted towards personal overall annual giving total to UVA; unlike […]
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 […]