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 […]
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 […]
HRR Update Nine, from 51.5768° N, 0.9895° W Today’s update is from former team president Riley Hazard who graduated this May and will ultimately be off to work in Melbourne, Australia after stopping in Italy (bike tour) and Uganda (some work) on his way there from Great Britain after Henley concludes. We woke up earlier than […]
HRR Update Seven, from 51.5768° N, 0.9895° W Today’s update is from rising fourth year Grant Janart. He sits in two seat of the four and hails from Rye, New York. Another British morning, but this time with a twist! Though we had the usual porridge and tea breakfast, we experienced some overcast weather and a […]
HRR Update Eight, from 51.5768° N, 0.9895° W Today’s update is from rising fourth year Connor O’Brien. Affectionally called O’Breezy by teammates, he has studied German so he was the translator in Switzerland and has transitioned into being the connoisseur of British tunes and car DJ; lots of Arctic Monkeys. Connor sits in bow of the […]
HRR Update Six, from 51.5768° N, 0.9895° W Rising fourth year and resident Gonzaga HS expert Xeno Muller has taken a bit of time from his busy schedule to bring you this update. Today we woke up and had another breakfast of porridge before heading off to the course, starting to settle into a morning routine. […]