Beaver Creek Sculling, a local high school rowing team; the Dietz International Rowing Academy, an organization providing international rowing and cultural experiences for underprivileged youth; and the Virginia Rowing Association (UVA) will host Arshay Cooper, the team captain of the first all-black high school rowing team. Throughout the evening, Arshay will share his award-winning film, […]
September 12, 2021 The Season has started! We are incredibly grateful for the many students who tried out – selections were very competitive and are still on-going in Phase 2 with 92 people. Our 2021/2022 Roster will be announced in the beginning of October.
Read Frank Biller’s Update
The Classes of 2000 and 2001 offer a challenge grant, matching dollar-for-dollar all donations to VRA up to $20,000 in our 20th anniversary year. To learn more about the grant, see the PDF below. Challenge Grant PDF
Dear VRA Family and Supporters, We write at the end of another calendar year to provide an update on our fabulous rowing program. The 2019-2020 Team and Coaches This year we have a roster of 66 athletes, 26 of whom are rookies. During the fall, we’ve been rowing six 8s most days with the rookies […]
To the Alumni, Parents, and Friends of Virginia Rowing, On June 1, 2019, the VRA Board met to review the season just completed and to plan for next year. We presented Frank Biller with a Resolution which reviewed his ten years of outstanding service. We also presented Frank with a watch purchased for him with […]
On May 11, 2019, my friend Raoul and I will be competing in an Ironman triathlon in Sonoma County, California. Raoul is friend from high school who swam for a Division I program in college and who shares my enthusiasm for absurd soul-crushing feats of endurance athletics. The Ironman initially represented a next-level fitness goal […]
An idea that has been around for a while finally came to fruition thanks to ’18 alumni Chris Hastings and Stephen Hayes. Alumni and current team members have the opportunity to create a SAFE online profile and some background information about themselves. The idea is not only to find mentors and mentees, but to connect […]
Instead of another scrimmage, this year we held a full 2,000-meter dual race for shirts. Since most varsity programs do not run novice eights anymore, we took the best 24 guys and put them across three varsity eights (1V, 2V, 3V). The 3V had the best performance; never separated by more than a few seats […]
Dear VRA Family, Spring Season 2019 Is ON!! We cannot believe how fast this happened. It seemed like yesterday that we had another great State of the VRA in DC, and now the first race is already under our belts! Let’s go in chronological order: February State of the VRA was yet again successful and […]