{"id":3802,"date":"2024-04-10T14:46:25","date_gmt":"2024-04-10T18:46:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aig.alumni.virginia.edu\/virginiarowing\/?p=3802"},"modified":"2024-04-10T14:46:25","modified_gmt":"2024-04-10T18:46:25","slug":"spring-2024-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aig.uvaalumni.org\/virginiarowing\/2024\/04\/10\/spring-2024-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring 2024 Update"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dear Alumni and Friends,<\/p>\n

The spring has been an exciting time for our rowers. On March 30, we kicked off the season with two dual races on Bucknell\u2019s home course on the Susquehanna River, racing five eights total: three varsity eights and two novice eights.<\/p>\n

In the first round, we swept Rutgers University (ACRA V8 finalist 2023) with all five boats. The second round was against Michigan, which is always a special match-up. In the V8 and 2V8, we had two decisive wins against our big rival, which was great. The 3V lost by a length. It was great to see the Novice eight taking a one-length win over Michigan and the second novice eight fighting to the end to lose by one length. Overall, winning 8 out of 10 races against two top ACRA programs was great, but the work just started.<\/p>\n

This weekend (April 13), we\u2019ll be racing at the GW Invitational on the Potomac. Racing will happen on Saturday, a morning session around 10 a.m. and an afternoon session around 4 p.m. Please follow the alumni Facebook group<\/a> as well as Instagram for details.<\/p>\n

On April 20-21 we will be racing at SIRA in Oak Ridge, TN, against some of the hot favorites for this year\u2019s national championship later in May. Besides Notre Dame, we will also race Colgate, FIT, Purdue plus many others.<\/p>\n

The last home race will be against UNC on April 27 on the Rivanna.<\/p>\n

In other great news, we now have a new small boat fleet with six pairs\/doubles and four singles \u2013 despite most of the spring races being in eights, we are utilizing these awesome new boats for skills training in the afternoons as well as some sessions in the morning.<\/p>\n

Spring Fundraising<\/h2>\n

Having made major investments into our infrastructure and equipment this fiscal year, we will have to keep fundraising until the last day of our fiscal year (June 30) to make this year\u2019s very ambitious budget. Having seen amazing spring sprints in the past, we are counting on your support to make it happen. We are looking to close the following gaps:<\/p>\n