ROWING

What is rowing?
The sport of propelling a boat by means of oars

WHO DOES IT

• Rowing is a sport offered to boys and girls
• They normally start in high school
• Some go on to row in college

COLLEGE ROWING

• Many rowers get a chance to row in college
• Scholarships go unclaimed every year
• The scholarships are mostly unclaimed for women

EVeNTS

• In the fall you race a 5k
• On average they take 20 minutes
• In the spring you race a 2k
• They take about 7 1/2 minutes on average

FaCTS

• Rowing is one of the original sports in the modern Olympic Games.
• Rowing was the first intercollegiate sport contested in the United States. The first rowing race was between Harvard and Yale in 1852.
• Physiologists claim that rowing a 2,000-meter race – equivalent to 1.25 miles – is equal to playing back-to-back basketball games.

CJRC

• Cincinnati Junior Rowing Club
• the girls lightweight eight was their only boat among five competing at nationals to reach the grand finals in 2014 (six fastest boats competiting for medals).
• The girls won the Midwest championship in May on Harsha Lake at East Fork State Park to qualify for nationals.
• They ended up taking 4th in nationals

VIDEOS

• Catching an ejector crab
• https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1OruWHMjYp0
• CJRC videos (Austin Ma)
• https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2GXBn0wY-AE
• CJRC practice
• https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=T6GCRiVnjFQ