Colleges with a crew team?

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<p>This is another good resource:
[Rowing</a> and Sculling for Rowers and Scullers - row2k.com](<a href=“Ooops! Page not found! Rowing and Sculling for Rowers and Scullers - row2k.com”>http://www.row2k.com/)</p>

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<p>"Men’s Rowing is currently a “Varsity Club Sport.” </p>

<p>That is how UM puts it. Men’s Rowing is not an NCAA varsity sport for some unknown reason–probably Title IX related. It has its own national championships at the IRA Regatta. I think calling it a “club” sport is not really accurate in the typical sense of club sports as low-key “fun” affairs. It’s a serious sport with national/international recruiting, travel and high level coaching and facilities at most schools that compete in it at a high level.
The difference from other “NCAA sports” is more semantic than real.</p>

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<p>Ok I can see I was missing a key detail. I’m looking for information about FEMALE crews. Thanks everyone!</p>

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<p>[women’s</a> crew - Saints Athletics - St. Lawrence University](<a href=“http://www.stlawu.edu/athletics/saints/women’s+crew]women’s”>http://www.stlawu.edu/athletics/saints/women’s+crew)</p>

<p>Beautiful boat house on the St. Lawrence River, too.
Part of the Liberty League.</p>

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<p>beyond male vs female, you also need to establish light weight vs heavy weight</p>

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<p>^^^^not necessarily. Lots of options for women’s crew as most of the top women’s colleges row as well. I think you need to decide what kind of school you want (large, small, medium, LAC, specialized), where you have a good chance of being admitted and then narrow down further to those who row crew. Div 1 schools typically have light-weight programs, but in Div 3 there is usually room for the light weights on the varsity boats. I “hear” of extreme measures taken to make weight (especially considering how muscular these girls are), much like wrestlers, so I am somewhat relieved that my light weight D is on an open boat at Div 3. At several schools, you can get an athletic tip as a rower. Crew is Fall and Spring so there is plenty of rowing to do during the year.</p>

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<p>Women’s lites are not an NCAA sport but very big in the iRA at the varisty club level. Wisconsin and Princeton have dominated.</p>

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<p>The open weight women do have an NCAA championship and scholarships for many women.</p>

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<p>I would look for schools that practice in the afternoon rather than in the morning if I were looking for a crew program! lol</p>

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<p>NCAA crew championship is May 27-29.
[And</a> the Bid goes to . . . - Row2k Feature Coverage: NCAA Championships](<a href=“NCAA Championships | row2k rowing coverage”>And the Bid goes to . . . - NCAA Championships coverage | row2k.com)</p>

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<p>DII Schools:
Team Selections:
Humboldt State (West)
Mercyhurst (East)
Nova Southeastern (South)
Western Washington (West)</p>

<p>At Large Selections:
Barry (South)
Seattle Pacific(West)</p>

<p>DIII Schools:
Team Selections:
Bates (Pool B/C)
Ithaca (Pool B/C)
Trinity CT (Pool B/C)
Wellesley (Pool B/C)
William Smith (Pool B/C)
Williams (Pool A-Automatic Qualifier)</p>

<p>At Large Selections:
Marietta
Puget Sound</p>

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<p>Most serious crew programs have distance running early in the morning (6am early) and rowing in the afternoon. One reason crew teams are so bonded–lots of work and relatively few people every see you compete.(Yes Head of the Charles and some other big meets have big crowds but most dual meets have a few 100.)</p>

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<p>H & I enjoy going to “Head of the Charles”, we love to watch & we both are alum of schools who participate.</p>

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<p>Clemson has a women’s rowing NCAA Division I team (going to the NCAA championships again this year, finished 2nd in the ACC, varsity 8 was named ACC Crew of the year). I know a lot of freshman that walked on so that is always a possibility. If you are looking to row competitively, here are the coaches emails for the clemson rowing team: [Clemson</a> University Official Athletic Site - Women’s Rowing](<a href=“http://clemsontigers.cstv.com/sports/w-rowing/rowing_meet-staff.html]Clemson”>http://clemsontigers.cstv.com/sports/w-rowing/rowing_meet-staff.html) as well as a recruiting/interest form: <a href=“http://clemsontigers.cstv.com/sports/w-rowing/spec-rel/rowing-questionnaire.html[/url]”>http://clemsontigers.cstv.com/sports/w-rowing/spec-rel/rowing-questionnaire.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Also, Clemson has a club crew team and that seems to be a well run club team. Here’s the website (for guys and girls): [Clemson</a> Crew - Home](<a href=“http://www.clemsonrowingclub.com/]Clemson”>http://www.clemsonrowingclub.com/)</p>

<p>I’d definitely look at Clemson if you’re looking at a crew/rowing program. We’re right on Lake Hartwell and have a great boathouse facility and the weather is pretty warm most of the year so it’s a great place to be (compared to the freezing north). This spring break, Purdue, BU, Alabama, Marist, Syracuse and Indiana came to Clemson to practice (they swarmed our dining halls to eat haha)</p>

<p>I know a lot of people on both the NCAA varsity as well as club teams so if this sounds like something you’re interested in, let me know if you have any questions and I can direct them to them or give you their email so you can ask them some questions.</p>

<p>Keep thinking of things to add on but club crew practice is 2 hours everyday in the afternoon, women’s varsity crew practices in the morning at 6 AM as well as in the afternoon so its a big committment but well worth it if you love rowing competitively!</p>