Lightweight Rowers & the NCAA

fishymom
Mon, 08 Oct 2012 12:53:26 +0000

Rowdad, men’s rowing is not an NCAA sport, therefore your son’s experience has little baring on the OP, a female rower. I stand by my statement that she should register, it is relatively painless and there is no downside. Better safe than sorry and scrambling to get it done at the last minute. One of the first questions asked of my daughter during her recruiting process was if she had registered with the Clearinghouse. I also stand by my statement that lightweight rowing for women is a subset of the varsity squad at many schools, if they field a lightweight boat at all. There are only a few schools that have full women’s lightweight teams, with separate head coaches, asst coaches, etc. There are also some club lightweight programs, ie. Cal Berkely.