Penn women rowing/camp

GolfFather
Thu, 03 Oct 2013 12:58:59 +0000

Summer rowing camps at colleges (if well run) can be a lot of fun.
My D attended one and loved it.

However, IMHO, unless someone is a national level superstar, there is very little if any “recruiting” or being “discovered” going on at these summer college rowing camps.

Here are three most important things about Div I rowing recruiting: the ERG score, the Erg score and the ERG score.

7:40 is a very fine time. (I’m assuming your daughter is Open Weight and not LW.) But it is not a time that is going to get top program coaches (like U-Va) very excited. Sorry, it just won’t. Can a women with a 7:40 row in Div I? Yes! But she is not going to be in the No. 1 8 boat at U-VA or Princeton, etc.

As far as your daughter’s height goes, that’s a touchy issue. My advice: she can’t do anything about it, so don’t worry about it. Again, it’s all about the ERG … and technique. Good luck!