Women's Heavyweight Rowing Recruiting Chances

rennie17
Thu, 09 Apr 2015 18:20:08 +0000

My daughter is in a similar situation. She’s a bit taller and has a little bit better erg times, but same ballpark. Since you mention that you’ve been talking to some Ivy coaches, I will assume that you’ve filled out recruiting forms for schools that you are interested in, and had follow up emails from coaches. I recommend directly asking what sort of grades, standardized test scores and erg times they are interested in. From my daughter’s experience, your SAT and GPA are well within Ivy acceptable standards for a supported recruit. 7:28 starts to get you in the recruit-able window, with 7:20 or better (and in some cases much better) being the number for top schools. If you can, set up unofficial visits with the coaches . I’ve visited a few schools with my daughter and from our discussions with coaches, they are looking for rowing potential but also for some insight into your athletic personality and character and how you will fit with their team. At this point the coaches are building a population of potential recruits, over the spring/summer they will figure out who they want for official visits, based on erg times, academic pre-reads with admissions, and student interest . Continue to update your contacts on the coaching staffs when you PR a 2K, or have a good race result (although I get the sense that on the water results in 8s or 4s are less important than erg times), and don’t hesitate to ask questions.

My daughter has found it useful to talk to older friends who have been through the recruiting process, so if you know members of your club who are a year or two older, I would reach out to them.