Cavaliers conclude fall season
The Virginia women’s rowing team competed in the Rivanna Romp Sunday, concluding the fall portion of its schedule. The Cavaliers finished with the top three times in the Varsity Eight, defeating Duke, Pennsylvania and Old Dominion. Junior coxswain Sidney Thorsten led the Virginia ‘A’ as the crew posted a time of 13:22.87. Then, in the [...]
Read moreBoats race past tough opposition
Three of the Virginia women’s rowing team’s five Varsity Eight crews finished in the top five at the Princeton Chase on Lake Carnegie in Princeton, N.J. Sunday. Princeton’s top boat edged Virginia for the second consecutive meet, finishing the race with a time of 14:22.518 — more than nine seconds ahead of Virginia’s ‘A’ boat. [...]
Read moreCrew sees early season success
The 2010 NCAA Champion Virginia women’s rowing team competed at the Head of the Charles last weekend, turning in a solid performance. The regatta for the Cavaliers was the first of the fall season as well as their first competition since claiming the national crown in May. Virginia had success in the Championship Eights race, [...]
Read moreVarsity Eight finds formula for success
Earning the top rank in the nation was not the culmination of the Virginia women’s rowing team’s season. It was just the beginning. “I don’t take much credence in that,” coach Kevin Sauer said. “I’m more concerned with what we do at the end of the year than the middle of the year — way [...]
Read moreWomen’s crew captures No. 1 ranking, prepares for Tigers
Thanks to a strong showing in its most recent meet against then-No. 10 Michigan and then-No. 12 Ohio State at Lake Monticello, the Virginia women’s rowing team has earned the top spot in the most recently published national rankings. Like many other Virginia spring sports teams, this squad has been putting together a masterpiece of [...]
Read moreThe Forgotten Crew, Part 2 of 2
At one of last fall’s football games, the Virginia women’s rowing team was honored at halftime. The Cavaliers had just won their ninth consecutive ACC Championship and placed fifth at the NCAA Championships, finishing in the top five for the eighth time in 11 years at the NCAAs. I was covering the football team for [...]
Read moreRowers represent University well at summer’s international events
The Virginia rowing team is widely recognized as one of the most talented national programs. Just this spring the Cavaliers’ Varsity Eight squad placed fourth in the country at the NCAA championships, highlighted by a second place finish to Stanford that was determined by three-tenths of a second. And this summer, several Cavaliers captured a [...]
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