Novice News Flash! Posted by: Coach Sweitzer
Posted on: 10/3/09 The first official day of novice practice was Thursday morning October 1st. On Saturday October 3rd we had 3 and a half novice eights attend practice and they are already rowing all 8. Sure it is not pretty but guess what, we are going to race the novices in one week at Head of the Port. The varsity and novice teams have been working together and are fired up about the coming season.
We have four eights of novices on the roster and 2.5 eights of varsity. The entire team is training together and getting to know each other. It is a very exciting time around the boathouse and we invite all friends, family, alumni, etc. to come cheer us on at the up coming fall races. Check out our schedule, we appreciate the support!
A Great First Week for the Novices Wraps Up Posted by: Coach Sweitzer
Posted on: 9/25/09 Even with the first official day of classes being yesterday, Sept 24th, we had an exciting week with some of our new recruits. We had as many as 2 and 1/2 eights of new athletes and 4 coxswains throughout the week. At least two solid eights of new people have been practicing every day this week.
We are just starting our big recruiting push with T-shirts, flyers, tables on campus, etc. The varsity members have a goal to double our novice numbers before next weeks recruiting meeting, Wed PM.
Gearing up for the next wave of Aggie Oarsmen Posted by: Coach Sweitzer
Posted on: 9/19/09 Well, it is that time. The wonderful time of year where the varsity squad has to spend hours and hours on campus convincing wide eyed walk-ons that their lives would be better off waking up at the crack of dawn. We are off to a great start, through freshman orientation we have made contact with 15 new recruits that will join us Monday morning 9/21. We will continue an aggressive recruiting push on campus for the first week and a half of school. This recruiting push will culminate with a meeting on campus in SocSci 1100 for Wednesday 9/30 from 7:30-9:30 PM. The first official day of novice practice will be Thursday October 1st at 6:00AM.
UCD Men's Team Helps the Community Posted by: Coach Sweitzer
Posted on: 9/19/09
The UC Davis Men's Rowing Team started off what hopes to be another great year by helping out with the Yolo County Community Clean-up. After our normal morning practice, the members of the team joined the local West Sacramento Community and members of River City Rowing Club in removing trash and debris from the area around the Port.
Check out this years team in our new gallery! Posted by: Coach Sweitzer
Posted on: 9/19/09 We are re-designing our photo gallery portion of our site. Please feel free to check out what we have so far. Gallery Page
About UC Davis Men's Rowing
UC Davis Men's Crew is a member of the Western Intercollegiate Rowing Association (WIRA) and competes both regionally and nationally. The team has distinguished itself as a perennial powerhouse in the WIRA conference, with numerous WIRA medals in all the major boat categories. Additionally, the team has grown more of a national presence, with appearances at Head of the Charles in Boston, IRA national championships in New Jersey, ECACs and ACRA club national championships in Oklahoma.
The men's crew is a club (non-funded) sport, and the majority of the oarsmen are walk-on, with no prior rowing experience before joining the team.
The team operates via a combination of limited support from the university, alumni and parent donations, and athlete dues/fundraising. Athletes pay dues on a quarterly basis, plus fundraiser's throughout the year. A council consisting of team-elected athletes runs the team, making decisions ranging from hiring coaches to hammering out the annual budget.
