We are officially in the swing of things. Just about a month away from our first regatta: Desert Sprints. The University of Colorado, Boulder will be sending a men’s 8+ down to Tempe to compete. This is going to be an awesome event so make sure you come to check it out. We will release more details as the regatta approaches. So far we’ve been able to get out on the water every morning and pick up where we left off in the fall. We have about 15 new novice rowers who have made it past tryouts and seem to be learning quickly. We have an exciting schedule ahead and we’re looking forward to having the best season yet!

Hello and welcome to Rowing at ASU. If you are interested in being part of the team come to our tryouts!

Thursday: January 16th at 6:00am at the Tempe SDFC

Friday: January 17th at 6:00am at the Tempe SDFC

Saturday: January 18th at 9:00am at the boathouse (550 E Tempe Town Lake)

We have arrived in Long Beach for what will be our last race of the 2019 fall season. The Head of the Harbor is always a fun race and we will face some exciting competition from our California rivals! The drive and rigging of boats all went smoothly and we had enough time to visit the beach for sunset. Races begin at 7:30 am tomorrow morning in the Port of Los Angeles. We will be launching from the USC Men’s boathouse. Follow our Instagram for updates on our race times and results. Excited to go out with a bang before winter training starts up!

Last weekend, the crew traveled to San Diego for the 2019 San Diego Fall Classic. Always a fun race, this year did not disappoint. For many of our novice rowers, it was the first time ever rowing competitively, and they couldn’t have had better results to kick off their rowing careers. Both the women and men’s Novice 8’s and the men’s Novice 4+ snatched silver medals. Our women’s Varsity 4+ and both men’s Varsity 4+ boats had tough competition from the California programs but managed a solid result. Both of our men’s pairs did well too, especially for their first time racing in that event. We have made the tough decision to not travel to Orange Coast College this upcoming weekend in order to get in some extra practice for Head of the Harbor that takes place next weekend in Los Angeles! We’ll keep you updated.

Hello and welcome to Rowing at ASU! We are excited that you’re here. This upcoming fall season promises to be more competitive and successful than ever. We are pushing new limits on the team and we’re excited for all the new faces this year. Below are some of the upcoming important dates for team activities. We will keep you updated here on the website, through our Instagram, and on Twitter.

8/19 - Varsity 1st Practice, rigging boats, going over game plan for club recruitment and training schedule. 

8/21 - Passport at ASU (Club Rush Event) - Sun Devil Fitness Complex - Table #330 - Look for Oars!

8/26 - On Campus Info Night - 7:00 pm - Memorial Union - MU 228 Cochise Room

8/27 - First Official Practice - 5:45 am - In Front of Sun Devil Fitness Complex - Height + weight measurements, meet and greet and discuss first week

8/28 - Practice - 5:45 am - In Front of SDFC - Physical Testing, 1.5 mile run, max pushups, max pull ups, max sit ups

8/29 - First Boathouse practice - 5:15 am - Boathouse

8/30 - Practice - 5:15 am - Boathouse

9/1 - On Campus Info Night - 7:00 pm - Memorial Union - MU 207 Gold Room

The second day of racing is complete. We only had two of our boats out on the lake competing today and it wasn’t until fairly late in the afternoon but regardless, they both did well. Ethan Curtin placed first in the C final by a healthy margin - he was very happy as he crossed the finish line. Tohid Moosavy also made the Sun Devils proud finishing forth in his final.

Tomorrow is the big day. Grand finals for our men’s 2- and women’s novice 4+. We will be heading over early to the race course. Here’s the schedule:

Women’s Novice 4+ A Final - 8:05 a.m.

Men’s 2- A Final - 8:19 a.m.

All races of the day will be broadcasted live on The Rowing Channel’s ACRA livestream website as usual: https://livestream.com/row/events/8515327

Today was a fantastic day of racing. ASU put on a spectacular performance on the national stage. All of our boats placed well and will be moving onto finals. The women’s novice 4+ finished their heat in second place and the men’s 2- finished first which automatically qualifies them both for grand finals. Neither of our singles were able to quite make it to grand finals so they moved onto repechage races in the afternoon. Tohid Moosavy raced in Repechage 2, placed fourth, and will move on to the D final. Ethan Curtin raced in Repechage 3, placed second, and will move on to the C final. The breakdown of their racing schedule tomorrow is below.

Event 101 - D Final - Tohid Moosavy - 3:22 p.m. EST

Event 102 - C Final - Ethan Curtin - 3:29 p.m. EST

Those will be our only races tomorrow. The other two boats will both be racing on Sunday morning.

We have safely arrived in Georgia! The team flew into Atlanta Wednesday to prepare for the upcoming races. Lake Lanier—where the course is—is about 2 hours north of Atlanta, so the day was mostly dedicated to travel and rest. One of our amazing teammates, Andrew Spicher, was kind enough to host the team at his house, which was on the way to the venue. Thursday morning we woke up, got breakfast and headed to the course. Our boats had also safely arrived by the time we got there, thanks to UCLA, who trailered for us. We got rigging and all four boats were able to get in about an hour of practice time. It was a beautiful day, but boy was it hot! The temperature was hovering around 95 degrees and humidity made it feel even more intense - but hey, we’re a desert team, thats what we’re used to. We got plenty of pictures and other content throughout the day which can be seen on our Instagram. Tomorrow, our first event, the single, is at noon and our other events are scattered throughout the afternoon. Here’s the breakdown:

Men’s 1x Time Trial - 12:00 p.m.

        Moosavy - Bow 13 

        Curtin - Bow 18

Women’s Novice 4+ Heat 3 - 3:12 p.m.

        Bridges - Bow 6

Men’s 2- Heat 3 - 3:33 p.m.

        Pederson/Grade - Bow 4