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2009 Fall Season
Frostbite Regatta | Wichita, Kansas
The Colorado Crew Team made their annual appearance at the 2009 Frostbite Regatta in Wichita, Kansas. With unusually warm temperatures, the University of Colorado continued their dominating reign at the race medaling in 7 of 10 entered events, ending the 2009 Fall Rowing Season on a high note. The following are the results over the 2,600-meter course:
| Event | Place |
| Mens Varsity 8 A | 2nd |
| Mens Varsity 8 B | 4th |
| Mens Varsity 8 C | 9th |
| Womens Varsity 8 | 7th |
| Mens First Novice 8 | 3rd |
| Mens Second Novice 8 | 5th |
| Womens First Novice 8 | 3rd |
| Womens Second Novice 8 | 5th |
| Mens Varsity 4 A | 1st |
| Mens Varsity 4 B | 7th |
| Mens Varsity 4 C | 8th |
| Mens Open Pair A | 1st |
| Mens Open Pair C | 3rd |
| Mens Open Pair B | 4th |
| Womens Varsity 4 | 8th |
| Mens Lightweight 4 | 3rd |
The conclusion of the fall racing season marks the beginning of winter training for the Colorado Crew Team and its athletes. Both the Men and Women’s teams head indoors for 6-day a week workouts to prepare for the intense and exciting Spring Season. The program’s success during the fall and hard work throughout the winter yield promising prospects for the spring regatta’s in Austin, TX, Oak Ridge, TN, Sacramento, CA, and Oklahoma City, OK beginning in March.
Pictures of this race can be found here.
2009 Spring Season
ACRA Regatta | Oak Ridge, Tennessee
At the second annual ACRA regatta, held this year in beautiful Oak Ridge Tennessee, the University of Colorado oarsmen held their own against an army of strong club programs from all over the country. The mens team made both grand and petite finals, and the womens team made the finals with the novice women winning gold.
| Event | Place |
| Mens Varsity 8 | 8th |
| Mens JV 8 | 4th |
| Womens Varsity 4 | 3rd |
| Womens Varsity 8 | 8th |
| Womens Novice 8 | 1st |
WIRA Regatta | Sacramento, California
Colorado Crew represented well at the western intercollegiate rowing association finals. The men's team was right in the middle of the pack and the women's varsity four took home silver medals for the first time in CU women's rowing history.
| Event | Place |
| Mens Varsity 8 | 8th |
| Mens JV 8 | 6th |
| Mens Varsity 4 | 11th |
| Womens Varsity 4 | 2nd |
| Womens Varsity 8 | 10th |
| Womens Novice 8 | 9th |
Colorado Crew raced at the largest regatta on the Pacific coast and one of the largest regattas in the world, against some of the best crews in the nation. Colorado was thrown in amongst many full-fledged varsity programs, and the results show that Colorado Crew is right there with the best.
| Event | Place |
| Mens Varsity 8 | 9th |
| Mens JV 8 | 11th |
| Womens Varsity 8 | 16th |
| Womens Novice 8 | 12th |
2008 Fall Season
Frostbite Regatta | Wichita, Kansas
The University of Colorado returned to the Frostbite Regatta in Wichita, Kansas to make another impressive showing capping off the 2008 Fall Season. In head racing format the Colorado Crew Team dominated the competition in almost every event capturing 12 of 21 awarded medals. Although the Frostbite Regatta did not live up to its name with unusually warm weather and cooperative rowing conditions, Colorado maintained its presence as the team to beat amongst other schools like Washington University, University of Kansas, University of Tulsa, Wichita State University, University of Iowa, Creighton University and the University of Nebraska. The following are the results and times over the 1.7 mile course.| Event | Rank | Time |
| Men's First Novice 8 | 2nd | 8:42 |
| Men's Second Novice 8 | 1st | 8:50 |
| Men's Novice 4 | 3rd | 10:05 |
| Women's Novice 8 | 3rd | 10:22 |
| Men's Varsity Open Pair | 1st | 10:00 |
| 3rd | 10:09 | |
| 6th | 10:35 | |
| Women's Varsity Open Pair | 4th | 12:01 |
| Men's Varsity Open Four | 2nd | 9:08 |
| 3rd | 9:10 | |
| 8th | 9:35 | |
| Men's Varsity Lightweight 4 | 6th | 9:51 |
| Men's Varsity 8 | 1st | 8:14 |
| 2nd | 8:19 | |
| 6th | 8:49 | |
| Women's Varsity 8 | 6th | 9:45 |
| 15th | 10:57 |
2008 Spring Season
American Intercollegiate Rowing Association Club Nationals
May 24-25 2008
The University of Colorado was one of the founding schools of the first ever crew club nationals, held in windy Oklahoma City. Athletes traveled through hurricane force winds for many hundreds of miles to attend. This regatta was not only one of the biggest this season, but it was one of the most memorable. Four of our athletes were selected as regional all-Americans, and many more of our athletes recieved scholastic all-American certificates. Below are the results.
| Mens Varsity 8 | 12th - 7:04.9 |
| Womens Varsity 8 | 5th - 8:16.3 |
| Mens Novice 8 | 7th - 6:58.3 |
| Womens Novice 4 | 6th - 9:07.2 |
The ACRA club nationals went down into the books as a great race for all crews that attended. Although the weather was poor both days, crew athletes do not get depressed easily, and we managed to have a great time regardless! The van rides home were a different story...
Western Intercollegiate Rowing Association (WIRA) Championships
May 3-4 2008
Usually for University of Colorado rowers the spring season peaks and ends at the WIRA championships in Sacramento, California. This year ACRAs still loomed overhead, but athletes did not let this change how they performed. Weather this year was, in the words of rower Alex Schnell, "phenominal." Temperatures were in the high 70s to mid 80s, there was no wind or cloud above, and the food table remained loaded as always by our wonderful parents and supporters of Colorado Crew.
| Mens Varsity 8 | 10th - 6:20.2 |
| Womens Varsity 8 | 6th - 7:13.8 |
| Mens Novice 8 | 7th - 6:27.1 |
| Womens Novice 4 | 6th - 8:27.4 |
San Diego Crew Classic
April 5-6 2008
For novice rowers, the San Diego Crew Classic was the first real regatta of the spring racing season, and boy was it a shocker! Over 3500 athletes from more than 100 clubs and universities participate in this 30-year old event, many from some of the most prestigious and renowned rowing schools in the United States, such as Harvard and Yale. Not only did we get to witness some A-grade rowing, we got to participate and race these crews. The weather was as perfect as is could be, with slight breezes to fend of the beach-like heat.
| Mens Varsity 8 | 11th - 6:12.45 |
| Womens Varsity 8 | 17th - 7:36.35 |
| Mens Novice 8 | 17th - 6:33.23 |
| Womens Novice 8 | 10th - 7:41.11 |
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2007 Fall Season
Frostbite Regatta | Wichita, Kansas
November 4, 2007
Colorado Crew represented itself with shining black and gold once again at the Frostbite Regatta, sweeping the races on both the mens and womens side. This is one of the only regattas where CU athletes are able to race in pairs and in fours, and our team took full advantage. Below is a list of how our athletes did at this wonderful regatta:
| Mens First Novice 8 | 1st - 8:20 |
| Mens Second Novice 8 | 2nd - 9:02 |
| Mens Varisty 'B' Pair | 3rd - 10:42 |
| Mens Varsity 'C' Pair | 6th - 10:44 |
| Mens Varsity 'A' Pair | 7th - 9:58 |
| Mens Varsity 'B' 4 | 5th - 9:08 |
| Mens Varsity 'A' 4 | 6th - 9:10 |
| Mens Varsity 'C' 4 | 11th - 9:48 |
| Mens Varsity 'A' 8 | 1st - 7:07 |
| Mens Varstiy 'B' 8 | 3rd - 8:27 |
| Mens Varsity 'C' 8 | 7th - 9:04 |
| Womens First Novice 8 | 6th - 10:15 |
| Womens Second Novice 8 | 3rd - 11:20 |
| Womens Varsity 'A' 4 | 3rd - 10:11 |
| Womens Varsity 'B' 4 | 9th - 10:55 |
| Womens Varsity 'C' 4 | 12th - 11:09 |
| Womens Varsity 8 | 4th - 9:35 |
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