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7/21/08
MSU Crew Teams with Lansing Parks & Recreation for 'Learn to Row' program
The Michigan State rowing program will open its boathouse doors to nearly 200 Lansing-area children for a week-long program that gives children ages 8-14 a chance to learn about the sport. The camp, now in its fifth season, runs from July 22-24; groups of 30-50 children will receive basic rowing instructions, experience a workout on a rowing machine, and spend 30 minutes rowing on the Grand River. The campers are members of a program put on by the Lansing Parks and Recreation Department throughout the summer.
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6/14/08
Three Rowers Earn All-America Honors
Michigan State senior rowers Anne Cowan (London, Ontario) and Joanna Brown (Tecumseh, Mich.) have been selected as All-Americans by Pocock and the Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association (CRCA). Cowan appears on the first team, while Brown was a second-team pick. In addition, classmate Kate Burdick (Ann Arbor, Mich.) has been named a first team Academic All-America by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) and ESPN Magazine.
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6/1/08
Spartans Tie Program-Best Finishes at NCAA Championship Regatta
Both the varsity eight and varsity four boats tied their best-ever finish at the NCAA Championship regatta on Sunday on Lake Natoma in Rancho Cordova, Calif. The Spartans, who finished sixth in the team points championship, tied their best-ever finish at the NCAA's. Yale won the varsity eight race, while Brown captured the team title for the second straight season and sixth overall. Both MSU's eight and the four were in Sunday's grand finals; the four placed fifth, while the varsity eight took sixth. MSU's second varsity took 10th overall and was fourth in the petite final.
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5/31/08
Varsity Four and Eight Advance to NCAA Grand Final
The Michigan State rowing team sent two of its three entries to Grand Finals at the NCAA Regatta on Saturday, both with quality racing on Lake Natoma in Rancho Cordova, Calif. MSU's varsity four, after perhaps a disappointing second-place finish in Friday's opening heat, won their Saturday race by open water over Yale, while the varsity eight engaged in a 2,000-meter dogfight that saw three crews finish within six-tenths of a second. MSU's second varsity will be in the petite final on Sunday after a fourth-place finish on Saturday in its repechage.
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5/30/08
Spartans Start Strong at NCAA Championships
Michigan State kicked off action at the 2008 NCAA Regatta on Friday morning with some strong results, posting second-place finishes in the varsity eight and varsity four races and a fourth-place finish in the opening heat for the second varsity eight. Racing resumes for all three boats on Saturday morning, but some strong performances on the opening afternoon has optimism high in the Green and White camp.
Complete Friday Racing Results/Live Results
5/28/08
No. 6 Rowers Set In California For NCAA Championships
Having claimed the Central Sprints and Big Ten Championship titles, the Spartans enter the NCAA Championships as the sixth-ranked team in the nation.
This weekend's (May 30-June 1) NCAA Championships will be held on Lake Natoma at the Sacramento State Aquatic Center in Sacramento, Calif. The Aquatic Center, in conjunction with Nimbus Flats State Park, is the established site of every major west coast championship for high school and collegiate rowing. Every year the Western Intercollegiate Rowing Championships (WIRA), Pacific-10 Conference Championships, and California Junior Rowing Championships are held in consecutive weekends at this site.
PDF of Complete MSU Rowing NCAA Championship Notes
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Senior Kate Burdick
Junior Sarah Schmidt
5/27/08
MSU Rowing Well Represented In CRCA Honors
The Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association (CRCA) announced it Regional first and second team selections as well as 2008 Scholar Athletes Tuesday afternoon, and five Spartans appear on the Central Region First and Second Teams, while seven were named 2008 Scholar Athletes. The five athletic and seven academic honors are the most earned in a single season in each category for the Spartans. In 2002, four Spartans were named to the regional team, and in 2007, six rowers were scholar athletes.
5/22/08
Five Spartans Named to CoSIDA Academic All-District Teams
Five Michigan State student-athletes were named to the ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA 2008 Academic All-Distric teams, as announced today by ESPN The Magazine and the College Sports Information Directors of America. Rower Kate Burdick (Ann Arbor, Mich.), field hockey player Jeamie Deacan (Wexford, Ireland) and hockey player Jeff Lerg (Livonia, Mich.) are first-team members, while women's golfer Sara Brown (Tucson, Ariz.) and hockey player Jeff Dunne (Grover, Mo.) are second-team members.
5/21/08
Matt Weise Named Central Region's Coach of the Year by CRCA
Michigan State's rowing head coach Matt Weise was named the Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association's (CRCA) Central Coach of the Year, as announced by the CRCA Wednesday afternoon. The award is the second for Weise in his career, having also nabbed the regional honor in 2005.
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