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Captains of the men’s heavyweight rowing team discuss their camaraderie and goals for the upcoming season.
The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/rowing/)
Captains of the men’s heavyweight rowing team discuss their camaraderie and goals for the upcoming season.
Crew teams celebrate 150 years of rowing with a weekend of celebrations and traditions.
Cornell Heavyweight Rowing remembers the legacy of captain Jack Robinson, who passed away in February after a long battle with cancer.
Women’s rowing is making strides once again after a rocky start to the season.
Men’s heavyweight rowing finished in second for the Carnegie Cup, squaring off against Princeton and Yale.
Toward the end of March, The Cornell Daily Sun published an article written by Anna Hooper ‘25 on the Cornell Women’s Rowing team’s performance at the Doc Hosea Invitational. While seemingly innocuous, the points in the article that implied how the team supposedly performed poorly feel out of touch, as someone very familiar with the team. I once again find myself pleading for all to be kinder to student athletes and recognize their achievements. While I’ve discussed this subject before, I’d like to share more about what it truly means to be a student-athlete, and why articles like this aren’t an accurate depiction of where a team is currently at.
Sports aren’t just about performance in terms of times or standings; those are merely a goal. Athletes simply spend too much time for a medal or a trophy to be the sole driving factor behind why we participate in our sports.
Cornell rowing won the Matthews Trophy and the Leonard Cup, and finished well at the Cayuga Cup and Class of 1975 Cup.
Cornell’s No. 1-ranked lightweight rowing team defeated Columbia to reclaim the Geiger Cup in its race on Saturday at the Cayuga Lake Inlet. The two schools have gone back and forth in victories over the past seasons, with Cornell winning in odd years — 2015, 2017 and now in 2019.
“We’ve had success in the last number of years at the Chase but nothing like this. It was a great Sunday for family and alumni who came out to support us especially after the bad weather on Saturday.”
“We see many opportunities to improve our racing tenacity this week.”