The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/womens-rowing/)
In his first year at the helm, Barney Williams is seeing Cornell women’s rowing’s culture change. And it’s not because of the chocolate milk.
“In a few short weeks of racing and being on the water we’ve already seen tremendous improvements in our strength and skill.”
This year, the team put more of an emphasis on accountability.
“With several months of winter training on the horizon there is reason to believe that significant improvement is possible.”
Dennison’s new role will entail supervision of the program, coordinating training and establishing a budget, among other responsibilities.
“It was great to be able to race against teams from all over the country and see what kind of speed there is outside our league.”
“We will talk a lot about how to manage that and execute at a high level three times over the course of the weekend.”
Last weekend was not the one the women hoped for. They look to change that in Rhode Island.
“We are very young, which is a huge disadvantage. That said, this group may have been the hardest working group I have ever coached. Our downfall will not be our ability to pull hard, it will be if we can create rhythm that we can sustain throughout the piece.”
The weekend proved successful for Cornell rowing. The men’s heavyweight rowing team swept Penn and Dartmouth, and the women beat Dartmouth in three out of five races. With the win, the Red reclaimed the Madeira Cup and James Wray Memorial Trophy for the ninth straight season. The races also marked the last day of home racing for the team’s seniors. “It was a day of fun racing, and it was special for the seniors since it will be their last home race at Cornell,” said senior captain Creg Davis.