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[[Image:Henleycrew.jpg|thumb|The [[1878]] crew team that won the Henley Regatta]]
 
[[Image:Henleycrew.jpg|thumb|The [[1878]] crew team that won the Henley Regatta]]
  
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'''Crew''' has a long history at Columbia, with men's team originally being founded in [[1873]]. The program consists of three distinct teams today:
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'''Crew''' (or '''rowing''') at Columbia consists of three distinct teams:
 
*[[Men's Heavyweight Rowing Team]]
 
*[[Men's Heavyweight Rowing Team]]
 
*[[Men's Lightweight Rowing Team]](founded in [[1922]])
 
*[[Men's Lightweight Rowing Team]](founded in [[1922]])
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*[[Women's Rowing]] (founded in [[1986]])
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*[[Women's Rowing Team]] (founded in [[1986]])
  
 
== History ==
 
== History ==
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Crew has a long history at Columbia, with men's team originally being founded in [[1873]]. In [[1878]] the "Columbia College Boat Club" became the first non-English team to win a race at the [[w:Henley Royal Regatta|Henley Royal Regatta]]. The team last won a US national championship in [[1929]].
  
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In [[1878]] the "Columbia College Boat Club" became the first non-English team to win a race at the [[w:Henley Royal Regatta|Henley Royal Regatta]]. The team last won a US national championship in [[1929]].
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==Current set up==
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Currently, the teams practice on the [[Harlem River]]. Why they moved their [[boathouse]] from the [[Hudson]], nobody knows.
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Currently, they practice on the [[Harlem River]]. Why they moved their [[boathouse]] from the [[Hudson]], nobody knows.
 
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The Heavyweight crew season is divided between fall appearances by the varsity crew at the Head of the Charles Regatta (at [[Harvard]]) and the [[Princeton]] Chase, and the freshman crew at the Head of the Schuylkill (at [[Penn]]) and Belly of the Carnegie (at Princeton),  followed by Cup Season in the spring where it takes part in a series of regattas, followed by the Eastern Sprints and IRA National Championships.
 
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The "[[Ivy League]] Champions" are determined at the Eastern Sprints. Columbia's only title at the sprints (Ivy or outright) was the [[1999]]-[[2000]] Men's Lightweight crew. Columbia holds three IRA National titles: [[1914]], [[1927]], and 1929.
 
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The [[2008]] Men's Heavyweight team set a record by winning the first Blackwell Cup in 67 years and the first Maxwell Stevenson Cup in 45 years, achieving the feat in a single weekend.<ref>[http://www.columbiaspectator.com/2008/04/25/record-setting-cu-heavyweight-rowing-leads-fellow-teams-weekend Record-Setting CU Heavyweight Rowing Leads Fellow Teams into Weekend], Columbia Spectator, 25 April 2008</ref><ref>[http://www.gocolumbialions.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=9600&ATCLID=1443761 Heavyweights Win Blackwell Cup for First Time in 67 Years], Columbia University Athletics News, 19 April 2008</ref><ref>[http://www.rowinghistory.net/trophies.htm] This ones user generated and thus a little suspect. I've only put recently contested cups</ref>
 
  
 
== External links ==
 
== External links ==
 
* [http://www.college.columbia.edu/cct/mar_apr07/firstperson.php Masters of the Harlem River - Columbia College Today March/April 2007]
 
* [http://www.college.columbia.edu/cct/mar_apr07/firstperson.php Masters of the Harlem River - Columbia College Today March/April 2007]
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== References ==
 
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[[Category:Athletics]]
 
[[Category:Athletics]]

Revision as of 14:06, 30 November 2013

The 1878 crew team that won the Henley Regatta

Crew (or rowing) at Columbia consists of three distinct teams:

History

Crew has a long history at Columbia, with men's team originally being founded in 1873. In 1878 the "Columbia College Boat Club" became the first non-English team to win a race at the Henley Royal Regatta. The team last won a US national championship in 1929.

Current set up

Currently, the teams practice on the Harlem River. Why they moved their boathouse from the Hudson, nobody knows.

External links

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