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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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Columbia's '''Rowing''' team was founded in [[1873]]. The program consists of three distinct teams today, Men's Heavyweight, Men's Lightweight (founded in [[1922]]), and Women's Rowing (founded in [[1986]]).
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'''Crew''' (or '''rowing''') at Columbia consists of three distinct teams:
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*[[Men's Heavyweight Rowing Team]]
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*[[Men's Lightweight Rowing Team]] (founded in [[1922]])
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*[[Women's Rowing Team]] (founded in [[1986]])
  
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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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== History ==
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Crew was Columbia's first intercollegiate sport.
  
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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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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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The Heavyweight crew season is divided between fall appearances by the varsity crew at the Head of the Charles Regatta and Princeton Chase, and the freshman crew at the Head of the Schuylkill and Belly of the Carnegie, 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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Columbia rowers won the Visitor's Challenge Cup at the prestigious Henley Royal Regatta on the Thames in [[1878]], the first time a non-English team had won a race on English waters.
  
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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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==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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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>
 
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== Heavyweight Cups ==
 
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*Collins Cup (Columbia vs. Rutgers):
 
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*Alumni Cup (Columbia vs. MIT):
 
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*Childs Cup (Columbia vs. Princeton vs. Penn)
 
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*Blackwell Cup (Columbia vs. Yale vs. Penn): 1941, 2008, 2009
 
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*Maxwell Stevenson Cup (Mens Heavyweight Columbia vs. Navy): 1963, 2008, 2009, 2010
 
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*Doc Lusins Trophy (Winner of Columbia vs. Boston University at Regatta with Syracuse): 2010
 
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==Lightweight Cups==
 
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*Marcellus Hartley Dodge Cup (Columbia vs. Penn vs. Yale):
 
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*Subin Cup (Columbia vs. Dartmouth):
 
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*Geiger Cup (Columbia vs. Cornell vs. MIT):
 
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==Women's Cups==
 
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*Connell Cup (Columbia vs. Yale vs. Penn)
 
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*Woodbury Cup (Columbia vs. Northeastern, currently incorporated into Beanpot Regatta)
 
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*Dunn Bowl (Columbia vs. Brown vs. Cornell
 
  
 
== 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:Varsity sports]]
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[[Category:Athletics]]
 

Latest revision as of 07:57, 17 December 2013

The 1878 crew team that won the Henley Regatta

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

History

Crew was Columbia's first intercollegiate sport.

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.

Columbia rowers won the Visitor's Challenge Cup at the prestigious Henley Royal Regatta on the Thames in 1878, the first time a non-English team had won a race on English waters.

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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