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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]]).
| + | '''Crew''' (or '''rowing''') at Columbia consists of three distinct teams: |
| | + | *[[Men's Heavyweight Rowing Team]] |
| | + | *[[Men's Lightweight Rowing Team]] (founded in [[1922]]) |
| | + | *[[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]].
| + | == History == |
| | + | 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.
| + | 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 (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.
| + | 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.
| + | ==Current set up== |
| − | | + | Currently, the teams practice on the [[Harlem River]]. Why they moved their [[boathouse]] from the [[Hudson]], nobody knows. |
| − | 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 == | |
| − | *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
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| | == 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 ==
| + | [[Category:Varsity sports]] |
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| − | [[Category:Athletics]] | |
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
