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Rowing

Gophers handle Jayhawks on Lake Phalen

By
  • Nick Gerhardt
Apr. 23, 2007
The Minnesota rowing team looked to tune up its game this weekend, and the Gophers did by improving in areas they needed to before the Big Ten Championships. Minnesota worked on its sprint all week during practice...

Minnesota set for final event before Big Ten Championships

By
  • Nick Gerhardt
Apr. 20, 2007
This weekend marks the last home event for Minnesota's rowing team before it heads off to the Big Ten Championships on April 28 in Madison, Wis. The Gophers will face Kansas, a team that has not seen much time on the water this year...

Minnesota boats blow past competition

By
  • Nick Gerhardt
Apr. 16, 2007
A gorgeous spring day yielded beautiful results Saturday for the Minnesota rowing team on Lake Phalen in St. Paul. Minnesota dominated a double dual this weekend against Wisconsin, Iowa, Drake and Oregon State...

Rowers to host Bulldogs and Badgers in first event on Lake Phalen

By
  • Nick Gerhardt
Apr. 13, 2007
The Minnesota rowing team looks to glide past Big Ten opponents this weekend when the Gophers host their first event on Lake Phalen in St. Paul...

Minnesota cruises to victory in Iowa City

By
  • Nick Gerhardt
Apr. 02, 2007
The Minnesota rowing team went to Iowa City, Iowa, with a job to do - the Gophers accomplished their goals, winning every event against Iowa and Creighton. "We went there to win and we won by a lot...

Rowers journey to NCAA berth in full swing

By
  • Nick Gerhardt
Mar. 30, 2007
The Minnesota rowing team moved into its brand new $4.6 million-dollar boathouse in January, an investment which symbolizes a program on the rise. The Gophers will get to show how much their new asset...

Rowers eighth at NCAA Championships

By
  • C.J. Spang
May. 31, 2006
After the first race in the NCAA Championships on Friday, Minnesota's rowing team was right where it wanted to be, qualifying for Saturday's semifinals. But a stroke of bad luck caused the Gophers' first varsity eight-boat to miss the Grand Final and instead compete in the Petite Final, where Minnesota finished second - earning their boat eighth place in the country.

Rowers to NCAA Championships

By
  • C.J. Spang
May. 24, 2006
Completely devastated. That's how Minnesota's rowing team felt last year after not getting an at-large bid to the NCAA Championships. Because of that snub, the team didn't even want to listen to this year's conference call that would announce whether the Gophers would make their first NCAA Championship appearance in school history...

Big Tens success and boathouse buoy 2007 hopes

By
  • Matt Perkins
May. 02, 2006
Minnesota's rowing team's second-place finish at the Big Ten Championships likely will "spark interest" come recruiting time, coach Wendy Davis said. But the Gophers receiving an invite to the NCAA Championships at the end of the month could draw some of the best recruits in the country to Minnesota.

Minnesota is second with three Big Ten titles

By
  • Matt Perkins
May. 01, 2006
In 1986, Minnesota's varsity rowing program was canceled and demoted to club status. But in fall 2000 coach Wendy Davis began her resurrection of the program and it was moved back to the varsity level. On Saturday five and a half years later, Minnesota's rowing team hosted the Big Ten Championships for the first time at Lake Phalen in St. Paul.

Gophers eye grand finals for varsity-eight

By
  • Matt Perkins
Apr. 28, 2006
Minnesota's rowing team's first varsity-eight haven't qualified for the grand finals at the Big Ten Championships since 2002. Instead the Gophers' top boat has taken first place in the petite finals each of the past three years.

Minnesota wins four of five contests in meet at Lake Phalen

By
  • Matt Perkins
Apr. 24, 2006
Minnesota's rowing team coach Wendy Davis said there's something she wants everyone to know. "We're the only Big Ten school competing this weekend," Davis said. "That's something I would love the world to know. As everyone else is busy tapering we beat Boston University by five seconds."

Feeling underranked, Gophers finish right where expected

By
  • Matt Perkins
Apr. 17, 2006
Minnesota's rowing team met expectations this weekend against conference opponents Indiana and Ohio State in Bloomington, Ind. Only there weren't high expectations going in. The 18th-ranked Gophers were favored over Indiana, but were big underdogs against fifth-ranked Ohio State.

Early race a focus for Gophers

By
  • Matt Perkins
Apr. 14, 2006
Last week Minnesota's rowing team split up. The Gophers first and second varsity eight-boats traveled to UCLA, while the four-boats and novices stayed home to practice. Those who didn't make the trip to California worked on their start speed, which coincidentally was the Gophers' biggest problem against the Bruins.

Another road test for Gophers in Los Angeles vs. UCLA

By
  • Matt Perkins
Apr. 07, 2006
Things seem to be going ahead of schedule for Minnesota's rowing team this season. And that hasn't been said in the past. After losing their first match of the season last month against Louisville by four-tenths of a second, the Gophers first varsity eight hasn't been beaten. In fact, they've been rowing so fast that they didn't even give Iowa, Wisconsin ...
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