Just a little update…

There will be information coming soon about Dad Vail activities on Friday and Saturday.  On Friday the Alumni Group will be hosting a Happy Hour Social.  The event time and place will be announced soon but please put it on your calender.  Saturday there will be tent near the finish line, it will be tent #4.  Also on Saturday some of the Alumni will be in the corporate challenge so please come out and watch as they pretend that they still have it and try to race a 500m piece.

T-Shirts are being designed to be sold here on the website through cafepress.com.  As soon as the designs are done we will run a test shirt, then we will let everyone know that items are available with an email but please check back to the site for updates on this and other things now that the spring racing season is at full throttle.

Lastly, keep in touch with the teams results on www.row2k.com.

CAA BEGINS SPONSORSHIP OF WOMEN’S ROWING AS A CHAMPIONSHIP SPORT

RICHMOND, Va. (March 25, 2009) – The Colonial Athletic Association has begun sponsorship of women’s rowing as the conference’s 23^rd sport.

“We’re excited about the addition of women’s rowing to our championship program,” CAA Commissioner Tom Yeager said. “It’s a sport that continues to grow in popularity across the nation and we are proud to provide additional opportunities for our women’s student-athletes.”

The first CAA women’s rowing championship will be conducted on April 18, 2009 in Philadelphia. The event will be conducted in conjunction with the Kerr Cup on the Schuykill River along historic Boathouse Row.

The CAA Championship will begin at 10 a.m. on April 18 and will feature races in the Women’s Varsity 8, Women’s Varsity 4 and the Women’s Second Varsity 8.

Five full CAA members currently sponsor women’s rowing at the intercollegiate level – the University of Delaware, Drexel University, George Mason University, Northeastern University and Old Dominion University. Joining that group as an associate member in women’s rowing will be the University of Buffalo.

With the addition of women’s rowing, the CAA will sponsor 23 sports – 12 for women and 11 for men. Women’s sports include: basketball, cross country, field hockey, golf, lacrosse, rowing, soccer, softball, swimming and diving, tennis, track and field and volleyball.

Men’s sports include: baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, lacrosse, soccer, swimming and diving, tennis, track and field and wrestling.