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Texas finds success in Chattanooga

Sam Jackson November 4, 2013

Texas rowing finished its fall season in Chattanooga, Tenn., over the weekend, registering top showings at Saturday and Sunday’s races. Saturday, the Longhorns opened with a third-place finish...

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Men's swimming and diving Fourth-ranked Texas traveled to Bloomington, Ind. on Friday and split wins against Indiana and Michigan for the second year in a row.  The Longhorns cruised past...

Texas rowing finds success at home regatta

Sam Jackson October 28, 2013

Both varsity and novice squads collected wins over the weekend at Austin Rowing Club’s 29th annual Head of the Colorado. Texas’ varsity boat won the five-entry open eights race, sweeping...

Women’s Rowing competes at Princeton and debuts novice team at home Regatta

Sam Jackson October 25, 2013

Both the varsity and novice teams will be competing in separate events over the weekend. Varsity will travel to New Jersey for the Princeton 3-Mile Chase, competing with two varsity eight boats and...

Texas rowing reflects on Head of the Charles results

Sam Jackson October 21, 2013

The Longhorns traveled to Boston to compete in the annual Head of the Charles regatta, where they struggled to claim top finishes. Sunday afternoon, Texas competed in the Championship Women’s...

Rowing Preview for the Head of The Charles: October 19-20

Sam Jackson October 18, 2013

This year marks the 49th annual Head of the Charles Regatta. Held in Boston, the Head of the Charles selectively invites crews from all over the world to compete in a two-day rowing competition....

Senior Abbey Wilkowski leads Texas Rowing

Sam Jackson October 7, 2013

The air is humid and the morning is early, but the team could not be more excited about getting on the water to kick off its fall season. It even smells like rowing season as members of the team assemble...

Longhorns return home after strong novice performance

Sam Jackson April 22, 2013

This weekend Texas traveled to South Carolina to compete at the Clemson Invitational. Although the varsity squad held consistent times and places in its competition over the weekend, UT’s second...

Digging from Within: Texas rowing ready to kick it up a notch

Sam Jackson April 19, 2013

This weekend Texas heads to South Carolina for the Clemson Invite on Lake Hartwell. With Big 12 competition right around the corner, Texas is using every moment to improve and heighten their performance...

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Treading open water before the final stroke

Sam Jackson April 5, 2013

Laurel sits comfortably in the locker room after just getting her boat off the water.   “I cried my first rowing practice. I was literally forced in to the sport by my family. Both my...

Women’s rowing looks for victories at home this weekend

Sam Jackson March 22, 2013

As Texas students still recover from spring break, women’s rowing is coming off its two-a-day training week looking for victories in this weekend’s Longhorn Invitational.  “Spring...

Women’s Rowing sweeps at Heart of Texas Races this weekend

Sam Jackson March 4, 2013

Women’s Rowing is off to a great start as The Heart of Texas races wrapped up Saturday afternoon in the Women’s open finals. Texas swept top victories across the board in the open 8+, novice...

Women’s rowing takes on Bates College in scrimmage

Sam Jackson February 25, 2013

Friday, Texas Women’s Rowing matched up against Bate Collage for their third annual scrimmage. “What’s good to see on our team is that not only do we have good depth—but moreover,...

Women’s rowing to compete in final face-off before regular season

Sam Jackson February 22, 2013

Friday marks the Longhorns’ third-annual scrimmage against Bates College. Traveling all the way from Maine, the Bobcats come for an early season training week on Texas waters.  The head coach...

Longhorns snag top-five finishes in first race of the spring season

Sam Jackson February 11, 2013

Concluding a great start to their spring season, the Longhorns snagged top-five finishes over the weekend in the annual Fighting Nutria rivalry race. In addition, Novice contributed to top-eleven spots...

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Rowers launch into spring season with a local rivalry

Sam Jackson February 8, 2013

This weekend kicks off Texas Rowing’s official launch into the spring season. After a short rest during winter break, the rowers returned to Austin a week early for training, focusing their efforts...

Texas claims victory on home turf

Sam Jackson October 29, 2012

Racing conditions could not have been better than they were Saturday afternoon as Texas claimed four out of five divisions in competition at the 2012 Head of the Colorado. “There isn’t as...

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