Earlier this month, we made our annual trip down to Gainesville, Georgia for our spring break training trip. The team woke up bright and early on March 8th to begin our trek from campus to Lake Lanier Olympic Park. The trip was productive, with every boat making important technical improvements as we got on the water. We were very grateful to the several Illinois Rowing alumni who came out to act as guest coaches, who helped contribute to our development over the break. It was an exciting, yet tiring set of days as we got to work doing double or even triple sessions each day, getting in a lot of mileage and technical work.

With finals week wrapping up, it’s time for some updates on the Fall season this year. Full team practices ended Friday of last week with a few test pieces to wrap up the Fall. Overall, we had a great Fall season this year, and are ready for Spring, with everyone sent home with a training plan for the winter, in order to come back faster and stronger than ever.

Just 10 days ago, we published an article asking for your help raising money to purchase a King Racing Shells Coxed 4+. We asked for 14,000$, in order to make the down payment on the shell. You all, our friends, alumni, and families, raised over 20,000 dollars.

Our last news update, just a month ago, was on our major success in Boston, having both of our team’s boats automatically qualify for Head of the Charles 2024, in the coxed four events. Now, a month later, we need YOUR help to make sure we have the equipment we need to succeed again next year.