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The Willamette women's novice lightweight 4+ earned bronze medals at the WIRA Championships.The Willamette women's novice lightweight 4+ earned bronze medals at the WIRA Championships.
monday 5 may

Willamette Rowing Earns Two Third Place and Two Fourth Place Finishes at WIRA Championships

Bearcats Finish Second in WV4 Petite Final

LAKE NATOMA, CALIF. -- The Willamette University rowing teams earned two third place finishes and took fourth place twice during the finals of the Western Intercollegiate Rowing Association (WIRA) Championships, held on Saturday, May 3 and Sunday, May 4 at… [more]

Lauren Schwartz was named All-Conference by the NCRC. She was stroke on Willamette's WV4+ that took fifth place at the Head of the Charles Regatta.Lauren Schwartz was named All-Conference by the NCRC. She was stroke on Willamette's WV4+ that took fifth place at the Head of the Charles Regatta.
sunday 4 may

Henselman and Schwartz Receive All-Conference Awards in NCRC

Willamette Places 14 Student-Athletes on List of NCRC All-Academic Award Winners

SALEM, ORE. -- Willamette University senior men's rower Greg Henselman (Corvallis, OR/Kamiak HS) and senior women's rower Lauren Schwartz (Medford, OR/St. Mary's HS) have been selected for All-Conference honors by the Northwest Collegiate Rowing Conference (NCRC). Henselman and Schwartz also… [more]

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Rowing team gets new shell

New shell christened during halftime of the men’s basketball game.

New shell christened

The Willamette University rowing teams and Head Coach Susan Parkman christened a new shell during halftime of the men’s basketball game against George Fox University on Friday, Feb. 9. Coach Parkman and the rowing teams want to thank Lauren Dudley and her family for the generous donation of the new men’s eight-oared shell, the “Squirrel Riley”. It is made by Hudson Racing Shells and is identical to the boat used by the United States Olympic men’s eight in the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Greece. Using an identical shell, the U.S. men won the gold medal in the 2,000-meter race with a time of 5:19.85, for the world’s fastest time ever in the event.

Willamette’s new shell has a carbon fiber honeycomb structure, weighs 210 pounds and is 62 feet long. It is designed to hold eight rowers and a coxswain. With everyone working together, Coach Parkman believes Willamette can move the shell at 11 knots — fast enough to pull a small water skier!