Despite not generating the headlines of football or men’s basketball, Matt Weise quietly has built one of MSU’s most successful varsity sports. The eighth-year head coach of the MSU rowing team has maintained the success of a program that has qualified for the NCAA National Championship Regatta in 14 of the last 15 seasons.
The MSU Crew Club is leaving today to head to Atlanta, where it has earned several of the highest seedings in program history at the American Collegiate Rowing Association Club Nationals.
Recent MSU graduate Laura Cowal competed for Canada in the Under-23 World Rowing Championships in Amsterdam Sunday, bringing home gold in the women’s eight boat.
Laura Cowal returns to the World Rowing Under 23 Championships — which starts on July 20 at Bosbaan in Amsterdam — after capturing a bronze medal for her native Canada in the 2010 Championships.
With all the anticipation in an emotional weekend, the MSU rowing team harnessed its excitement through its final races Sunday, ultimately finishing seventh as a team in Gold River, Calif. Head coach Matt Weise said the Spartans capitalized on every strength they had for the best possible finish against the top 16 teams in the nation.
As the MSU rowing team makes its fourth consecutive NCAA National Championship Regatta appearance — the 13th in the last 14 seasons — head coach Matt Weise believes his team is even more prepared than it has been in the past.
As Ohio State captured the Big Ten title, the MSU women’s rowing team earned a fourth place finish at the Big Ten Championships, and the varsity eight made a mark in the MSU history books by winning an unprecedented fourth consecutive title, finishing with a time of 6:17.12.
For the third week in a row, MSU lays claim to Boat of the Week honors in Big Ten women’s rowing, as the Spartans’ second varsity eight was given the award this week. The MSU varsity eight earned Boat of the Week in the previous two weeks.
The MSU women’s rowing team split a pair of races this past weekend, losing to Wisconsin and defeating Minnesota in its only home meet of the season.
Representing both the United States and Canada, two MSU rowers earned medals last week at the Under-23 Rowing World Championships in Brest, Belarus.
In 1997, the NCAA held its first-ever Women’s Rowing Championship. The very next year, MSU made women’s rowing a varsity sport.
Led by strong performances by both of its varsity eight boats, the MSU women’s rowing team finished ninth at the 2010 Championship Regatta on Sunday in Sacramento, Calif. All three of the Spartans’ boats were in the petite finals, meaning they could do no better than seventh place.
In the first day of competition at the 2010 NCAA Championship regatta Friday in Sacramento, Calif., the MSU rowing team advanced all three of its boats to the semifinals, which start at 9:00 a.m. Saturday. The Spartans’ varsity eight easily made it to Saturday’s semifinal, when it finished behind California and USC but beat Washington and Washington State.
The MSU women’s rowing team starts action in the NCAA National Championship Regatta on Friday in Sacramento, Calif. For the 12th time in the last 13 years, the Spartans will be competing in the sport’s national championship and will look to improve on their sixth place finish each of the last two years.
