Women's Crew Prepares for Head of the Grand
10/19/2001 12:00:00 AM | Women's Rowing
Oct. 19, 2001
EAST LANSING, Mich. - The Spartan rowing team will race on Sunday, Oct. 21 at the Head of the Grand regatta on the Grand River in Lansing. The crew will face in-state rivals Northern Michigan, Michigan Tech, and Grand Valley State. The regatta will be the only home race for the Spartans in the fall.
The women's rowing action begins at 9:30 a.m. EDT, starting with the women's novice eight race. This is the first regatta for the MSU novice boats.
The Spartans last rowed at the Head of the Ohio on Oct. 6. Out of four events, MSU took first place in the open pair and club eight competitions, and placed second in the open four and open eight events. This was the first varsity head race for several of the Spartan rowers, facing top crew programs including Princeton, Michigan, and Boston University.
Schedule 9:30 Women's Novice Eight (Flight one) 9:45 Women's Novice Four 10:15 Women's Pairs 10:30 Women's Varsity Eight 11:00 Women's Novice Eight (Flight two) 11:30 Women's Varsity Four