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Saturday, October 12
Shelton, Conn.
10 am
Syracuse University
vs
Head of the Housatonic
Men’s Rowing Has Head of the Housatonic Debut Saturday
10/11/2019 9:41:00 PM | Men's Rowing
SYRACUSE, N.Y. – The Syracuse University men's rowing team begins its fall season in Shelton, Conn., Saturday when the Orange race at the Head of the Housatonic for the first time in program history. The Orange will face crews from Yale, Brown and Northeastern at Indian Wells State Park. Each squad finished ranked in the top-10 in the country last spring, including Yale which placed in the top spot and won last year's national championship.
Syracuse is coming off a spring season where they finished ninth in the final IRA Coaches Poll and had two boats place in the top-10 at the Intercollegiate Rowing Association (IRA) Championships in Sacramento, Calif.
The Orange have two other regattas as part of their fall season, including the Head of the Charles on Sunday, Oct. 20 in Boston, Mass., and the Cornell Autumn Classic on Saturday, Nov. 2 in Ithaca, N.Y.
Fans can view live results as they are made available at the conclusion of each race.
About the Regatta
The first Head of the Housatonic was held in 1994, the same year that the New Haven Rowing Club moved into its brand new boathouse in Oxford, Connecticut.
The members of the club, mindful of their mission to help promote the sport of rowing, thought an October regatta on the Housatonic would be a good tune-up for local crews aiming for the Head of the Charles later in the month. With a lovely and placid 2.7-mile racecourse measured out, the Head of the Housatonic was launched.
From that modest beginning, the Head of the Hous has grown into one of the largest one-day regattas on the East Coast. Each year, some 700 crews and 2,000 athletes (and thousands more spectators) come together for the joy of competing along the gentle turns and stunning foliage of the Housatonic River valley. Rowers from ages 15 to 80-something wend their way up the course, passing by Indian Well State Park and under 'the wire' on their way to the finish line at the NHRC boathouse.
Syracuse is coming off a spring season where they finished ninth in the final IRA Coaches Poll and had two boats place in the top-10 at the Intercollegiate Rowing Association (IRA) Championships in Sacramento, Calif.
The Orange have two other regattas as part of their fall season, including the Head of the Charles on Sunday, Oct. 20 in Boston, Mass., and the Cornell Autumn Classic on Saturday, Nov. 2 in Ithaca, N.Y.
Fans can view live results as they are made available at the conclusion of each race.
About the Regatta
The first Head of the Housatonic was held in 1994, the same year that the New Haven Rowing Club moved into its brand new boathouse in Oxford, Connecticut.
The members of the club, mindful of their mission to help promote the sport of rowing, thought an October regatta on the Housatonic would be a good tune-up for local crews aiming for the Head of the Charles later in the month. With a lovely and placid 2.7-mile racecourse measured out, the Head of the Housatonic was launched.
From that modest beginning, the Head of the Hous has grown into one of the largest one-day regattas on the East Coast. Each year, some 700 crews and 2,000 athletes (and thousands more spectators) come together for the joy of competing along the gentle turns and stunning foliage of the Housatonic River valley. Rowers from ages 15 to 80-something wend their way up the course, passing by Indian Well State Park and under 'the wire' on their way to the finish line at the NHRC boathouse.
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