Oak Ridge, Tennessee – High Point’s youth rowing squad arrived in Tennessee today for for the conclusion of its regular spring racing season at the 2016 Dogwood Regatta.
Oak Ridge will welcome about 2,000 junior rowers from all over the Southeast and Midwest to compete in the Dogwood Junior Regional Regatta. The regatta is one of the largest in the Southeast.
A crew’s performance at the event will be considered heavily for seeding purposes at the USRowing Southeast Regional Championship in Sarasota, Florida in May, where rowers compete to qualify for the Youth National Championships.
High Point has entered the women’s youth varsity eight, and the men’s youth double and quadruple quad sculls events in Sarasota.
Youth rowing, for those under 19 years old, has grown by leaps and bounds in the southeastern United States during the past 10 years. Whether due to the extensive opportunities for rowing college scholarships or the general improvement in quantity and quality of rowing programs offered, junior rowing is quickly becoming one of the fastest growing sports in the nation.
Rowing races will begin at 7:30 a.m. Saturday, April 30, and continue throughout the weekend, ending at 5 p.m. Sunday, May 1. The race distance is 2,000 meters.
