This past weekend, the University of Georgia Rowing club competed in its first spring regatta. It was held at Fort Yargo State Park, home of UGA Crew. The course was only 1500 meters, which is 500 meters less than a normal race, but the teams had a difficult time all day facing strong winds and white caps.

Both UGA and Tech had great showings, but UGA came away with a victory by 4 points. The women's varsity 8+ boats took first and second in their race. The men's varsity 8+ boat got a close third to Tech's "A" and "B" boats. Varsity women's 4+ boats got first and third. The men's varsity 4+ boats got second and fourth against two other Tech boats. Our novice women's 4+ boats took first and second and the novice men's 8+ took second. Sadly, due to high winds and white caps, not all of our novices were given the opportunity to get their first race out of the way.

March 10th at SERCS will be the next opportunity for UGA to compete against Tech and many other schools. This event will take place in Aiken, South Carolina and will be hosted by UGA.