Friday, October 23, 2009
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
What to do with all the coxswains when you take out team in pairs!
Stick them in a quad! Nice job coxswains. The best part, nobody wanted to sit bow and steer. They did a great job and we hope this isn't the last of the coxswain 4x.
Monday, August 24, 2009
Freshman Recruits arrive on Duke Campus!
The greatly anticipated Class of 2013 arrived last week for orientation. We had a Welcome to Duke Dinner for freshman rowers and coxswains and their families. Upperclassmen have been arriving throughout the week. This is our first week of practice with ergs and weightroom sessions. Saturday after practice we are heading to the beach! Next week we head to the water with our sites on our upcoming fall races. To find out more about our race schedule as well as summer updates, please click on the link below to download our Pre-Fall Newsletter.
Monday, June 29, 2009
Duke Freshman Burke heading to Worlds
Hillsborough High’s Katie Burke has been named to the U.S. Junior Rowing team’s double sculls crew, and will compete for the U.S. at the World Junior Rowing Championships, which are to be held at Brive-la-Gaillarde in France in August.
Burke, who finished third in the single sculls at the U.S. Junior Rowing Championships at Lake Harsha, Ohio earlier this month, said making the team meant a lot.
“I think last year, when I didn’t make the [U.S.] team, it was a goal for me to work for a full year to get on the team,” Burke said by phone from the U.S. Camp at Mercer Lake, N.J. “This is a really big honor, because obviously a lot of people wanted it and tried out.”
Burke was selected to the U.S. High Performance team, the equivalent of the National ‘B’ team, which competed in Germany last year. While in Mercer, she teamed with Abby Knight, from the Friends of Shenendehowa (N.Y.). Burke said the chemistry she and Knight, a fellow finalist at the U.S. Junior Nationals, were able to generate in a short space of time surprised her.
“Right when she got in the boat it felt pretty good,” Burke said. “Usually it takes a while, especially being single scullers getting together and finding a rhythm, but we matched up really well.”
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