Boston College Men’s Crew competes against both club and varsity teams from across the country. While the team can trace itself through various predecessors, the modern Boston College Crew was founded on campus in 1987 with limited resources and has grown to one of the largest crews on the Charles River, competing among the elite crews in the United States. facilities, the program currently suppor
ts over 100 student-athletes between the men’s and women’s teams. The men’s team operates as a club sport at BC while the women’s team gained varsity status in the fall of 2000. Completed in 2008, the team rows out of the state-of-the-art, $15 million Community Rowing Boathouse facility near campus. The competitive rowing seasons occur in both the fall and spring, though the team trains throughout the school year. Highlighting the fall season is the Head of the Charles, held on the river on which the team practices daily. During Winter Break or Spring Break the team occasionally makes a week-long trip to train in warm weather; Tennessee, South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida being some of our past destinations. The spring racing season runs from March until May, and most races are around New England. This past year, the team competed in the San Diego Crew Classic during the last weekend of March
Local schools that we often compete against include UMass, Trinity, WPI, Tufts, URI, UNH, Williams, Wesleyan and Bates. Our championship racing includes the New England Rowing Championships in Worcester, the ECAC National Invitational Rowing Championships, and ACRA Club National Championships in Gainesville, GA.
