URI Crew Club

URI Crew Club The official Facebook for the University of Rhode Island Rowing Club The team is open to anyone willing to make the rigorous commitment.

University of Rhode Island Rowing is a successful co-ed club rowing program that competes in the New England region against some of the best club and varsity teams in the country. The team was founded in 1965 by Math Professor Ralp Kopperman (Columbia '62) with the help of a student Bill Sonzogni (URI '67). Since then, the URI Crew Club has been teaching young men and women about rowing, teamwork,

responsibility, commitment, competition and success. The club program is open to all URI students who are interested in trying the sport. Many of our rowers are novices, the program has a history of taking inexperienced athletes and making them into champions. No less than 5 athletes over the history of the program have gone on to represent the United States in International and Olympic competition. The team trains throughout the school year, from September to June. URI competes in a few, "Head - style" races in the fall (Ex. Head of the Charles). However the real racing season runs in the spring from late March to early June. Schools on our regular racing schedule are as follows; UNH, Boston College, Bates, WPI, UMass, Coast Guard, Trinity, and Wesleyan. The team competes every year at The New England Championships in Worcester, MA in early May and various other regattas, including the ECAC National Invitational, ACRA National Championship, and the Aberdeen Dad Vail's Regatta. The team rows on the Narrow River out of the Campanella Rowing Center. The rowing center houses two spacious boat bays, a workshop, erg room, weight room, conference room, men's and women's shower/changing room, and a coach's apartment. The Narrow River offers a 2000 meter, four lane race course, as well as an additional 3000 meters of rowable water further downstream. The program is partially subsidized by the University Student Senate and Department of Campus Recreation. However, most of the financial support comes from generous alumni, parents and friends. Because of the support from Alumni, Parents & Friends, the team is blessed with a great rowing facility, good equipment, and a committed coaching staff.

Another fantastic year at national championship for URI Crew! We saw some amazing performances out of our boats this ye...
05/18/2026

Another fantastic year at national championship for URI Crew! We saw some amazing performances out of our boats this year despite the stiff competition from other crews. We saw some impressive rowing from not only our more experienced variety crews, but from our two novice boats as well, and we are preparing to crush the competition next year.

Following the stellar example set by the last three years of crews, our Women’s Novice Four excelled in their races, narrowly missing Grand Finals. They secured 5th in Petites, taking 11th for WN4 in the nation. As they transition from novice to varsity, they will only continue to train and improve.

Our Mens Varsity Pair put up some competitive numbers across their 2 days of racing, making it all the way to C final and overtaking 1st in a last second sprint.
Our Mens Novice group this year was strong, with 2 rowers nearly approaching the record boards and several more not far behind. The rest of boys put in hard work, making C finals and getting a big PR in their final race. With their promotion to varsity, the boys will fill up the vacuum the graduates leave in the varsity 8+ upcoming year.

To the surprise of no one, our Women’s Varsity 8 had some impressive races this weekend, pushing again all the way to the B final, beating out 8 other boats overall and securing another 10th place spot for their crew. It was a strong note to end on for the girls, seven of them saying goodbye to us this year. The underclassmen have been taking notes and will step in their stead next year.

Finally, our Men’s Varsity 8 showed us the result of all their months of long erg pieces, strict training, and hard practice by fighting through the 29 other crews against them to secure a spot in the D finals, where they pulled strong numbers numbers in the headwind and repped the team proudly.

None of our crews are finished yet, and we have a long summer ahead of us filled with rigorous training plans, many erg pieces, and more cardio than is reasonable. But when we return next year, we’ll be more ready than ever to win some races and challenge any crew that comes against us.

The 25’-26’ season’s swan song is upon us. Tomorrow marks our first day at national championships. When our trailer is ...
05/15/2026

The 25’-26’ season’s swan song is upon us. Tomorrow marks our first day at national championships. When our trailer is loaded up and we leave after our final race, we will have left everything out there on Melton Lake. All events will be comprehensively live-streamed via drone, so make sure to tune in. Results will also be available. Link in bio!

This year marks the URI Crew team’s 60th birthday! We have been around a long time and, with your help, we will be aroun...
04/28/2026

This year marks the URI Crew team’s 60th birthday! We have been around a long time and, with your help, we will be around a whole lot longer. Donate today to help us continue our tradition of excellence so we can battle crews across the country at ACRA national championship in Tennessee. Every dollar helps! Link in bio! GO RHODY!!!

04/28/2026

Today is the day. DAY OF GIVING IS LIVE! We appreciate all donations to get to our $30,000 goal. Without you, nationals is not possible. Use the link in the bio or stories to donate

Make sure to designate the gift to RhodyNow: Club Crew

04/28/2026

SPREAD THE WORD! Tomorrow, the URI Day of Giving kicks off! We need your help to make it to ACRA national championships in Tennessee. This team is a steam engine that runs on your generosity, and Oak Ridge, TN is a ways away. We are tremendously grateful for all of your support, both in the past and tomorrow. The link to donations is in bio! When you donate, make sure it is designated to Club Crew, located in the Campus Rec & Club Sports category. GO RHODY!!!

Two days until DAY OF GIVING!!! While we are profusely thankful for all of our donors and supporters, we want to memoria...
04/27/2026

Two days until DAY OF GIVING!!! While we are profusely thankful for all of our donors and supporters, we want to memorialize the biggest supporters within our boathouse walls (and on the river). For a $750 donation, an erg will be named for you so you can be immortalized in our painful training. For $1,000 an oar will be named for you and if you are so generous, for $5,000, one of the coaches’ launches will be named for you. Thank you all for your support! See you on the donor’s list on Tuesday!

URI’S FIRST REGATTA!!! Tomorrow, we are proud to host NCCR at Watuppa Rowing Center in Fall River, MA. Crews from all ac...
04/24/2026

URI’S FIRST REGATTA!!! Tomorrow, we are proud to host NCCR at Watuppa Rowing Center in Fall River, MA. Crews from all across the northeast have agreed to throw down with us one last time before we enter our final phase of preparation for ACRA. We made medals and trophies for the regatta, but if our athletes have anything to say about it they won’t be trading hands with any teams tomorrow. GO RHODY!!!

REGATTA TOMORROW!!! NCCR is proudly hosted by URI Crew at Watuppa Rowing Center in Fall River, MA. Many crews from acros...
04/24/2026

REGATTA TOMORROW!!! NCCR is proudly hosted by URI Crew at Watuppa Rowing Center in Fall River, MA. Many crews from across the northeast will meet on the water and throw down with us one last time before we get ready for ACRA. Rain, sleet or shine, glass on the water or whitecaps in our wells, our crews are hungry for hardware and we will have our appetite quenched. GO RHODY!!!

5 days til the annual DAY OF GIVING! For every $2,000 raised, members of the team will have to do a relay race around ca...
04/24/2026

5 days til the annual DAY OF GIVING! For every $2,000 raised, members of the team will have to do a relay race around campus with our resident 30 pound medicine ball, Buddy. We hate Buddy, but we love your support so some sacrifices must be made. If you would like to donate early, the link to the page is in the bio. Make sure to designate the donation to Athletics, then to Club Sports. GO RHODY!!!

April 28th is URI’s annual 24-hour day of giving! Whether you are a first year parent or a 50th year alumni, this is the...
04/23/2026

April 28th is URI’s annual 24-hour day of giving! Whether you are a first year parent or a 50th year alumni, this is the day to show some love for your team and the school it represents. Across the next few days, we will be unveiling donation milestones. To start, every $500 donated total will result in two rowers taking a cold plunge into the Narrow. There won’t be any hypothermia, thankfully, but there will be many cold, unhappy rowers by the end of the day of giving. Make it so! More info to come. GO RHODY!!!

It’s often been said that lightning never strikes twice in the same place, but yesterday on the Cooper River, Rhode Isla...
04/13/2026

It’s often been said that lightning never strikes twice in the same place, but yesterday on the Cooper River, Rhode Island Crew debunked that myth. In back-to-back Grand Final events, our men’s and women’s varsity 8+ both took home silver medals! It’s been two years since the varsity boats both medaled in the same regatta, but we are back and hungry for shinier hardware. The novice crews also had strong performances, with the women’s novice 4+ knocking out some D1 boats in heats to battle their way into petite finals. The men’s novice 8+ performed well too, taking a decisive 4th place with a tight spread of final times. The men’s novice 4+ had a great race, trailing close behind some fierce IRA programs, but was excluded from finals due to changing wind conditions favoring later heats and giving them faster times. The boys are miffed about it but the URI Crew way will have them turning that frustration into meters for the rest of the season.

Next up, Patriot Cup! See you then! GO RHODY!!!🥈🥈

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