San Diego Rowing Club
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Independent Sources:
1. California Coastal Commission Report for Coggeshall Rowing Center : https://documents.coastal.ca.gov/reports/2002/3/T10b-3-2002.pdf
2. Online Archive of California Records of SDRC Administrative Processes : https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8jm2gdm/entire_text/
3. City of San Diego Historical Photos | Aerial Photo of the Boathouse : https://www.sandiego.gov/digital-archives-photos/1946-aerial-photo-original-san-diego-rowing-club-boathouse
4. Howard Rozelle Photos | Aerial Photo of the Boathouse : https://www.johnfry.com/pages/PhotoRozelle24.html
5. Row2k (a Rowing Media Outlet) Article on San Diego Rowing Club : https://www.row2k.com/features/312/two-coasts--two-clubs--too-bad-for-the-rest-of-us/
| San Diego Rowing Club | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Location | San Diego, CA |
| Home water | Mission Bay |
| Founded | 1888 |
| Former names | Excelsior Rowing & Swim Club |
| Membership | Juniors, Masters |
| Championships | US Rowing Youth National Championships |
| Colours | Red and White |
| Website | www |
| Events | |
| San Diego Crew Classic, San Diego Fall Classic, Row for the Cure | |
| Notable members | |
| Susan Francia, Bryan Volpenhein | |
The San Diego Rowing Club, located on Mission Bay in San Diego, California, is a rowing club and non-profit organization founded in 1888:[1]. Notable members include two-time Olympic gold-medalist Susan Francia.[2] and gold- and bronze-medalist Bryan Volpenhein[3]. The club operates out of the Coggeshall Rowing Center which is a 17,000 sq. ft. 6-bay facility built in 1989[4] on land that is leased from the City of San Diego.
History[edit]
San Diego experienced a population boom at the end of the 19th century, which led many new residents to look for recreation and entertainment. At its founding in 1888, the club was named the Excelsior Rowing and Swim Club, but after only 3 years, the club officially changed its name to its present name, the San Diego Rowing Club. The first boathouse was built on the San Diego Bay and was housed there for 79 years.[5]. With its bayfront location, the club was in the heart of the city center[6] near New Town San Diego, in what is now known as Downtown.
With the advent of World War II and the development of Naval Base San Diego on North Island, harbor traffic quickly increased with Navy activity and other civilian vessels, leading to a decline of recreational activity. In the aftermath of the war, the population of San Diego increasingly suburbanized and the population center shifted away from the city center. Membership dwindled, and the club was not able to pass a vote for an offer from the city to relocate to the newly developed Mission Bay. In 1978, the Port of San Diego condemned the boathouse as part of the plans for the redevelopment of Seaport Village.
The rowing club survived once a group of members were able to find a new home for the club in the City of San Diego's Santa Clara Recreation Center on Santa Clara Point in Mission Bay[7]. The new facility grew in an effort to compete in decorated and historical rowing competitions across the country, including the Head of the Charles Regatta. As the club grew in size, so did the three university rowing teams that also operated out of the same garage on Santa Clara Point (UC San Diego, USD, and SDSU).
In 1983 the Chart House Restaurant group acquired the original bayfront boathouse property and invested $1.7M in renovation efforts and kept the spirit of the original boathouse alive[8] which currently houses a Joe's Crab Shack. Many of the rowing club's original articles were used to decorate the Joe's Crab Shack restaurant, until the conclusion of a public legal battle that assured the return of all memorabilia by the end of 2006[9].
Coggeshall Rowing Center[edit]
A. W. Coggeshall, a longtime oarsmen and member of the Rowing Club, passed away in 1987 and left funds for the San Diego Rowing Club and university teams to build a new boathouse[10]. The Coggeshall Rowing Center[11] was built shortly thereafter, and SDRC relocated along with the UCSD Tritons and the USD Toreros to El Carmel Point, a half mile from the old boathouse. San Diego State continues to operate their program from Santa Clara Point.
Women's Rowing[edit]
At its founding, membership at the San Diego Rowing Club was limited to men only. In 1892, four women went on to found the ZLAC Rowing Club in San Diego as a women's-only rowing club. Today, San Diego Rowing Club allows members of any gender, and ZLAC Rowing Club is considered to be the oldest, continuously existing all-women's rowing club in the United States[12].
Events & Competitions[edit]
The San Diego Rowing Club sponsors a number of events and rowing competitions as part of their organization. The largest of which is the San Diego Crew Classic, but also includes the annual Row for the Cure and San Diego Fall Classic.
San Diego Crew Classic[edit]
The San Diego Crew Classic is an 8-lane, 2,000m sprint race in the spring competition season. It is the largest rowing regatta on the West Coast of the United States[13]. Crew Classic began in 1973 as an early-season spring regatta on the west coast; it is seen as the start of the Spring racing season many bodies of water that are home to rowing clubs across the country are still frozen or unrowable from the winter season[14]. The regatta features events in junior, collegiate, and master's rowing.
Events[edit]
The following events were offered in 2019[15]
- Collegiate Men:
- Copley Cup (V8) by invitation only
- American Specialty Health Cup (V8)
- Lightweight Varsity (LV8)
- Junior Varsity (2V8)
- Third Varsity (3V8)
- Novice (N8)
- Novice B (2N8)
- Collegiate Women:
- Jessop-Whittier Cup (V8) by invitation only
- Cal Cup (V8)
- Varsity Four (V4+)
- Varsity B Four (2V4+)
- Lightweight Varsity (LV8)
- Junior Varsity (2V8)
- Novice (N8)
- DII/DIII/Club (V8)
- DII/DIII/Club Novice (N8)
- DII/DIII/Club 4+ (N4+)
- High School (Junior) Boys:
- Varsity (V8)
- Junior Varsity (2V8)
- Novice (N8)
- Lightweight Varsity (LV8)
- High School (Junior) Girls:
- Varsity (V8)
- Junior Varsity (2V8)
- Lightweight Varsity (LV8)
- Open/Alumni:
- Open Men (V8)
- Open Women (V8)
- Alumni Men (V8)
- Alumni Women (V8)
- Masters
- Men (Varied): A (27-35), B (36-42), C (43-49), D (50-54), E (55-59), F (60+, Age Handicapped)
- Women (Varied): A (27-35), B (36-42), C (43-49), D (50-54), E (55-59), F (60+, Age Handicapped)
- Men Club Championship (Varied): (Ages 21+, Age Handicapped)
- Women Club Championship (Varied): (Ages 21+, Age Handicapped)
Susan G. Komen Row for the Cure[edit]
Typically held in late October, the Row for the Cure was first held in 2001 in support of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. After the sudden loss of UCSD Women's Rowing alumna Lori Anne Uptegrove and a Triton family member, Joyce Snyder, the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation partnered with groups on Mission Bay to organize the first Row for the Cure Regatta[16]. The regatta includes events for rowing as mentioned in the official event name, but also events for standup paddleboarding, kayaking, and outrigger canoeing.
Juniors Team[edit]
The San Diego Rowing Club Juniors (SDRC Juniors) team is rowing club team that competes within the USRowing Southwest Regional Youth Championships (CJs)[17]. The CJs Regional Championship qualifies teams for the USRowing Youth National Championships[18]. Other teams within the Southwest Regional Youth Championships include the Los Gatos Rowing Club, Marin Rowing Association, and Oakland Strokes.
In 2018, Olympic gold-medalist Brian Volpenhein was selected as the Head Coach of the Juniors Men's Varisty team[19]
References[edit]
- ↑ Online Archive of California [1]
- ↑ [2] "San Diego Rowing Club team sprints to top 10 finishes at international race"
- ↑ [3] "Former Olympian Bryan Volpenhein selected to be head coach of Penn heavyweight rowing"
- ↑ [4] "San Diego may extend Mission Bay rowing club leases for 25 years"
- ↑ [5] "San Diego Rowing Club History"
- ↑ Outing. Outing Publishing Company. 1895. pp. 4–. Search this book on
- ↑ [6] Santa Clara Recreation Center, City of San Diego
- ↑ Susan Hyman [7] A Bayfront Boathouse Rows Back to Life
- ↑ Row2K [8] Two Coasts, Two Clubs, Too Bad for the Rest of Us
- ↑ A. Chu [9] Can You Spot the Millionaire in This Picture?
- ↑ California Coastal Commission [10] Application 6-00-196
- ↑ [11] "ZLAC: The World's Oldest Women's Rowing Club"
- ↑ [12] "San Diego Hosts the Largest Regatta on the West Coast - The San Diego Crew Classic"
- ↑ San Diego Crew Classic [13] "Our Story"
- ↑ [14] Events and Descriptions
- ↑ [15] Susan G. Komen San Diego Row for the Cure
- ↑ [16] "2020 USRowing Southwest Youth Championships"
- ↑ [17] "2020 USRowing Youth National Championships"
- ↑ [18] "Olympian Bryan Volpenhein Named New SDRC Junior Men's Varsity Coach"
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