Eastern Association of Rowing Colleges
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The Eastern Association of Rowing Colleges (EARC) is a college athletic conference of eighteen men's college rowing crews
. It is an affiliate of the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC).
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College rowing (United States)
Rowing is one of the oldest intercollegiate sports in the United States. However, rowers comprise only 2.2% of total college athletes. This may be in part because of the status of rowing as an amateur sport and because not all universities have access to suitable bodies of water. In the 2002-03...
. It is an affiliate of the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC).
Members
Eighteen colleges and universities are members of the EARC, mostly in the North-East and Mid-Atlantic United States, but also in the Mid-West with the University of Wisconsin–MadisonUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison
The University of Wisconsin–Madison is a public research university located in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. Founded in 1848, UW–Madison is the flagship campus of the University of Wisconsin System. It became a land-grant institution in 1866...
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- Boston University
- Brown University
- Columbia University
- Cornell University
- Dartmouth College
- George Washington UniversityGeorge Washington ColonialsThe George Washington Colonials are the athletic teams of George Washington University. The school sponsors 21 varsity sports , the majority of which compete in the Division I Atlantic 10 Conference. The men's and women's water polo teams compete in the Collegiate Water Polo Association and the...
- Georgetown University
- Harvard University
- College of the Holy Cross
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Northeastern University
- University of PennsylvaniaCollege Boat ClubCollege Boat Club of the University of Pennsylvania is the rowing program for University of Pennsylvania Rowing, located at #11 Boathouse Row in the historic Boathouse Row of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Its membership consists entirely of past and present rowers of the University of Pennsylvania...
- Princeton University
- Rutgers University
- Syracuse University
- United States Naval Academy
- University of Wisconsin–Madison
- Yale University
External links
- Eastern Association of Rowing Colleges (EARC) home page (Eastern College Athletic Conference official website). Retrieved 2010-02-27.