Eastern Association of Women's Rowing Colleges
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The Eastern Association of Women's Rowing Colleges (EAWRC) is an American
athletic conference of eighteen women's college rowing crew
teams. The conference is an affiliate of the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC).
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
athletic conference of eighteen women's college rowing crew
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...
teams. The conference is an affiliate of the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC).
Members
- See footnote
- Boston CollegeBoston College EaglesThe Boston College Eagles are the athletic teams representing Boston College. They compete in NCAA Division I as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. The men's and women's ice hockey teams compete in Hockey East. The women's crew team competes in the Eastern Association of Women's Rowing...
- Boston University
- Brown University
- Columbia University
- Cornell University
- Dartmouth College
- Georgetown University
- George Washington UniversityGeorge Washington UniversityThe George Washington University is a private, coeducational comprehensive university located in Washington, D.C. in the United States...
- Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyThe Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. MIT has five schools and one college, containing a total of 32 academic departments, with a strong emphasis on scientific and technological education and research.Founded in 1861 in...
- 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
- Radcliffe (Harvard)Harvard CrimsonThe Harvard Crimson are the athletic teams of Harvard University. The school's teams compete in NCAA Division I. As of 2006, there were 41 Division I intercollegiate varsity sports teams for women and men at Harvard, more than at any other NCAA Division I college in the country...
- Rutgers University
- Syracuse UniversitySyracuse UniversitySyracuse University is a private research university located in Syracuse, New York, United States. Its roots can be traced back to Genesee Wesleyan Seminary, founded by the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1832, which also later founded Genesee College...
- United States Naval AcademyNavy MidshipmenThe United States Naval Academy sponsors 30 varsity-sports teams and 12 club-sports teams . Both men's and women's teams are called Navy Midshipmen or "Mids"...
- University of Wisconsin–Madison
- Yale UniversityYale BulldogsThe Yale Bulldogs are the athletic teams of the Yale University. The school sponsors 35 varsity sports. The school has won two NCAA national championships in women's fencing, four in men's swimming and diving, and twenty one in men's golf.-Men's baseball:...
External links
- Eastern Association of Women's Rowing Colleges (EAWRC) home page (Eastern College Athletic Conference official website). Retrieved 2010-02-28.