HIGH SCHOOL ROWING

ABOUT OUR HIGH SCHOOL ROWING PROGRAM

Casitas Rowing’s Junior rowing program is built with hard working, high school athletes who uplift and challenge one another in an athletic environment. Our high school rowing program is split up into boys’ and girls’ teams, each consisting of a U16 and U17 Team and a U19 Varsity team.

Start FALL Rowing Season … (Begins September)

Start SPRING Rowing Season … (Begins January)

Benefits of high school rowing

  • A dynamic and exciting social group

  • A positive activity away from their devices

  • Be in the best shape of their life

  • Find incredible friends and build a lifelong network of professionals

  • Learn hard work, team work, and how to have others rely on us, and we rely on them

  • Find something to be passionate about

  • Be a part of an activity that is transformative

  • Doing something that everyone can excel at, if they are willing to do the work

IN SEASON
PRACTICE Schedule:

Tuesday-Friday: 3:45-6:00 p.m.
Saturday: 8:30-11:00 a.m.

Team Training:
– Rowing on the water, in boats
– Training on rowing machines
– Strength and conditioning days (weight lifting and circuit training)
– Running

U16 and U17 Teams

The High School rowing teams are divided up into Men’s U16 and U17 and Women’s U16 and U17. It is also open to competitive 8th graders that are looking for more of a challenge to prepare them for high school racing. We have both Fall and Spring training and racing. Some advanced 8th graders can move up to the High School travel team and race. This team travels to compete both in regional, state and national level regattas with our State Championship Regatta held in Sacramento in May. Teams include both rowers and coxswains. National Championships also offer racing in this age group.

U19 Varsity Teams

New athletes that are high school juniors and seniors move right up to the Varsity Squad, so they are with other high school rowers their same age (no experience necessary). These high school varsity teams include both rowers and coxswains. Athletes race in many different boats so there are racing opportunities for everyone. We match rowers up with others of similar skill.

Coxswains

Coxswains are the boat leaders; they have a rudder for steering and call out the practice routine and race strategy at regattas. A typical boat will have eight rowers and one coxswain. We look for motivated people who are outgoing and naturally talkative. Generally, the coxswains are smaller and weigh less than the rowers based on where they sit in the boat, with coxswains for the girls teams typically / comfortably being under 115 pounds and for boys team under 130 pounds, but this isn’t a requirement.