<p>I'm looking for information about the recruiting process for men's heavyweight crew? If you know anything about it (do kids send tapes? what erg scores do you need? which colleges really care about crew? etc) I would sure love to hear it. TIA.</p>
<p>Look at the top 20 men's crews. Send them a general letter of interest. A few scholies are available but many seem to go to foreign guys.</p>
<p>Go to the athletic sections of some of the schools you're interested in, and see if they have a crew. Contact the coach. Most will give you information to let you know if you might even be considered as a recruited athlete.</p>
<p>Often there's a team roster, and you can see where the rowers have come from. Maybe you'll see some high schools you're familiar with, and could make a contact with one of the rowers.</p>
<p>Here is the form that Harvard asks you to fill out, which will give you an idea of what's important to them (probably similar at other schools):
<a href="https://www.athletics.harvard.edu/recruiting_forms/recruit_form.cgi?sport_code=HC&gender=M%5B/url%5D">https://www.athletics.harvard.edu/recruiting_forms/recruit_form.cgi?sport_code=HC&gender=M</a></p>
<p>As men's crew is not a Division I NCAA sport any money a recrutied rower will receive is not through the usual athletic scholarship route. While our local high school rowing program has had tremendous success in getting our women rowers athletic scholarships, the most we have been able to achieve for our male rowers is the extra push to get admitted to some schools where they would not normally have been admitted based on their academic credentials. Your high school crew coach should have had some contact with college coaches in the past so I would ask him/her. You can submit erg scores/races won etc but you should make contact with the crew coaches directly rahte than just submit those scores with an admission application.</p>
<p>Thanks for the information. We are not looking for scholarship money, just a hook to help put him over the top when the adcoms are reading his file. I've seen the recruiting forms and know they want 2k and 6k times, but I'd love to know what times are competitive for Division 1 and what times are competitive for Division 3.</p>
<p>Is he going to a rowing camp this summer? The coaches there will be able to tell him.</p>
<p>Go to <a href="http://www.row2k.com%5B/url%5D">www.row2k.com</a> to get spring season polls - this will give you a clue who's got a strong crew.</p>
<p>Yes, he is going to the camp at Yale and I am sure you are right that he will get some good info from the coaches about the Yale process. It's a big Div 1 program though - most of the camps are at D1 schools - and I'd love to know the stats required for D3 recruitment. There a lot of great small D3 schools with crew teams. Thanks all.</p>
<p>Most D3 programs will be very happy to have a male rower who has participated at the high school level. It's likely that most D3 schools will fill their 1st novice boat with at least three guys who have never rowed before. I would think a 2k score below 6:55 would make a D3 coach happy.</p>
<p>what is the weight divider for heavyweight vs lightweight?</p>
<p>Thanks mol10e - that's great to know. Do you happen to know what kind of 2k erg score makes a D1 coach happy?</p>
<p>Please be aware these positions are very competitive. You don't have to only consider a top 20 college. For example, in Philadelphia just about all the colleges have a crew team and most are Div.1. There are many regattas in Philadelphia on the Schuykill every Spring. Fill out the athletic questionaire on college web sites .Follow up with letters to the coach including stats of your h.s. team and a photo of your rower. Good luck!</p>
<p>Coaches at the Yale camp will be very familiar with D3 programs. </p>
<p>For more info. on scores before he goes to the camp...contact a coach! You can say you're just trying to get information...not interested in being recruited yet. Most of the D3 coaches would be delighted to get the call!</p>
<p>Thanks 2boysinma and backhandgrip. I appreciate your insights.</p>
<p>A few ramdom thought
*In addition I'd suggest talking to your son's HS coach ... he should have an idea of how your son might fit in at college.
* Do you know other rowers ... family friends, friends rom a rowing club, going to the river/lake and talking to random 25 year olds ... they can share their experiences and thougths
* I'd also recommend contacting coaches ... I went to a school with a strong D1 program and most freshman were walk-ons and a bunch (1/3 maybe) had never rowed before ... the coach was looking for athletes; he could teach them to row.
* D3 programs will run the gambit (there are 1000+ D3 schools) from the best being able to compete with lots of D1 programs to others that lots of HS programs could give a run for their money ... someone in there are some great fits (academically and athletically for your son).</p>
<p>Thanks 3togo. Excellent random thoughts. Crew seems like an unusual sport in many respects, not the least of which is that a good chunk of the athletes on D1 teams are walk ons! I wonder how that fact impacts the recruiting process...</p>
<p>I believe that Saint Joseph's University in Philadelphia gives rowing scholarships and they are Div. 1.</p>
<p>You would have to be under 6:40 to even think about getting recruited heavyweight at big D1 schools. A time in the mid to low 6:30s or any 6:20 would make you very recruitable.</p>
<p>edit: D3 Hamilton wouldn't recruit anyone above 6:40, if that helps.
edit2: Coaches will be pretty honest with you, they're only allowed a certain number of athletes, so it also depends on their "pool" of rowers that determines where you stand.</p>
<p>Wisconsin actively recruits walkon rowers.</p>
<p>Thanks millertime for the numbers and further information. That's just what I was looking for...</p>