Crew

All three Columbia rowing teams will be in action this week, with the lightweights and women hitting the road and the heavyweights holding down the fort at home.

The Light Blue men’s heavyweight and women’s rowing teams will be opening their conference seasons this weekend. The men’s team will race against Rutgers at the Collins Cup in New York, while the women will travel to New Haven to compete in the Connell Cup against Penn and Yale.

The Columbia crew teams are returning from their Florida spring break with tans and triumphs. Competing in the Governor’s Cup Regatta, both the men and the women garnered substantial wins to make a notable spring season debut.

After a strong showing at the Princeton Chase last weekend, the Columbia rowing squads will have much to look forward to as they glide into the winter months.

Columbia has hired Scott Alwin as the new head coach of the men’s lightweight rowing team, replacing the recently resigned Marc DeRose. DeRose has since moved on to become a representative for Vespoli, a rowing shell manufacturer.