About Pioneer Rowing

 

Mission Statement

Lewis & Clark Crew is a fully supported varsity program for Men and Women. We believe in the continual development of a stable, high-quality team while ensuring the academic success of our student-athletes. We seek to excel in the student-athlete experience, the quality of our rowing and training, the character of our program, and the racing results the program achieves.

Our goal is to graduate four-year rowers who learned their best life lessons on our team, developed lasting friendships, achieved academic success, and competed at a national level.
 

Pioneer Crew . . .

 

. . . is led by a professional coaching staff with extensive experience at the junior, collegiate, and international level.  Our coaches have taken crews to the podium of the Northwest and Southwest Junior Regional Championships, the Youth Invitational Championship, the Northwest Collegiate Rowing Conference, the Western Intercollegiate Rowing Association, and the NCAA DIII Championships.

. . . has limitless quality water to train on.  We row out of the Oaks Park Boathouse on the Willamette River; from our campus we can get hands on in ten minutes.  Water conditions are almost always rowable and the Willamette offers dozens of miles of protected water.  Just north of Portland is the Vancouver Lake Racecourse, a fully buoyed 2000m course where we host our home regattas.

. . . is based on a balanced student-athlete experience.  Pioneer Rowers have jobs, work hard at their academics, study abroad, and develop rich and lasting friendships while at Lewis & Clark College.  Most semesters our rowers have a GPA that equals or exceeds that of other students on campus.

. . . offers talented individuals the opportunity to contribute immediately.  We operate an "all seats open" program; regardless of athlete history our teams start with a level playing field each season.  This allows experienced rowers to contribute strongly in their first year and novice athletes to rise to the level of their talent.  Any athlete willing to make the commitment to the team is welcome to participate regardless of size or ability.

. . . believes strongly in long-term development of athletes.  We structure our program to avoid injuries, prevent burnout, and have fun every day.  We race in practice regularly, row small boats, scull in the fall, and work hard to keep rowing exciting.

. . . is a combined Men's and Women's squad.  Our team frequently practices together, always travels and races together, and is equally supported by the Athletic Department.

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