row2k news 2007 USRowing National Championships and Club National Championships to be Held in New Jersey
January 26, 2007 thanks to USRowing
PRINCETON, N.J. - The traditional USRowing National Championship Regatta once again has been split into two separate regattas. The 2007 USRowing National Championships, which will consist of the elite events, will be held June 21-23 at Mercer Lake in West Windsor, N.J., while the 2007 USRowing Club National Championships, which will consist of the junior, intermediate and senior events, will be held July 18-21 at Cooper River in Camden, N.J.
In an effort to bring the United States' top-level rowers back to the regatta, the 2007 USRowing National Championships will be held at the Finn M.W. Caspersen Rowing Center, the primary training facility of USRowing's national training center athletes. In addition, the event schedule has been changed to reflect the current world championship structure. The regatta will feature races in the 23 world championship boat classes, as well as the four adaptive world championship boat classes. Mercer Lake is no stranger to elite-level events as it has hosted numerous U.S. national selection regattas and world championship trials, as well as the 2006 NCAA Women's Rowing Championships, 2006 FISA World Masters Regatta and a 2001 FISA World Cup stop.
Co-hosted by the Camden County Board of Freeholders in conjunction with Cooper River Rowing Association, the 2007 USRowing Club National Championships will feature junior, intermediate and senior-level events. More than 1,400 athletes competed in these categories at last year's national championships in Indianapolis, Ind. Cooper River boasts one of the top courses in the country. In addition to hosting the Intercollegiate Rowing Association (IRA) Championships each year, the course has hosted many top-level regattas including the 2000 Olympic Trials and several USRowing National Championship regattas.
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