Following on the heels of the new Oklahoma City Training Center, Barrow, Alaska has submitted an application to USRowing for a new summer training center. The training center is planned for Emaiksoun Lake, less than a mile from downtown, and will feature a new boathouse and fully buoyed, six-lane 2000 meter race course.
Barrow Mayor Bobby Haracheck, also the chairman of the proposal to USRowing said, "One of the nice things about Oklahoma City, is that you can row at night under the lights. Well in Barrow, the sun does not set from mid-May to August 1, so the athletes will have the option to train on the water whenever they want.
"The climate during the summer is quite temperate, with average highs in the 50's which is ideal for athletes in training. Barrow does not receive the oppressive heat and humidity that New Jersey gets during the summer."
USRowing is expected to make a ruling on the proposal by mid-June of 2010.
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