The Minnesota Daily

Badgers devour Gophers at Lake Phalen over the weekend

Dane Mizutani
April 30, 2012

Minnesota entered its regatta with Wisconsin this weekend and knew it was overmatched in both program history and team experience. It showed Sunday. The Gophers lost all but one race to the Badgers at...

Minnesota returns for first home regatta in two years

Dane Mizutani
April 26, 2012

It’s been more than two years, but a rowing competition will finally return to the Twin Cities on Sunday at Lake Phalen in St. Paul. Minnesota will host its first regatta since April 24, 2010...

Call of the coxswain

Dane Mizutani
April 26, 2012

Jackie Stein stands at 4 feet 11 inches and literally has to look up to her teammates as a freshman on the Gophers varsity rowing team. Off the water, Stein comes across as shy and doesn’t attract...

Former novice becomes a top rower

Dane Mizutani
April 19, 2012

Ali Haws didn’t start rowing until her sophomore year in college. Now a senior, she is among the top members of Minnesota’s rowing team. Haws was a star volleyball player at Libertyville High...

Minn. struggles against top-tier talent at Virginia Invitational

Dane Mizutani
April 16, 2012

The Gophers rowing team battled top-tier competition over the weekend at the Virginia Invitational and held its own throughout the first day of competition. The second day was a different story. Minnesota...

Gophers’ first varsity 8 grows amid injuries

Dane Mizutani
April 12, 2012

This weekend at the Virginia Invitational in Charlottesville, Va., the Gophers’ first varsity eight, like Tiger Woods, need to stop thinking so much. Minnesota’s top boat raced at full strength...

Minnesota has bittersweet weekend in Indiana

Dane Mizutani
April 9, 2012

Minnesota opened its Big Ten rowing season with a double dual against Indiana and Ohio State over the weekend and now has a better idea of where it stands in the conference. There was no middle...

Gophers will use Double Dual as a test

Dane Mizutani
April 5, 2012

Minnesota will open its Big Ten rowing season this weekend with a Double Dual in Bloomington, Ind. The Gophers’ first scheduled conference regatta at Iowa was changed to a scrimmage at the...

Novice team places fourth in Grand Final over the weekend

Dane Mizutani
April 2, 2012

In a weekend when only its novice crews competed, Minnesota left the San Diego Crew Classic this weekend with a somewhat disappointing fourth-place finish in the Grand Final on Sunday. But it was...

Gophers’ novice group to row in San Diego Crew Classic

Dane Mizutani
March 29, 2012

Upon arriving on campus as college freshmen, many incoming athletes who didn’t make it to the next level in their respective sports struggle to temper their competitive edge. That’s where...