Clemson Will Play Host to the ACC Rowing Championships Saturday

April 20, 2010

ACC Rowing Release | ACC Rowing Championship Site

CLEMSON, SC – Clemson will play host to the ACC Rowing Championships on Saturday at Lake Hartwell. The Clemson Rowing facility is located behind the baseball stadium on the East Bank up the hill from the Rugby and Club Fields. Parking will be available on the Rugby and Club Fields for spectators. Admission is free to this event.

The scored events will begin at 9:00 a.m. Clemson won the ACC title last year at Oak Ridge, TN.

Virginia, the nation’s No. 1-ranked rowing team, heads into the Saturday’s 11th Annual ACC Rowing Championships as the top seed in three of the four events – the First Varsity Eight, the Second Varsity Eight and the First Varsity Four.

Clemson, ranked 12th nationally, is the top seed in the Novice Eight and is second seeded in the First Varsity Eight, the Second Varsity Eight and the First Varsity Four. The Tigers are also the NCAA’s defending national champions in the First Varsity Four.

Clemson’s victory last year marked the first time a team other than Virginia had captured the ACC Rowing Championship. The Cavaliers took the first nine ACC Rowing titles.

It marks the eighth time the Tigers have hosted the Championship which will begin at 8:40 a.m. Saturday with an exhibition race of the Second Varsity Fours. The scoring events begin at 9 a.m. with the First Varsity Four, continuing, in order, with the Novice 8+ (9:20 a.m.), the Second Varsity 8+ (9:40 a.m.), and finally, with the First Varsity 8+ at 10 a.m.

11th ANNUAL ACC ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPSaturday, April 24, 2010, Lake Hartwell, Clemson, SC

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