Inaugural Masters Head Race National Championship Begins Sunday

September 15, 2012

The 2012 USRowing Masters Head Race National Championship will be held Sunday starting at 8 a.m. on the Cuyahoga River in Cleveland, Ohio.

Co-hosted by the Cleveland Rowing Foundation, the inaugural regatta includes 28 races in both sweep and sculling boat categories. In total, 128 entries from 40 clubs and 18 states will be competing in Cleveland.

Currently home to the Head of the Cuyahoga, the 4,800-meter course involves strategy, curves, and fun. In addition to five major river turns (including an S-bend), gorgeous views of the Cleveland skyline are situated throughout the course. The river provides competitors with a pictorial history of Cleveland starting at the West Third Street Bridge.

The event will be streamed online at http://www.ustream.tv/usrowing beginning Sunday at 8 a.m. Heat sheets and results can be found at http://www.usrowing.org/Events/MastersHeadRace.aspx.

USRowing would like to thank the Greater Cleveland Sports Commission, Positively Cleveland, Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District, Hunnington, ArcelorMittal and Cleveland Clinic for sponsoring the inaugural event.

About USRowing
USRowing is a nonprofit organization recognized by the United States Olympic Committee as the governing body for the sport of rowing in the United States. USRowing’s official suppliers include Boathouse Sports, Vespoli, WinTech, Filippi, Croker Oars, Rudy Project, Concept2, Nielsen Kellerman, PowerHTV and Ludus Tours. USRowing also receives generous support from the National Rowing Foundation and its corporate sponsors and partners ANXeBusiness Corp, Voxer, EZ Dock, EMCVenues and Whole Foods. For more information, visit www.usrowing.org. The USRowing National Team program relies on strong partnerships to enable continued success. New opportunities exist to support the teams through the next quadrennial, culminating with the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio. America Rows, which supports diversity in rowing and the USRowing adaptive programs also benefit from corporate support. For more information, please contact Beth Kohl at beth@usrowing.org.

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