Perhaps the men's crew team has not received the publicity that varsity sports have. Perhaps it has not received the respect outside of the rowing community that it deserves. Nevertheless, coach Greg Hartsuff has done wonders for this program in his six-year tenure. Hartsuff has taken a team of 70 rowers and provided stability and continuity to a team that is consistently improving. Hartsuff himself is an accomplished rower, who once went to Pre-Elite Olympic Development Camp.
Crew is a year-round sport.
The team has seven workouts per week, with emphasis on technique, endurance and speed. May. The Big Ten Championships in Indianapolis start things off in mid-April, and later that same month is the Midwest Sprints against Wisconsin. Even though the bulk of the races are in the spring, some team highlights have already occurred. In the Head of the Charles meet, the varsity boat finished 25th out of 43, a vast improvement from its last performance in this race. The Charles meet brings the best competition in the country, including The U.S. National team and teams from Harvard, Penn and other highly ranked schools.