Post-Gazette Sports Writer Thirteen years ago, the Three Rivers Rowing Association consisted of seven rowers who stored their equipment in a truck trailer. Mercy Hospital Burn Center. Today, there are more than 1,300 members, and there are plans to build another boathouse on Washington's Landing to accommodate the growing number of rowers in the area. The first Head of the Ohio was held in 1987, and there were 250 entries for the races.
Today there are so many people interested in fitness and wellness.
It's something people of all ages can do. The Head of the Ohio started in 1987 thanks in large part to Dr. Dan Thompson, one of the original members of the Three Rivers Rowing Association. Thompson wanted to introduce rowing into the mainstream, and the City of Pittsburgh wanted to show off its cleaned-up rivers. Children, the physically challenged, high school rowers, college rowers, corporate rowers and adult rowers make up the more than 1,300 members of Three Rivers Rowing Association. Hardon had a tough job attracting competitive rowers for the first few regattas.