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Beautiful Weather Kicks off Rowing Fall Season at Head of Des Moines

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DES MOINES, Iowa – The Drake University rowing team began its fall season at the Head of Des Moines Regatta on Saturday, Sept. 24.

"Today was a very exciting day for our team," head coach said. "The weather was beautiful, and our pair started out with a great silver medal performance. Our two collegiate eights raced down the course and had amazing rows. We were disappointed that there wasn't other collegiate competition, but it was a chance for our novices to see what regattas are like. The varsity racers got back into racing mode."

and competed in the women's open two and earned a silver medal out of five competitors with a time of 22:00.