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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Recruiting aside, it is worth mentioning that many clubs allow dedicated walk ons. A friend’s reasonably tall son was an academic admit at Bowdoin. To bridge the purported narp/athlete divide, he showed up for the rowing info session and joined the team. He’s actually decent, does not feel the pressure to perform that the recruited kids feels, and now has friends in all sorts of groups on campus. Don’t underestimate the opportunity to walk on D3. This option is for hard workers only. It’s less transactional than recruiting, and can lead to a deep sense of satisfaction and discipline.

There are enough people who love and promote the sport for lifelong fitness, the relationship to the water, the ability to be part of a team in perfect sync and the friendships that grow from the time together that it takes to achieve that state.

The sport only benefits as more people become interested. The elite pathways are well worn, but many programs take newcomers.

(Finally, I will share that I had a private laugh when reading the recent angsty posts from parents of daughters worrying about how were they ever to find a tall mate, from a pedigreed family, who attend(s/ed) an elite university? Well, there are usually about 60 of them in one location at the same time everyday on campus. On many campuses, in fact. Start there, ladies. Start there.)[/quote]
Guessing the OP does not actually care abut the rowing part but is looking for an admissions boost [/quote]

OP here — I do care about the sport.  As I mentioned my child is pretty athletic and plays another sport (that is also very expensive and very hard to play in college even at D3 level), so I was wondering about having her switch and if it’s too late.  She does happen to be tall and her sport requires running around the court so could translate well to rowing.  [/quote]

DP here. What grade is your kid in? If she's in 10th or younger, then it's not too late. Honestly it's too late if she's in 11th.

If she's still young enough, then see if she can do a trial with the crew team after her sport season ends. She'll know pretty quickly if her erg scores are competitive. If she's tall, strong, and has good endurance, then she has a shot. [/quote]

PP here - just saw that your kid is in 8th. It's not too late at all. Have her do a 2 week trial or a week of summer camp to see how her erg scores stack up. Rowing technique takes a little longer, but the erg scores will show the potential. [/quote]

An athletic, coordinated, tall, strong kid could absolutely start in 11th. The right kid could do a fall season with novice rowers, train all winter and be in a good boat in spring. It's one of the easiest sports to join late. [/quote]

Reread what I said. I said that if pp's kid is in 11th *NOW* then it's too late. No decent coach would seat a brand new novice rower in the middle of the spring racing season.

Fall of 11th grade is the latest to start and have a shot at being recruited to good D1 schools. But it's mid-February.[/quote]

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