Nebraska Crew
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The University of Nebraska-Lincoln Crew Club (UNLCC) is the intercollegiate
rowing
club at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The rowing team is also known as "Nebraska Crew" in the Mid-West. The men's team was founded in 1969 and the women's team in 1972. The club's colors are scarlet and cream, with scarlet blades. With the slogan "Row Big Red!", the Cornhusker
men and women gladly row for Nebraska.
UNLCC has a boathouse on campus at 16th and "Y" Streets in Lincoln
. What was formerly an autobody repair shop, and then an empty building on campus, became the boathouse when the crew took over in the late 1970s. Practices are held at both the boathouse and the lake, with many indoor rowing machines
and one of the few indoor rowing tanks in the midwestern United States.
The club has the use of Branched Oak Lake
, which is 25 miles (40 km) northwest of Lincoln. The 1800 acres (7 km²) lake allows for 2,500 meters of rowing from the dam to the dock, and 1,500 meters from the dam to the end of the cove. The Lincoln West Optimist Club allows the club to store their boats, dock and trailer on site year-round.
College rowing (United States)
Rowing is one of the oldest intercollegiate sports in the United States. However, rowers comprise only 2.2% of total college athletes. This may be in part because of the status of rowing as an amateur sport and because not all universities have access to suitable bodies of water. In the 2002-03...
rowing
Sport rowing
Rowing is a sport in which athletes race against each other on rivers, on lakes or on the ocean, depending upon the type of race and the discipline. The boats are propelled by the reaction forces on the oar blades as they are pushed against the water...
club at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The rowing team is also known as "Nebraska Crew" in the Mid-West. The men's team was founded in 1969 and the women's team in 1972. The club's colors are scarlet and cream, with scarlet blades. With the slogan "Row Big Red!", the Cornhusker
Nebraska Cornhuskers
The Nebraska Cornhuskers is the name given to several sports teams of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. The university is a member of the Big Ten Conference...
men and women gladly row for Nebraska.
UNLCC has a boathouse on campus at 16th and "Y" Streets in Lincoln
Lincoln, Nebraska
The City of Lincoln is the capital and the second-most populous city of the US state of Nebraska. Lincoln is also the county seat of Lancaster County and the home of the University of Nebraska. Lincoln's 2010 Census population was 258,379....
. What was formerly an autobody repair shop, and then an empty building on campus, became the boathouse when the crew took over in the late 1970s. Practices are held at both the boathouse and the lake, with many indoor rowing machines
Indoor rower
An indoor rower, or rowing machine, is a machine used to simulate the action of watercraft rowing for the purpose of exercise or training for rowing. Indoor rowing has become established as a sport in its own right...
and one of the few indoor rowing tanks in the midwestern United States.
The club has the use of Branched Oak Lake
Branched Oak State Recreation Area
Branched Oak State Recreation Area is a Nebraska state recreation area located two and a half miles north of Malcolm, Nebraska in Lancaster County. The lake is the largest of the Salt Valley Lakes with of water in a park.The area has several camping facilities, ranging from modern to primitive...
, which is 25 miles (40 km) northwest of Lincoln. The 1800 acres (7 km²) lake allows for 2,500 meters of rowing from the dam to the dock, and 1,500 meters from the dam to the end of the cove. The Lincoln West Optimist Club allows the club to store their boats, dock and trailer on site year-round.