History
City of Tampa Parks & Recreation and CANDO have partnered to offer Youth Rowing to all Middle School and High School students in Tampa! Come join us at the Julian B Lane Riverfront Park Tampa River Center!
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In Fall 2018, the City of Tampa Parks and Recreation department partnered with Children's Athletic Network & Dance Opportunities, Inc (CANDO) to offer a rowing program for Blake High School. Blake High Rowing exposed over 40 students to the sport in our first year and sent 18 students to the 2019 Florida State Rowing Championship in Sarasota.
In 2019 Blake High Rowing transitioned to Team Tampa Rowing club to accommodate more high school and middle school athletes from the greater Tampa Bay community. This expansion introduced rowing to upwards of 140 new athletes and culminated in 18 unique entries at the 2021 Florida State Rowing Championship; allowing 40 athletes to compete at youth rowing's highest level.
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In 2023 athletes competed at the USRowing Southeast Youth Rowing Championship and qualified our first boat to the USRowing Youth National Championship!
2023/2024
Season Highlights
Regatta Highlights:
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Fall
9/6 Battle of the Boats (3.5k)
Gold: 13 boats
Silver: 7 boats
Bronze: 7boats
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10/28 Halloween Regatta
Gold: 1 boats
Silver: 2 boats
Bronze: 5 boats
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11/18 Benderson Chase
Gold: 5 boats
Silver: 6 boats
Bronze: 2 boats
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12/9 Plant High Winter Sprints
Gold: 2 boats
Silver: 5 boats
Bronze: 2 boats
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Spring
1/20 Matt Abel Speed Fiesta
Gold: 1 boat
Bronze: 4 boats
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2/17 American Youth Cup
Silver: 1 boat
Bronze: 5 boats
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3/2 Spring Sprints
Gold: 4 boats
Silver: 11 boats
Bronze: 10 boats
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3/9 OARs Regatta
Silver: 1 boat
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3/23 Battle of Boats (2k)
Gold: 9 boats
Silver: 5 boats
Bronze: 6 boats
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4/6 West District Championship
Gold: 4 boats
Silver: 13 boats
Bronze: 8 boats
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4/13-14 FSRA Sculling State Championship
Women's Freshman Quad earns first medal
for Team Tampa at Sculling State Championship
Grand Finals: 5 boats
Bronze: 1 boat
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4/27-28 FSRA Sweep State Championship
Men's Junior Eight earns first medal
for Team Tampa at Sweep State Championship
Grand Finals: 6 boats
Bronze: 1 boat
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5/11-12 USRowing Southeast Regional Championship
18 Athletes earn first medals
for Team Tampa at Regional Championship
Grand Finals: 8 boats
Gold: 1 boat
Silver: 1 boat
Bronze: 2 boats
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6/7-9 USRowing National Championship
5 boats qualified.
First time for Team Tampa's Men's team to
compete on National Stage.
Men's Under 17 Four 11th in the nation
Men's Under 15 Quad 12th in the nation
Men's Youth Quad 22nd in the nation
Men's 2nd Varsity Quad 25th in nation
Women's Under 17 Quad 27th in nation
Equipment Highlights:
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NEW BOATS:
5 EIGHTS
2 QUADS
2 FOURS
2 DOUBLE/PAIRS
NEW OARS:
5 SETS OF SWEEP OARS
2 SETS OF SCULLING OARS
NEW ERGS:
2 ERGS
NEW WEIGHT EQUIPMENT:
BENCH PULL RACK
NEW COXSWAIN EQUIPMENT:
2 COXBOXES
2 SPEED COACHES
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Athlete Highlights:
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7 Graduating Seniors
2 Women's Team Seniors recruited to row in colligate programs
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