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All set for take-off?

Interested in joining or seeing what Toledo Rowing has to offer? Fill out our recruiting questionnaire. Be sure to indicate whether you are a junior rower, out of sport junior athlete, or current UToledo student looking to walk-on. After filling out the form you will receive an email from one of the coaches within the following day or two with information on your next steps.

If you are interested in walking-on, be sure to review the following information before filling out the questionnaire.

For any additional questions: Email Coach Abby Goodwin at Abigail.goodwin@utoledo.edu.

Before you are added to the team, you must complete the Tryout Process:
Tryouts start on Mondays and are approximately 2 weeks long, but not longer than 14 days.

Within the first 48 hours, you must:
- Be enrolled full-time.
- Meet with Coach Chris for an interest meeting and gather the initial tryout form.
- Meet with the rowing athletic trainer
  - Sign liability and drug testing waiver
  - Provide proof of insurance
  - Provide sickle cell results
  - Provide physical from PCP within the last 12 months
- Gather Compliance Staff signature for initial clearance for swim test.
- Pass the swim test
Final Tryout clearance takes place on Wednesdays.
- No practice or other team activities until you are evaluated and cleared by a UT physician
  - Concussion baseline testing
  - Balance testing
  - EKG Testing

After tryouts, but before you can practice and/or compete, you must complete the following:

Complete all Toledo Athletics Compliance paperwork assigned to you once you are added to the team.
Create an account with the NCAA Eligibility Center and pay the fee.
- You must choose either of the following:
  - Freshman (anyone less than 2 full-time semesters completed): Academic and Athletics Certification Account - $110 for domestic and Canadian students; $170 for international students.
  - Transfers and Upperclassmen (anyone with 2 or more full-time semesters completed at any institution): Athletics Certification Account - $75
Complete all required tasks within the NCAA Eligibility Center and receive the appropriate clearance from the NCAA.
Continue to be enrolled full time while maintaining a minimum 2.0 GPA
Transfers and Upperclassmen - meet applicable progress-towards-degree benchmarks according to NCAA rules. This will be verified by our Student-Athlete Support Services department before you are added to the team.
Get set up with the Teamworks app, as this is the primary pathway of communication used by the team.

Expectations:
We are ultimately looking for those ready to make an immediate impact! Succeeding on this team will require an athlete to be self-motivated, driven, team-orientated, and coachable. No prior rowing experience is necessary, as we’ll provide all the training and education needed. Our goal is to evaluate each person holistically and take whomever we believe can be a great teammate and contributor to our program.

Perks:

Toledo Women's Rowing is an NCAA Division I varsity sport.
No cost to being on the team with all gear and travel provided to each student-athlete on the roster.
Extra perks such as priority class registration, training space access, and athletic training services.
Opportunity to earn an athletic scholarship based on individual performance.

Schedule:
Our largest tryout process will be in the Fall, athletes will learn, train, and grow together in a group dedicated to development for the first 2 weeks. We are flexible with class schedules through the tryout process and once selected for the team. If you get involved any other time through the year this timeframe may be modified and selection is based on roster size, clearance, and development potential. The walk-on practices will be from 6-8:30 a.m. on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays during the tryout period, and will shift to the following schedule after selection.

Session	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Morning	6-8:30 a.m.	6-8:30 a.m.	Off	6-8:30 a.m.	6-8:30 a.m.	7-9:30 a.m.	Off
Afternoon	3:15-4:15 p.m./Weights	3:15-4:45 p.m./ERG Room	3:30-6:00 p.m./Water	3:15-4:15 p.m./Weights	On your own	Off	Off

Once we begin the tryout period, we will begin medical and eligibility clearances. Each individual will be notified through email and can either accept or deny the invitation in person.

Fall races begin in late September and run through mid-November at the latest.

Winter training shifts from 20-hour practice max to 8 hours max during December. All winter training will be in the erg room and will include erging, circuits, cross training, and yoga.

In the spring, the practice schedule will return to the schedule provided above. Spring races usually begin late March and go through conference championships in mid-May, with the NCAA championships at the end of May. If we make the NCAA championships, that will automatically make us top 22 in the country, earning us the title of most improved team in the country. How cool would it be to take a team from scratch to top 22!

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