The Bucknell Men arrived in Gainesville, Georgia on Wednesday, and have been preparing for the ACRA National Championship Regatta at Lake Lanier since then. Lake Lanier was home to the 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympic Games.
The team has brought a larger squad to the regatta than in recent years, and will compete in the Varsity 8, 2nd Varsity 8, Freshman 8, Freshman Lightweight 4, and 2nd Varsity 4. The racing schedule for the weekend can be found here: http://www.americancollegiaterowing.com/live2016/schedule.html.
Saturday starts with heats for all boats:
9:30am Freshman Lightweight 4
10:24am Freshman 8
10:36am 2nd Varsity 8
11:54am Varsity 8
1:54pm 2nd Varsity 4
For those who cannot make it to Georgia to see the racing, live streaming video of ACRA’s can be found here: http://livestream.com/accounts/7904470/events/4546989.
Go Bison!