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There's no sitting on a bench waiting for your turn - here everyone plays! It takes all you've got and then some, but the thrill of racing on the water is just absolutely too cool!

Explore the Wichita Rowing Association and learn to work at and take pride in being part of our team!

The current WRA rowing team has men and women (13-18 yrs) freshmen, sophomores, juniors and seniors from Wichita and area high schools sculling and sweep rowing. Want to find out what rowing is all about?

Click here for the 2010 Middle school and High School Recruiting flyer

Click here for the WRA Membership Application

Have your parent sign the waiver and Call Brian 652-8833 for further program information. You will be on the water on the first or second day.

NO experience necessary

NO equipment to buy

For 2010 season, The WRA High School Team is rowing on the Little Arkansas River in Riverside Park. (Look for the boats stored inside the handball courts and the white dock on the river across from the Wichita Art Museum)

Practice times for the High School Team are:
Tuesdays and Thursdays 6:00p.m. – 8:00p.m.
and Saturday 7:00am-9:00am.

Location: Ralph Wulz Tennis Center
551 N. Nims
Click here for Maps to the Tennis Center

WRA‘s high school crews, consisting of students from across the Wichita and surrounding schools, practice and compete year-round – traveling to local and regional regattas

Juniors Membership dues are $30.00 for 12-18 year old in school per quarter session (4 quarters per year-spring, summer, fall, and winter sessions) -includes Rowing coach for On-Site Coached Workouts, Boats, Oars, Ergometers, Weights as part of the rowing program.

The WRA high school rowing team meet Tuesday and Thursday evenings at 6:00 p.m. and Saturday mornings at 7:30a.m-9:30am. There is still plenty of room for interested kids. Please contact Brian Adamson at 652-8833 or adamson.email@gmail.com if you know of anyone who may want to join.

In 2009, the Wichita Rowing Association high school program had five High School Graduates from Wichita East, Independent, Maize and Trinity high schools that have signed rowing scholarships with the WSU Rowing Team and KSU NCAA Women’s Rowing programs for their Fall 2009/Spring 2010 semesters. Prior High School graduates from the WRA Juniors program have also gone onto rowing in college programs in Kansas, Minnesota and Ohio just to name a few.

2009 Graduates Sydney Blanton, Sydney Fish (WRA 2009 Team Captain) and Grant Milford have signed with the Wichita State Rowing Team. Click here for the link to the WSU 2009 press release for these athletes.

2009 Seniors Nicole Stucky and Rebecca Goltry sign with KSU NCAA women's Crew

Women's Quad, Men's Double, Men's Single
2008 Wichita Frostbite Regatta, Wichita KS

See the 2008 High School Team Interview at the Frostbite Regatta in the VYPE High School Sports Magazine at http://www.VYPE.com

See the High School Team Interview at http://www.catchitkansas.com

2008 Frostbite Photos courtesy of www.wjpimages.com/LRsports/wichitarowing/