Sonoma State rowing club beats two world records

Sonoma State’s rowing club blew not just one, but two indoor rowing world records out of the water this past spring break. The world records included the 19 & under small group and over 20 years olds small group. In order to complete the feat, the U19 group had to row continuously for over three days and the over 20 group had to row for over seven days and 10 hours. Both teams rowed for seven days and 12 hours with the U19 group more than doubling the record and the over 20 group beating the record by two hours.

The Ergathon took place from March 19-26. A co-ed team with six rowers worked together taking shifts of one to three hours at a time to beat the U19 benchmark. To beat the over 20 group record, more club members joined to form a larger team. It was crucial that everyone was coordinated and timely with their shifts because of the clockwork-like manner the team had planned out to beat the records. That meant some team members were waking up very early or staying up very late to make sure the rowing did not stop.

see SEVEN DAY ROW on pg. 4