Eagle Sports Tips and Tales
ByThe first official installment of The Eastern Echo's Eagle Sports Tips and Tales highlights the latest happenings around EMU athletics.
The first official installment of The Eastern Echo's Eagle Sports Tips and Tales highlights the latest happenings around EMU athletics.
On Sept. 24, the Eastern Michigan University rowing team traveled to Madison, WI to scrimmage against the University of Wisconsin.
On May 15, the Eastern Michigan University women’s rowing team competed in the CAA championships in Pennsauken, NJ on the Cooper River. EMU ranked third overall and earned 26 points, which is the most ever for EMU at the CAA championships.
On May 1, the Eastern Michigan University women’s rowing team competed against the University of Dayton. The 1V8, 1V4, and 2V4 boats won.
On Apr. 16, the Eastern Michigan University rowing team participated in the Bucknell Regatta in Shamokin Dam, PA. EMU’s boats competed against Bucknell and Villanova, coming home with two victories.
The EMU rowing team raced against the MSU Spartans on April 2. The 2V8 race had a great turnout, with the Eagles finishing only 0.04 seconds behind.
On March 5, the Eastern Michigan University women’s rowing team competed against the University of Alabama. This trip happens every year over spring break to kick off the Eagles outdoor spring season.
EMU Rower Synene Maria Abukaram was one of the three finalists to participate in the Dr. Pepper tuition giveaway at halftime during the Big Ten Championship Game. She won the $100K scholarship after successfully making 14 footballs into a single target.
Over the past summer, Delaney McGuire and Annie Cantu were hired onto the Eastern Michigan University Women’s Rowing team. McGuire takes over the role of assistant varsity coach and Cantu will serve as the novice coach for the 2021-22 rowing season.
The 2019-20 campaign started on Saturday, Oct. 5 for the Eastern Michigan University women’s rowing team. The team competed at Head of the Grand, hosted by Michigan State University. The Eagles finished competition at Head of the Grand with two wins over Michigan State and Grand Valley State.
The Eastern Michigan rowing team launched a crowdfunding campaign on April 25 to help pay for different equipment that the team needs to compete. The GoFundMe account is up for 30 days with the goal of reaching $10,000 to help aid the team in buying new equipment. In the first day, the team raised more than $1,250. The GoFundMe account has specifically laid out what the donated money will be spent on for the team, ranging from new travel uniforms to a brand new 4+ boat.
Saturday Oct. 1, the women’s rowing team traveled to Oklahoma for their first official regatta of the season. With four races on the agenda and the lady eagle’s team stack with sophomores and two seniors to lead the pack, the team looked to win.
The Eastern Echo received a copy of a 2014 and 2015 athletic budget from an anonymous source inside the Eastern Michigan Student Government.
The Head Coach of Eastern Michigan University’s Rowing Team, Kent Savage, announced the team captains for the 2015 spring season Monday. Seniors Emily Kent and Tijana Milovanovic and junior Ashley Gilmore will lead the rowing team in the 2015 campaign.
Eastern Michigan University announced Tuesday that rowing coach Brad Holdren would not be returning for the 2014-15 season.
The school year is quickly winding down and with it ends an eventful year for Eastern Michigan University’s athletic teams. As part of my weekly appearances on E-TV’s Eagles Sports Update, I share my “Eagle of the Week” – a player or coach who stands out to me for their performances in the week leading up to the show. For this, the final issue of the school year (not counting the summer semester), I have compiled a list of my Eagles of the Year for all of EMU’s sports, as well as for some specialized categories.
It is no easy task to balance playing sports and academics, but 32 Eastern Michigan University student-athletes achieved both and then some by finishing the Fall 2013 semester with a 4.0 grade point average.
The Eastern Michigan University women’s rowing team fell short in New York when it took on the University of New York at Buffalo Bulls and the Boston University Terriers Saturday for the Harvey Cup on Tonawanda Creek.
The Eastern Michigan University women’s rowing team traveled to Oak Ridge, Tenn., to compete in the Oak Ridge Cardinal Invitational March 16-17 at Melton Hill Lake.