WWU Men's Crew

Practice will resume on Wednesday, January 6th.

This weekend the Vikings will be hosting the WSU Cougars for our annual duel.  This year the race will be held on Lake Whatcom, launching from our boat house at Lakewood.
Please join us for the race! The viewing area is great and there will be food afterwards!

On Saturday, September 26 the Viking men had their first practice on Lake Whatcom.  With ten experienced rowers and enough novice recruits to fill two eights, the team is looking forward to another successful season!  We are always welcoming in new rowers coxswains year round. If you are interested, contact WWU Mens Crew at wwurowing@gmail.com.

Practice Schedule:

Novice: Practice meets behind Carver Gym: Monday Wednesday Friday at 4:30 pm,

On the Lake: Saturday 9:00 am.

Varsity: Practice Monday Wednesday Friday at 5:00 am, Saturday 7:00 am. PM workouts.

Bill Kalenius, the 2009 recipient of the Western Washington University Alumni Association Community Service Recognition Award, died today following a long battle with cancer.

Bill Kalenius, 1952-2009

The 57-year-old Kalenius was director and coach of the Vancouver Lake Crew near Vancouver, Wash., which he founded in 2002. In 2007, he was voted one of the Top 10 “Most Caring” coaches by USA Today.

Kalenius, who graduated from Western in 1974 with a bachelor of arts degree in accounting, rowed two years for the Vikings and then went on to join the Lake Washington Rowing Club, one of the most active clubs in the country.

After serving as a coach for clubs and schools throughout the region, Kalenius took a handful of donated boats and a passion for rowing and turned them into the Vancouver Lake Crew. So strong was the club that in 2008 when a rare tornado touched down and tore through its boathouse located on Vancouver Lake, Kalenius had his rowers back on the water within days. Many of his rowers went on to compete at the collegiate level, including at Western on its women’s national championship teams.

Kalenius worked many years in the timber industry where he helped with sawmill construction and improvement projects throughout the nation.

-Paul Danzer, Vancouver Columbian Staff Writer

Bill will be sorely missed by all who had the pleasure of meeting him and witnessing firsthand his passion for rowing and life.

Hello! The new Western Washington Men’s Crew Website has officially launched here at its new address, www.wwucrew.com. This site is still currently under construction, but there’s still plenty of information to find on the pages listed to the left with more added daily. With the 2008-09 year behind us, we’re looking forward to September and another great year on Lake Whatcom.

“It’s a great art, is rowing

It’s the finest art there is. It’s a symphony of motion

And when you’re rowing well,

Why it’s nearing perfection-

And when you reach perfection

You’re touching the divine.

It touches the you of you’s

Which is your soul.”

- Stan Pocock