EAST LANSING, MICH. – MSU Rowing first year head coach Stacey Rippetoe officially announced the Spartans' 2024 season schedule on Wednesday, a five-event regular season spanning from March 29 to May 4, with the postseason extending into June.
"We are excited about the variety of teams we'll get to race this spring," Rippetoe said. "Spring will be here before we know it and until then we'll continue to train hard and build the team's speed. It's my goal that the team feels thoroughly prepared and races with courage against every opponent."
To kick off the season and the Rippetoe era at Michigan State, the Spartans will be bound for warmer weather in Sarasota, Fla. for the Sunshine State Invite from March 29-30.
The Spartans will return to the Great Lakes State for the year's lone dual, a battle vs. Michigan at Belleville Lake in Belleville, Mich. on April 6.
The team will then head back to Nathan Benderson Park in Sarasota, Fla. for a preview of the conference championships, the Big Ten Invitational from April 19-20.
The following weeks MSU will compete in a pair of historic regattas to conclude the regular season, beginning with the Dale England Cup in Bloomington, Ind. on April, 27. On May 4 the Spartans will compete in a series of shorter races at the Sprints back east at Lake Quinsigamond in Worcester, Mass.
After a couple weeks of training and preparation the postseason commences for the Spartans at the Big Ten Rowing Championships as they head west for the first time to Devil's Lake in Baraboo, Wisc. for the May 19 title regatta.
From May 31 through June 2, the NCAA Championships will take place on Harsha Lake just outside of Cincinnati, Ohio in Bethel.
The Spartans' 75-woman roster Rippetoe has put together in her first season at the helm on the Grand River is comprised of 48 returning student-athletes, 27 newcomers and includes several rowers with international experience.
Rippetoe herself is no stranger to success within the Big Ten and the Spartan Rowing program, a former NCAA Championship-qualifying rower and coach. She returned to East Lansing in the summer after having served on the MSU staff from 2000-08. Between then she had success serving as the head coach at Boston University (2008-17) and Rhode Island (2020-23) with a stint as an assistant at Wellesley College from 2017-19.
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"We are excited about the variety of teams we'll get to race this spring," Rippetoe said. "Spring will be here before we know it and until then we'll continue to train hard and build the team's speed. It's my goal that the team feels thoroughly prepared and races with courage against every opponent."
To kick off the season and the Rippetoe era at Michigan State, the Spartans will be bound for warmer weather in Sarasota, Fla. for the Sunshine State Invite from March 29-30.
The Spartans will return to the Great Lakes State for the year's lone dual, a battle vs. Michigan at Belleville Lake in Belleville, Mich. on April 6.
The team will then head back to Nathan Benderson Park in Sarasota, Fla. for a preview of the conference championships, the Big Ten Invitational from April 19-20.
The following weeks MSU will compete in a pair of historic regattas to conclude the regular season, beginning with the Dale England Cup in Bloomington, Ind. on April, 27. On May 4 the Spartans will compete in a series of shorter races at the Sprints back east at Lake Quinsigamond in Worcester, Mass.
After a couple weeks of training and preparation the postseason commences for the Spartans at the Big Ten Rowing Championships as they head west for the first time to Devil's Lake in Baraboo, Wisc. for the May 19 title regatta.
From May 31 through June 2, the NCAA Championships will take place on Harsha Lake just outside of Cincinnati, Ohio in Bethel.
The Spartans' 75-woman roster Rippetoe has put together in her first season at the helm on the Grand River is comprised of 48 returning student-athletes, 27 newcomers and includes several rowers with international experience.
Rippetoe herself is no stranger to success within the Big Ten and the Spartan Rowing program, a former NCAA Championship-qualifying rower and coach. She returned to East Lansing in the summer after having served on the MSU staff from 2000-08. Between then she had success serving as the head coach at Boston University (2008-17) and Rhode Island (2020-23) with a stint as an assistant at Wellesley College from 2017-19.
Release courtesy of MSU Athletics.
