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Student-athlete blog

Northeastern oarsmen Justin Jones and Gregory Burke will provide an inside look at the team's experience in the United Kingdom with daily entries in our student-athlete blog. Be sure to check back each day for blog updates. Click here to read the blog

Photo galleries

GoNU.com will feature photo galleries from the Huskies' seventh appearance at Henley. London tour and alumni event (June 30) Practice on the Thames (July 1)

Huskies at Henley: Northeastern at the royal regatta

Northeastern rowing returns to the world stage in July to participate in the Henley Royal Regatta. England's famed River Thames has provided the storied NU program with some of its most memorable moments. The 2013 appearance will be Northeastern's seventh in the renowned event. Northeastern’s first trip to Henley-on-Thames came in the team’s inaugural season of 1965. After receiving support from university president Asa S. Knowles and Board of Trustees member Chandler Hovey, coach Ernie Arlett whittled a try-out group of 100 young men – all of whom had never rowed before – and created one of the great surprises in collegiate rowing.  Eight years later, in a race dubbed by Sports Illustrated as the only U.S. Championship competed for on foreign soil, the Eastern Sprint champion Huskies prevailed over the IRA champion Wisconsin Badgers by one length in the semifinal of the Grand Challenge Cup. NU lost in the final to the Russian world crew, but returned to Boston as America's No. 1 crew. Exactly 40 years after the '73 crew's memorable performance, generations of Northeastern oarsmen will return to the U.K. for the world-famous regatta. Northeastern will be represented in competition by two varsity crews and two alumni crews. In addition, the famed 1973 crew will participate in a reunion row-over. GoNU.com will provide exclusive coverage of the Huskies' return to Henley. Follow @GoNUmrowing on Twitter for live updates from Henley-on-Thames. To access the official "Racing Programme 2013," please click here.

Northeastern entries

Boat	Listen Live	Live Results	July 3	July 4	July 5 Quarterfinal	July 6 Semifinal	July 7 Championship
Northeastern 'A' (8) Ladies' Challenge Plate	Listen Live	Live Results	n/a	n/a	Galatasaray, TUR Winning time: 6:23 Verdict: W - 3/4	Robert Gordon Univ. & Aberdeen B.C. Winning time: 6:16 Verdict: W - 3 1/2	Leander Club & Molesey B.C. Race 15 3:10 p.m. (UK)
Northeastern 'B' (8) Ladies' Challenge Plate	Listen Live	Live Results	n/a	n/a	Robert Gordon Univ. & Aberdeen B.C. Winning time: 6:20 Verdict: L - 3/4
Northeastern Alumni (8) Thames Challenge Cup	Listen Live	Live Results	Royal Chester R.C. Winning time: 6:48 Verdict: L - 4 3/4
Northeastern Alumni (4) Visitors' Challenge Cup	Listen Live	Live Results	n/a	R.S.V.U. Okeanos & A.S.R. Nereus, NED Winning time: 7:29 Verdict: W - 1 1/2	Harvard University 'B' Winning time: 6:53 Verdict: L - 1 3/4

* Times listed are local to site
* Race times are determined and announced the day preceeding the race


2013 Henley Royal Regatta coverage

Date	Publication	Story
June 27, 2013	GoNU.com	Huskies at Henley: A look back at the '73 NU crew
June 28, 2013	The 9tailors Blog	A Stroke of Fashion Genius
July 1, 2013	GoNU.com	Huskies at Henley: A history of NU at the royal regatta
July 3, 2013	GoNU.com	Northeastern well represented as racing opens at Henley
July 3, 2013	row2k	Well Then, Here We Are!
July 4, 2013	GoNU.com	Northeastern alumni four advances at Henley
July 4, 2013	row2k	Awake and Winning in Henley
July 5, 2013	GoNU.com	Northeastern varsity victorious in Henley quarterfinal
July 5, 2013	row2k	More Brackets, More Wins at Henley
July 5, 2013	row2k	A few Backing Stokes, then Paddling On
July 6, 2013	GoNU.com	Polished performance sends NU to first Henley final in 40 years
July 7, 2013	GoNU.com	The Henley Helmet Heist

A history of Northeastern at Henley

Year	Event	Result	Coverage
1965	Thames Cup		1965 press clips (PDF) Cinderella Squad (Northeastern Magazine) (PDF)
1972	Grand Challenge Cup	Final (L)	1972 press clips (PDF)
1973	Grand Challenge Cup Prince Philip Challenge Cup	Final (L) Final (W) *	1973 press clips (PDF) And a happy loser that's No. 1 (Sports Illustrated) (PDF) Row back to Henley (Boston Globe) (PDF)
1978	Grand Challenge Cup Thames Cup	Quarterfinal Semifinal	1978 press clips (PDF)
1988	Grand Challenge Cup Prince Philip Challenge Cup	Semifinal
1989	Prince Philip Challenge Cup		1989 press clips (PDF)
2013	Ladies' Challenge Plate (NU 'A') Ladies' Challenge Plate (NU 'B')	Final Quarterfinal	2013 coverage

* First time ever a U.S. team won the Prince Philip Challenge
Set two records in race vs. Leander:
Course record of 7:00 stood until a crew form the Soviet Army lowered it in 1987 by nine seconds; Fawley record of 3:21 stood until Leander lowered it by a second in 1992