Every year Georgetown Heavyweight Crew recruits top rowers and coxswains from high school and youth programs, who want to compete, go fast and win at the highest level of American intercollegiate rowing.

Georgetown competes in the top league in the US, the EARC, and the team has a rich history and tradition.  Look around this site for more information.  Georgetown is one of the most prestigious and rigorous academic institutions in the country, with a beautiful campus in the famous Georgetown neighborhood of the nation’s capitol.

If you are a competitive high school rower or coxswain, and you are interested in applying to Georgetown, coming for a visit, or learning more about the university or the team, the first steps are:

About the university:

From its roots in the 1600s and its formal establishment in 1789, Georgetown University has been a world-renowned educational institution.  Georgetown alumni include Bill Clinton '68; the CEOs or chairmen of companies like Blockbuster, JPMorgan Private Bank, Citigroup, Bank of America and Walt Disney; Princes of Spain, Greece, the Netherlands, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia; countless U.S. senators, congressmen, and governors; the creator of Arrested Development; the president of MIT; the commissioner of the NFL; and such well-known names in sport as Patrick Ewing '85, Dikembe Mutombo '91 and Mike Vespoli '68.  With a beautiful campus that has been called "the Versailles of America," Georgetown also boasts an enviable location in the nation's capital.  With all the benefits of a cosmopolitan city, the university is situated within its own famous neighborhood, the chic Georgetown area of D.C. – the home of some of the district's finest restaurants and shops.  The university's faculty is world-class, featuring scholars like American Philological Association President James O'Donnell, former CIA Director George Tenet '76, Teilhard scholar Father Thomas King, S.J., and former President of Spain José Maria Aznar.