American Collegiate Rowing Association (ACRA) is one of the governing bodies of college rowing in the United States , together with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Intercollegiate Rowing Association (IRA).
9-771: Established in 2008 by Gregg Hartsuff under the General Not for Profit Association Act of 1986, the American Collegiate Rowing Association (ACRA) is made up of club-level collegiate rowing teams. Before 2006, competitive club rowing programs, which receive little or no funding from their university athletic departments, were able to compete at the IRA Championship . During the 2006-2007 season, Rutgers University cut funding from its men's rowing program, reducing it to "club" status. Part of Rutgers's justification for cutting rowing
18-643: Is currently organized by a coach-elected board consisting of elected officers and representatives from each of the six regions. As of 2024, the board consists of the following members: Bucknell University Michigan University Minnesota University University of Cincinnati University of Virginia Bowdoin University Wichita State University Vanderbilt University Washington State University The ACRA Championship for
27-720: The 2024-25 season will be hosted in Oak Ridge, Tennessee from Friday, May 16 until Sunday, May 18. Gregg Hartsuff Gregg Hartsuff is the head coach of the University of Michigan 's men's rowing team . He began his University of Michigan coaching career as the novice men's co-coach in the fall of 1992 and took his present position the following year. Hartsuff's hometown is Gregory , Michigan. He graduated from Stockbridge High School in 1986. He began his rowing career at Grand Valley State University in 1986, where he rowed for four years. From 1988 to 1990, he co-coached
36-784: The Men's Heavyweight Single Scull for the World Championships in Milan , Italy, and was also awarded the 2003 Joy of Sculling Coach of the Year award. He continues to row recreationally. Hartsuff became the University of Michigan's men's rowing team head coach in 1993. He oversaw the Freshman 8 take silver at IRA 's in 2002, which is currently the best eights finish by a club team at the varsity national championships. In 2004, he coached
45-913: The National Championship for collegiate club programs and all programs outside the NCAA / IRA structure. The regatta is split into six regions: the Mid-Atlantic region, the Great Lakes region, the Plains region, the Northeast region, the South region, and the West Coast region. The ACRA is a broadcast partner of The Rowers Consortium of Huntington Harbour, California, who has broadcast the regatta on The Rowing Channel since 2014. ACRA
54-732: The Varsity 4 to the bronze medal at IRA's. Since the formation of the ACRA National Championships, of which Hartsuff is president, Michigan has taken twelve consecutive ACRA Men's Team Point Trophies from 2008 to 2019. In 2008 Hartsuff coached the Men's Varsity 8 at University of Michigan to the Inaugural American Collegiate Rowing Association National Championship, which was the first in string of three consecutive titles. The 2011 ACRA Championships
63-568: The novice men and women at Grand Valley State. He continued rowing after college and attended a US National Team development camp for lightweight men in 1990. Hartsuff competed at the United States nationals and won in the intermediate lightweight men's four and eight crews. In 1991, he was a finalist in the men's pair at the United States Pan American Games trials. In 2003 he was the national team's coach for
72-528: Was that clubs could compete equally with funded programs at the IRA Championships. To avoid other varsity program members from losing funding, the IRA excluded clubs from competing at its championship beginning in 2007. ACRA became an alternative championship for these clubs. It has since grown to include over 76 competing collegiate programs in 2024. The ACRA National Championship Regatta is considered
81-414: Was the first year where Michigan's First Eight did not win, placing second to University of Virginia. At the 2012 ACRA Championships Michigan yet again failed to win the Varsity 8, despite having mostly senior oarsmen who had spent time in the eight since sophomore year. Yet in 2013 and 2014 the Varsity 8 placed first with Virginia placing second. This biographical article relating to American rowing
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