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05/28/2026

🤪 End of season silliness? General mayhem? Yes please! The youth team had some [well-deserved] fun on the water the last day of practice. ♥️

05/24/2026

After a successful Northwest Regional Championshis, we’re sending 4 boats to Nationals in Sarasota this June 11-14! All OAR athletes have worked extremely hard this year and we want to make this a huge success for the entire team! Your contribution will help pay for regatta costs. Surplus funds will support youth rowing in our community. Visit our link to learn more about these amazing athletes and donate!

https://givebutter.com/2026-youth-nationals-fundraiser-e5yejn

05/23/2026

Nice little Saturday practice for adults and our youth boats headed to nationals! 🎉 One of our locals helped guide some boats back into the dock, too. 🦭

05/20/2026

Time to clean out those closets and garages! OAR’s 2nd Annual Rummage Sale will be held Sunday, June 7 from 9 AM -2 PM at the OAR boathouse.

Dollars raised will the youth program and other club goals. We invite club members and families to participate by bringing and selling your items at the boathouse! We will also be hosting an on-site bake sale.

If you are an OAR member, please consider volunteering — sign up today! Details will follow for sellers and volunteers. https://m.signupgenius.com/ #!/showSignUp/10C044AA4A723A0F4C43-64114636-oarrummage?useFullSite=false

Questions? Contact Erica Frost at [email protected].

05/17/2026

📣YOUTH REGIONALS 🙌🏻: An exciting couple of days of racing for our youth team at Vancouver Lake - despite not-so-great weather. Our kids rowed their hearts out Friday and Saturday!

On Friday:

12 boats thru to the A finals! (6th place or better)
2 First Place Finishes in Qualifying Time Trials (U16 Mens 2X, Novice Mens 4X+)
4 Third Place Finishes in Qualifying Time Trials (U17 Mens and Womens 4X, Novice Womens 4X+, U17 Mens 2X)

Then, on Saturday, 🚨 two boats qualified for Youth Nationals in Sarasota! 🚨🙌🏻

🎉 Handshakes, hugs and high fives to:

Women’s U17 4x (Photo 1)
Tabitha Winter, Phoebe Nash, Matilda O’Donnell, Anabel Liberty (pictured with Coach Dave)

Men’s U17 4x (Photo 2)
Oscar Smith, Jackson Robinson, Greg Pederson, Hayden Webb (pictured with Coaches Kathryn and Lydia)

We’ve got more photos on the way but a huge shout out to all of our coaches, athletes and parents for their hard work this weekend! Racing continues today in Vancouver — let’s go OAR!

05/16/2026

Masters rowers (L to R) Miles Micheletti, Luci Dimick, Brad Krupp, and Steph Krupp enjoyed sunny skies and calm waters at the Seattle Sprints, May 10. Coach Lenny O’Donnell (pictured far right) secured an invitation for OAR to race and the teams launched from his former boathouse, the George Pocock Rowing Center (). 💫🙌🏻

02/10/2026

Did you hear about the 🏆 SUPER 🏆 competition this past weekend!? Ergomania!? Congrats to the OAR youth — and OAR parents and coaches! — who gave it their all this weekend in Tacoma. Way to represent!

Youth Attendees:
Alden Starks, Caleb Tindall, Cameron Piazza, Carter Fuchs, Carter Shera, Charity Lutz, Clover Young, Elliott Sartori, Evan Piazza, Greg Pederson, Hayden Webb, Henry Loeb, Ian Touney, Jackson Robinson, Jacob Kuczynsku, Jacob Jording, Johnny Diamond, Luke Shera, Mikhaila Leo, Oscar Smith, Silas Wilson, Simon Black, Steven Katz, Tabitha Winter, and Trystan Owen

There were a few parents that competed as part of the Parent/Child Relay: Coach Dave Smith, Grif Owen, Katy Lutz and Lydia Blackwood.

Thank you for hosting!

(📸 - Franklin Polk)

02/04/2026

Today is National Girls & Women in Sports Day!

Top skills acquired through sports:

TEAMWORK
CONFIDENCE
COMMUNICATION
LEADERSHIP
SELF-BELIEF
RESILIENCE

OAR is proud to have so many amazing girls and women in its club (past and present!), whose strength, leadership, sportsmanship and competitive spirit has been demonstrated on and off the water. 🏆 🙌🏻 💪🏻

Address

1210 Marine Drive NE
Olympia, WA
98501

Telephone

+13602094348

Website

http://www.OlympiaAreaRowing.org/

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