Also, as you've probably seen by now: dates are changed. We're not starting till June 30, which gives kids who go to Cinci time to breathe. As far as I know BRC, Penn AC, and Union all practice in the 10 times a week range (none are residential this year). We'll be going at least 14 with two and sometimes three a day, so we won't lose any competitive advantage in practice time.

I have had one college coach express interest so far: Yale heavy. Most of these guys won't even begin to make summer recruiting plans until their season is over, though, so don't worry - we'll get plenty.

I know nothing new has been here for a long time, but that's because we were working on the big site. Now that we actually are starting to get people signed up, I'll start to add some more stuff. We'll mainly use this as the summer approaches and during the summer.

Housing is set: Merrimack College, about 15 minutes from the Essex facility. Nice dorms, cable, probably quads with a central common room and two guys to a room, two-story building. As I know more, I'll let you know. They have a really nice campus center, just a few years old, with cafeteria, gym, pool, ping pong, etc. It's a small school so there's not much to do on campus but that's what the van is for. We'll get lunch and dinner on campus.

If you're reading this, and you're signed up or thinking about signing up, please talk to your friends. We're only taking as many people as are really qualified as we need to but more is always better than less. The first few kids signed up are really solid, so let's keep it up. And look for our ad in Rowing News coming out soon.