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Notes from Coach Kinsey and the program — what we’re doing, why we’re doing it, and where we’re headed.

  • May 16, 2026

    Back at ACRA — and third in the B final

    Michael Kinsey, Head Coach

    UTC's last team boat at ACRA was an M2x in 2018 — second in the B final. Saturday, eight years and a program restart later, four guys in a Vespoli loaner — three of them six weeks into the sport — took third in the M4x B final by half a second in a photo finish.

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  • May 10, 2026

    Pre-ACRA: Where We Are

    Michael Kinsey, Head Coach

    Saturday is the ACRA Championships at Melton Hill Lake. Three of the four guys in UTC's M4x started rowing six weeks ago. Their own boat isn't seaworthy. They race anyway.

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