A Winning Crew: The 1936 Olympic Rowing Team

A Winning Crew: The 1936 Olympic Rowing Team — page 1
4 THE OLYMPIC DREAM It is April 18 1936. Thousands of people are gathered for the Pacific Coast Regatta It is the first big rowing race of the season on the West Coast Many people in the crowd are cheering for the University of Washington They face their main rival the University of California Berkeley Berkeley is well known for their rowing In 1928 and 1932 their coach Ky Ebright led crews to Olympic gold medals University of Washington coach Al Ulbrickson has Olympic dreams of his own Over the past few years he has trained his varsity crew to be fierce competitors He hopes they will be able to compete in this year's 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin Germany W But the team must win several races before they can qualify