Temple University Athletics
GW Invitational Crew Classic Cancelled
4.14.00 | Women's Rowing
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The 13th annual George Washington Invitational Crew
Classic, scheduled for Saturday, April 15, on the Potomac River has been
cancelled, GW Director of Athletics Jack Kvancz has announced.
Several of the 12 teams scheduled to compete had withdrawn from the event
citing potential disruption from the planned protest of meetings at the World
Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) buildings this weekend. The World
Bank and IMF buildings are located just east of the GW campus and several
blocks east of
the competition venue. GW Athletic Department officials determined it was in
the best interest of all concerned to cancel the event for safety reasons.
The event, held annually in conjunction with the National Cherry Blossom
Festival and hosted by the George Washington University crew program, is the
largest collegiate rowing competition in the Washington metropolitan area.
