Head of the Lake Regatta
Lake Washington Rowing Club
910 N. Northlake Way
Seattle, WA 98103
www.LakeWashingtonRowing.com

News Release
For Immediate Release

Seattle's Head of the Lake Regatta Set for Sunday, Nov. 11

SEATTLE, Aug. 22, 2007 – The Lake Washington Rowing Club announced on Wednesday that Seattle’s fall rowing festival - the Head of the Lake Regatta, will take place Sunday, November 11, 2007.

The 27th annual three-mile regatta, recognized as the largest fall rowing regatta west of the Mississippi, brings over 2,500 collegiate, masters, high school and national-caliber rowers to Seattle from throughout the United States and Canada. The Head of the Lake Regatta stretches along a winding Lake Washington Ship Canal course from the University of Washington, through Portage Bay and Lake Union, to the Fremont Bridge.

"In the early years, the Head of the Lake Regatta was the only west coast answer to the major fall regattas of the east,” said Sherri Cassuto, a 1984 and 1988 Olympic rower. “Today, it has matured to become one of the premier rowing experiences in the nation. It draws not only the finest crews and scullers of the west coast, but many from the east coast and abroad as well. It is a fabulous USA rowing opportunity -not to be missed."

Competitors include local athletes returning home after competition at the world championships along with athletes from many of the top rowing colleges in the U.S. and Canada.

“The Head of the Lake Regatta is without doubt the premiere fall rowing experience on the west coast - an exceptionally competitive regatta for collegiate, elite, masters and high school rowers,” said Paul Enquist, Head of the Lake Founder and 1984 Olympic gold medalist.

For more information visit www.headofthelake.org

About the Head of the Lake Regatta
Founded in 1981 by Paul Enquist, an Olympic gold medal rower from Seattle, the Head of the Lake Regatta (www.headofthelake.org) hosted by the Lake Washington Rowing Club has grown to become the largest fall rowing regatta west of the Mississippi. Seattle’s fall rowing festival annually attracts over 2,500 rowers competing in 500 boats from the leading college, high school, masters and elite-level rowing programs in the United States and Canada.

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