Champion rower, author gives boost to Wabash Valley Crew
Tribune-Star/Howard GreningerOn the river: Arshay Cooper, an author and champion rower who is also on the U.S. Rowing board of directors, is encouraging rowing competitions and the creation of a collegiate rowing team in Terre Haute with competitions to be held on the Wabash River at Fairbanks Park.Â
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The Wabash River, as it flows past Fairbanks Park, creates a unique opportunity that Wabash Valley Crew say could become a new sporting and tourism attraction with an annual rowing regatta. To help glide that concept into a reality, the rowing group formed in 2016, has turned to Arshay Cooper, a champion rower, a member of USRowing board of directors, and author of “Suga Water: A Memoir," published in 2015.
