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Classifications

Junior: A rower or coxswain who does not attain the age of 19 during the current calendar year or who is continuously enrolled in a secondary school seeking a diploma.

Open: No restrictions on age or experience.  This includes collegiate participants.

Lightweight: A male rower who weighs no more than 160 pounds and a female rower who weighs no more than 130 ponds.

Novice: A rower or coxswain who has not competed in an event of the same type during, or any event prior to, the 2011 Lanier Sprints.

Masters: Rowers who are over the age of 21.  Handicaps will be calculated according to the USRowing handicap algorithm and will be based on the average age of rowers in the boat.  All line-up changes made after the close of registration will need to be reported to the regatta director to maintain accurate average ages.

Mixed: A boat consisting of at least 50% female rowers and no more than 50% male rowers.