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SOUTH ORLANDO ROWING ASSOCIATION

Upcoming events

  • 2025 Plant High Winter Sprints (HS)

    • 12/06/2025
    • Nathan Benderson Park - Sarasota
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    Plant High Winter Sprints (Fall Sprints)
    Saturday, December 6, 2025

    SORA is excited to attend the Fall Sprints Regatta, hosted by Plant High School. This is a ONE-day regatta and is our first Sprint Race of the season. Boats will be lined up at the start, for side by side racing on a 1500 meter course.

    Registration is required for this regatta. 

    This is considered an out of town regatta, however travel and hotels are not included for our HS rowers in the registration fee. Regatta fees are higher for regattas at Nathan Benderson Park due to regatta seat fees, tent rentals, trailer and staff travel expenses as noted in the 2025-2026 Parent/Rower Handbook.

    Registration fee for Plant High Winter Sprints is $150

    Deadline to register is Friday, November 14, 2025

    When:  Saturday, December 6, 2025

    Arrival: 7:00 - 7:30 am, final report time will be announced closer to the regatta.

    Event Location: Nathan Benderson Park
    5851 Nathan Benderson Circle, Sarasota, FL 34235

    Parking: Parking is typically located off-island and there will be a parking fee

    Rowers are NOT permitted to drive themselves. All rowers must ride over with a parent or ride-share with another rower family.

    Even though this is a one-day regatta, there will be a small parent room block for those interested in staying overnight (2-night minimum stay required). Hotel reservation link to be sent out in the next few days.

    General Regatta Information: 

    https://www.regattacentral.com/regatta/?job_id=9968

    SORA Regatta Line-Ups - TBD

    Regatta Wear: 

    • Arrival:SORA Blue Polo or SORA Hi-Vis Yellow Shirt
      ALL black pants or ALL black shorts
    • Regatta: Hi-VIs SORA Shirt, black shorts or pants
    • Race Wear: Unisuit and Hi-Vis SORA Yellow hats 

    It is VERY important that ALL HS rowers that register for this regatta attend. If you are unable to attend or have a change in your rowers attendance after registration, please inform Coach Terry immediately. If we are missing a rower on regatta day, it may cause the entire boat to scratch.

    We look forward to returning to Nathan Benderson Park.  GO SORA GO!

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  • 2025 Fall HS Novice and MS Championships (MS & Select HS)

    • 12/13/2025
    • Canal 54 - Fellsmere

    Full event info to come.

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  • 2026 Novice Regatta (Novice & Freshman HS/MS)

    • 01/31/2026
    • Turkey Lake

    Full event info to come.

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  • 2026 American Youth Cup (Select HS)

    • 02/14/2026
    • 7:00 AM
    • 02/15/2026
    • Nathan Benderson Park, Sarasota, FL
    Full event info to come. 
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  • 2026 Sarasota Invitational (HS)

    • 02/28/2026
    • Nathan Benderson Park, Sarasota, FL

    Full event info to come. 

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  • 2026 OARS Youth Invitational (HS)

    • 03/07/2026
    • Turkey Lake

    Full event info to come. 

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  • 2026 OARS Youth Invitational (MS)

    • 03/08/2026
    • Turkey Lake

    Full event info to come. 

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  • 2026 FSRA Central District Championship (HS)

    • 03/28/2026
    • Lake Minneola

    Full event info to come. 

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  • 2026 Jake Snyder Middle School Regatta (MS)

    • 03/29/2026
    • Lake Minneola


    The Jake Snyder Middle School Regatta was the inspiration of Daniel Vanegas, who started the regatta in Jake’s memory in 2012. Among middle school programs, whose racing opportunities were typically limited to occasional exhibition events at high school regattas, the idea was welcomed with enthusiasm. Middle school rowing programs from north, central, and south Florida came to the inaugural regatta.

    Born in 1989, Jake Snyder grew up in Winter Park, Florida, where he attended Winter Park High School and rowed four years for the school’s rowing team, Winter Park Crew. During his high school years, Jake attained the rank of Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts of America. He was also awarded Disney World’s Dreamer and Doer Award, granted to students who set examples to others through their volunteer service. He earned a Bright Futures Scholar Award to the University of Florida, where he joined Gator Christian Life. At the University of Florida, he majored in Political Science with a minor in Classical Studies and a certificate in Weather. He received the Anderson Scholar Award, the highest recognition bestowed by the University on students for their first two years of course work. Jake died at the age of 21 in 2010, peacefully surrounded at home by his family and friends. After his death, Congressman John L. Mica, with whom Jake had served a congressional internship, brought to Jake's family a United States flag that had flown over the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C.

    Jake once said of rowing: “Remember that this sport is not about personal glorification; instead, it is about making the team faster. Your goal should be to make your boat go as fast as possible, and if you’re ever moved out of the boat, don’t think “Why?” Instead, think about what you can do to make your new boat faster.” In other words, Jake felt that a person should always do what he or she can for the greater good. Jake lived that ethic, in all things at all times and with much joy. His smile was renowned both for its brilliance and its sincerity. 

    The regattas logo, the fleur-de-lis, is the  insignia of the Boy Scouts of America, whose law epitomizes the way in which Jake, as an Eagle Scout, lived his life and shared himself with the rowing community. The Scout Law states that, “A Scout is trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean, and reverent.” We honor those attributes at the Jake Snyder Middle School Regatta.

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  • 2026 FSRA Sculling Championships (Select HS - Travel)

    • 04/10/2026
    • 04/12/2026
    • Sarasota, Florida

    Full event info to come. 

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  • 2026 FSRA Sweep Championships (Select HS - Travel)

    • 04/24/2026
    • 04/26/2026
    • Sarasota, Florida

    Full event info to come. 

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  • 2026 US Rowing Southeast Youth Championships (Select HS)

    • 05/08/2026
    • 05/10/2026
    • Nathan Benderson Park, Sarasota, FL

    Full event info to come. 

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  • 2026 US Rowing Youth Nationals (Select HS)

    • 06/11/2026
    • 06/14/2026
    • Sarasota, Florida


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