Four students.
A few borrowed boats. One Lake.
To unite and empower the Dallas community through rowing and dragon boating. That mission is older than most of the rowers chasing it.
Welcoming and competitive, on purpose.
In 2002, a small group of local high-schoolers fell for rowing and started a crew of their own, storing boats at the Bath House on White Rock Lake.
Within two years they were racing at the national level. In the years since, the club grew past any single neighborhood, drew rowers from schools across the city, and became Dallas United Crew. The competitive fire never cooled. What changed is how many kinds of people we made room for: masters rowers, veterans, adaptive athletes, and dragon boat crews, including survivors.
Two decades on, the idea is unchanged. The lake is big enough for all of Dallas.
From a few borrowed boats
to a club for the whole city.
2002
Four students, four oars
Founded by a small group of local high schoolers as Highland Park Crew, with boats stored at the Bath House Cultural Center on White Rock Lake.
2004
Onto the national stage
Within two years, junior athletes qualify for nationals-level competition — proof that a small Dallas club could race with anyone.
Since
Dallas United
The club grows beyond one neighborhood, drawing rowers from schools across the city and becoming Dallas United Crew.
Today
A boat for everyone
Youth and masters rowing, learn-to-row camps, adaptive and veteran programs, and dragon boat crews, including survivors, all share one lake.
One of the most welcoming clubs in Texas.
