Wheaton College (Illinois)

===Rowing===
Wheaton College Crew is the official [[College rowing (United States)|collegiate rowing]] club of Wheaton College. Wheaton Crew was established in 1989 by a group of students, alumni, and donors competing with both men's and women's boats; both crews are members of the [[American Collegiate Rowing Association]] (ACRA) in the Great Lakes Region.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://americancollegiaterowing.com/members/greatlakes.html|title=American Collegiate Rowing Association|website=americancollegiaterowing.com|access-date=2019-01-09|archive-date=July 12, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100712235917/http://www.americancollegiaterowing.com/members/greatlakes.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Wheaton College Crew is registered as a club sport affiliated with Wheaton College Thunder Athletics.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wheaton.edu/life-at-wheaton/athletics/club-sports/crew/|title=Crew|website=Wheaton College|language=en|access-date=2019-01-09}}</ref> The club program is currently the highest level of competitive rowing offered at Wheaton College.

The crew team rows on the [[Fox River (Illinois River tributary)|Fox River]] from the dock of Fox Valley Christian Action's Riverwoods Campus<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.fvchristianaction.org/rental/|title=» Guest Services|language=en-US|access-date=2019-01-09}}</ref> in [[St. Charles, Illinois]]. The Fox is shared with the St. Charles Rowing Club<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://saintcharlesrowing.com/|title=Home|website=saintcharlesrowing.com|access-date=2019-01-09}}</ref> (SCRC) on a residential, no-wake 7&nbsp;km stretch of river. While no boathouse has been established due to complications with Wheaton College, Wheaton Crew hosts land practices, ergometer training, and tryouts in the Chrouser Sports Complex<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wheaton.edu/life-at-wheaton/athletics/chrouser-sports-complex/|title=Chrouser Sports Complex|website=Wheaton College|language=en|access-date=2019-01-09}}</ref> on Wheaton's campus.

Wheaton Crew competes and trains for [[Head race|Head Races]] in the fall season and 2&nbsp;km sprints in the spring. Wheaton competes in regattas including the [[Head of the Hooch]], [[Head of the Charles Regatta]] and the John Hunter Regatta on [[Lake Lanier]]'s Olympic Park and the Illinois Collegiate Rowing Invitational in [[Farmer City, Illinois]]. It does not compete on Sunday in agreement with Wheaton College and Wheaton College Thunder regulations.

The Wheaton Crew Cheer is a long-standing oral tradition of Wheaton oarsmen at the launch of Wheaton boats at regattas. As a strictly oral tradition, this cheer cannot be written down for any purpose. Memorizing the cheer is a rite of passage for Wheaton rowers.

At the transition of captains, both the Men's and Women's captains are given the first flag and oar of Wheaton Crew as a symbol of power passing from one generation of Wheaton rowers to another. The team introduced the Golden Cox-Tool in 2017 as a similar relic for the Head Coxswain's transition.

The 1939 hymn "Victory in Jesus" is sung at the end of every Wheaton Crew racing event following Wheaton College's affiliations as an Evangelical Christian establishment.