News Archive from the 2016 - 2017 SeasonCase Crew 2016-2017 Season RecapBelow is the academic year 2016-2017 racing schedule for Case Crew with links to the results and photos for each event. For a write up about each event continue to scroll down.
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Novices Shine in Philly: WN8+ Silver and MN4+ 10th!
In the women’s novice eight, the Spartans won their heat easily beating varsity-status crews from Bucknell and Rollins by over 10 seconds to advance straight to the grand final. The crew of Madison Piccirillo (b), Katie Francissan (2), Micensie Barrett (3), Kirsten Wetzel (4), Steph Collins (5), Emily Judge (6), Sarah Carlson (7), Ingrid Iversen (s) with Natalie Scherner coxing had the fastest time coming out of the heats.
In the women’s novice eight final, it was a wire-to-wire drag race between local favorites St. Joes and the Spartans. The two crews paced the field by over 8 seconds, but St. Joes had just a bit more juice and beat case by just over 1 second to take gold. The silver medal for our crew signifies a high-water mark for the program marking the first time we’ve earned a medal in a big boat class at Vails. On their way to silver they beat varsity-status (i.e. recruited athletes) from Bucknell, Duquesne and Drexel. On the men’s side, the men’s frosh/novice four finished in 9th place out of 30 crews, which advanced them to the semi-finals on Friday afternoon. In the semi, the crew of Tim Nehila (s) Chris Hadiono (3), Spencer McClung (2) and Ben Cehelsky (b) with Jessica Mu coxing drew a tough heat against a few varsity crews and finished fourth. With only the top two advancing to the grand final, they would be racing in the Petit Final on Saturday. In the second level final they finished fourth (10th overall) behind Bowdoin, MSOE and Delaware – a tremendous result!
Probably the most difficult race in the regatta is the men’s varsity four. The event attracts the top four rowers from many smaller programs and the JV guys from the top varsity programs. Liam Hoye (s), Matt Hausladen (3) Ian Steiner (2) and Sean Mann with Elizabeth Tobin coxing took a swing at the big boys and were just off the pace. The Friday time trial had 35 crews and Case finished in 25th, which placed them in the fifth-level final on Friday. However, due to inclement weather Friday night into Saturday the minor finals were cancelled.
SARA again hosted a parent/alumni tent, which was well attended throughout the two days of racing. During the rains on Saturday the capacity of the tent was fully tested. Our tent position improved slightly from previous years with our placement about 400m from the finish line. It’s a good time so make sure you come down next year! Click here for complete race results. 2017 Dad Vail Regatta Photo Gallery Novice Women Claim First-ever Big Boat MACRA GoldApril 30, 2017: The regional championship MACRA regatta was held this year on Harsha Lake just outside of Cincinnati again this year. Conditions were cool and overcast with a steady, stiff cross head wind. Rains overnight raised lake levels claiming some competitor's tents. Case entered six crews across five events with all crews making either the Grand or Petit finals.
The novice women's squad is deep enough to also field a reserve 4+, and this crew finished second in their heat ahead of conference rivals UChicago and ultimately finished 6th in the Grand Final. Men's racing at MACRAs is unbelievably deep with most of the Grand Finalists in the eight also making Saturday afternoon appearances at Vails. If you want to be competitive in Philly you need to be competitive at MACRAs. The varsity men drew Michigan, Mercyhurst, Michigan State and Ohio State in their heat and finished behind them in that order to earn a spot in the Petit Final. In the Petit they finished 3rd and 9th overall behind Ohio State and DePaul. The coaching staff also fielded a JV 8+ comprised of a mix of varsity and novice rowers to test fitness and give championship racing experience to the novices. The crew was off the pace a bit finishing behind Michigan, Mercyhurst and Michigan State and ultimately finished 3rd in the Petit Final with a respectable 6:51 finish time. Race results for the MACRA Championships can be found HERE. 2017 MACRA Championship Photo Gallery Alumni vs. Students... Alumni Always Win!April 15, 2017: This year marked the 13th alumni regatta with nearly 30 alumni and parents visiting over Easter weekend. This year's event featured racing in the morning followed by the christening of three new shells to the Spartan Navy. In the evening it was almost standing room only with 75 folks crammed into the upstairs of the Flat Iron Cafe to hear coaches, students and alumni speak while enjoying some good cheer. A number of races were held with most of the alumni getting to race the 600m side-by-side sprint twice. Crews were "lined up" just downstream of the red swing bridge and raced to dock at the boathouse.
The alumni ranks were bolstered by some recent graduates with still impressive erg scores. As a result, many of the alumni crews were victorious this year -- margins improved upon by the generous starting conditions. The "serious" races were in the men's 8 and women's 4. The stacked men's eight for the alumni took off the line at nearly 40 spm and settled into the mid 30's. Stroke Kevin Cronin '16 is resident at the high performance group at Potomac Boat Club since graduating last December. The alumni crew hung together against a fast charging student crew to win the sprint by nearly a length. The women's 4+ race featured the most recent top three team erg scores (Sevier, Kennedy & Merlino) with coach Rachel Stanley in the bow. The fast crew had the outside lane and wider turn and were still able to squeak out a half length win over the student crew of Thompsen (s), Schnittman (3), Carlson (2) and Iversen (b).
Everyone decided they were game for a second race so additional line ups were created and shells procured to race fours, pairs and doubles. In the fours race, the alumni crew of Rathburn (s), Chorney (3), Bachmann (2) and Fakult (b) couldn't hang onto the speed of the student four. An exhibition race between the pair of Liam Hoye and Kevin Cronin against Chris Ryu and Doug Brubaker in a double was held. Some strokes were taken, and we're still not quite sure what happened. On the women's side, Abby Sevier and Steph Merlino reprised their pairing against students Anna Thompsen and Emily Schnittman. With 100m to go the race was interrupted by WRRA learn to row crews, but there were still smiles all around due to one last chance to splash about in boats!
In the evening, we gathered at the Flat Iron Cafe for buffet dinner and a few speeches and presentations. You can see the SARA presentation here. Coach Aaron's season overview can be seen here.
Case Wins 4 of 8 Races at 2017 Lubbers CupApril 8-9, 2017: This year marks the second invite for the Case Western Reserve Crew Club to attend the prestigious 22nd Annual Don Lubber's Cup Regatta in Spring Lake, Michigan. The regatta is hosted by Grand Valley State University. This is arguably some of the best competition that CWRU will see all year until Dad Vails, and being one of the smallest schools, it puts the rowers in a healthy position to grow. The squad fielded four boats at this uniquely-formatted "double dual" format regatta, a Women's Novice 8+, a Women's Varsity 4+, a Men's Novice 4+, and a Men's Varsity 8+. Eleven teams competed in the regatta and Case finished in seventh based on the points methodology.
This regatta is special because it is designed to have 3 races over two days, all 2,000m. Competitors race only one or two other shells in each race, and they cycle through so that they see most of their competitors. The teams are judged not only on time, but also margin of victory. Unfortunately, due to high winds causing unfair lane assignments, the racing on Sunday was cancelled, and trophies went to teams based largely on times and placement. The Squad performed admirably, with a bit of cross tail wind pushing them down the course. The Men's V8 had a good showing against Grand Valley and Minnesota in their first round, and bested Illinois in one of the closest matches of the regatta in their second race. Former WRRA coach Cameron Carter, current coach of Illinois, was on hand, and had nothing but good things to say about his former program. He later extended an invitation to perhaps scrimmage in the fall season as both teams continue to improve.
The Novice Women's 8+ had a fantastic weekend, starting out strong against the Number 2 ranked team in the country, Grand Valley State. The Mighty Novi beat them handily, by 14 seconds in the first round, so we will see what the rankings yield next week. In their second round, they had a dominant 35 second victory over the Marquette novices. An outstanding showing. The Women's Varsity 4+ had great opposition in Purdue and Marquette. The row was rough, and didn't fully demonstrate speed, ultimately falling to Purdue on the order of 4 seconds. After some reflection and regrouping, the Varsity women came out ready to fight by the afternoon. In the second round, the Varsity women had a great rhythm, beating a Purdue novice boat and an Eastern Michigan University 4+ by 22 seconds. This garnered a commentary from the EMU coaches, who communicated how great our women's squad was shaping up to be. In the Men's Novice 4+, our greenhorns performed quite well, and due to the format of the regatta were raced in the Open category. In the first round, they fell under a Michigan freshman boat, but coming up nearly 13 seconds above the Golden Gophers of Minnesota. By the afternoon, the MN4+ was in the groove, coming against a tough Michigan freshman boat, and almost clipping a Michigan State varsity boat.
Special thanks go out to Grandma Stevens (our new rower Alex Stevens' grandmother) for hosing the women's team this weekend - it was like being at home! We are so grateful for your support. Also, thank you to the Steiners, Francissens, and Iversens for attending - as well as bringing a fleet of corgis. We are looking forward to hosting an outstanding Alumni Regatta this coming Saturday, April 15th, and we may have a surprise guest crew of Carnegie-Mellon coming to race the squad ahead of time on the Cuyahoga, but that is going to be a game-time decision to be worked out this week. Thanks to Head Coach Aaron Marcovy for the Race Report! Race results for the Lubbers Cup can be found HERE. 2017 Lubbers Cup Photo Gallery Case Wins 5 of 7 Races at SUNY InvitationalApril 1, 2017: Case Crew headed east to take part in the SUNY Invitational Regatta hosted by SUNY Geneseo on Conesus Lake. The event is an informal scrimmage amongst a few Upstate New York SUNY schools. Due to some scheduling SNAFUs, Case was without a race this weekend, and SUNY Geneseo was gracious enough to allow the Spartans to join the fun. Schools participating were: SUNY Geneseo, SUNY Buffalo, SUNY Oswego, Canisius College and St. John Fisher College Conditions were a bit choppy on the smallest of the Finger Lakes. Winds were significant at 12-15 mph with conditions almost unrowable if not for the straight tailwind direction. Case handled the conditions well by finishing first or second in each event entered. The Spartan women were undefeated in all three races -- varsity 8+, varsity 4+ and novice 8+. The men won the men's light/JV 4+ and novice 8+ races, but fell to Geneseo in both varsity 8+ and varsity 4+. The most dramatic event came in the WV8 race when 2-seat lost her oar popping completely out of the oarlock with 500m to go. The women had a comfortable lead and with some deft coxing regained composure, did a racing start, and regained the lead to win over Genseo by 5 seconds! Head coach Aaron Marcovy was able to post video of most of the races, and the videos can be accessed via the race result link below: Race results for the SUNY Invitational Regatta can be found HERE. Case Dominates Home Schools for 6th Straight Year!March 25, 2017: Case Crew raced John Carroll for the fifteenth annual Cleveland Cup. Case won all six contested races to extend their cup winning streak to six and nine overall. Cleveland State were unable to boat crews this year due to attrition and injury. This year there were seven races with six of those races counting toward the Cleveland Cup. The racecourse was held in dual-format, which is two boats side-by-side. The race also followed an interpretation of "Oxbridge"? rules, which provides for safety as boats make turns. The overall course was approximately 1,500m, and was run from the NS1 railroad bridge at the mouth of the Cuyahoga, and was finished at the Merwin’s Wharf docks at Rivergate Park.
The two lanes were determined by coin flip, called by each club president during the Coaches and Coxswains briefing. Staggers were assigned to each lane, depending on the size of each boat. In almost every race Case was able to make up the stagger while in the Flats before the first major bend allowing them to cruise to the finish. The tightest race was in the women's varsity four where JCU pushed the Spartan women all the way to the finish. Our WV4 of Kate Bush, Michaela Kus, Colleen Kennedy and Emily Schnittman with Carly Lubowe coxing was able to hold them off to post a winning margin of 3.8 seconds - just over a length. Head coach Aaron Marcovy was able to post video of most of the races, and the videos can be accessed via the race result link below: Race results for the 2017 Cleveland Collegiate Regatta can be found HERE. 2017 Homeschools Photo Gallery Spring Miles in Alabama; Men Scrimmage 'BamaMarch 16, 2017: Case Crew headed south to Lake Guntersville in Alabama for their spring break. Due to a shift in the school's spring break, the timing was earlier, which precluded the team from going to Gainesville. Unseasonably cool and windy conditions greeted the team and it was a challenge to row a full complement of miles. Alumnus Brian Chorney '07 made the trip to help coach along with assistant coaches Kate & Eric Krengel to help head coach Aaron Marcovy handle the crew.
The Case men were able to scrimmage the crew club from the University of Alabama -- a team that finished just 4 seconds off them at the Hooch. The men's squad had lost a couple key rowers for spring and struggled in the scrimmage to hold onto the stern of Alabama. Although a week of high winds prohibited as much rowing as was scheduled, the conditions for the scrimmage were reasonably advantageous, with 5-6 MPH gusts and a decent temperature. The scrimmage consisted of four 2,000m pieces with approximately 10 minutes rest. The first 2 lengths were structured, with each 500m segment being governed at 24, 26, 28, and 30 strokes-per-minute respectively. The last 2 lengths were “open rating,” meaning an ungoverned sprint structure. Alabama' V8 was the strongest in recent memory with 5 seniors.
2017 Spring Break Photo Gallery Case Wins 13th Hammer Cup; 8 Individual Hammers at Erg SprintsFebruary 5, 2017: Case Crew dominated the competition again at the 28th running of the Hammer Ergatta. This year's race was two weeks earlier than normal and classes start one week later than normal, but the reduced training time did not stop the Spartans from claiming their 3rd Hammer Cup in a row. The Hammer Cup has been contested between Case and John Carroll since 1995 with Cleveland State joining the action in 2008. Case leads the series with thirteen wins to JCU's 8 and CSU's 2 wins. This year's event was held in the DeCarlo Varsity Gym on John Carroll's campus. The well organized event saw Case take home 8 Hammers (yes, actual hammers) in almost every event they entered. Gold hammers for winner and silver hammers for second. The women's team had six athletes break 8 minutes with novice Sarah Carlson taking top honors with a 7:31.7! Colleen Kennedy took top honors in the Open Varsity race with 7:44.9. The open lightweight race saw Maria Tompkins finish second with 8:02.6, one second off the pace, and the novice lightweight race was won by Katie Francissen in 8:20.8.
The men's team also showed some speed and depth. The men had eight athletes break seven minutes with Matt Hausladen leading the way with a 6:29.3 to win the Open Men's category. Alumnus Dou Brubaker even took part taking fourth with a 6:41.8 in the open race. The fastest novice man was Tim Nehila with 6:55.3 to take second. The lightweight men's squad had Andy Swyers take 5th in the Open event with 7:19.2 and the novice race had Andrew Thomas taking 4th in 7:51.2. The last event of the day was the Sledgehammer 6x500m mixed relay. Case entered three squads and finished 2nd, 4th and 6th. The top two teams were varsity Case squads and the third team were novices. The fastest Case relay team completed the 3km in 9:48.8 to take home the silver sledgehammer. Race results for the Hammer Ergatta can be found HERE. 2017 Hammer Ergatta Photo Gallery It's Time for the January Virtual Team Challenge!
Spring 2017 Wish List Posted
Eights Dominate in Tennessee!November 5, 2016: Case Crew took their top eights to the Head of the Hooch for the second year in a row and proved that they could hold their own against the best of the south. The early November race is a beacon for rowing colleges across the south and a number of Midwestern colleges. The women's varsity eight took silver against a field of 28 while the men took sixth against 35 other teams. For the first time the team took a novice eight, and our women placed 12th out of 40 crews. The two-day event hosted over 200 teams and over 2,000 entries with the regatta site right in downtown Chattanooga, Tennessee. The 5,000 meter course is fairly straight, fair and easy to pass. With the city center venue and excellent course, the Hooch has grown into one of THE premier head races in the country. For northern crews, the early November timing also extends the competitive season. The 2016 edition has excellent, flat water with sunshine and almost no wind.
Case's events were on Saturday with the varsity women early in the morning. The line-up was Emily Schnittmann (s), Ashley Yoon (7), Abby Sevier (6), Joyce Chu (5), Colleen Kennedy (4), Steph Merlino (3), Anna Thomsen (2), Emmeline Pearson (b) and Josh Zuccala (cox) Given their fourth place finish last year, they were given the first bow number and led the procession for the 2016 running. In the head racing format, crews are started every 10-15 seconds. By the time the Case women came into the last thousand they had opened up nearly a minute gap to the next crew signifying a potentially very fast time. When all of the results were tallied the crew finished second overall and 10 seconds behind Georgia Tech.
The men's varsity 8+ of Liam Hoye (s), Kevin Cronin (7), Matt Hausladen (6), Phil Smith (5), Ryan Norchi (4), Ian Steiner (3), Sean Mann (2), Chris Ryu (b) and Elizabeth Tobin (cox) faced significant competition and finished 6th overall looking strong on the course. Texas, Georgia Tech and UNC Chapel Hill were the class of the field taking the top three spots and breaking 16 minutes. Providing significant motivation for the winter was being bumped down from last year's fifth place finish by URA rivals WashU by 2 seconds! WashU also pipped the Spartans at last year's URA championships. Can you say April 1 show down?
The women's novice 8+ took to the waters for the first time in an organized regatta. They had raced in the Mercyhurst and Marietta scrimmages, and took to the Tennessee River like professionals. The crew consisted of rowers Ingrid Iverson (stroke), Serena Lai (7), Sarah Carlson (6), Emily Judge (5), Kirsten Wetzel (4), Micensie Barrett (3), Innes Hicsasmaz (2), Madison Piccirillo (bow) with Jessica Mu as coxswain, and their time of 19:48 was good enough for 12th place overall. The top 11 spots contained 9 varsity status crews implying 3rd place out of the club crews. And the team beat 28 other crews. The Hooch runs a qualification system for guaranteed entries in the next year's race. Both varsity 8's grabbed 2017 slots. The women's novice event only had 10 slots so our women just missed out. This regatta signified the last competitive race for a number of team stalwarts. Abby Sevier, Steph Merlino, Colleen Kennedy and Kevin Cronin and now officially alumni! If you have been impressed by the result of the crews in the last few years, you will see these four in almost every one of those photos. Thank you for your dedication, and welcome to SARA! Race results for the Head of the Hooch can be found HERE. 2016 Head of the Hooch Photo Gallery Women's Strong in Marietta; Men Pick Up SpeedOctober 29, 2016: Case Crew headed to southern Ohio to Marietta for an invitational events against Marietta College, University of Cincinnati, University of Dayton and the Ohio State University club team. The format of the race consisted of a 6,000m head race followed by three 500m pieces. The women finished strong placing third in the head race and winning two of the sprints. The men were in contention, but finished off the pace against the other squads. Overall the coaches were pleased with the speed of the crews and are looking forward to the varsity and novice eights racing in Chattanooga. The late October weather was almost too hot for racing with temperatures in the 70's and slight wind. This was the second year for the invitational in this format. Case was not invited last year, and the team's recent gains in speed have not gone unnoticed prompting and invite for this year. An incarnation of the Marietta Invite existed in the 90's and the team was invited to that race in 1995.
The Case women had Dayton's number all day -- beating them in the head and each sprint. In the head they finished 1 second off Ohio State and four seconds behind Cincinnati. They then won the first two sprints, but fell in the third 500m piece to Cincinnati by a second. A tremendous result that bodes well for next weekend's Hooch where the V8 will have the first bow number of 27 in the Collegiate/Club 8+ event! The regatta was also another chance for the novices to gain experience before the Head of the Hooch next weekend. The novice women's 8+ beat the other novice boat from Dayton in the head race, but then came short in each of the sprint pieces. The coaches also raced a couple novice women's fours in the head race, but not the sprints. The top novice women's four was beaten by the varsity squad from Dayton and beat the crew from Cincinnati. The second novice women's four finished in fourth place of four. The novice men only raced an eight and finished a minute off the only other novice crew entered from Cincy. The varsity and JV men improved on their performance from Mercyhurst. A timing glitch meant no times for the top crews from Marietta and Cincinnati were taken in the head race. The V8 finished just over a minute off Ohio State and Dayton in the 6km head race with the JV crew finishing 50 seconds off them. In the sprints it was a close run affair with Case finishing with the 5th and 6th fastest times each run. Race results for the Muskie Chase can be found HERE. 2016 Muskie Chase Photo Gallery Women's Varsity 4+ Top College Club Program in BostonOctober 22, 2016: The Case Crew women's varsity four headed to Boston for the 52nd Head of the Charles Regatta. The world's largest regatta hosted over 10,000 athletes over two days on the Charles River. The women's four of Abby Sevier, Steph Merlino, Emily Schnittmann and Colleen Kennedy with Josh Zuccala coxing finished in 19th place out of 59 finishers. The position re-qualified the boat for next year's regatta and was 12 places higher than last year's record breaking performance. The crew coached by assistant Rachel Stanley took honors as the fastest college club program in the Club Fours event and beat number of renowned varsity status programs as well -- including crews from Miami (FL), Boston U, Marist, Lehigh, Temple and Princeton(!).
The weather during the race as challenging with cross headwinds most of the way and alternating drizzle/deluge rain all the way down the course. The crew's technique and timing started to waver in the back half of the race, but the team's extensive training regimen allowed them to maintain power through the drive to keep the hull speed up. As a result they held an amazingly stable pace throughout holding onto 19th place at each of the four timing points along the winding 3 mile course. Due to their placing last year the team was given bow number 27 placing them in the middle of the pack and amongst faster crews to help push the pace. The women's squad were extensively seat raced in order to find the fastest combination. Even though this year's line-up contained three rowers from last year's qualifying four, there were no guaranteed seats. The line-up was shuffled with Abby Sevier setting the pace from stroke and Steph Merlino backed her up in 3-seat. The bow pair had Emily Schnittmann in 2-seat and Colleen Kennedy in bow. Josh Zuccala took the rudder with last year's coxswain Masato Miyagi making his way to Boston to support Josh with the challenging course.
Case Off the Pace Against Mercyhurst & CanisiusOctober 8, 2016: Case Crew participated in an informal scrimmage against Mercyhurst College and Canisius College on Findley Lake just east of Erie, Pennsylvania. Case struggled to hold onto the other two colleges in blustery conditions, and provided good early feedback that when it's race day you come to race. The event was an invitational hosted by Mercyhurst to showcase their team to local dignitaries and members of the school's Board of Trustees. Mercyhurst sponsors varsity men's lightweight and varsity women's programs while Canisius has a varsity women's squad. Case both their men's and women's club squads to battle in the head/sprint format. The schedule featured a 5k race on a looped course around the lake followed up by a 500m sprint. Final rankings were calculated by multiplying the sprint time by five and adding it to the 5k time. Case competed in five of the eight events offered.
In the men's races, the varsity and JV eights both finished behind the two entries from Mercyhurst. The men's novice eight finished nearly 7 minutes off the pace of Mercyhurst in the combined time. The women's varsity 8+ finished fourth behind Mercyhurst and the two Canisius entries, however, they finished ahead of the Mercyhurst B entry by 1.5 minutes. The top women's 4+ finished third overall behind Mercyhurst and Canisius in a 8-boat event. The second entry from Case in the women's varsity 4+ finished in eighth. The women's novice 8+ event was an all-Case affair with two entries. The "A" entry with a little more experience finished nearly 8 minutes ahead of the Case B entry filled with true novices that had only a couple weeks under their belt. The event provided some valuable race-format experience that will pay dividends later this fall.
Click here for complete race results. 2016 Mercyhurst Autumn Classic Photo Gallery Case Crew on Fire at the Head of the Cuyahoga
The men's varsity 8+ of Liam Hoye (s), Kevin Cronin (7), Phil Smith (6), Matt Hausladen (5), Ian Steiner (4), Ryan Norchi (3), Chris Ryu (2) and Wyatt Saint Clair (b) with Elizabeth Tobin coxing also comfortably won their event against five other crews. The closest crew from John Carroll finished 1.5 minutes off Case for silver. The core of the Spartan crew were the varsity eight from Vails last season and their summer conditioning showed as they powered down the 3 mile course.
The men's squad boated two fours against eight other crews. The top four of Ben Lindstrom (s), Luke Fakult (3), Sean Mann (2) and Dave Fulton (b) won by over 20 seconds against the University of Toledo. The second four of Wyatt Saint-Clair (s), Peter Fedrizzi (3), Tyler Ward (2) and Andy Swyers (b) with Helen Liu steering placed 5th about 25 seconds off John Carroll and Cleveland State. The women's varsity four of Maya Monroe (s), Kate Bush (3), Maria Tompkins (2) and Helen Sanderson (b) with Oona Haffey coxing struggled a bit to find speed and finished 10th in a 20-boat field. The alumni ranks were not as strong this year with only a handful of us racing. Erynn Rathburn '99 raced her single to second place ahead of alumna and former coach Patty Wolford in the Women's Master Single A-B. Former coach Chris Sheridan took a crack at the C single and was off the pace of a sculler from Toledo to finish second. Current assistant coaches Rachel Stanley and Sharon Romilly took second in a seven-boat Women's Open Pair field. Doug Rathburn '97 was the only entrant in the masters A-B single and got a consolation gold medal, but earned it due to being in the group of scullers pummeled by the morning thunderstorm. The alumni ranks were not as strong this year with only a handful of us racing. Erynn Rathburn '99 raced her single to second place ahead of alumna and former coach Patty Wolford in the Women's Master Single A-B. Former coach Chris Sheridan took a crack at the C single and was off the pace of a sculler from Toledo to finish second. Current assistant coaches Rachel Stanley and Sharon Romilly took second in a seven-boat Women's Open Pair field. Doug Rathburn '97 was the only entrant in the masters A-B single and got a consolation gold medal, but earned it due to being in the group of scullers launched and then pummeled by the morning thunderstorm. Doug then teamed up with three current rowers to take on the Men's Open Quad event -- the first time offered at the HOTC. Tim Marcovy arranged for the crew to borrow a shell then found out the morning of that the boat did not have any steering. The crew of Chris Ryu (s), Kevin Cronin (3), Phil Smith (2) and Doug Rathburn (b) rowed half of the course distance pulling with only one side. Smiles were beaming as the gold medals were handed out after a nearly 40 second win! Next year... rudder.
Click here for complete race results. 2016 Head of the Cuyahoga Photo Gallery |
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