News Archive from the Spring 2006 Season

Spring 2006 Regatta Recap

Below is the spring 2006 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.

Newly Minted Alumna Featured in Case Magazine

May 2006: Graduating senior, Katherine Allen, featured prominently in the Spring 2006 Case Magazine section featuring 2006 graduates. She's receiving her B.S. in geological sciences and plans to head to England and Cambridge for a master's. She cites as her favorite place off campus as being rowing on the Cuyahoga! I think we can all relate to the peaceful early morning rows with the fog, city lights and bridges reminding us how great a sport this is.

The article can be found HERE (pdf). If you have the hard copy, she's on page 10.

Case Women Finish Season Strong at Dad Vails

May 12-13, 2006: Case sent a Varsity Openweight Women's 4+ to this year's Dad Vail Regatta. After winning their heat on Friday by 4 seconds, they progressed to the semi-final on Saturday. In their semi this boat full of seniors were sitting in 5th by the 1250m mark. The crew dug deep and rowed through both Barry and Buffalo to finish 3rd and just missed the finals by 5 seconds. The winner of their semi, Penn State, went on to win in the final. This was the final race for these ladies in Case gear, but we wish them luck and appreciate the fantastic precedent for the juniors and sophomores next year.

This year's line up was: Lauren Boucher '09 - cox Carolyn Sayre '06 - stroke Jenna Copeland '06 - 3 Katherine Allen '06 - 2 Erin Brandt '06 - bow Race results can be found HERE.

Case Shows Strength At WV Governor's Cup

April 29, 2006: The men medaled in the Mixed 8+'s and Varsity 4+ at the West Virginia Governor's Cup. The men were in a dogfight for 3rd in the Varsity 8, but just got nipped. The women won the Varsity 8+ and Varsity 4+ by open water. The Carnegie-Mellon Women's Varsity 4+ beat them by 3 seconds at the UAA Championship Regatta but were able to swing back in West Virginia with a winning margin of 6 seconds! Official regatta results have not been posted yet.

2006 West Virginia Governor's Cup Photo Gallery

Alumni Win Some, Lose Some

April 22, 2006: Case Crew hosted an Alumni Regatta on the Cuyahoga with alumni coming from near and far to participate. Alumni crews were ultimately 3 for 7 in a round robin racing format.
Race results can be found HERE.

The weather turned out to be beautiful allowing people to enjoy the racing and reconnect after years of being away from the team. Alumni showed their support by donating over $4,000 to SARA for the purchase of some Nielsen-Kellerman rowing electronics and a new regatta tent. The team directly raised nearly $500 on the day from a raffle for naming rights to an oar and for some Case Crew gear. The festivities continued on into the evening at the Great Lakes Brewery. Photos and commentary from the day can be found HERE. 2006 Alumni Regatta Photo Gallery.

Case Crew Successful at UAA Championships!

April 2, 2006: Case Crew took on its UAA rivals at the annual University Rowing Association Championship Regatta held at Lake Arthur just north of Pittsburgh. Crews from Wash U, U Rochester, Carnegie-Mellon, Brandeis, NYU, and U Chicago were in attendance.

Case Crew's women could not even field boats for last year's race due to attrition and injury. They came storming back this year with a silver medals in the women's open & novice fours. They also took bronze in the open eight, which took them to fourth overall in the team standings. After a strong showing last year, the men's team is currently re-building this year. The men bested Brandeis in the men's open four in the first year that Brandeis attended the regatta. Wash U took home both point trophies for men & women. The silver Case Alumni Cup for men's team points was generously donated by SARA three years ago in support of the race. Full results can be found HERE. 2006 URA Photo Gallery

Case Crew Wins Fourth Annual Home Schools Regatta!

March 25, 2006: The Home Schools Regatta is held every year in Cleveland between the local rowing colleges: Case, John Carroll, Cleveland State, and Baldwin-Wallace. The race is meant to be a spring tune up, and the format, distance, and points are decided each year between the head coaches of each program. This year's racing awarded one point to each winning crew, and races were two abreast over 1500m.

Case walked away with the overall cup (now sponsored by the Cleveland Rowing Foundation) by winning 5 out of ten races. The Case women's team was perfect winning 4 out of 4 races. The Case men's squad picked up a win in the varsity 8+. Full results can be found HERE.

2006 Home Schools Photo Gallery

Case Crew Wins 2006 Hammer Cup!

February 12, 2006: The annual Hammer Ergatta was held on Case's campus this year, and Case Crew bested their cross-town rivals, John Carroll, by nearly 50 seconds! The Cup is decided every year by averaging of the top rowers from each squad: Varsity Men & Women and Novice Men & Women.

Other notable results were Miranda Cullins, Jenna Copeland, Erin Brandt and Carolyn Sayre taking all four top spots in the Women's Open category, respectively. Also, Brian Chorney took first in the Lightweight Men's race and Alan Valenti taking 3rd in the Men's Open race. For the novices, Chris Swasey took third for the men and Amanda Durk, Anna Wieser and Keelin Quinn took all three spots for the women, respectively.

Mention of the event was made in The Observer. Click here to read the article.

The race rotates between John Carroll and Case every year, and full results from this year's race can be found HERE (html). To view past results of the Hammer Cup click HERE (html).

2006 Hammer Photo Gallery

Congratulations to Case Crew for the impressive showing. Good luck, and we hope this bodes well for the upcoming Spring Season!