June 2, 2010

Become a National Champion. No Experience Necessary.

ATHLETES WANTED.

GT Crew is an intercollegiate, co-ed team that races throughout the Southeast and across the country against teams like Clemson, Purdue, and UGA. The student-run team was officially founded in 1986 and is the largest sports club on campus with approximately 70 athletes. We are also one of the most successful organizations at Georgia Tech, consistently earning medals at the Dad Vail national championship regatta for more than 13 years in a row.

While many of our rowers were competitive high-school athletes, more than 90 percent of our team had no previous rowing experience prior to joining GT Crew. As long as you have the desire to improve your physical fitness, there can be a place for you on crew. We’re open to all sorts of athletes — heavyweight, lightweight, tall, short, men and women. We are also always looking for coxswains to steer and motivate boats on the water.
For more information, attend one of our Meetings for the Curious!

Tuesday, August 24, 6:00 P.M. – Student Center Piedmont Room (near Burdell’s)

Thursday, August 26, 6:00 P.M. – Student Center Piedmont Room (near Burdell’s)

Wednesday, September 1, 5:00 P.M. -Student Center Piedmont Room (near Burdell’s)

Also fill out the form on the Join page.

If you have any questions, feel free to email:

Coach Nick (novice women’s head coach) coach.nick@gtcrew.com or

Coach Slim (last year’s novice men’s head coach) coach.slim@gtcrew.com

or Recruitment Email curious@gtcrew.com

June 1, 2010

2 Boats leave with medals and 2 GT Coaches honored at ACRA Championships

Georgia Tech Crew sent a small contingent to Oklahoma City, OK for the ACRA Championship Regatta the weekend of May 22. Sean Gibel walked away with a Gold Medal in the men’s single. The women’s lightweight 4+ also came home with a bronze medal, the first ACRA medal ever for GT women. Congrats!

Two of Georgia Tech’s coaches were also honored. Head Coach and Varsity Men’s Coach Rob Canavan was honored as the South Region ACRA Men’s Coach of the Year and Varsity Women’s Coach Ross Beattie was honored as the South Region ACRA Women’s Coach of the Year. Congrats to Coach Rob and Master Blaster!

Check here for team results!

May 9, 2010

Women’s Varsity Lightweight 8 Takes Home Silver Medal at Dad Vails!

The team traveled up to Philadelphia, PA to race on the Schuylkill River for the Aberdeen Dad Vail Regatta. After near perfect racing conditions Friday and Saturday morning, the wind picked up in the afternoon and was so strong racing was suspended for roughly an hour. After racing resumed the Women’s Lightweight 8 raced down the course and earned a Silver Medal with a .016 second margin over SUNY-Buffalo, a Division 1 NCAA Varsity Program. Congrats ladies!

Congrats to Head Coach Rob Canavan who was honored as the Dad Vail Coach of the Year!

Check out our results page or here for full results. Pictures will be posted to the gallery shortly.

April 11, 2010

Team leaves Sarasota with a few shirts and eleven medals

The team loaded a charter bus at 5am Friday morning to head down to Sarasota, FL for the FIRA Championship Regatta. This regatta serves as the state championship for Florida collegiate rowing programs and Georgia Tech has been invited the last few years to compete as a guest school. Georgia Tech takes this opportunity to compete against some strong programs from the Sunshine State in preparation for SIRA championships, the Dad Vail Regatta, and ACRA.

Overall the team performed well. Eleven boats walked away with medals including six gold medals in the men’s and women’s novice 4+ B, women’s lightweight 8+, men’s and women’s lightweight 4+, and men’s novice 4+ A. These boats also earned betting shirts from their competitors. Check out our results page for more info.

The team travels to Oakridge, TN next weekend for the SIRA championships.

March 7, 2010

Success at SERCS, Live Results Broadcast

The team travelled to Aiken, SC this weekend to compete at the 2010 Southeastern Regional Collegiate Sprints (SERCS), hosted by UGA. Other schools at the race included Alabama, Auburn, Clemson, College of Charleston, Georgia State, Tennessee, Vanderbilt, and more. Georgia Tech showed up ready to compete at this first official sprint race of the season, and it showed. After the preliminary rounds, all of GT’s boats had either moved on to finals or medalled.

At the end of the day, Tech took home gold in both the Men’s and Women’s V8 events, Men’s V4+, Men’s Novice 4+, Men’s and Women’s Lightweight 4+, Women’s pair, and the Men’s single.

This was the first time people could keep track of how the team was doing by looking at live results posted on Twitter. The team is going to try to make this a regular occurrence with every race, so start following GTCrew on Twitter. Don’t forget to become a fan of our Facebook page and check out updates there as well.

Congratulations to all of the rowers! Detailed results and photos to come soon.