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April 19, 2011
Attention, Row: Southeastern Regional Championships
This Sunday the weather was perfect for finals at the SIRA championship regatta in Oakridge, TN. First, the womens light-weight 8 came down the course and won by 10.8 seconds. This boat consisted of seven senior ladies and one junior lady and was coxed by Isabella, the only freshmen in the boat. Next the women took bronze in the Varsity 4+ (club, D2, D3) event. This race was tight to end. Tech edged out College of Charleston by only 0.8 seconds. Finally, the last Georgia Tech boat came down the course, the mens varsity 4+ and they went out with a bang. The 4+ won by 4.0 seconds, beating 23 other boats in the event.
April 10, 2011
FIRA Regatta
This weekend the Georgia Tech crew team took to the road and headed to Sarasota, Florida for the Florida Intercollegiate Rowing Championships where Georgia Tech gets to compete by invitation. This is a great opportunity for the team to race some of the best teams in the south east before the Southestern Intercollegiate Rowing Championships that takes place next weekend.
It was an exciting weekend for the mens and womens squads that both did well. The mens varsity 4+ got 2nd to Jacksonville University by less than 0.01 seconds, which simply comes down to great racing! The womens lightweight varsity 8 got its first opportunity exhibit their potential against the University of Florida lightweights. Rowing at 36 strokes per min the official thought they were rowing too high, but they kept it up for the win. For more on how the team did, please go to the results section of the website.
April 6, 2011
Georgia Tech Crew Featured on Aberdeen Dad Vail Regatta Website
This year marks the 15th anniversary of the infamous GT Crew trailer crash en route to the 1996 Dad Vail Regatta. Despite a flipped van and mutilated equipment with the help of the Philadelphia rowing community the team went on to one of their most successful Dad Vail showings.
February 23, 2011
Panama City Beach Big Give Away
The visitors bureau of PCB is teaming up with GT Crew to create excitement about Spring Break 2011. They are hosting a BIG giveaway on Tech’s campus and all you have to do is sign up and you could win an iPad, $350 to the book store, or Lady Gaga concert tickets. For every person that signs up PCB will donate a $1, so please go to http://www.visitpanamacitybeach.com/gtcrew/ to help us out. The Wall Street Journal and CNN even are covering this event! The giveaway is open until Friday and every dollar counts.
February 12, 2011
The Pain, The Glory, The Altanta Erg Sprints
Atlanta Erg Sprints, run by the crew teams very own GTCA (Georga Tech Crew Alumni), was a huge success this weekend. Individuals from Auburn, UGA, Emory, Greenville, Saint Andrew’s Rowing Club, Atlanta Rowing Club, Atlanta Junior’s Rowing Club all showed up to race a 2k. Congrats to Matt Watters, David Judah, Sean Gibel, Samantha Smelly, Caitlin Chapin, Carlee Schmidt, Corey Drozowski, and Adam McKenzie all for medaling in their respective events!