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11.25.06 - Apologies for not listing the Open Women's 2- that won a bronze medal at the Head of the Hooch - congratulations ladies!!

11.18.06 - Check out the updated results!

Also, thank you to all the alumni that came out to our first annual Alumni Tailgating Event... otherwise called "A Crew Homecoming." There were a surprisingly large group of alumni - especially those from out of town - that stopped in to say hi to all their old friends and the new rowers on the team. Here's a picture of some of the alumni from that day!

Georgia Tech Crew Alumni Blog: www.gtcrewalumni.blogspot.com/

11.12.06 - Georgia Tech wins Head of the South points trophy

Georgia Tech Crew won the collegiate overall points trophy Saturday at the 10th Annual Head of the South Regatta, beating out Jacksonville University and Virginia Tech on an unseasonably warm day that reached into the low 80s.

Tech's varsity men won the Championship 8 event with a time of 17:49.6, well ahead of second-place Jacksonville University, which finished the 5,000 meter upstream course in 18:14. Tech's second entry in the Champ 8 — a lightweight crew that took second in its own event earlier in the day — finished third with a time of 18:53.

With the Champ 8 win, Tech's top men's boat completed a sweep of its Southern head race season. The Tech varsity crew, which is stroked by Austin Nichols, also won at the Head of the Chattanooga and the Head of the Hooch earlier this fall, and finished fourth at Head of the Charles.

In addition to the eights at Head of the South, Tech found success in small boats. GT men swept the medals in the pair event, taking each of the top three places. Despite two buoy penalties, the Women's Club 4+ won a bronze.

Tech's head coach Rob Canavan commented: “I am very proud of the accomplishments achieved this season! Some highlights are a new collegiate record set at the Hooch in the Mens varsity 8. It is always nice to win a point trophy as we did at the Head of the South. It shows the depth of the team. Intersquad competition drives this team forward. Hopefully it results in a successful season.”

The Head of the South was hosted by Augusta Rowing Club and held on the Savannah River, which serves as the border between Georgia and South Carolina.

The event was also successful for St. Andrews Rowing Club, which shares a boathouse with Tech — SA took home the overall points award at the high school level.

10.15.06 - Check out the updated calendar, roster and results!

10.01.06 - FALL ANNOUNCEMENTS!

A CREW HOMECOMING
Georgia Tech vs. Miami
Saturday, October 28th

Come catch up with your old rowing buddies before the game!  It’s a great opportunity to say hi to some friends and for the current rowers to meet the people who have made GT Crew what it is today.    

In the true spirit of tailgating, food will be provided (BYOB).  The exact location and time will be announced closer to game day.  Please be sure to check back here, your emails* and the alumni blog (www.gtcrewalumni.blogspot.com/). 

The team looks forward to seeing you all!!
RSVP by Wednesday, October 25th to Theresa Mara
                                                            alumnirelations@gtcrew.com
                                                            770.845.3368
                                                            Alumni Relations Officer
*Please e-mail me your updated e-mail, address and phone number so we can continue to keep in touch.

RACE SCHEDULE
*Head of the Chattanooga*
10/14
Chattanooga, TN
This is the beginning of fall break which is the 16th and 17th

*Head of the Charles*
10/21-10/22
Boston, MA
For qualified varsity boats

*Hobbs Island Regatta*
10/21
Huntsville, AL
Closest race course for the rest of the team while boats are in Boston

HOMECOMING
10/28
Alumni tent and festivities on campus!!! Stay tuned for more info!

*Head of the Hooch*
11/4-11/5
Chattanooga, TN

*Head of the South*
11/11
Augusta, GA

*Tech Regatta* - Tenative
Coach Rob is attempting to pull this together. We might just have a sprint race
after the season is over to get everyone pumped for the upcoming spring (sprint)
season.

----Spring Season Important Dates----
*Spring Break* - Panama City
March 19-23

*SIRA* - Southern Intercollegiate Rowing Association Regatta - Oak Ridge, TN
Friday(possibly),Saturday,Sunday April 20-21, 2007

*Dad Vail Regatta*
Philadelphia, PA
Second Saturday in May
May 12th, 2007

09.18.06 - GT Crew would like to welcome all of the new rowers that have joined our team this year! We will be updating the website soon with our new rosters! To help welcome you to our team, we are having our ANNUAL MEET THE NOVICE PARTY this Saturday @ 8pm at Rocky Mountain Pizza. Hope you can all make it! Stay tuned for more info on our racing schedule and plan for the fall season!

If you are interested in joining the team, PLEASE CONTACT THE COACHES:
Men: email Coach Slim
Women: email Coach Nick

08.02.06 - Welcome back everyone!! School starts August 21st! FASET is well underway where we are recruiting incoming students for our team! The meeting for returning varsity rowers will be Monday, August 21st, the first day of school. Time and location have yet to be determined, check back here for more information.

We welcome our new Novice Women's Coach, Nick Marino, to the team! He joins us from the coaching staff of Jacksonville Episcopal High School and is looking forward to working with brand new rowers at GT! Our past Novice Women's Coach, Ross Beattie, has moved up to the Varisty Women's Coach position to replace the greatly missed Ethan Johnson. Good luck in your new position Coach Ross!

picture from row2k.com - click for actual photo

Congratulations to the GT Crew Men's 4-!! They just placed third in the grand final behind Harvard and Wisconsin by out racing big shot schools like Lehigh, Stanford and Navy! Congratulations Austin Nichols, Shane Bechler, John Kapteyn and Cameron Troxel. Also competing at this year's IRA was a Men's 2- with Hunter Driedame and Sean McLesky. After moving through the heats and reps, they ended up getting 5th in the 3rd level final. (see official results here)

05.31.06 - GT Crew in the AJC! Read the article here. (I'd also like to take an opportunity to thank Cameron Troxel, our PR Relations Officer, for doing such a great job of getting articles out about the team.)

05.16.06 - Georgia Tech Rowing Team left Philadelphia, PA Sunday after one of its most successful showing at the Dad Vail Regatta. 

	A victory in the Men’s Varsity Lightweight 8+ and a second place finish in the Men’s Varsity Open 4+ as well as a young Men’s Varsity Lightweight 4+ racing into the semi-finals pleased Tech Crew.  This year’s success in the Ltwt 8+ marks the first Georgia Tech varsity eight to ever win gold at Vails.  The triumph came after an amazing season with only one defeat in the event; the early loss to St Joe’s at Knecht Cup was vindicated as the Yellow Jackets beat the same boat at Vails in a decisive victory.  After a long rain delay, the lightweight eight focused on the race at hand and rowed its fastest sprint race of the season.  Each call by the coxswain, Theresa Mara, was answered and the boat surged forward gaining speed consistently throughout the race.  The tech lightweights finished 2.6 seconds ahead of St. Joes.
GT Lightweight 8+ coming into the finish.
GT Lightweight 8+ on the awards dock.
	The Open 4+’s second place finish came in the last 300 meters of the race as a fast Cal boat arrived seemingly from nowhere.  Nevertheless, the crew is happy with a silver medal, “We expected more, it wasn’t really what I wanted, but somebody has to win silver and I’ll take it” said Austin Nichols, a third year Tech rower.  Three of the four will return next year, two of which will be training in Philadelphia this summer.
GT Open 4+ at the finish.

Currently, the team is organizing its trip to the IRA Regatta this June.  Georgia Tech attended with only one boat last year and hopes to race the Lightweight 8+ this year along with an Open 4+ or Pair.  Intense training will continue in anticipation of the team’s trip to Camden.  Overall the team is very young and will return a large majority of rowers next fall.  Success this season is only the beginning of a very long streak of Georgia Tech Rowing achievement.