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02.15.09 - Atlanta Erg Sprints!
Georgia Tech Crew had a decent showing at the annual ERG Sprints held in the Georgia Tech CRC on Saturday, Feb 14th. There were many participants from many crews all around the southeast.

Georgia Tech Crew was first represented by our very own Curt Browder in the Senior Men category. As a previous hammer record holder, he was determined to set a new record, which he definitely accomplished by pulling a 6:17. Boy, that 39 year old sure can pull! Next for GT Crew was the Novice Women’s event, with three of our rowers placing in the top 10. Kaitlin Avra barely missed 3rd place, pulling a 8:01. Of the novice men, four novice men finished in the top 10, with Nathanial Rowe getting bronze with a 6:41!

Next the varsity squads were up. First, in the Lightweight Women’s Event, there were five top ten finishers, with a close finish by Amie Martell missing a third place medal. Of the Lightweight Men, six rowers finished in the top 10. Kavi Dotson had a great race, coming from fourth place, sprinting to get a silver medal with a 6:41. It was a close race for the Open Women event, with the top three finshers within 3 seconds of each other. Samantha Smelley finished with a 7:37 to get third place. The Open Men category had some impressive speed, as Drew Mason finished with a bronze medal with a time of 6:26.

Next, the coxswains women were up for the 1k cox’n race. Amanda Swanson and Brittney English both did well, but unfortunately did not place. In the cox'n men race, both Corey and Kris medaled. On a special note, Corey and David Liss but decided to man up and race in the lightweight men’s event and do a full 2k. David Liss got a 7:34, and Corey got a 7:40.

Next the coaches 500 meter dash was up, and again, Curt Browder tore up the erg with a time of 1:24! Unfortunately, Jordan Smith, Emory Coach/Former GT Crewer, pulled a faster time of 1:21 to get the gold. For the women coaches, Coach Jenny got third!!

Concluding the day was the Team Relay event, where our stacked team showed the depth of our squads - congrats Drew, Judah, Sam, and Jackie!! That concludes the long day of ATL ERG Sprints!!!

02.07.09 - Varsity Women success at Lanier Erg Sprints!
The Georgia Tech Varsity Women had a good showing today at the Lanier Erg Sprints by medaling in all the events that they had raced in. Samantha Smelley dominated competition in the Open Women category pulling a 7:35 minute 2k race, getting her first place. Also in the Open Women category was Meg Schroeder with an 8:05.9, and Katie Melvin with an 8:09.5. In the Lightweight women category, Amie Martell swept away the competition with a 7:50 2k. Not far behind was Sarah Sassler, getting second place with a 7:57.3.

Congratulations Varsity Women!

01.19.09 - Spring Schedule!
Our spring schedule has been set! :
2/14 - Atl Erg Sprints (Georgia Tech)
2/28 - A-Town Challenge (Athens, GA)
3/7 - SERCS (Aiken, SC)
3/1-3/20 - Spring Break (Panama City Beach, FL)
3/8 - Scrimmage TBA (Roswell)
3/28 - Clemson Sprints (Lake Lanier)
4/4 - John Hunter Regatta (Lake Lanier), San Diego Crew Classic (San Diego,CA)
4/10-4/11 - FIRA (Tampa, FL)
4/18 - SIRA (Oak Ridge, TN)
5/8-5/9 - Dad Vail Regatta (Philadelphia, PA)
5/23 - 5/24 - ACRA (Oak Ridge, TN)

01.08.09 - Meeting for the Curious
Want to meet new people? Want to get in great shape? Want to compete on a national level? Join Georgia Tech Crew today, and become a national champion!
Meeting for the Curious: Tuesday, Jan. 13, 6:00 PM, CRC Rm 251
No experience necessary!
Contact a coach or visit www.gtcrew.com for more information:

Jim Price
Novice Men’s Head Coach
Coach.slim@gtcrew.com

Nick Marino
Novice Women’s Head Coach
Coach.nick@gtcrew.com

11.07.08 - Head of the South Results
Although Georgia Tech Crew faced some stiff competition at Head of the South, the team's last regatta of the season, the team came home with more than ten medals. Jacksonville University, who finished right behind Tech in points at Head of the Hooch, proved to be a challenge for the men and women again this week, and both teams are anxiously looking forward to meeting up again during the sprint season. More to come soon...

Varsity Men

Men's Championship 1x : A 10/11, B 11/11
Club 2- : A 2/10, B 4/10, C 7/10, D 8/10
Championship 4+ : A 2/4, B 4/4
Lightweight 4+ : 4/6
Lightweight 8+ : 3/4
Championship 8+ : A 2/8, B 4/8

Varsity Women

Chamipionship 8+ : 4/6
Club 2- : A 1/4, B 2/4, C 4/4
Lightweight 8+ : 1/2
Club 8+ : 6/8
Club 4+ : 12/12
Lightweight 4+ : A 4/7, B 5/7

Novice Men

College and Club Novice 8+ : A 1/16, B 5/16
College and Club Novice 4+ : B 3/19, A 4/19
Freshman Novice 8+ : 1/1

Novice Women

Women's Novice 1x : 3/3
College and Club Novice 8+ : 4/12
College and Club Novice 4+ :

Team points results still to come. Check here for full results: http://www.augustarowingclub.org/.

11.06.08 - Raffle- Win a Brand New Concept 2 Erg Help us restore what we've lost. Enter yourself into a raffle for a brand new erg from Concept 2, the world's leader in rowing machines. This brand new, Model E indoor rower is their top of the line model with PM4 and is normally sold for over $1200. Tickets are $5 and will be sold at Head of the South, the GT v UGA scrimmage, and Atlanta Erg Sprints. The winner will be announced at the end of Atlanta Erg Sprints on February 14, 2009.
If you can't make it to one of those events and would still like to enter, send an e-mail to assistanttreasurer@gtcrew.com.
Checks can be made out to "Georgia Tech Crew" for "Erg Raffle" and mailed to:
350285 Georgia Tech Station
Atlanta, GA, 30332

Tell your family and friends to enter today!

Check out their website for more information, click the image above.

11.01.08 - Head of the Hooch!

Here are our results from the first day of racing, stay tuned for another update!
Varsity Men
Lightweight 4 - A Boat 7/19, B Boat 12/19
Champ 8 - A Boat 4/13, B Boat 9/13
Lightweight 8 - 2/4
Champ 4 - A Boat 4/17, B Boat 14/17
Varsity Women
College and Club 8 - 11/17
College and Club 4 - A Boat 6/27, B Boat 21/ 27
Lightweight 8 - 2/4
Lightweight 4 - 1/11
Novice Men
Men's College and Club Novice 8+ - A 1/24, B 5/24
Men's College and Club Novice 4+ - A 5/28, B 16/24
Men's Freshman Novice 8+ - 5/5
Novice Women
Women's College and Club Novice 8+ - 5/23
Women's College and Club Novice 4+ - 17/26
Women's Freshman Novice 4+ - 8/16

UPDATED: Sunday Results
Varsity Men:
Champ 1x - B Boat 13/19, A Boat 19/19
Lightweight 1x - 17/19
Open Pair - A Boat 1/17, B Boat 8/17
Master Pair - 3/5

Overall Results:
College Team Points:
1st Clemson Women 398
2nd Texas 292
3rd GT Crew 260

ACC Points:
1st Clemson Women - 398
2nd GT Crew - 260
3rd UNC - 221

10.19.08 - Travels Up North...

One week after Georgia Tech crew had lost almost all boats in a trailer accident, the team traveled to Boston, Massachusetts for The Head of the Charles Regatta. Five total entries were made for this regatta; all three collegiate entries were guaranteed from the results of the previous Head of the Charles regatta. Although the team had to demo boats from both Resolute and Hudson, they brought all other equipment up on the St. Andrew’s trailer. Varsity women raced in a Resolute Four that was located on the University of Rhode Island trailer. Varsity Men raced in a Resolute Eight and a Hudson Four. The team brought back two Resolute Eights and the Hudson Four on the St. Andrew’s trailer and will be using these boats for practice until new boats are purchased. Official results are listed below.

Women’s Club Four – 28th
Men’s Collegiate Four – 13th
Women’s Collegiate Four – 5th
Men’s Collegiate Eight – 16th
Men’s Lightweight – 19th

10.16.08 - No Boats, No Blades, No Problem!

GT Crew wins Chattenooga points trophey!
Despite the loss of our trailer and boats, the rowing community showed its true nature and came together to support our team. Coach Rob worked behind the scenes tirelessly with many generous coaches and their teams to secure boats for every single race Georgia Tech planned on entering. With these borrowed boats, the team went on to win the team points trophy and have a great day of racing.
Individual Race Results
Novice Women-- 3rd in Collegiate Novice 8+, 2nd and 7th in TRUE Collegiate Novice 4+, 1st Women's Open Ltwt 4+
Novice Men-- 1st, 4th, and 7th in Collegiate Novice 8+, 3rd and 7th in TRUE Collegiate Novice 4+
Varsity Men-- 1st, 4th, and 5th in Collegiate Champ 8+, 1st and 4th Ltwt Collegiate 4+, 2nd and 4th in Collegiate 4+
Varsity Women-- 5th and 10th in Collegiate 8+ (against varsity programs!), 1st in Collegiate and Open Ltwt 4+
Overall Team: First in points

10.15.08 - Trailer Accident

Around 6:00 P.M. on Friday, October 10, 2008, the boat trailer was involved in a serious accident en rout to the Chattanooga Head Race. Everyone is very happy that no one was injured in the slightest, and the officers, coaches, and teammates are all actively involved in handling the repercussions of the incident.
Here is some basic information:

No other vehicles were involved.
The truck and trailer were severely damaged (see photos, click image below).
9 boats suffered damage, some more significantly than others.
We are currently working on a myriad of repair/replacement strategies and will keep everyone updated to the best of our ability

We would like to thank everyone for their concern and support; we are confident everything will be resolved and the team will grow closer in this time of crisis. Check back to the website for more information.

08.11.08 - Meetings for the Curious

Come and find out how to be a national champion. No experience necessary.

Dates			Location
Monday (For Returning Rowers),	August 18	6:00 PM	CRC Room 251
Tuesday,	August 19	6:00 PM	Student Center Theater
Thursday,	August 21	6:00 PM	Student Center Ballroom
Wednesday,	August 27	6:00 PM	Student Center Theater

Georgia Tech Crew will be participating in Row for the Cure. Visit http://www.headofthehooch.org/pg/rowforthecure.shtml for more information.

04.21.08 - The Results of 2008 SIRA

Medal Recipients:

NW8-Gold
NML8-Gold
MVL4-Silver
WVL4-Silver
NM8-Bronze
Men’s Team: 3rd Place Team Points .

The Story:

With impressive showings at SIRA, Georgia Tech Crew took a giant step towards elite status among the collegiate rowing community. Georgia Tech had 5 boats appear in Grand Finals races and 2 boats in the Petite Finals, quite an impressive feat, when your team has 8 entries. Even more impressive is the fact that Georgia Tech’s novice teams medaled in every event they entered, with the women’s open eight and men’s lightweight eight taking first, and the men’s heavyweight eight taking third in a very fast Novice-8 event.

The Men’s Varsity Lightweight-8 competed in the Men’s Varsity-8 event. In heats, the varsity men came in third in their heat. First place went Grand Valley State, and Delaware claimed second. In semifinals, the eight rowed what they called, “not their piece” and placed 4th which put them out of the Grand Finals. In the time between the disappointing loss and their Petite Final, the V-8 came together and decided to prove that they deserved to be in the Grand Finals by winning Petites. The next morning they did just that beating second place Delaware by a narrow margin, but pulled the sixth fastest time overall the event.

The Men’s Varsity Lightweight-4 capped off an impressive run by taking the silver medal in their event. In heats they took second to eventual event winner Washington University of St. Louis. In semi-finals they gained confidence and speed and won the semi-final over two quick crews from Stetson and Northwestern State University. In the grand finals the Lightweights closed the gap on Washington U. but couldn’t quite overtake them, losing the race by 4 seconds, but earning a silver medal in the process.

The Varsity Women’s team sent two fours to the race, a lightweight four and an open weight four. The lightweight 4 had a finals only race, but stayed sharp by practicing on the course on Saturday. In their race it was a two-boat race from the get go with Georgia Tech and Tulsa battling for the victory. The lightweight women rowed well, but Tulsa was too much on this day. They are prepared to move on and work hard to contend for gold at Dad Vail. The Open four put forth their best effort but didn’t qualify for Semifinals for the Grand Finals. Then unfortunately inclement weather forced the officials to cancel their C Semifinal race. A race they were confident they could win.

In the Junior Varsity-8 race, Georgia Tech’s men were beat during the last 500 meters by Delaware putting them in fourth place and out of grand finals. The team regrouped after the crushing blow and put together one of their best pieces of the season and took second in their Petite Final finishing just behind Florida Tech’s JV boat and just ahead of the University of Florida.

On the Novice side, Georgia Tech Crew had an unprecedented 3 grand final appearances. First to take to the water were the Novice Women. This weekend was really no challenge to Georgia Tech’s novice women as they easily swept through heats, semifinals, and grand finals, by at least 10 seconds each race. The novice women competed in the Club Novice-8 race, at SIRA and defeated the likes of Purdue, and Philadelphia University two frequent racers in Dad Vail Grand Finals. They went home happy as the first Georgia Tech Novice Women’s team to win SIRA and plenty new shirts.

The Novice Men’s team sent 2 eights to SIRA and came away with Georgia Tech crew’s first medal in the novice heavyweight eight race. The second eight, the novice lightweight men, brought home another medal from their race as well. The Novice Lightweight-8 had a finals only race on Sunday, and we were revved up all weekend cheering for each Georgia Tech boat as it passed by on Saturday. Originally the field included St. Joseph’s University, Texas, Purdue, and UNC, but St. Joe’s and Texas scratched from the event. The novice lightweight’s used their smooth stroke and excellent swing to clearly beat the three remaining crews.

The Heavyweights had extremely tough draws in heats, semifinals, and grand finals but found a way to battle through all the races and gain more speed as the weekend went on. A testament to the superb coaching and iron will to win that is omnipresent in Georgia Tech Crew. In heats they had to place in the top four and ended up taking second to first place Delaware, who ended up winning the event, and ahead of Marietta. In semis they faced off against UVA, Marietta, and Purdue 3 teams which regularly produce very fast crews. They found a way to gain more speed and nearly caught UVA in the last 250 meters of the race but still took second place in their semifinal and moved on. In the Grand Finals, the Men had an incredible dogfight for 2nd-5th place, with Delaware clearly leading the pack. UVA, Georgia Tech, Texas and UNC were all battling for those last two medal spots. UVA edged them out by less than a second, and Georgia Tech’s novice took home the bronze medal. Congratulations to all 3 novice teams on making Georgia Tech Crew history.

04.06.08 - Georgia Tech Crew Boat Christening

When: April 6th
Where: GT crew Boathouse in Roswell, GA ... Click here for directions
Time: 2pm
Why: Two new boats (eight shells) will be christened in honor of G. Wayne Clough (Georgia Tech President) and Rosalind Meyers (GT Crew Advisor) as well as a pair donated by Ron and Pat Pohl.

04.06.08 - Several Fall Regatta Results

Chattanooga Head Race (Chattanooga, TN) (10/13):
Novice men’s 8+ : Silver
Novice men’s 4+: Bronze
Women’s lightweight 4+: Gold
Men’s lightweight 4+ : Silver, Bronze
Men’s champ 8+ : Gold
Men’s 2- : Gold, Silver, Bronze
Women’s Open 1x: Bronze
Women’s Open Novice 1x: Gold

Total: 4 Gold, 3 silver, 4 bronze
Overall team points trophy winner.

Head of the Charles (Boston, MA) (10/20-10/21):
Mens’ club 4+: 30th
Women’s club 4+: 13th
Men’s collegiate 8+: 15th
Men’s lightweight 8+: 22nd

Head of the Tennessee (Knoxville, TN) (10/20):
Men’s novice 4+: Silver
Women’s lightweight 1x: Silver
Men’s Novice 8+: Gold
Women’s 2-: Gold
Women’s Novice 4+ : Gold
Men’s Champ 8+: Bronze

Total: 3 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze
Overall team points trophy winner.

08.20. 07 - First Varsity Team Meeting

WHERE: CRC Room 251
WHEN: Monday, August 20th from 6-8pm
WHAT TO BRING: Your class schedules.

IN THE NEWS

05.07.07 - Countdown to Dad Vails

03.17.07 - Race Recap: Clemson Sprints

03.10.07 - Race Recap: SERCS

03.04.07 - Race Recap: A-Town Challenge

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL GEORGIA TECH BOATS THAT COMPETED AT THE 2007 DAD VAIL REGATTA!
Here are the results for this year's final team regatta for Georgia Tech!

Dad Vail Regatta (click to see official results) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Men's Varsity Lightweight Eight	GOLD
Women's Varsity Pair	SILVER
Men's Varsity Heavyweight Four	SILVER
Men's Frosh Novice Lightweight Eight	SILVER

05.07. 07 - Countdown to Dad Vails (re-posted from GT CREW Alumni blog)

The heat sheet for Dad Vails 2007 has just been posted.

Georgia Tech Crew is taking 9 boats to Philadelphia this year.

The Men's Varsity Heavyweight Four (A. Nichols, S. McLeskey, M. Gaston, T. Maryak, M. Fong) will be starting things off Friday morning in Heat 9 against Toronto, Merchant Marine, George Mason and Vermont. (2 to semis, 49 entries) Michael Gaston and GT Crew were recently featured on the CBS evening news highlighting Gaston's determination to row at Dad Vails after breaking his hand over spring break. Also watch out for Austin Nichols and Sean McLeskey as they hone their bisweptual skills, having recently switched sides.

The Women's Varsity Heavyweight Four (J. Pohl, A. Breedlove, J. Furman, B. York, J. Goldstayn) faces some stiff competition in Heat 2 against Northwestern St. LA, Chicago, Drexel, Rochester and Johns Hopkins. (2 to semis, 51 entries)

The Men's Varsity Pair (R. Lampert, K. Covert) will compete against Merchant Marine, Rollins, Maryland and Carnegie Mellon in Heat 4. (3 to semis, 34 entries)

The Women's Varsity Pair (M. Williams-Davis, A. Martell) continues their undefeated conquest for gold in Heat 4 against Vermont, Iona, Oklahoma City and Chattanooga. (3 to semis, 25 entries) The pair has won at SERCS (even beating out SCAD's men), Clemson Sprints, Lanier Sprints, and SIRA (against a significantly larger Tampa pair).

The Men's Varsity Lightweight Four (M. Braza, J. Spoerke, T. Chambliss, R. Williams, P. Marino) will compete in the afternoon in Heat 4 against American U, Boston College, Lafayette and Vassar. (3 to semis, 25 entries)

The Men's Frosh/Novice Heavyweight Eight will battle it out against Vermont, Penn State, Delaware and Northwestern in Heat 5. (3 to semis, 28 entries)

The Women's Frosh/Novice Heavyweight Eight (R. Kelly, L. Deaton, B. Caspersen, C. Iversen, S. Dutton, K. Geldbach, M. Curtis, R. Gray, J. Bracco) will compete against Santa Barbara, Army, Purdue, Grand Valley, and Villanova in Heat 2. (3 to semis, 36 entries)

The Men's Varsity Lightweight Eight (J. Kapteyn, C. Troxel, E. Holsenbeck, M. Wildes, N. Grivas, C. Kamin, M. Pieper, V. Wilkes, T. Mara) is planning a repeat performance from last year, competing against Purdue, Jacksonville and Lehigh in Heat 3. (2 to finals, 13 entries)

The Men's Frosh/Novice Lightweight Eight has a final only on Saturday against Ohio State, Dayton, Florida Tech, Lehigh and Purdue.

We look forward to seeing the DC and Philadelphia alumni this upcoming weekend! Let's go Tech!

03.17.07 - Race Recap: Clemson Sprints
(re-posted from GT CREW Alumni blog)

Spring Break 2007 was yet another successful week on the high seas of Panama City. Most of the team headed straight up from Florida to South Carolina to play with some tigers on Saturday. The varsity men opted to leave those cats alone at least for one week.

The adventures began when the trailer broke down in who knows where Alabama/Georgia leaving the ATL to Clemson trailer crew stranded in Atlanta at the whims and fancies of Mr. Spike (aka one long night). The trailer left Atlanta at 4am and arrived at Clemson 15 minutes before the women’s pair race—running with unis in hand to change and a quick rig later, the pairs made it on the water without a moment to spare. The classic “Georgia Tech you’re late!” warning having been issued, it was time for business. The two pairs established the lead in front of Clemson, Tennessee and Stetson. About 500m into the race, the B pair had a bit of a snag in their race plan—stroke seat’s blade stuck and unmoving, a clam had become ensnared in the oarlock. Stroke quickly dislodged the clam and chucked it across Lake Hartwell. At this point the B pair had fallen into 4th place, the A pair continuing to open water on the competition. The B pair moved up on the 2nd and 3rd place boats the rest of the course, but ran out of time, keeping them 3 seconds out of a medaling position. The A pair won the event by a significant amount of open water.

Meanwhile Curt Browder and Austin Nichols were representing in the open single, both winning their respective flights (40 and 4 seconds in front—both very impressive!) Browder and Nichols later took out the pair, defeating Stetson, Charleston and 3 Clemson pairs, adding a couple gold medals to the count.

The varsity women brought the pairs back in and immediately took out the four. The boat established itself in a close third to Stetson and NCSU, held onto the two boats during their moves and plowed through in the last 500m to an open water victory in front of Stetson, NCSU, Wake Forest and SCAD.

The novice women’s 8 placed 2nd to a very fast UGA crew in heats. Their stroke had to be taken to the hospital shortly after so the boat was unable to race in finals.

Michelle Williams-Davis and Amie Martell beat each other up in the open single, trading the lead in the two halves of the race and ultimately taking the gold and silver respectively in front of a Stetson single.

The Men’s Novice 8 after winning their heat by a few boat lengths took home the gold in the final, in front of Williams and SCAD with a tight 5 second spread between the three boats.

The Novice Women’s 4 faced tough competition in their flight against a very quick Stetson four and placed 4th behind Georgia State and Northwestern.

The Novice Men put out two fours placing second and third in their respective flights. The A four narrowly missed first to Clemson by .75 seconds, beating NCSU, Georgia State’s A boat, Williams and UGA. The B four came in third to a fast Chattanooga Rowing and Georgia State boat, beating USC and Berry.

The Varsity Women took out the V8 next marking the third to fourth race for most of the crew and the helpful addition of 3 novice rowers, taking 4th in heats to Clemson, UGA’s lightweights and SCAD.

7 golds, a couple silvers and a bronze later, the team returned to Atlanta more than exhausted but ready for the racing season ahead.

Complete results here.

03.10.07 - Race Recap: SERCS
(re-posted from GT CREW Alumni blog)

After the scrimmage against UGA at Fort Yargo, the team headed to another UGA hosted event, SERCS (Southeastern Regional Collegiate Sprints) in Aiken, SC.

UGA describes the event:

"Categorized as a club sport under the University's Recreational Sports Department, UGA Rowing is a self-directed endeavor. Now a 501(c)6 non-profit organization, the team operates with an annual budget of approximately $150,000, receiving very limited funds from the University. The team must accomplish a tremendous amount of fundraising in order to supplement the difference. In order to try and meet this need, the idea of hosting SERCS was born.

The Southeastern Regional Collegiate Sprints (SERCS) Regatta was first held March 11, 2000 and was hosted by UGA Crew coaches, officers and team members. The race was originally held at the 1996 Olympic-training site in Elberton, Ga. within Richard B. Russell State Park. An immaculate course design was implemented for several years following its original use by the Olympic teams, but unfortunately was left to deteriorate over time. Four members of UGA Rowing attempted to reuse what was left of the original course while making the modifications necessary to lie out a very straightforward 2000-meter course for spring racing. While offering a great venue for racing, UGA Rowing elected to move its home regatta from Elberton in the spring of 2004. With tremendous guidance and support from Aiken County Parks and Recreation and Brian Sanders, the SERCS Regatta is now pleased to call Langley Pond its home.

SERCS is held as a fundraising endeavor for the UGA men's and women's rowing teams, as well as an opportunity to bring great competition together for a remarkable day of racing. Every spring since 2000, teams fill the water with racing shells from places near and far. Teams have included Georgia State, Georgia Tech, Boston College, Clemson University, University of Tennessee-Chattanooga, University of Tennessee-Knoxville, Savannah College of Art and Design, University of Alabama, Auburn University, Emory University, Bucknell University, Skidmore College, Manhattan College, SUNY-StonyBrook and many others."

The Varsity Men put out a fleet of eights, fours, pairs and singles winning 9 medals for Georgia Tech. In the Lightweight 4 event, the A boat brought home the gold with the B boat also qualifying for finals. Georgia Tech made its presence known in the single with four entries. Austin Nichols won the event with Jonathan Spoerke taking home the bronze. The Men’s Champ 4 won a bronze medal. The men also swept the pair event taking the top three spots, vying for first place in a drag race in the last 250m. The Men’s Champ 8 won their event with the Lightweight 8 also medaling, taking third to RIT.

The Illustrious Lightweight Men

The Varsity Women due to last minute scheduling changes had to switch the lineups for the double and pair events and still managed to win both, highlighting the squad’s versatility in small boats. The women’s pair even beat out SCAD’s men. The women also raced a fairly novice four in the Champ 4 event, taking 4th in heats. The Champ 8, featuring three novice and alumna Rebekah Henry took 3rd in heats and 6th in the final.

The Novice Men put two 8’s and two 4’s on the water. After winning their heat, the Novice 8 A boat won their event with the B boat taking 4th in heats. Both the Novice 4’s won their heats. The A boat won the event and the B boat placed 6th in finals.

The Novice Women brought home a silver medal in the Novice 8 event to UGA.

Pictures courtesy of FrancisDJ.com and Alex Breedlove

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