Joseph

On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 2:18 PM, Francis Berger wrote:

> But of course > > > On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 2:17 PM, Emily Gooding wrote: > >> Uni in bag is mine and tripod is warren’s. Can I swing by at some point >> this evening to grab it and the rest of my scattered belongings? >> >> >> On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 12:42 PM, Francis Berger wrote: >> >>> Crew, >>> >>> As per usual, I have mistakenly acquired some new possessions after the >>> regatta. I now have: >>> >>> -A tripod >>> -Travis’s red folder >>> -A Girls uni (left in bag) >>> -Also, at some point I have also acquired a Green purse (I think it says >>> “Cole Haari” for the brand) >>> >>> Anywho, great work this season. We’ve had a pretty good run considering >>> all the troubles we had at the onset. Good luck to those going to ACRA and >>> to those graduates going off into the real world. >>> >>> Remember, you never stop being an oarsman. I.e. take a few days off, if >>> need be, but then start training again. Summer is a great time to improve >>> yourself. If you can row, ROW. If you can’t do that, train on the erg and >>> lift. Find some fun way to cross train so that you come back stronger than >>> when you left. For the men, understand that with the present varsity, >>> rising frosh, transfers, and experienced upcoming frosh, there will be a >>> considerable amount of seat racing that will start on Day One of next >>> season. There is certainly a chance that the bottom few rowers will not be >>> in boats. Remember that, and train. >>> >>> Joseph >>> >> >> >

As per usual, I have mistakenly acquired some new possessions after the regatta. I now have:

-A tripod -Travis’s red folder -A Girls uni (left in bag) -Also, at some point I have also acquired a Green purse (I think it says “Cole Haari” for the brand)

Anywho, great work this season. We’ve had a pretty good run considering all the troubles we had at the onset. Good luck to those going to ACRA and to those graduates going off into the real world.

Remember, you never stop being an oarsman. I.e. take a few days off, if need be, but then start training again. Summer is a great time to improve yourself. If you can row, ROW. If you can’t do that, train on the erg and lift. Find some fun way to cross train so that you come back stronger than when you left. For the men, understand that with the present varsity, rising frosh, transfers, and experienced upcoming frosh, there will be a considerable amount of seat racing that will start on Day One of next season. There is certainly a chance that the bottom few rowers will not be in boats. Remember that, and train.

Joseph

I hope your last week of classes aren’t too stressful. Here are a few notes from last night’s meeting:

*Derigging/Trailer Prep*: TOMORROW morning at 7am. If you’re going to SIRA, you will be there. Don’t worry if you have an 8am class because we’ll be done in plenty of time.

*Unisuits*:

- If you haven’t paid, you will NOT receive your uni and you will NOT be able to row at SIRA (or any championship regatta). – Please pay Dan the Man ASAP.

*SIRA *

- Meeting at YWCA at 8am Friday morning. If you are late, you will be left in Charleston and the rest of your boat will never forgive you. – Bring: – FOOD for the road. We will not be stopping for lunch because we need to arrive at the race site with ample time to practice. – Sleeping gear. This includes sleeping bags and pillows. Novice men should consider bringing sleeping pads, yoga mats, air mattresses. – Warm clothes & rain gear. It will be a tad chilly in the morning but it will warm up into the 70s throughout the day. 60%/70% chance of rain Saturday/Sunday.

*Election Results*: Congratulations to our newly-elected (or re-elected) officers for Fall 2012!

- Men’s Novice Captain: John Bro Wilson – Women’s Novice Captain: Steph Witcowski – Equipment Managers: Luke Rein & Michael DiPaolo – Secretary: Hank Hays – Fundraising Chairs: Gwynedd Arbury & Cara Lauria – Public Relations: Michael Richards – Social Chair: Olivia (Liv) Criddle

Thank you for your time. Keep up the hard work & good luck at SIRA!

Yours in oarsmanship, Hammer

Hope you’re enjoying your hump day thus far. Please take a look at the items below, especially if you weren’t at the meeting last night! Seniors might want to stop reading after the Maroon Book bullet point.

*Clothing*

- *Unisuits*: Money was due LAST NIGHT. You are *NOT* allowed to row at * SIRA* or *Dad Vails **without* a unisuit. Please pay Dan! – *Tank tops*: orders were due last night. Please email Dan ASAP if you still want to order one (dscandea@g.cofc.edu). They are $8/ea.

*SIRA*

- *Absence* *memos* will be distributed soon for *Friday, April 20th*. Please notify your professors if you haven’t already. – *Novice* *captains* need to give Joseph their respective *lineups* by * FRIDAY*.

*Varsity 2k’s *are due this week (*women: before practice Friday*).

*Banquet*: *Saturday, April 14 7:30pm*

- *Location*: *EHHP Alumni Center* (Yellow building on the corner of Wentworth & St. Philip streets) – *Superlatives*: if you weren’t able to fill out at superlative sheet at the meeting last night, you may fill out one online:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dFF0WV9lWGxselpGWHRxaFQ2MEZFM0E6MQ – *MAROON* *BOOK* – Thanks to all who have been submitting memories so far! – I’d like everyone to have a space in the book, so please look through the attached document and write any memories or quotes that you have of your teammates. – Novice men & women have the least amount said about them so far, so, unless they’re actually that boring, please say something about them.

*—SENIORS: if you want your surprises spoiled, please read the rest of the email—*

– *Scrapbooks*: it’s not a huge secret but… – Seniors this year: *Deidra*, *Evan*, *Cassie*, *Kelsey*, *BP* & * Melanie* – Each *NOVICE* *squad* needs to have *1 page* for *each* of our seniors – All *VARSITY* *rowers* must make* 1 page *for *each* of our seniors – If you have pictures, please bring them! – Scrapbooks will be *due* at *next* *Tuesday’s* *meeting*. You will * NOT* leave the meeting until the scrapbooks are completed. – *Bring*: sharpies, pictures, stickers, anything appropriate for a scrapbook

Thanks for your time. I shall see you all soon.

Yours most truly, Hammer

– Just a friendly reminder to be at the YWCA at 2pm so that we can get up to Atl nice and quickly. I.e. if you’d like to eat dinner before 8 or 9, be on time. – Also, while it looks like the weather will be on our side, this regatta has some weird voodoo in that the weather usually turns for the worst. Dress accordingly as far shoes, rain jackets go.

– Lastly, but *importantly:* Coming soon you will be registering for Fall 2012 classes. You will be on the rowing team, and our practice times do not change. *SCHEDULE ACCORDINGLY*. We get a lot of excuses, “*I just don’t have time with my classes this semester*”, “*I can only make it to practice twice a week this semester*”, and so on. Remember, champions are people who don’t have excuses. However hard you think you have it, stop complaining, and recognize the guy in a more difficult situation who is accomplishing more than you. Determination is fundamental to becoming successful in rowing or anything else. – As a side note to this, start looking at how you’re going to train over the summer. At the end of my freshman year I knew that I was going to scull (rowing with two oars) all summer with a local club. I contacted them and was up and going days after Dad Vails. I came back the next fall a Much improved rower.

– Joseph Berger

“For me life is continuously being hungry. The meaning of life is not simply to exist, to survive, but to move ahead, to go up, to achieve, to conquer.” Arnold Schwarzenegger

Novice Men’s 4+ (Rein, Bailey, Gedenberg, Wilson, Hill)- Silver

Varsity Men’s 1x (Berger)- 5th, (Hays)- 6th

Novice Women’s 4+ (Berezowskyj, Rourk, Dickey, Ward, Witkowski)- 4th

Novice Men’s 8+ (Rein, Bailey, Gedenberg, Wilson, Lench, Richards, Coppotelli, Newsome, Coleman)- 4th

Varsity Women’s 4+ (Weber, Haney, Arbury, Criddle, Gooding)- Silver

Novice Women’s 8+ (Berezowskyj, Rourk, Dickey, Ward, Hagan, Todd, Brown, Simmons, Hill)- Gold

Varsity Women’s Lightweight 4+ (Markert, Gooding, Jansch, Kratchman, Beiger)- Gold

Varsity Men’s Lightweight 4+ (Berger, Perrin, Candea, Tipling, Witkowski)- Silver

Varsity Women’s 8+ (Weber, Criddle, Jansch, Haney, Markert, Gooding, Beiger, Cockerham, Coleman)- 5th

Varsity Men’s 8+ (Berger, Perrin, Farkas, Hays, Candea, Richards, Newsome, Tipling, Witkowski)- Silver

Next weekend, CofC Crew will be attending the larger John Hunter regatta at Lake Lanier. It should be a good testament to progress made. It will also give the team a preview of competition that will be present at SIRA Championships in April. Go Cougs!

-Deidra Lynn Weber

The kick off of the season will be the South Carolina State Championship at Clemson on March 10th. Dedicated rowers of the crew will be sticking around Charleston to run two a days over their spring break vacation.

Following March 10th, the team will be competing in the following regattas, culminating with nationals in late May.

March 17- Augusta Invitational (Langley Pond, Augusta, GA)

March 24- John Hunter Regatta (Lake Lanier, Gainesville, GA)

March 31- Clemson Sprints (Lake Hartwell, Clemson, SC)

April 21-22- Southern Intercollegiate Rowing Association Champs (Melton Lake, Oak Ridge, TN)

May 11-12- Aberdeen Dad Vail Regatta (Schuylkill River, Philadelphia, PA)

May 26-27- American Collegiate Rowing Association Champs (Lake Lanier, Gainesville, GA)

The team looks forward to making a powerful showing at each regatta during this sprint season and to move the legacy of Charleston Crew toward greatness.

For regular updates, please follow us on Twitter (https://twitter.com/#!/charlestoncrew) and Tumblr (http://cofccrew.tumblr.com/).

Go Cougs!

-Deidra Lynn Weber

My phone broke. Mike Richards, I don’t have your number as well as many other people.

Be at the Ergs at 730 for some fun and pain.

Joseph

Remember to take deep breathes during this last crazy week of class and take breaks to retain your sanity. Especially to watch this amazing little spectacle! Stellarrrrrrrr rowing cinematography:

Loveeeeee, Deidra

ps- Correction to last email…cheering for cougs bball alleviates stress, not elevates. Obvi still haven’t learned to read over emails before hitting send hehe.

1.) No boats going out tomorrow morning but we will resume upon returning from Thanksgiving break.

2.) I’ll post the next week on the same google doc so please add yourself accordingly. Erging schedule at the bottom!

3.) Several people wanted to trade recipes Sunday. Sooo…everyone send your recipe to me by Friday and a Crew Thanksgiving Cookbook of sorts will be compiled and redistributed.

Safe travels and best of luck on your black Friday endeavors!

Love, Deidraaaa

Just a reminder the link to the cafepress store is www.cafepress.com/cofccrew Check out all the team swag you can buy, and a portion of sales goes back to the team!

Love, Charlie

The College of Charleston Crew team is one of the largest club sports at the College. We are a co-ed club and are in our twenty-fourth year of operation. In the last few years the team has steadily increased in size and ability. We want the next class of oarsmen to take it even further. We are looking for motivated athletes willing to put in a genuine effort. Experience is not necessary and most Charleston oarsmen and oarswomen never touch an oar until arriving at college. Rowing is a sport like no other. You go backwards, you row in unison with seven other people, and you watch as your opponents wallow in your puddles. It’s incredible.

Items of interest:

• We row on the Ashley River, one mile from campus.
• It’s not uncommon for dolphins to play in our wake.
• We practice five days a week but are flexible with your schedule.
• We are truly a family.
• We travel to regatta all over the east coast.
• Dues are lower than most other crews (300 a semester for rowers, 200 for coxswains)
• Scholarships are available for experienced rowers and coxswains.*
• You will become something greater.

What makes a good coxswain?

• Small in stature and weight
• Big in confidence and motivation
• Can command a group
• Ability to multitask and be brains of the boat

For your own sake, give rowing a try. Contact us and we can help you figure out if the oldest collegiate sport is for you.

*Scholarships are available for experienced incoming rowers and coxswains. $500 toward rowing fees for the first year of participation will be granted to dedicated athletes selected by the coaching staff. Please fill out information on the Contact Us page to apply.

1.) I had a splendid time with you all at our crew family Thanksgiving!!! Many thanks to Travis and Summer for hosting us! And to everyone who contributed to a great day =) *Coaches*- we signed cards in attempt to thank you but failed to gift them before everyone dispersed. Words cannot describe our appreciation for everything you do for us! Your coaching on the water, motivation, guidance, life lessons, and purely just putting up with us from day to day have a tremendous impact on the person each of us grows to become through crew. Thank you a million times over!!!!

2.) Girls rowing at 5:45am tomorrow are as follows. If you cannot be there (even though you volunteered) or need a ride PLEASE let me know immediately.

Jess- cox
Erin (port)- 8
Brandi (starboard)- 7
Kelsey (port)- 6
Deidra (either…ish)- 5
Izzy (either)- 4
Caroline M. (starboard)- 3
Aldie (either)- 2
Cara (starboard)- 1

3.) PDF version of the newsletter is attached!

Have a wondrous Thanksgiving break, Deeds

Fall 2011 Crew Newsletter.pdf

The Men’s Varsity bore the grunt of the glory this week leading the way and taking home a nice pile of precious medals.  Starting off the day Hank Hays took second in Championship 1X in a time of 19:17.  Then he jumped in with the Club 4+ (Rodriquez, Hays, Farkas, Richards, & Hill) despite Rodriquez having twice injured his ankle while attempting to walk forward.  They placed 6th out of 12 with a time of 19:04.  The lightning weight 4+ (Berger, Tipling, Candea, Perrin, & Witkowski) carried through on their word and won the regatta in a time of 18:11, just :05 ahead of Clemson.  Before learning of the outcome of the light 4+, Berger (me), launched out in the Club 1X.  Having started last and passed the rest of the field in the first fifteen hundred meters, Berger cruised all the home to victory, walking a novice four containing his little sister on the way.  Later that day the Varsity Men (Berger, Tipling, Candea, Hays, Farkas, Richards, Zoellner, Perrin, & Witkowski) competed in the Championship 8+ for the first time, and won.  Berger stroked the 8+ at a 34 all the way down the course until the last five hundred meters where he brought it up to a 39.  The men topped second-placed Virginia Tech by two seconds with a time of 17:21.

The Varsity Women displayed some quick catches on their way to 5th place in the Club 8+.  The Women also put out a Club 4+ (Weber, Haney, Kilgore, Criddle, & ?) that placed 7th and a Light 4+ (Markert, John, Bieger, Kratchman, & Witkowski).

The Novice Men rowed a Novice 4+ (Alec, Luke, Josiah, Adam, & ?) and a Novice 8+ (with the guys from the four and Daniel, Conner, Tony, Dylan, & Maylin in some order).  The Four placed tenth in a tight field and the Eight placed twelfth.  Being a group of tall, athletic, motivated guys, these men only require more time in the boat in order to become a truly exceptional novice crew.

The Novice Women rowed an 8+  and two 4+’s.  The 4+’s placed 5th and 16th. The 8+ placed 8th.  The Women’s novice are an interesting group as always and have shown a lot of motivation and respect for the team and the sport.  Keep it up.  Also a shout out to Coxswains Stephanie Witkowski, Bekah Dunlap, Jess Coleman, & Maylin Hill.  These girls have been great assets to the team and have been fundamental to the Varsity by coming out in mornings.  We really appreciate what you girls are doing (i.e. for the love of God, DO NOT QUIT)

This was really a great way to end a bad season.  It was validating to see our perseverance rewarded.  We kept this team afloat with nothing but our determination, wonderful coaches (Landrith, Landrith, Stanko, Lawlor, Hill & Zoellner), awesome alumni, and Warren Williams.  Next season we look forward to a clean slate, some major improvements, increased stability, and Victory.

This very well may be my last post as I have been elevated to the Men’s Captain position.  It’s been a pleasure letting you know what’s going on with Charleston Crew this last year.

-F. Joseph Berger IV

“Never, never, never give up” – Churchill

“I saw a woman wearing a sweatshirt with Guess on it. I said, Thyroid problem?” - Schwarzenegger

The Men’s Varsity put out a Light 4+, a Club 4+, a Champ 8+, and a Champ 1X (Hays).  The lights (Berger, Tipling, Candea, Perrin, & Dunlap) had a rough race and just never got going.  The cox box gave out on the way up, bow seat’s seat had one of it’s wheels break, and the boat just never got it together.  The lights have vowed to redeem themselves at next weeks’ Head of the South.  The Club 4+ (Rodriquez, Hays, Farkas, Richards,  & Hill) had a good row and were able to pass a few boats.  They placed 23rd out of 38. The Champ 8+ (Berger, Tipling, Rodriquez, Hays, Farkas, Richards, Candea, Perrin, & Witkowski) finished in a time of 17:41… Hank Hays bested his previous time at the regatta by about forty seconds.

The Women’s Varsity finished 13th out of 22 in the Club 8+ and 27th out of 32 in the Club 4+ (Weber, Haney, Kilgore, Criddle, & Hill).  They’re looking forwards to a better race this weekend and will be featuring a Women’s Light 4+.

Charleston Community made it’s debut at the regatta.  They rowed a Masters Women’s Four (Landrith, Stank0, ?, McDonald, & Hill). Good job ladies!

The novice got their oars wet for the first time at the regatta.  The Men’s Four (Jost, Rein, Irby, Bailey) placed 16th out of 28 with a line-up that had only rowed two or three times before. The Women’s Four and Women’s Eight, again having only rowed together a few times, became acquainted with the sport of rowing. Enough said.

As usual, Warren Williams descended from the mountains with only edelweiss, anger, and his yellow shell.  Mr. Williams photographed every race of the weekend, including his own.  In his race, he placed third.  The only reason he didn’t win is because halfway through the race, he stopped for a picnic.  A twenty minute picnic. 

Despite some unsatisfactory results, the Crew looks to redeem themselves this coming weekend at the Head of the South in Augusta.  

On a more somber note, former coxswain Allyson Plowden, class of 2000, passed away last Thursday.  In memorial, the Men’s Varsity 8+ will be competing in red this weekend to commemorate what she gave to this team.  If you knew her, it would be nice if you commented below with memories, farewells, or so on. Pictures would be great too.  

Email me if you need an absence memo for missing class November 4th for Head of the Hooch. Professors are not required to accept it but most are very understanding. We need a count of how many to print off for next meeting so if you don’t email me, you won’t get one.

Also, if you said you will be attending Hooch and/or South and your plans have changed, email Erin at enmarker@g.cofc.edu righttttt meow! We are making travel plans and need a close to accurate list of attendees.

Thanks Mucho Loves, Deeds

Tomorrow’s meeting and all team meetings for the remainder of this semester will be held in Education Center 118!

Deeds

I miss you all so. I hope your summers are treating you well where ever you may be! Just a few things…

1. I vant to *ROW*. Who is in town and down?

2. *Newsletter!* Joseph is a studly beast and produced CofC Crew’s first ever Semiannual Newsletter. I am the fool that has delayed it’s grand release so sorry about that, but maybe anticipation has made it even more epic. It is attached so please hand it out to family, friends, and passersby on the street.

Baci e abbracci, Deidra

Spring 2011 Crew Newsletter.pdf Spring 2011 Crew Newsletter.pub

The Men’s Varsity Lightweight 4+ finished first in the Petite Finals with a time of 6:54.7!

Great job Cougars!

I hope you all have had a wonderful start to your summer and are already dreaming of what we can do with Charleston Crew come next fall!

Hugs and Kisses, Deeds

The College was represented by five boats.  The Men’s Varsity squad put out a Lightweight 4+ and a Heavyweight 4+.  The Women’s Varsity put out a Heavyweight 4+ and a Pair.  The Novice squad was represented by a Women’s Four.  The team stayed in the Crowne Plaza Hotel by the King of Prussia mall on the generosity of the Hill family who also provided some excellent refreshments for the oarsmen.  The Men’s Varsity 4’s both raced for the first of many times in a Resolute Racing Shell. Warren Williams was obviously in attendance and snatched some wonderful pictures of the events.  Another highlight of the regatta was the Philadelphia Challenge Cup which saw some of the best scullers in the world face off on the Schuylkill for a cash prize.

The Men’s Varsity 4+ (Wells, Hays, Farkas, Berger, and Davis) raced first.  The Heavies took a quick start and were second at the halfway mark.  Inadequate training came circle as they fell to third and then were walked by the other two crews in the final few strokes.

The Women’s Varsity 4+ (Weber, Haney, Kilgore, Schumacher, and Gooding) advanced from their heat to the semifinal with a third place finish over UConn.  In the semifinal the crew had a great run but came up a few seconds out of third place and didn’t advance.  Fortunately, all members of the boat will be returning next year for another crack at it.

The Women’s Varsity 2- (Brandl & Patterson) weren’t able to establish a good rhythm and placed fifth in their heat.   Patterson will be leaving Charleston to pursue her doctorate in Chemistry at the University of Florida. She is missed already.

The Women’s Novice 4+ (Markert, Criddle, Jensch, Kratchman, and Tucker) also weren’t able to make it the semifinals with a fourth place finish in their heat.  However, being this year’s novice women, you can bet they had a good time.  They’re like last year’s novice men, sans bathing.

The Men’s Varsity Lightweight 4+ (Dickey, Hill, Zoellner, Perrin, and McDonald) faced some surprisingly fast competition and placed third in their heat and fifth in their semifinal.  Despite a disappointing finish these guys have no reason to hang their heads low considering what they’ve done for themselves and what they’ve done for this team.  Bravo boys.

The College Rowing Club didn’t perform as well as they wanted or expected to. They fought hard but came short.  It happens.  Charleston Crew will take this Dad Vail as motivation and a lesson and will come back next year better prepared and with more grit.  Continued support by alumni and friends will aide us in helping us reach higher ground.  Elements of the team will be racing at ACRAs and hopefully rowing else wise for the summer.  If not, they’ll be training in dark rooms and on back rivers across the country.  Why? Because we’re Charleston Crew.

Get Some.

-F. Joseph Berger IV

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(or read: http://people.cofc.edu/~perkinsr/classes/EDFS710/EDFS710.ml.html)

The College of Charleston Rowing Club ventured to Oak Ridge, Tennessee last weekend and were welcomed by yet another regatta plagued by wind and rain.  Logs and winds caused the first day of racing to be delayed and abridged as several boats sat on the water for hours and all C and D finals were cancelled.  For the second year in a row the Crew enjoyed the hospitality of the Vodila family at their nearby farm.  Charleston Crew brought more boats than last year and achieved some successes and some tough lessons.

The most notable event for the team happened before the regatta began.  Sam Dickey, senior and stroke of the light four, broke his right hand Thursday night.  He got a cast, some pain medication and came to Oak Ridge not knowing whether he could row.  The Men’s Lightweight Varsity 4+ (Dickey, Hill, Zoellner, Perrin, and Davis) were hoping to follow up on their previous victory at the regatta but were then unsure if they would be able to compete.  In the end, Dickey decided to stroke the four, cast and all.  In the heat, he and 3-seat Matt Hill rowed the entire two thousand meters on the square and somehow managed a second place and an advancement to the final despite excruciating pain and several crabs.  The next morning,  Dickey cut off the majority of his cast with the idea he may be able to partially feather with his broken hand.  The four, generally quick off the start, sat in fifth for the first half of the race as Dickey pushed against instinct and kept up the rating.  Coming in to the last stretch they valiantly pulled through two boats and secured a bronze medal.  Epic.

Sam's Broken Hand

The Men’s Varsity 4+ (Wells, Hays, Farkas, Berger, and Schreiber) took fourth in one of the tougher heats and failed to advance with a time of 7:02 behind Purdue, St. Joes, and Virginia who finished only seconds before them.  The Men’s Novice 4+ (Candea, Neely, Edgar, Tipling, and Schreiber) took second in their heat behind Emory following a run in with Murray State and a restart that put them in a bad position.  Their fifth place finish in the semifinal placed them in the B final wherein they achieved third place.

The Women’s Varsity 4+ (Weber, Haney, Kilgore, Schumacher, and Gooding) took third place in both their heat and final by slight margins and thereby advanced to the A final.  This was the first time that CofC’s women advanced to the A final in several years.  In the final the four showed some promise as they rode into the last five hundred meters in second place in a tight field.  To the despair of all, they fell to fourth place just a few strokes before the finish.  Luckily, all members of the 4+ will be returning next year for another shot.

The Women’s Novice 4+ (Markert, Criddle, VonAncken, Kratchman, and Tucker) took fourth in their heat.  The Women’s Novice 8+ (Bieger, John, Jensch, Anderson, Frosh, Sutherland, Drews, Schaeffer, and Davis) moved through the heat after waiting for well over an hour by the start to the semifinal wherein they advanced to the B final.  In the B final they were in good position and moving well into the last few hundred where a game-ending crab ended their chances.  The Women’s Novice squad will be represented by a four at Dad Vails and Coach Cammi is excited to see how many of the thirty strong group of novice women move up to Varsity next fall.

The Oarsman will now turn their sights to their final exams and then the big show, the Dad Vail Regatta in Philadelphia.  Charleston hopes to build on last years momentum and show even more strength at the Regatta.

CofC Crew, Spring 2011

-F. Joseph Berger IV

Starting out the day was a seven wide field of the Men’s Varsity 8+.  The Charleston 8+ (Dickey, Hill, Silpe, Hays, Wells, Berger, Zoellner, BP Perrin, and Davis) started off in the middle of the pack in a hotly contested race.  Murray State fell back earlier than expected and played no part, leaving Charleston in third closely behind Clemson and Vanderbilt.  In the final quarter of the race Charleston jacked up the rating and pulled past Clemson’s men and starting moving on Vanderbilt.  Alas, Vanderbilt held out by three or so seats despite a great charge on them.  After a twenty minute respite, Wells, Hays, Berger, and Davis joined Farkas for the supposed heat of the Varsity 4+.  The oarsmen took to the middle of the pack at the beginning, ahead of only one crew out of five.  However, by the thousand meter mark Charleston’s heavies had taken the lead and beyond that point they seemed incapable of not gaining ground despite minimal effort and a low stroke rating.  To the chagrin of the boat, later cancellations caused the heat winners to not race and overall times determined the outcome.  The Clemson 4+ in the other heat rowed a hard piece, finishing at a 40spm and clipped Charleston by a scant 2 seconds.  The Light 4+ was cancelled yet again.

The Varsity Women’s 4+(Weber, Haney, Kilgore, Schumacher, and Gooding) suffered a similiar fate as the Men.  They won their heat easily but came up second when all heat times were colluded.  The 2v Women’s 4+ (Holland, Patterson, Brandl, McCracken, and Tucker) placed fifth in their heat.  The Women’s Novice squad also had a successful outing.  Their first 8+ (Markert, John, Jansch, Anderson, Keener, Schaefer, Beecher, Benton, and Varga) placed third in their flight.  The novice women had enough women to manage a second eight as well, hopefully we will see a large women’s varsity squad next year.   Their coaches, Summer Landrith and Cammi Stanko, competed in the Women’s Masters 2x and beat out a boat from Lake Lanie for gold.

The Men’s Novice 4+ (Candea, Neely, Edger, Tipling, and Gooding) placed third in their heat-flight.  The 8+ was incapable of following up on their Lanier success and failed to medal.  Again, hopefully all the male recruits will hit the weights and rise to the expanding Varsity squad.

Naturally, Warren Williams was at the regatta.  When he wasn’t taking pictures and fending off repeated bear attacks he was competing in the Men’s Masters Single.  To his chagrin, the race was abridged to only a thousand meters; Williams never does a piece under ten leagues and was not used to such a short race.  Mistaking the 250m to go for the 500m to go he never got much of a sprint in and bronzed to Iztok Cop and Mahe Drysdale by a slight margin.  Said Williams of the race, “Vell, de race vas good but it vas probably a bad idea to attach those lead chains to mine boot.”  Warren then grabbed his single and ran back into the woods.

The regular season is now over.  Those rowing at SIRA and Dad Vails will be in all out training mode for these next five weeks and need all the encouragement and support ($) they can get.  Support Charleston Crew! Come to our Pig Roast this Thursday at O’Malley’s at 7pm.

F. Joseph Berger IV

P.S.  The Light 4+ (Dickey, Hill, Zoellner, and Perrin) are traveling to Philadelphia for the Knecht Cup this weekend.  This should be their first major competition.  Stay tuned…

John Hunter started off with the best of intentions.  The Women’s Varsity 8+(Weber, Patterson, Kilgore, Schumacher, Holland, Haney, Brandl, Sutherland, and Gooding) started off the day by beating Northwestern and Colby B for a spot in the final.  The rainy conditions took a toll on the crew in the final as they brought in the tail end of things with Emory nudging out Georgia Tech and Florida for first.  The Men’s Varsity 4+(Wells, Hays, Farkas, Berger, and Tucker) raced in a flight as the heats became finals due to thunderstorms.  Despite a week without practicing due to half of the boat being deathly ill, the boat shot off like a rocket at the start, shooting ahead of the field for the first quarter of the race.  Georgia Tech and Miami would eventually creep up and pass the ailing 4+ but they held out for third place despite some strong sprints by N.C. State and LSU.  The Women’s Novice 8+ also raced.  All of Charleston’s other races were cancelled an account of the cruddy weather.

Lake Lanier Sprints welcomed the intrepid Charleston Crew back to the lake with gray skies that spared the oarsmen of any further precipitation.  The Novice Men’s 8+ (Candea, Tipling, Patrick, Neely, Harris, Olson, Pugilese, Williams, and Gooding) had a great row and pulled in a bronze medal for the College.  Bow seat (Warren Williams) literally snapped his oar in half in the final meters.  The Men’s 2x(Wells, Berger) was scratched.  The Women’s  2-(Weber, Patterson) raced a Masters Double due to a lack of competition.  The Women’s Varsity 4+(Holland, Haney, Kilgore, Schumacher, and Gooding) rolled up to the start next to some  menacing crews.  Their appearance was all show as the Women’s 4+ steamrolled over them to victory.  Two Women’s 8+’s comprised mostly of novice took to the river in Women’s Open 8+ and had a great race between each other.  Two Varsity Men’s 4+’s, one light and one heavyish, entered in the Open 4+.  The lights (Dickey, Hill, Zoellner, Perrin, and S. Davis) recovered from the heavyishes (Silpe, Hays, Farkas, Berger, and Tucker) initial burst to pull in a decisive win.  The heavyish 4+ took third behind the 4+ from LSU.  Kudo’s to Erin Tucker as she did a wonderful job despite damaged steering and no cox box.  The day finished off with some fun in two Mixed Eights that brought in gold and Silver medals for the Crew.

Charleston Crew will finish off their regular season next week at the Clemson Sprints.

John Hunter Results: https://www.regattacentral.com/index.jsp?tab=results

-F. Joseph Berger IV

The Men’s Novice 4+ (Edgar, Neely, Candea, Tipling,and  Gooding) started the day off by punishing their competition, all of whom finished between ten seconds and a minute behind them.  The other novice boats featured many new rowers for the college who showed this weekend that they have a lot of promise and something to offer as they continue to work on the water.  The Women’s Varsity 8+ broke into two fours for the 4+ event due to a lack of competition and achieved 1st and 4th place.  The A four consisting of Weber, Haney, Kilgore, Schumacher, and Gooding won Easily as they walked out by over ten seconds on their competition.  The next event showed some of the most serious competition of the day.  The Varsity 4+ pitted the College’s lightweights and heavyweights against each other in an inverse David and Goliath situation; North Carolina State had two fours in the race but were out of the picture early on.  The Lights (Dickey, Hill, Zoellner, Perrin, and Davis) got a slight lead in the first quarter over the Heavies (Wells, Hays, Farkas, Berger, and Schreiber) and a back and forth battle continued until the last few hundred meters where the light’s high stroke took them in for a three second win.  The final race of the day saw the Varsity men of CofC Crew and N.C. State Crew face off again in the Varsity 8+.  The 8+ with Dickey, Hill, Silpe, Hays, Farkas, Berger, Zoellner, Perrin and the lovely Sarah Davis took off at a 45 stoke rating and established a lead that would grow into a 15 second victory for the College.  Obviously Saint Warhol, patron saint of rowing, was with the College of Charleston at the Augusta Invitational.

The College will be competing again this weekend at the John Hunter Regatta on Saturday and the Lake Lanier Sprints on Sunday at the Olympic racecourse in Gainesville, Georgia.

Official Result Sheet: https://www.regattacentral.com/regatta/results/1793_3701.pdf

-F. Joseph Berger IV

The CofC Crew Men’s Lightweight 4+ is featured in the College of Charleston Magazine:

http://magazine.cofc.edu/2011/03/18/cofc-crew/

-J.Berger IV

New and returning rowers need to go to signyourwaiver.com and sign the waiver in order to be eligible to row at regattas this semester. Follow the directions and use travisrow@yahoo.com as the email address. If you have any questions let me know, its pretty straightforward.

New Novice uni measurements will be taken this week talk to Leah/Nick.

Si Wofford and new novice “Nate” please email me back with your email address and what regattas you can attend. Gracias.

And Congratulations to our new novice women’s captain Olivia Criddle!

Love your secretary,
Emily

SERCS- If you are planning on attending SERCS and are not on the following list, contact me asap! We will be getting more info to you shortly.
Varsity: Rainey, Deidra, Jillian, Steph, Charlie, Hank, Evan, Sam, Matt, Brandon, BP
Novice: Wesley, Erin Tucker, Izzy, Olivia Criddle, Erin Markert, Madi, Sarah Davis, Cassie, Katherine, Krista, Leah C, Olivia Crabtree

Meeting Tuesday- It is very important that you attend meetings especially the one coming up. Varsity dues are due in full and uni measurements for novice will be taken. If you have class, contact your captain so they can plan accordingly.

Quote to consider- “We row with the dawn with a passion as bold as life itself. Each stroke honors the spirit of our crew. We are the strength of many, the power of one.”

Peace, Love, and Happiness,

Deidra

March-May.pdf

March-May.pub

– Congratulations to our new PR Chair Joseph Berger

– Keep in mind SERCs is the first saturday of spring break, notify your coaches/captains if you can attend so they can make lineups

– Augusta Invitational on March 19th is the first regatta the entire team will be attending, talk to captains if you have anywhere we could stay

– Friday night is our Rave fundraiser at The Chart! Van outside the library every 30 minutes starting at 9:30, $10 underage, $5 21+, bring all your friends so we can make as much as we did last semester!

– TEAM BEACH DAY THIS SUNDAY!! Meet in the WYCA parking lot at noon to head over to Folly Beach

– Novice, Leah and Nick will be taking orders for unis soon, they should be around $70

Love,
Emily

New Rowers – The attached glossary of rowing terms should be really helpful with familiarizing you with all this rowing business. New (and old) Coxswains – Read the coxswain manual. It is invaluable. Seriously… read it all.

Love,
Charlie

Coxswain Manual.pdf

Glossary of rowing terms – modified.pdf

Varsity- Water practice begins Monday 5:45 am! And thanks to Rainey, BP, and Joseph for showing this morning. That’s all I’ll say about that…

Water Orientation Tomorrow 11am- Everyone is encouraged to come help. We need people to assist with dock rowing, teach some crewspeak, how to erg, move boats, etc. If you did not show this morning, don’t see much excuse for you not to be there. Plus, high of 63 and sunny! =)

Goals- A generalized goal sheet is attached. This team is what we chose to make it and we are the people we chose to be. Let’s set high goals and follow through. It’s not homework. It won’t be collected. But please at least entertain the idea.

Here is a really long but really *awesome quote* from a Harvard Olympian:

“The most important lessons I learned in the Harvard boathouse were not specific to rowing. A lot of people see working hard and improving in a sport as just that, working hard and improving in a sport. My experience in the Harvard boathouse made me see accomplishments at the boathouse for much more. It became very clear to me that qualities that engendered improvement and maximizing one’s potential were qualities that could be carried over into every aspect of my life. If you stand back and divorce yourself from the superficiality of one goal from the next, you will see that there are universal truths that are constant throughout all of them. Likewise, the qualities and macro-strategy that will best suit someone striving for a goal are equally predictable and ecumenical. In my life, I have found few places like the Harvard boathouse where the microcosm of real world challenges were so well laid out and replicated. Becoming willing to put in huge volumes of work and time for a not certain chance of winning a handful of races nine months later will test the will power of anyone: dealing with fellow athletes in tense, tired situations, learning to work together each day to make every lineup work, and at the same time knowing you will be directly competing against these same teammates for a seat in the boat. Being held accountable day-in and day-out for your best effort by an absolutely unyielding coach on this matter. Learning that every corner you cut will directly correlate to your paying some price later, and learning that just to be ‘in’ the race you will have to go one hundred percent; these are understandings and frameworks that if embraced will invariably foster and breed success. I don’t see how any other challenge in life, in a general sense, could be much different or more demanding, and how any oarsman who has learned to master the challege of rowing would not be fit to meet them.” -Tyler Winklevoss

Much love, Deidra

Goals.doc

First land training practice will be Monday, the 17th at 6:15am. Yes, aware that we don’t have class on MLK day but that just means we can have a huge team breakfast at Liberty afterward! Yay fun! And FYI for those wondering, land training isn’t optional. If you chose not to wake up and work with the team, you chose to chance not getting a seat in a boat. Rowing is a sport where the phrase “You only get out what you put in” applies. So see you ready to go in front of Silcox at 6:15am Monday morning! =)

First team meeting will be next Tuesday, the 18th at 9pm. This year we are going to TRY to not have team meetings every week. This means we have to get things done efficiently so please help us help you have some free Tuesday nights! However, this means that if we do have a team meeting you MUST attend. If you have a legit excuse, let your captain know in advance.

The calendar is attached. More will be added to them later (due dates, fundraisers, etc) but for now they at least have regatta dates. The team constitution is also attached. If you haven’t seen it, please read it.

Last but certainly not least, Recruit!!! Spring season is just as good as fall for newbies to join the team. So talk it up with friends, classmates, petite loud strangers, etc. =) Dates/Time/Place for informational meetings will be decided soon.

Yours truly,
Deeds

P.S. Board meeting Tuesday night at 8:30pm in Stern.

 Spring 2011 Calendar (pdf)

 CofC Crew Constitution (doc)