Remigio Delectate et Remigate Velociter
The Bowdoin crews stayed closer to home this weekend to compete against teams at the River Hawk Challenge in Lowell, MA.
Both Men’s 1V and Women’s 1V won their events after competing in both prelims and finals. Men’s Novice four, Novice 8, 2V4 and 3V4 also swept their races. Women’s 2v4 and Novice four both took close second places in their races.
Full results from the day can be found here.
Bowdoin traveled to Cooper River, NJ to race prelims on Saturday and finals on Sunday.
Out of 9 boats entered, 4 boats earned medals in competitive races. Men’s 1V placed second in the Open Varsity four event, Men’s 2V placed second in the Div II/III four event, Women’s 1V placed second in the Div II/III four event, and the Men’s 1st Novice boat placed third in the Novice four event. Both the Women’s 1st Novice and the Men’s 2nd Novice boats won their respective petite finals events.
Full results from the weekend can be found here.
Bowdoin swept the fours events in the ‘Big Three’ Regatta between Amherst, Bowdoin and Middlebury, the three club crew teams in the NESCAC league.
Men’s 1V4, 2V4, 3V4 and Novice 4 won their respective events, with the Men’s 4V4 coming in second to the 3V4, and the Novice 8 coming in second to Midd.
Women’s 1V4, and Novice 4 won their events with Women’s 2V4 coming in a close second behind Middlebury.
Full results from the day can be found here.
Bowdoin Rowing started off our season strong this past Sunday at the Textile River Regatta! Our crews medalled in every event that we entered! We won 1st (and set course records) in the men’s open 4, women’s collegiate novice 4, and the Jim Polcari Men’s Open 8 events; 2nd in the men’s collegiate novice 8, women’s club double, and men’s open lightweight 4 events; and 3rd in the women’s open 4 event! Way to go, Polar Bears!
A huge thank you to all the Bowdoin Alumni and parents who came to support our crews! Thank you to UMass Lowell for hosting us! And thank you especially to Mealea Polcari! Jim Polcari’s contributions to rowing are profound and it is such an honor to have won the Jim Polcari Men’s Open 8 Trophy!
To see all the results for the day, please follow this link: https://herenow.com/results/#/races/20547/results
To see a gallery of photos from our very talented Val Magallan, please follow this link:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1yTNbAyaGqZtQ5hlROZtFnpPSqLtEwlCQ
Go U Bears!
Men’s Novice 8
Men’s Varsity 4 (A) 
Men’s Varsity 4 (B) 
Women’s Novice 4 
Women’s Varsity Double 
Men’s Varsity 4 (C) 
Men’s Varsity 4 (D) 
Men’s Varsity 4 (E) 
Men’s Varsity 8 
Men’s Varsity 8 Wins Polcari Award
At the 80th Dad Vail Regatta in Philadelphia PA Bowdoin entered 7 crews in 5 events and earned medals in 4 of them, including the gold in the Women’s JV Four, ahead of Drexel and Florida Institute of Technology. The Women’s Varsity Four took silver 3 seconds behind Florida Tech and 3 seconds ahead of Drexel. The Men’s Varsity Four won the bronze by a bow ball over Milwaukee School of Engineering and behind winner Lafayette, with Stetson University in second. And the Men’s JV Four flew to a silver behind Drexel and just ahead of Colgate.
Coaches Birney and Welling were ecstatic.
“We are just so proud of this team,” Birney said.
“To advance to the Grand Finals at Dad Vail is a significant accomplishment; to earn medals is huge. To win gold is off the charts. But to have four crews in that mix is out of this world!”
The B entry in the Women’s JV Four won the Petite Final, while the B entry in the Men’s JV Four came fifth. Men’s Novice Four won the Third Final.
After 22 years, this was Birney’s last Regatta as Head Coach for the Rowing Team. “I could not have asked for a better ending to the story,” he said. “All our crews had really scrappy, close finishes with really talented competition. To do so well on this national level of racing is a tribute to our athletes and a great gift to this retiring coach. I am profoundly grateful to them.”
Women’s Varsity 4