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The team put up an impressive showing this past week at the 53rd Head of the Charles Regatta. We had our biggest group of entries ever with 5 crews– 3 earned guaranteed entries for next year by finishing in the top half of their events, and we brought home one medal for a fabulous fourth place finish in the Women’s Collegiate Four! Between the men and women that makes 7 medals in the last 7 years. Lots of alums were there to cheer us on and some even got on the water, including Cal Brooks ’15 and Harris Fisher ’16 as the bow pair in Riverside’s gold medal win in the Club Four. Thank you to everyone (families, alums, friends, adorable dogs) who were there to support us!
Looking forward, this weekend is Parent’s Weekend on campus. We are pleased to invite families out to the boathouse on Sunday morning at 10AM to get a tour of our beautiful spot on the New Meadows and… ROW! Parents will get a lesson about the boats and get to take some strokes– this is something you don’t want to miss!
Tomorrow morning, Saturday the 28th, the team is heading to Colby College for the annual CBB race with Colby and Bates. Racing begins at 9:30am. This is a quick regatta but it’s always fun to race with our fellow NESCAC teams.
Next week is the last week of the fall season. Thursday morning the team will hit the ergs for a baseline 2k test, Saturday is the infamous Coxswain’s Cup, followed by the end of season banquet on Sunday evening. It’s been a great (and thankfully warm and flat-watered) season!
Textile River Regatta TOMORROW!
This Sunday (10/1/17) all Bowdoin crews will be heading down to Lowell, MA to compete in the Textile River Regatta. The order of events and race times can be found at https://herenow.com/results/#/races/20437/heats. We have boats in the following events: Men and Women’s Single, Women’s Pair, Men and Women’s Varsity 4+, Men and Women’s Novice 4+, Men’s Lightweight 4+, and Mixed Masters 2x. The Singles start our race day off at 8:35am, followed by the Pair at 10:05am, the Men’s Varsity 4+ event at 10:44am followed by the Women at 10:50am. The Novice Men are off the line at 12:06pm followed by the Women at 12:10pm. The Men’s Lightweight 4+ starts 1:26 and Coach Doug Welling will finish out the day of racing in the Mixed Masters Double event at 1:33pm. Good luck to all crews! Go UBEARS!
Season Opener – Clark Invitational Regatta
Bowdoin Rowing kicked off the Spring 2017 season on Sunday with racing in Worcester, MA. This was the squad’s first return to water since traveling north from spring training.
The Varsity women made a very successful debut in the 8+, finishing the 2000 m course in first place, 11.3 seconds ahead of second place Connecticut College. Assumption College, Clark University and Johnson and Wales University rounded out the rest of the field. The women carried a similar margin of victory into the Varsity 4+ event, stopping the clock in 7:45, followed by Connecticut and Clark. The Novice women also showed great signs of early season speed with first and third finishes in the novice women’s 4+ event. The second varsity women finished in third, just behind Clark and Connecticut.
On the men’s side, the Varsity 4+ kicked off the day with a 16 second win over Wentworth, Clark and Connecticut College. The men’s second varsity followed suit with Bowdoin 4’s finishing in first and second ahead of Connecticut and Wentworth. In the closest finish of the day, Bowdoin’s novice men fought hard to finish three seconds ahead of Wentworth. Detailed results can be found on row2k.com.
Many thanks to Clark University for hosting! Next weekend the full Bowdoin Navy fleet is off to Mercer Lake in New Jersey for the Knecht Cup.
Head of the Charles 2016
The 52nd Head of the Charles brought drenching rains on Saturday and howling head winds on Sunday and three crews each day from the Bowdoin Navy. Over 10,000 athletes from around the world gathered in Boston for the annual fall celebration of rowing.
On Saturday, Bowdoin raced in the Men’s Club Fours where our B boat finished 25th, and our alumni took 34th out of 48 entries. Dartmouth, Harvard, and Boston University took the top three finishes. Our alumni women raced in the Women’s Club Fours and finished 30th out of 59; Penn, Wisconsin, and Notre Dame took the top three in that event. Both the B boat and the women just missed getting the guarantee for next year by 1 spot!
In Sunday’s headwind, Bowdoin raced in the Collegiate Fours with our Women’s A and B boats and the Men’s A boat. In spite of three significant boat stopping incidents, the men took 14th in the 43 boat field, and earned a guaranteed entry in next year’s regatta. FIT, Middlebury, and San Diego took top honors. The women finished 14th and 21st in a 35 boat race, and the A boat guaranteed a spot for next year. Barry University won it, with Carleton and UNH in second and third.
The gathering at the Asgard on Saturday evening was just a joy. It was wonderful for our current team and families to connect with such a great crowd of alums. What a bunch of characters! Thanks to Maddy Livingston ‘16 for pulling it together, and to all of you who joined us there and at the river.
Complete results, photos, and articles may be found at row2k.com and hocr.org.