{"id":1932,"date":"2019-11-01T14:01:58","date_gmt":"2019-11-01T19:01:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/crew\/?p=1932"},"modified":"2019-11-01T14:01:58","modified_gmt":"2019-11-01T19:01:58","slug":"hocr-2019-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/crew\/events\/hocr-2019-recap\/","title":{"rendered":"Varsity Crews Medal at the Charles Amid Record Team Participation"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Men’s 1V takes 4th, medals at the Charles!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts \u2013\u2013 Bowdoin Rowing\u2019s first men\u2019s varsity four earned 4th place medals at the 55th Head of the Charles Regatta (HOCR) this weekend. The first women\u2019s varsity four finished 15th, securing an automatic bid for the Polar Bears at next year\u2019s regatta.<\/span><\/p>\n

The regatta is the largest competitive rowing event in the world and attracts over 11,000 athletes from DI through DIII colleges, hundreds of clubs, several national teams, and Olympic Training Centers. Along with our three guaranteed entries from last year\u2019s results, the team scored 6 additional entries from the HOCR\u2019s \u201cluck-of-the-draw\u201d lottery system, resulting in an unusual total of nine boats competing.<\/span><\/p>\n

The men\u2019s first varsity four finished in 4<\/span>th<\/span> place out of 40 in the Collegiate Men\u2019s Four event\u2013\u2013the top east coast crew and NESCAC program. Though the winning crew from UCLA had a strong 12 second victory over second place, the margin between 2<\/span>nd<\/span> and 6<\/span>th<\/span> was just over 3 seconds. Bowdoin\u2019s 4<\/span>th<\/span> place was just 0.05 seconds faster than Oklahoma City and 0.2 seconds ahead of 6<\/span>th<\/span> place Notre Dame. The men\u2019s second varsity four finished strongly in the second half of the field of 40 crews after an unfortunate tangling of blades under the Weeks Footbridge.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the Women\u2019s Collegiate Four, Bowdoin\u2019s A and B boats raced well with the A boat finishing in 15<\/span>th<\/span>,\u00a0 ahead of NESCAC rivals Trinity, Williams, and Middlebury. The performance also successfully secured an automatic bid for Bowdoin in next year\u2019s HOCR.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Women’s 1V places 15th, secures automatic bid to next year’s HOCR!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The team had two entries in the Men\u2019s Club Four and one in the Women\u2019s Club Four. Both were racing against 57 other crews and although they all rowed well, our crews finished in the second half of the pack.<\/span><\/p>\n

Bowdoin also entered a boat in the Women\u2019s Championship Double event. Polar Bears Allie Gross and Ilana Olin finished 13 in this field of 17, racing against the highest echelon of 2x\u2019s in the country, including some international crews of Olympic caliber. Gross and Olin finished second among collegiate crews in the event.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Men\u2019s Alumni Four put in a stellar performance racing as Polar Rowing Club. Will Brockett, Seth Chatterton, Greg Picarillo, Philip Maier, and Elizabeth Kolle raced to a competitive 37<\/span>th<\/span> in the Men\u2019s Club Four field of 58 crews.<\/span><\/p>\n

Coaches Doug Welling and Ry Hills were extremely pleased with the results. \u201cIt was incredible getting so many athletes experience on this course,\u201d said Welling. \u201cThe team has truly pushed each other to a new level and it was very rewarding to watch the strong finishes in the collegiate events on Sunday.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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The medals.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cWe are very proud of what these athletes have accomplished here at the Charles,\u201d added Hills. \u201cThis is a huge stage in the world of rowing. The fact that we can compete against, and often beat, very high level teams speaks volumes for our small program.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The coaches also thanked alumni and parents for joining the team at the annual Charles alumni dinner, bringing together nearly 100 members of the Bowdoin Rowing family. \u201cWe are always tremendously grateful for the support of our alums and families,\u201d Welling said. \u201cTheir ongoing passion for this team is integral to our success. And it is, of course, really fun to see so many of them at this annual event.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Bowdoin Rowing will compete against Colby College and Bates College at the annual CBBs regatta next weekend, Saturday, October 26th, in their final race of the fall season.<\/span><\/p>\n

Let\u2019s Go Black!<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Article by Assistant Coach Ry Hills<\/em>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts \u2013\u2013 Bowdoin Rowing\u2019s first men\u2019s varsity four earned 4th place medals at the 55th Head of the Charles Regatta (HOCR) this weekend. The first women\u2019s varsity four finished 15th, securing an automatic bid for the Polar Bears at next year\u2019s regatta. The regatta is the largest competitive rowing event in the world and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1932","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-events","7":"entry"},"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Levi McAtee '22","author_link":"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/crew\/author\/bmcatee\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/crew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1932","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/crew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/crew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/crew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/crew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1932"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/crew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1932\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/crew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/crew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/crew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}