Coach Dave Reischman’s Varsity Eight heads for the Cooper River with another date with a top seed looming, along with a third matchup with the Big Red of Cornell. Oh, and let’s not forget Brown, which finished just ahead of SU at the Sprints.
The Orange goes in as the seven seed and is slated to open the day’s racing Thursday morning at 8:00 against the number one Washington Huskies, #6 Brown, #12 Stanford, #13 Cornell and #18 Gonzaga. The Orange has beaten the Big Red twice this season, which, as usual, probably means nothing this time.
The seedings reflect the spots in the final coaches’ poll. See it here courtesy of row2k.com. Sprints winner Harvard is seeded third and tops in heat three. Princeton, which almost caught the Crimson in Worcester, will line up in the next lane, with the four seed.
Second-ranked California leads the seedings in heat two. The Golden Bears have lost only to Washington and hope to repeat what they pulled off a year ago, when they edged the Huskies for the IRA heavyweight title.
The top two in each heat advance to the semi-finals – the rest to the repechages, where the top two in each heat go to the upper tier of the semis on Friday.
JV’s Performance in Sprints Rates Five Seed.
SU’s JV eight impressed with its third place finish at the Eastern Sprints and faces off as the five seed against #2 Harvard, #8 Yale, #11 Dartmouth and #14 UCSD. That’s in the second JV heat scheduled at 9:00.
Top three in each heat go right to the semis. The rest to the repechages.
Frosh Go in as Number Eleven.
The freshman eight goes at 9:45 against #2 Harvard, #5 Navy, #8 Brown, #14 Dartmouth and #17 UCSD. Coach Shawn Bagnall’s group has shown steady improvement, and knocked off Dartmouth in its last race.
Top two go to the semis and the rest to the reps.
Varsity Four at the Top
There’s no coaches' poll for the fours, but the Orange goes in as a top seed, if not THE top seed, lining up in lane three for the first heat at 10:45. Joe DeLeo’s crew won at the Sprints, then demolished Dartmouth a week later in Syracuse. Other crews in the heat are BU, Penn. Harvard and Brown. With four heats in the V4s, the top two in each advance to the semis.
Complete schedule here courtesy of row2k.com
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Dedicated Alum
Not only has Mr. Peter helped to provide us with a number of shells (four to be exact) but every race we have been to during our time with the program Mr. Peter has without fail been there on shore waiting to say "Great Job!". So when we received these photos of Mr. Peter, candidly shot by a friend of the team, we couldn't help but share a laugh and take a moment to appreciate how dedicated an alum he really is. It's great to know we have such a dedicated alumni group, with individuals like Mr. Peter, rooting for us every stroke of the way during our journey with the team.
2011 INTERCOLLEGIATE ROWING ASSOCIATION NATIONALS (IRA) CHAMPIONSHIPS WEBCASTS
The ECAC and Princeton University Men’s Rowing will be live video broadcasting the 2011 INTERCOLLEGIATE ROWING ASSOCIATION NATIONALS (IRA) CHAMPIONSHIPS. After a successful ‘BETA’ test with a two camera system at the EARC Sprints in Worcester on May 15th, a decision was made to move forward and expand coverage to an integrated four camera system for the IRA Championships. Two camera’s ‘on the water,’ a camera positioned atop the Camden County Boathouse, and a finish line camera, will provided wire to wire coverage of ALL racing June 2nd, 3rd, and 4th, from the Cooper River. This continues to be a work in progress; learning from the experience to broadcast “live” all three days of the 2011 IRA Championships we hope to extend the service to most if not all ECAC Affiliated Rowing Championships in 2012. Link to the webcast here: http://crew.princeton.edu/content/live_video
Listeners without web access may tune in to the IRA Championships via telephone connection at: (508) 534-7389
2011 IRA Broadcast Schedules:
Thursday, June 2, 2011
Heavyweight Men’s Heats: 8:00 AM-11:55 AM
Repechages: 2:00 PM-3:55 PM
Friday, June 3, 2011
Lightweight Women’s Heats: 8:30 AM -9:25 AM
Heavyweight Men’s Semifinals: 9:30 AM-12:40 PM
Lightweight Women’s Repechages: 12:45 PM-1:10 PM
Saturday, June 4, 2011
Alumni Race: 7:00 AM
Lightweight Men’s Heats: 7:20 AM-7:40 AM
All Finals: 7:45 AM-12:30 PM
Listeners without web access may tune in to the IRA Championships via telephone connection at: (508) 534-7389
2011 IRA Broadcast Schedules:
Thursday, June 2, 2011
Heavyweight Men’s Heats: 8:00 AM-11:55 AM
Repechages: 2:00 PM-3:55 PM
Friday, June 3, 2011
Lightweight Women’s Heats: 8:30 AM -9:25 AM
Heavyweight Men’s Semifinals: 9:30 AM-12:40 PM
Lightweight Women’s Repechages: 12:45 PM-1:10 PM
Saturday, June 4, 2011
Alumni Race: 7:00 AM
Lightweight Men’s Heats: 7:20 AM-7:40 AM
All Finals: 7:45 AM-12:30 PM
Monday, May 23, 2011
Packard Cup Race Video
All four races stroke-by-stroke plus interviews with Coach Reischman, bow-man Dan Berry and six-man Chris Bickford available here courtesy of suathletics.com - Orange AllAccess.
Video also includes trophy presentations, SARA plaque presentations to seniors and dedication of the Joseph E. Peter #4 shell, which the varsity eight rowed to the win over Dartmouth.
Sunday, May 22, 2011
Orange Sweeps Over Big Green
Dartmouth brought the hardware back to Syracuse this morning and the Orange crews made sure it will stay here for at least the next year, sweeping the Big Green on a beautiful Sunday morning.
Coach Dave Reischman’s Varsity eight jumped out to a deck lead off the start and steadily built to a length by the halfway point of the 2,000 meter race. While Dartmouth made a push with about 750 meters to go, SU held them off to win by about a length and bring the Packard Cup home after a loss at Hanover last year.
Rowing with a slight tailwind in flat conditions, SU covered the course in 5:37.7 with Dartmouth finishing in 5:40.5
JV Comes from Behind to Beat Big Green
Four Plus Walks Away to Win
The Varsity four with cox had the easiest win of the day to complete the sweep. Senior Tim Daigle had moved up to stroke, swapping with Kyle Rogers dropping back to the two seat. Syracuse had at least a length off the start and wound up winning – as they say at Henley – easily.
SU 6:29.94. Dartmouth 6:51.19.
Seniors Honored
After the trophy presentations there were plaques for the graduating seniors on the team. SARA board members Jason Premo and Sheila Roock did the honors.
Joe Peter #4 Christened
The morning wrapped up with a dedication of the fourth shell named for Joe Peter ’69. Daughter Julie did the champagne pouring honors with Joe’s bride Jan and son John also on hand for the ceremony.
Coach Dave Reischman’s Varsity eight jumped out to a deck lead off the start and steadily built to a length by the halfway point of the 2,000 meter race. While Dartmouth made a push with about 750 meters to go, SU held them off to win by about a length and bring the Packard Cup home after a loss at Hanover last year.
Rowing with a slight tailwind in flat conditions, SU covered the course in 5:37.7 with Dartmouth finishing in 5:40.5
JV Comes from Behind to Beat Big Green
The JV fell behind an over-stroking Dartmouth crew in the early going, but kept calm and rowed through by the midway point, the just kept going to win by a length of open water.
SU 5:47.04 Dartmouth 5:53.98
Frosh Eight Starts Fast and Finishes Strong
Coach Shawn Bagnall’s frosh continued to show improvement, jetting out to a lead at the start and holding off any challenge the Big Green freshmen could offer.
Four Plus Walks Away to Win
The Varsity four with cox had the easiest win of the day to complete the sweep. Senior Tim Daigle had moved up to stroke, swapping with Kyle Rogers dropping back to the two seat. Syracuse had at least a length off the start and wound up winning – as they say at Henley – easily.
SU 6:29.94. Dartmouth 6:51.19.
Seniors Honored
After the trophy presentations there were plaques for the graduating seniors on the team. SARA board members Jason Premo and Sheila Roock did the honors.
Joe Peter #4 Christened
The morning wrapped up with a dedication of the fourth shell named for Joe Peter ’69. Daughter Julie did the champagne pouring honors with Joe’s bride Jan and son John also on hand for the ceremony.
Friday, May 20, 2011
Packard Cup Broadcast Information
Men’s Rowing – Packard Cup –Onondaga Lake, Liverpool, NY
Syracuse University vs. Dartmouth College
Sunday, May 22, 2011
Syracuse University vs. Dartmouth College
Sunday, May 22, 2011
Syracuse Alumni Rowing Association (SARA) is excited to provide live audio broadcasting of this home race. Our announcers will be following the races in the chase launches, providing a stroke by stroke account of the races – from the start until the finish. Below are the details and today’s regatta schedule.
In addition to the audio broadcast, SU Athletics will be doing a live-to-tape for Orange All-Access. This will involve a camera in the referee launch, another at the finish line and a “lipstick cam” on the coxswain’s hat - probably Varsity only. John Nicholson will be interviewing our coaches and athletes after the racing and the entire day will be edited, packaged, and posted within a couple of hours. We will continue to provide updates as they become available.
Via Phone / Conference Line :
(712) 432-1496 4861# - you can bypass announcing your name by pressing #
Via Internet: No internet connection
Race Schedule:
8 a.m. - Varsity Eight
8:20 a.m. - Second Varsity Eight
8:40 a.m. - Freshman Eight
9 a.m. - Third Varsity four
9:20 a.m. - Trophy Presentation
9:30 a.m. - Senior Presentation
9:40 a.m. - Joseph E. Peter Boat Dedication
Here is a printable flyer for the event. Please click on the image for a full-size version.
(712) 432-1496 4861# - you can bypass announcing your name by pressing #
Via Internet: No internet connection
Race Schedule:
8 a.m. - Varsity Eight
8:20 a.m. - Second Varsity Eight
8:40 a.m. - Freshman Eight
9 a.m. - Third Varsity four
9:20 a.m. - Trophy Presentation
9:30 a.m. - Senior Presentation
9:40 a.m. - Joseph E. Peter Boat Dedication
Here is a printable flyer for the event. Please click on the image for a full-size version.
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Second Lieutenant Daniel P. Berry
On Saturday, May 14th, Orange oarsman, Dan Berry, graduated with his fellow seniors at a graduation ceremony held at the team's pre-Sprints dinner in Worcester. On Sunday, the Orange varsity bowman race in his final Eastern Sprints and helped the squad to a fifth place finish in the varsity race and 5th place finish in the team point standings. But on Monday, May 16th, he carried through on his biggest committment of the weekend--he was commissioned in the US Army as a Second Lieutenant. For the last four years Dan has balanced his time between academics, rowing, and being one of the top officer candidates in the Syracuse Army ROTC program. After the IRA, Dan will report to duty with the 326th Engineering Battalion in Fort Campbell, Kentucky.
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
1000m into the Endowment Campaign...
A note from Joe Kieffer ('88) - SARA Treasurer and Endowment Chair
Here is a quick update on the SARA Endowment Campaign – ‘A Racing Start’ as of May 11 – 1,000 hours down - $11,450 in with 52 contributions.
Only one class group is still stuck on their stake boat – 1990 – 1994! The Class of ’65-’69 in on the attack having been passed by Class 1980 – 1984 in lead on dollars and pulled even recent grads from ’06 – ’10 with number of contributors. Some very good racing!! We have about 40 days left to the campaign – time to make your contribution and call your classmates on opening up their wallet. Campaign ends on June 21.
Click on https://mygiving.cnycf.org/SSLPage.aspx?pid=399 and make your contribution now or make payable and mail your contributions to:
Central New York Community Foundation (CNYC Foundation)
Memo line: SARA Endowment
431 East Fayette Street, Suite 100
Syracuse, NY 13202
www.cnycf.org/sara
Here is a quick update on the SARA Endowment Campaign – ‘A Racing Start’ as of May 11 – 1,000 hours down - $11,450 in with 52 contributions.
Only one class group is still stuck on their stake boat – 1990 – 1994! The Class of ’65-’69 in on the attack having been passed by Class 1980 – 1984 in lead on dollars and pulled even recent grads from ’06 – ’10 with number of contributors. Some very good racing!! We have about 40 days left to the campaign – time to make your contribution and call your classmates on opening up their wallet. Campaign ends on June 21.
Click on https://mygiving.cnycf.org/SSLPage.aspx?pid=399 and make your contribution now or make payable and mail your contributions to:
Central New York Community Foundation (CNYC Foundation)
Memo line: SARA Endowment
431 East Fayette Street, Suite 100
Syracuse, NY 13202
www.cnycf.org/sara
Marfilius Named Scholar-Athlete
Men's Varsity Eight Coxswain Kenny Marfilius has been named SU Scholar-Athlete of the of Week for May 16-22.The senior from Collingdale, Pa. joins teammates Mike Dietrick, a junior and senior Dan Berry in winning the award this academic year.
Story from suathletics.com here.
SU Women's Captain Rachel Ogundiran also has been honored this school year as SU Scholar-Athlete of the Week.
Monday, May 16, 2011
Stangel pair second at National Selection Regatta
SU alum Justin Stangel and pair partner Tom Peszek finished a second-and-a-half behind the winner, taking second in this weekend's pair final in the Princeton Speed Orders aka the National Selection Regatta II.
This comes after the Stangel/Peszek pair's second in the first speed orders of the year last month.
This comes after the Stangel/Peszek pair's second in the first speed orders of the year last month.
Sunday, May 15, 2011
Men's Eastern Sprints Photos
Apologies in advance for some of the blurry ones. The rainy weather did not help either. These will be edited down the next few days...in the meantime, here is the full flight:
photos here
V8 Fifth; JV Takes Bronze at Sprints
Coach Dave Reischman’s Varsity battled with the big boys at the Eastern Sprints, finishing fifth in the Grand Final and avenging an earlier loss to Boston University.
Harvard’s top-seeded Crimson completed a sweep with a length victory over Princeton, with Wisconsin, Brown, SU and BU following.
The six-seeded Orange rowed the race in the outside lane, as Harvard blew out to an early lead, gave it up for a few strokes to Brown and then steadily built the lead. Princeton and Wisconsin got by Brown in the last part of the race and all three were within a length of Harvard. SU was a length or so back, edging BU in sixth.
Harvard 5:40.38 Princeton 5:42.37 Wisconsin 5:42.50 Brown 5:43.59 SU 5:47.10 BU 5:48.75
JV Comes from Behind to Medal
Syracuse’s JV Eight rallied from last place halfway through the Grand Final and rowed into third place, holding off Princeton in the sprint for the first SU medal at the Eastern Sprints in ages. Harvard won the race, with Wisconsin a length back and then the Orange and Tigers charging right behind.
SU went in as the seven seed and may have given the impression early in the final that it was out of gas after the morning heat. No such thing. The Orange powered back with about 500 meters to go, rowing past Yale, Brown and Princeton and into third, just running out of water before catching the Badgers.
The Orangemen sat up and slapped hands when it was over. A celebration SU is hoping to see more of.
Harvard 5:49.13 Wisconsin 5: 52.52 SU 5:53. 18 Princeton 5:54.32 Brown 5:57.31 Yale 5:58.99
Men's Frosh 4th in Petites
The SU Frosh came into the EARC Sprints seeded tenth and that’s where they wound up, although Coach Shawn Bagnall’s eight gave it a fight in the Petite Finals, finishing half a length behind second place Wisconsin and less than a second behind third place Yale. Brown was the Petite winner.
Brown 6:02.40 Wisconsin 6:06.09 Yale 6:06.85 SU 6:07.71 Columbia 6:10.20 Dartmouth 6:13.09
Harvard’s frosh won the Grand Final easily, with Princeton taking silver and Northeastern bronze.
Harvard’s top-seeded Crimson completed a sweep with a length victory over Princeton, with Wisconsin, Brown, SU and BU following.
The six-seeded Orange rowed the race in the outside lane, as Harvard blew out to an early lead, gave it up for a few strokes to Brown and then steadily built the lead. Princeton and Wisconsin got by Brown in the last part of the race and all three were within a length of Harvard. SU was a length or so back, edging BU in sixth.
Harvard 5:40.38 Princeton 5:42.37 Wisconsin 5:42.50 Brown 5:43.59 SU 5:47.10 BU 5:48.75
JV Comes from Behind to Medal
Syracuse’s JV Eight rallied from last place halfway through the Grand Final and rowed into third place, holding off Princeton in the sprint for the first SU medal at the Eastern Sprints in ages. Harvard won the race, with Wisconsin a length back and then the Orange and Tigers charging right behind.
SU went in as the seven seed and may have given the impression early in the final that it was out of gas after the morning heat. No such thing. The Orange powered back with about 500 meters to go, rowing past Yale, Brown and Princeton and into third, just running out of water before catching the Badgers.
The Orangemen sat up and slapped hands when it was over. A celebration SU is hoping to see more of.
Harvard 5:49.13 Wisconsin 5: 52.52 SU 5:53. 18 Princeton 5:54.32 Brown 5:57.31 Yale 5:58.99
Men's Frosh 4th in Petites
The SU Frosh came into the EARC Sprints seeded tenth and that’s where they wound up, although Coach Shawn Bagnall’s eight gave it a fight in the Petite Finals, finishing half a length behind second place Wisconsin and less than a second behind third place Yale. Brown was the Petite winner.
Brown 6:02.40 Wisconsin 6:06.09 Yale 6:06.85 SU 6:07.71 Columbia 6:10.20 Dartmouth 6:13.09
Harvard’s frosh won the Grand Final easily, with Princeton taking silver and Northeastern bronze.
12-Seed SU Women Take Tenth in V8s at Sprints
The SU Women’s Varsity Eight may very well have saved its best race for last, finishing two spots ahead of their seed at the EAWRC Sprints and just missing third in a bang-bang-bang battle with Penn and Rutgers in the last 20 strokes of the Petite Final.
Columbia won the race, grabbing a length with a huge move 500 meters in. Northeastern took second, with the Quakers, Orange and Scarlet Knights battling for third. SU seemed to have edged past Penn near the finish, but Penn wound up crossing the line first, then SU in fourth and Rutgers a beat behind, with Georgetown trailing.
Columbia 6:38.62 NE 6:42.91 Penn 6:48.54 SU 6:49.69 Rutgers 6:49.89 GU 6:56.02
The finish meets one of Coach Justin Moore's goals going in as the Orange finished two spots ahead of where it was seeded.
Princeton out-rowed Brown to take the Grand Final.
2V and V 4+ Fifth in Petites
The Second Varsity wound up fifth in its Petite Final, to take eleventh place overall.
Penn won it by a length over Northeastern, with Columbia in third, then Navy, the Orange and George Washington.
Penn 6:58.26 NE 7:01.74 COL 7:04.51 Navy 7:05.36 SU 7:09.10 GWU 7:19.19
The Orange women’s Varsity 4 + also finished fifth in the Petite Final of the EAWRC Sprints this afternoon, giving SU eleventh place overall. Navy edged Northeastern to win the race. Dartmouth was third, well behind, then BU, SU and Columbia.
SU went in seeded 12th, so the Orange women finished a spot higher than their seed.
Navy 7:36.04 NE 7:38.01 Dartmouth 752.25 BU 7:55.71 SU 8:00 .92 COL 8:03.98
Columbia won the race, grabbing a length with a huge move 500 meters in. Northeastern took second, with the Quakers, Orange and Scarlet Knights battling for third. SU seemed to have edged past Penn near the finish, but Penn wound up crossing the line first, then SU in fourth and Rutgers a beat behind, with Georgetown trailing.
Columbia 6:38.62 NE 6:42.91 Penn 6:48.54 SU 6:49.69 Rutgers 6:49.89 GU 6:56.02
The finish meets one of Coach Justin Moore's goals going in as the Orange finished two spots ahead of where it was seeded.
Princeton out-rowed Brown to take the Grand Final.
2V and V 4+ Fifth in Petites
The Second Varsity wound up fifth in its Petite Final, to take eleventh place overall.
Penn won it by a length over Northeastern, with Columbia in third, then Navy, the Orange and George Washington.
Penn 6:58.26 NE 7:01.74 COL 7:04.51 Navy 7:05.36 SU 7:09.10 GWU 7:19.19
The Orange women’s Varsity 4 + also finished fifth in the Petite Final of the EAWRC Sprints this afternoon, giving SU eleventh place overall. Navy edged Northeastern to win the race. Dartmouth was third, well behind, then BU, SU and Columbia.
SU went in seeded 12th, so the Orange women finished a spot higher than their seed.
Navy 7:36.04 NE 7:38.01 Dartmouth 752.25 BU 7:55.71 SU 8:00 .92 COL 8:03.98
V8, JV on to Grands
Syracuse’s Varsity Eight got it done this morning, taking second behind top-seed Harvard and advancing to the Grand Final at the Eastern Sprints.
Rowing in the rain on Lake Quinsigamond, the Orange blasted off the line at 44 strokes-per minute, then settled at 36 for the body of the race. With Harvard taking the lead, the Orange moved out on Cornell little by little, holding a length at the 1,000 meter mark.
SU took it up to 38 in the sprint to close a bit on Harvard, which had the win safely tucked away. The Orange looked smooth and strong, with Cornell never able to challenge. Georgetown was fourth and Penn fifth.
Harvard 5:47.82 SU 5:50.86 Cornell 5:55.72 Georgetown 5:56.98 Penn 6:01.97
Syracuse goes against Harvard, Princeton, Wisconsin, BU and Brown in the Grand Final.
JV Takes Second - Moves to Grand Final
The Syracuse JV 8, over-stroking all the way,rowed its way into the Grand Finals this morning, taking second behind Harvard and beating Boston U easily. The Orange rowed the body of the race around 36 and ramped it up to 39 in the sprint, as Harvard, well ahead, hung onto its race pace of 34 to win by about a length.
Harvard 5:57.33 SU 5:59.74 BU 6:06.34 COL 6:15.20 GWU 6:21.40
The Orange go up against Harvard, Brown, Wisconsin, Princeton and Yale in the Grand Final.
Men's V4 Wins at Worcester
The Orange Varsity Four + won the first race of the day at the EARC Sprints, taking the lead over Northeastern off the start and steadily widening it to several lengths of open water. Harvard was third in this Grand Final race which included varsity and freshman fours. MIT and Holy Cross trailed.
SU 6:54.19 NE 7:01.89 Harvard 7:05.33 MIT 7:28.79 HC 7:42.3
Matt Cosman coxed it with Kyle Rogers at stroke, Jim Behr at three, Tim Daigle at two and Chip Keyes in the bow.
Frosh Fourth - Move on to Petites
The Orange Frosh advanced to the Petite Final with a fourth place finish in the morning heat. SU came off the start, close to Northeastern, which wound up winning the heat wire to wire. BU finished strong to take second and advance to the Grand Final.
Ten-seed SU held onto third through the midway point, but #9 Columbia moved through just after the halfway point and while the Orange kept it close, the Lions took third.
Holy Cross and Georgetown trailed.
NE 6:09.7 BU 6:10. 8 COL 6:17.1 SU 6:19.2 HC 6:26.6 GU 6:27.1
Rowing in the rain on Lake Quinsigamond, the Orange blasted off the line at 44 strokes-per minute, then settled at 36 for the body of the race. With Harvard taking the lead, the Orange moved out on Cornell little by little, holding a length at the 1,000 meter mark.
SU took it up to 38 in the sprint to close a bit on Harvard, which had the win safely tucked away. The Orange looked smooth and strong, with Cornell never able to challenge. Georgetown was fourth and Penn fifth.
Harvard 5:47.82 SU 5:50.86 Cornell 5:55.72 Georgetown 5:56.98 Penn 6:01.97
Syracuse goes against Harvard, Princeton, Wisconsin, BU and Brown in the Grand Final.
JV Takes Second - Moves to Grand Final
The Syracuse JV 8, over-stroking all the way,rowed its way into the Grand Finals this morning, taking second behind Harvard and beating Boston U easily. The Orange rowed the body of the race around 36 and ramped it up to 39 in the sprint, as Harvard, well ahead, hung onto its race pace of 34 to win by about a length.
Harvard 5:57.33 SU 5:59.74 BU 6:06.34 COL 6:15.20 GWU 6:21.40
The Orange go up against Harvard, Brown, Wisconsin, Princeton and Yale in the Grand Final.
Men's V4 Wins at Worcester
The Orange Varsity Four + won the first race of the day at the EARC Sprints, taking the lead over Northeastern off the start and steadily widening it to several lengths of open water. Harvard was third in this Grand Final race which included varsity and freshman fours. MIT and Holy Cross trailed.
SU 6:54.19 NE 7:01.89 Harvard 7:05.33 MIT 7:28.79 HC 7:42.3
Matt Cosman coxed it with Kyle Rogers at stroke, Jim Behr at three, Tim Daigle at two and Chip Keyes in the bow.
Frosh Fourth - Move on to Petites
The Orange Frosh advanced to the Petite Final with a fourth place finish in the morning heat. SU came off the start, close to Northeastern, which wound up winning the heat wire to wire. BU finished strong to take second and advance to the Grand Final.
Ten-seed SU held onto third through the midway point, but #9 Columbia moved through just after the halfway point and while the Orange kept it close, the Lions took third.
Holy Cross and Georgetown trailed.
NE 6:09.7 BU 6:10. 8 COL 6:17.1 SU 6:19.2 HC 6:26.6 GU 6:27.1
Women's V8 Qualifies for Petite Finals; Beats BU
The Orange women V8 rowed to its seed in the opening heat at the EAWRC sprints his morning, taking fourth and advancing to the B-final. SU beat Boston University for the second straight time, consigning the Terriers to the third level final.
Top seed Princeton grabbed the lead off the start and cruised home, with Dartmouth taking second by a length over Columbia. The Lions move to the B-final along with SU which was several lengths behind.
Princeton 6:34.85 Dartmouth 6:39.62 Columbia 6:46.25 SU 7:00.87 BU7:05.57
The Orange go against Columbia, Penn, Rutgers, Northeastern and Georgetown in the Petite Final.
2V8, V4+ Take Third; Also Move to Petites
The Orange women second varsity and varsity four+ also advanced to the B-level final.
The 2V battled Columbia for third over the second half of the heat and held on by a tenth of a second! Both would qualify for the Petites. Yale and Radliffe moved to the Grand Final.
Yale 6:51.06 Radcliffe 7:00.55 SU 7:04.52 Columbia 7:04.66 Georgetown 7:14.84 MIT 7:33.45
The Orange will face Columbia, Penn, Northeastern, George Washington and Navy in the Petite Final
In the fours, the Orange fought Dartmouth down the stretch for third and wound up taking the Big Green by about a length, with both advancing to the Petites. Brown and Radcliffe were out ahead.
Brown 7:41.09 Radcliffe 7:46.49 SU 8:10.16 Dartmouth 8:13.57 Georgetown 8:17.09
In the Petite it will be SU, Dartmouth, Columbia, Northeastern, Navy and BU.
Top seed Princeton grabbed the lead off the start and cruised home, with Dartmouth taking second by a length over Columbia. The Lions move to the B-final along with SU which was several lengths behind.
Princeton 6:34.85 Dartmouth 6:39.62 Columbia 6:46.25 SU 7:00.87 BU7:05.57
The Orange go against Columbia, Penn, Rutgers, Northeastern and Georgetown in the Petite Final.
2V8, V4+ Take Third; Also Move to Petites
The Orange women second varsity and varsity four+ also advanced to the B-level final.
The 2V battled Columbia for third over the second half of the heat and held on by a tenth of a second! Both would qualify for the Petites. Yale and Radliffe moved to the Grand Final.
Yale 6:51.06 Radcliffe 7:00.55 SU 7:04.52 Columbia 7:04.66 Georgetown 7:14.84 MIT 7:33.45
The Orange will face Columbia, Penn, Northeastern, George Washington and Navy in the Petite Final
In the fours, the Orange fought Dartmouth down the stretch for third and wound up taking the Big Green by about a length, with both advancing to the Petites. Brown and Radcliffe were out ahead.
Brown 7:41.09 Radcliffe 7:46.49 SU 8:10.16 Dartmouth 8:13.57 Georgetown 8:17.09
In the Petite it will be SU, Dartmouth, Columbia, Northeastern, Navy and BU.
Saturday, May 14, 2011
Men's Team Graduation
After 4 years, a few hundred thousand strokes, and many hours (or not so many in some cases) of studying the class of 2011 has finally made it through college and have diplomas in hand. It was an evening spent with good friends and family and filled with some well deserved laughs and congratulations. Congratulations to the Senior Class of 2011, you guys will certainly be missed around the boathouse next year.
Seniors Class 2011
Diplomas in hand
Coach enjoying the speeches
It's been 4 years already?
Congratulations fellas
Seniors Class 2011
Diplomas in hand
Coach enjoying the speeches
It's been 4 years already?
Congratulations fellas
Men's Team on News Channel 3 CNY Central
Full Story (click on link to see video with interviews)
Orange with Oars Making Their Mark
When you think of marque Syracuse Orange seniors from this past season, guys like Delone Carter and Rick Jackson might be the first to come to mind. But Jackson isn't the only hardworking senior from Philadelphia on the SU hill, just ask SU Rowing Head Coach Dave Reischman. Mike Gennaro, Kenny Merfeelius and the Berry brothers may not be household names in Syracuse, but the four seniors from philadelphia are looking to wrap up their senior season in style. And as they travel to Worcester, Massachusetts this weekend for the 2011 Eastern Sprints, they're reflecting back to the reason why they came to Syracuse in the first place. They had other options like Cal and Washington, two of the more successful rowing programs in the country, but they wanted to make their mark in Syracuse.
"They just sort of looked at each other and said you know what this is the place we want to be, recalls Reischman, "and we want to try and have an impact on a National level here."
"We wanted to come to a place that was on the rise," says Vince Berry, "that was on the border of being a really good competitive team, and push it over the top."
And their skills and hardworking mentality have rubbed off on the other rowers.
"I think a lot of the magic of this particular group is it's driven by four guys from Philadelphia," explains Reischman, "very blue collar kids. Kids that come from families that have strong work ethics. And the other seniors that have sort of fit into the group are cut from the same cloth."
A group of guys that don't seem to notice that it's the SU Basketball players and Football players who are getting all of the media coverage and hoopla.
"I just keep telling myself that that's not what I'm here for," explains Gennaro, "I didn't come to Syracuse to row and be the superstar of the city or school."
"If they're looking in the history books," explains Berry, "I want it to be like, a few years from now they're getting medals, consistently getting medals and then a couple years further they're getting gold medals and they're gonna look back a couple years and say those guys started it, those guys started it."
This weekend's races will go along way in helping SU's positioning at this year's Nationals. '
Story courtesy of CNYCentral.com, NBC 3, CBS5, CW6
Friday, May 13, 2011
Lineup Changes for Orange Men Heading to Worcester
There have been some changes in the Orange crews, heading into this Sunday’s Eastern Sprints. SU has not raced since the tight loss to BU April 22 and Coach Dave Reischman has used the time to do some fine tuning.
Dan Berry is back in the Varsity Eight, in the bow seat, after spending some time in the JV. “He earned his seat back,” Reischman said. Dan joins twin brother, Vince who is now at three.
Coach Dave Reischman and Captain/Stroke Mike Gennaro after Goes Trophy Win at Cornell
Mike Gennaro and Chris Lutz remain at stroke-seven, but Reischman has moved his oarsmen about in the middle of the boat. In addition to Vince Berry moving down to three, Dan Turner is now at four, as Mike Dietrick moves up to the five seat and Chris Bickford to six. Ken Marfilius is the stalwart at cox.
Tyler Toporowksi is now at seven in the JV, behind Aidan Barrett at stroke. “Tyler is doing a great job for us,” Reischman said.
Nemanja Bogdanovic is at six, Mason Leasure at five, Brendan Murphy at four, Matt Hopeck at three, Steve Connors at two and Nick Pickard in the bow. Isaac Budmen remains the JV coxswain.
Click here for morning heats and lane assignments.
Looking ahead to Sunday, and a heat that puts the #6 Orange Varsity in lane two between top-seeded Harvard and #7 Cornell, Reischman offered this – “It would be a mistake to get caught up in what color jersey is in the lane next to you.”
Last year Dartmouth came from the 12-seed to win the heat over Brown, leaving SU out of the Grand Final. This year, Reischman says the top twelve probably are even faster and more tightly bunched. For the record, Georgetown is the 12-seed this year.
The way to handle things, he said is “going as fast as you can twice down the course and hoping the chips fall your way.”
Frosh Lineup
Cox: Liz Abraham, Stroke: Jake Martens, 7: Connor Finnegan, 6: Mac Zink, 5: Jack Donisch, 4: Stave Cauffman, 3: Matt France, 2: Jason Zjadel, Bow: Joe Piccirrilli
Varsity Four
Cox: Matt Cosman, Stroke: Kyle Rogers, 3: Jim Behr, 2: Tim Daigle, Bow: Chip Keyes
Video and Audio Coverage
The ECAC and Princeton University Men’s Rowing will be Beta Testing live video broadcasting of the EARC Sprints in Worcester, MA Sunday, May 15, 2011. This is a work in progress, so we expect there will be some growing pains, but the goal is to learn enough from the experience to broadcast “live” all three days of the 2011 IRA Championships, and extend the service to the EAWRC, ECAC NIRC, ECAC MANE, and NERC Championships in 2012. Link to the Beta webcast here: http://crew.princeton.edu/content/live_video
The ECAC will be audio casting the EARC and EAWRC Sprints live on Sunday, May 15, 2011. You can access the broadcasts live on Stretchinternet.com via this link: http://client.stretchinternet.com/client/ecac.portal
In addition, listeners without web access may tune in to the EAWRC Sprints via telephone connection at: (508) 534-7389
Dan Berry is back in the Varsity Eight, in the bow seat, after spending some time in the JV. “He earned his seat back,” Reischman said. Dan joins twin brother, Vince who is now at three.
Coach Dave Reischman and Captain/Stroke Mike Gennaro after Goes Trophy Win at Cornell
Mike Gennaro and Chris Lutz remain at stroke-seven, but Reischman has moved his oarsmen about in the middle of the boat. In addition to Vince Berry moving down to three, Dan Turner is now at four, as Mike Dietrick moves up to the five seat and Chris Bickford to six. Ken Marfilius is the stalwart at cox.
Tyler Toporowksi is now at seven in the JV, behind Aidan Barrett at stroke. “Tyler is doing a great job for us,” Reischman said.
Nemanja Bogdanovic is at six, Mason Leasure at five, Brendan Murphy at four, Matt Hopeck at three, Steve Connors at two and Nick Pickard in the bow. Isaac Budmen remains the JV coxswain.
Click here for morning heats and lane assignments.
Looking ahead to Sunday, and a heat that puts the #6 Orange Varsity in lane two between top-seeded Harvard and #7 Cornell, Reischman offered this – “It would be a mistake to get caught up in what color jersey is in the lane next to you.”
Last year Dartmouth came from the 12-seed to win the heat over Brown, leaving SU out of the Grand Final. This year, Reischman says the top twelve probably are even faster and more tightly bunched. For the record, Georgetown is the 12-seed this year.
The way to handle things, he said is “going as fast as you can twice down the course and hoping the chips fall your way.”
Frosh Lineup
Cox: Liz Abraham, Stroke: Jake Martens, 7: Connor Finnegan, 6: Mac Zink, 5: Jack Donisch, 4: Stave Cauffman, 3: Matt France, 2: Jason Zjadel, Bow: Joe Piccirrilli
Varsity Four
Cox: Matt Cosman, Stroke: Kyle Rogers, 3: Jim Behr, 2: Tim Daigle, Bow: Chip Keyes
Video and Audio Coverage
EARC AND EAWRC SPRINTS WEBCASTS:
The ECAC and Princeton University Men’s Rowing will be Beta Testing live video broadcasting of the EARC Sprints in Worcester, MA Sunday, May 15, 2011. This is a work in progress, so we expect there will be some growing pains, but the goal is to learn enough from the experience to broadcast “live” all three days of the 2011 IRA Championships, and extend the service to the EAWRC, ECAC NIRC, ECAC MANE, and NERC Championships in 2012. Link to the Beta webcast here: http://crew.princeton.edu/content/live_video
The ECAC will be audio casting the EARC and EAWRC Sprints live on Sunday, May 15, 2011. You can access the broadcasts live on Stretchinternet.com via this link: http://client.stretchinternet.com/client/ecac.portal
In addition, listeners without web access may tune in to the EAWRC Sprints via telephone connection at: (508) 534-7389
Seat Shuffle for Orange Women Heading into Sprints
The SU Women’s team is off to South Jersey for the Eastern Sprints this Sunday and Coach Justin Moore has done a little bit of juggling in his eights. The athletes are the same but some of their seats have changed.
The stern three remains the same in the V8, but Carmen Fallia moves up from three into the five seat, Maggie McCrudden from bow into three and Rebecca Soja goes from five into the bow seat. Allison Todd is the Coxswain.
Kerriann Miller is now the 2V stroke, moving up from the six-seat in the Big East Championships. Captain Rachel Ogundiran moves up from four to six. She missed the early part of the season with rib injuries. Ali Sayer from two to four and Emily Moomey, who stroked at the Big East takes over at two.
Varsity Eight
C – Allison Todd
S – Emma Karpowicz
7 – Miranda Williams
6 –Chelsea Macpherson
5 – Carmen Fallia
4 – Tiffany Macon
3 – Maggie McCrudden
2 – Macey Miller
B – Rebecca Soja
Second Varsity Eight
C – Mikela Almeida
S – Kerriann Miller
7 – Brandis Arcadia
6 – Rachel Ogundrian
5 – Annie Couwenhoven
4 – Ali Sayer
3 – Gina Biascochea
2 – Emily Moomey
B – Kate Severino
Varsity Four
C – Kristina Herb
S – Mary Carlson
3 – Ciara Shaneauer
2 – Jacque Lee
B –Laura Adams
The Orange Varsity goes in as the 12-seed, lining up at 8:40 against #13 BU, #7 Dartmouth, top seed Princeton and #6 Columbia. Top two go to the Grand Final with the next to advancing to the Petites.
The 2V heat is set at 9:30 with #10 SU against #15 Georgetown, #9 Columbia, #3 Yale, #4 Radcliffe and #16 MIT.
The 12-seed SU Varsity four goes at 9:45 against #13 Georgetown, #7 Radcliffe, #1 Brown and #6 Dartmouth.
Goals for the Weekend - and Beyond
One of the goals this weekend is "to send the seniors out with races that each of them can be proud of," Moore said in an email."There is one senior in the varsity boat, four in the 2V and one in the 4+. They have worked hard and we want to honor them with the best performance possible.
"The seniors must help the younger women on this team understand what is required to compete and perform at this level. We are currently seeded 12th in the 1V, 10th in the 2V and 12th in the 4+. We want to perform at or above our seeding. This will require that these young crews demonstrate poise under pressure and the ability to execute to the best of their abilities when it matters most.
"It is essential that we end this season headed in the correct direction,"Moore said. "I hope to never enter this regatta as a 12 seed again. While there is little we can about our immediate physical condition and technical ability, we have a great opportunity to work on our championship mentality and our ability to execute when it matters most.
One sign of progress in Coach Moore’s first season was the V8 beating BU a couple of weeks ago, after trailing the Terriers in the opening race of the season and again a few weeks later.
"In the varsity event, we are seeded 12th and BU is seeded 13th. They have beaten us twice this year, and we took them in the last go around. While we are not proud of the fact that we have to fight for the B final, this is the truth of where we are. This is our opportunity to compete.
"With good recruiting, better and more consistent training, we will be competing for higher and higher positioning at events like this and in the national polls."
Schedule and Coverage
Full schedule here courtesy of row2k.com
On-line audio coverage here
In addition, listeners without web access may tune in to the EAWRC Sprints via telephone connection at: (508) 534-7389
The stern three remains the same in the V8, but Carmen Fallia moves up from three into the five seat, Maggie McCrudden from bow into three and Rebecca Soja goes from five into the bow seat. Allison Todd is the Coxswain.
Kerriann Miller is now the 2V stroke, moving up from the six-seat in the Big East Championships. Captain Rachel Ogundiran moves up from four to six. She missed the early part of the season with rib injuries. Ali Sayer from two to four and Emily Moomey, who stroked at the Big East takes over at two.
Varsity Eight
C – Allison Todd
S – Emma Karpowicz
7 – Miranda Williams
6 –Chelsea Macpherson
5 – Carmen Fallia
4 – Tiffany Macon
3 – Maggie McCrudden
2 – Macey Miller
B – Rebecca Soja
Second Varsity Eight
C – Mikela Almeida
S – Kerriann Miller
7 – Brandis Arcadia
6 – Rachel Ogundrian
5 – Annie Couwenhoven
4 – Ali Sayer
3 – Gina Biascochea
2 – Emily Moomey
B – Kate Severino
Varsity Four
C – Kristina Herb
S – Mary Carlson
3 – Ciara Shaneauer
2 – Jacque Lee
B –Laura Adams
The Orange Varsity goes in as the 12-seed, lining up at 8:40 against #13 BU, #7 Dartmouth, top seed Princeton and #6 Columbia. Top two go to the Grand Final with the next to advancing to the Petites.
The 2V heat is set at 9:30 with #10 SU against #15 Georgetown, #9 Columbia, #3 Yale, #4 Radcliffe and #16 MIT.
The 12-seed SU Varsity four goes at 9:45 against #13 Georgetown, #7 Radcliffe, #1 Brown and #6 Dartmouth.
Goals for the Weekend - and Beyond
One of the goals this weekend is "to send the seniors out with races that each of them can be proud of," Moore said in an email."There is one senior in the varsity boat, four in the 2V and one in the 4+. They have worked hard and we want to honor them with the best performance possible.
"The seniors must help the younger women on this team understand what is required to compete and perform at this level. We are currently seeded 12th in the 1V, 10th in the 2V and 12th in the 4+. We want to perform at or above our seeding. This will require that these young crews demonstrate poise under pressure and the ability to execute to the best of their abilities when it matters most.
"It is essential that we end this season headed in the correct direction,"Moore said. "I hope to never enter this regatta as a 12 seed again. While there is little we can about our immediate physical condition and technical ability, we have a great opportunity to work on our championship mentality and our ability to execute when it matters most.
One sign of progress in Coach Moore’s first season was the V8 beating BU a couple of weeks ago, after trailing the Terriers in the opening race of the season and again a few weeks later.
"In the varsity event, we are seeded 12th and BU is seeded 13th. They have beaten us twice this year, and we took them in the last go around. While we are not proud of the fact that we have to fight for the B final, this is the truth of where we are. This is our opportunity to compete.
"With good recruiting, better and more consistent training, we will be competing for higher and higher positioning at events like this and in the national polls."
Schedule and Coverage
Full schedule here courtesy of row2k.com
On-line audio coverage here
In addition, listeners without web access may tune in to the EAWRC Sprints via telephone connection at: (508) 534-7389
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Sprints Seedings Hold - Orange Varsity in Morning Heat with Cornell, Harvard, G'town and Penn
Final seedings are out for this Sunday's Eastern Sprints and the Orange Varsity Eight is at #6, setting up a rematch with #7 Cornell, along with top-seeded Harvard, #12 Georgetown and #13 Penn in the morning heat.
Top two go to the Grand Final.
The Orange JV goes in at #7 and will take on #1 Harvard, #6 BU, #12 George Washington and #13 Columbia. BU edged the Orange JV in Syracuse with Columbia far behind, when they raced April 22.
The Syracuse freshmen are seeded tenth. They'll face #3 BU, #4 Northeastern, #9 Columbia, #15 Georgetown and #16 Holy Cross.
BU won easily at Syracuse, with Columbia second, a couple of lengths ahead of the Orange frosh.
Poll courtesy of row2k.com
Top two go to the Grand Final.
The Orange JV goes in at #7 and will take on #1 Harvard, #6 BU, #12 George Washington and #13 Columbia. BU edged the Orange JV in Syracuse with Columbia far behind, when they raced April 22.
The Syracuse freshmen are seeded tenth. They'll face #3 BU, #4 Northeastern, #9 Columbia, #15 Georgetown and #16 Holy Cross.
BU won easily at Syracuse, with Columbia second, a couple of lengths ahead of the Orange frosh.
Poll courtesy of row2k.com
Sunday, May 8, 2011
Orange, Big Red Look Headed for a Sprints Showdown Again
When the Orange Varsity withstood a crab in the sprint and held off Cornell to regain the Goes Trophy, April 16 at Ithaca, both they and the Big Red knew they were likely to battle again, and soon. Now it appears their next face-off will be this Sunday morning at the Eastern Sprints in Worcester.
SU Coach Dave Reischman briefs Orange Varsity and JV before Goes Cup Races at Cornell, April 16
The latest EARC Seeding Poll has SU at #6 and the Big Red at #7. That would put both in the heat with top-seeded Harvard, #12 Georgetown and #13 Penn. The final seedings are due out this week.
Brown jumped over the Orange to #5 last week, losing by a couple of seconds to three- seed Princeton. All the EARC crews were idle this weekend, getting set for the Sprints.
The Orange crews have not raced since April 22, when Boston University edged the varsity eight by less than two seconds in rough conditions at Syracuse. The Big Red raced at Princeton the next day, trailing the Tigers by about a length.
Other Polls
Interestingly enough, without taking a stroke in competition, the Orange pulled even with Brown at #7 in the US Rowing/Coaches Poll two weeks ago, then moved into the seven spot alone this past week. Cornell now checks in at #9 with Washington up top, followed by California and Harvard.
The cMax Rankings also have Syracuse at #7, four-tenths of a second ahead of Brown and 2.1 ahead of 11th- ranked Cornell.
All of which boils down to what SU Basketball Coach Jim Boeheim might call “talk show talk,” if there were talk shows that focused on crew.
A year ago it looked as if all SU had to do to make the Grand Final was beat Northeastern. The Orange did that, but 12-seed Dartmouth came seemingly out of nowhere to win the heat and with Brown hanging on for second, SU wound up in the Petites – where they were edged by…Cornell. That SU varsity wound up in the Grand Final at the IRA.
JV, Frosh seedings
If the seeds hold, the Orange JV will line up as the seven seed, against #1 Harvard, #6 BU, #12 George Washington and #13 Columbia.
The SU freshman eight is seeded tenth, and would be in the heat with #3 BU, #4 Northeastern, #9 Columbia, #15 Georgetown and #16 Holy Cross.
In case you missed it - honors for team and team members
The Men’s Crew tied with cross country for team of the year at this year’s ‘Cuse Awards. Senior Vince Berry got the ‘Cuse Award for Men’s Rowing and Captain Rachael Ogundiran was the winner on the Women’s Team.
Polls courtesy of row2k.com
SU Coach Dave Reischman briefs Orange Varsity and JV before Goes Cup Races at Cornell, April 16
The latest EARC Seeding Poll has SU at #6 and the Big Red at #7. That would put both in the heat with top-seeded Harvard, #12 Georgetown and #13 Penn. The final seedings are due out this week.
Brown jumped over the Orange to #5 last week, losing by a couple of seconds to three- seed Princeton. All the EARC crews were idle this weekend, getting set for the Sprints.
The Orange crews have not raced since April 22, when Boston University edged the varsity eight by less than two seconds in rough conditions at Syracuse. The Big Red raced at Princeton the next day, trailing the Tigers by about a length.
Other Polls
Interestingly enough, without taking a stroke in competition, the Orange pulled even with Brown at #7 in the US Rowing/Coaches Poll two weeks ago, then moved into the seven spot alone this past week. Cornell now checks in at #9 with Washington up top, followed by California and Harvard.
The cMax Rankings also have Syracuse at #7, four-tenths of a second ahead of Brown and 2.1 ahead of 11th- ranked Cornell.
All of which boils down to what SU Basketball Coach Jim Boeheim might call “talk show talk,” if there were talk shows that focused on crew.
A year ago it looked as if all SU had to do to make the Grand Final was beat Northeastern. The Orange did that, but 12-seed Dartmouth came seemingly out of nowhere to win the heat and with Brown hanging on for second, SU wound up in the Petites – where they were edged by…Cornell. That SU varsity wound up in the Grand Final at the IRA.
JV, Frosh seedings
If the seeds hold, the Orange JV will line up as the seven seed, against #1 Harvard, #6 BU, #12 George Washington and #13 Columbia.
The SU freshman eight is seeded tenth, and would be in the heat with #3 BU, #4 Northeastern, #9 Columbia, #15 Georgetown and #16 Holy Cross.
In case you missed it - honors for team and team members
The Men’s Crew tied with cross country for team of the year at this year’s ‘Cuse Awards. Senior Vince Berry got the ‘Cuse Award for Men’s Rowing and Captain Rachael Ogundiran was the winner on the Women’s Team.
Polls courtesy of row2k.com
Friday, May 6, 2011
Chelsea Macpherson Off to the Big Apple...
story and photo courtesy of SU Athletics
SYRACUSE – Senior rower Chelsea Macpherson received a Merit Scholarship to Columbia University where she will attend graduate school this upcoming fall. Macpherson will study for her doctorate in physical therapy and specialize in geriatrics. She recently sat in the sixth seat at the BIG EAST Championship on May 1 as the team placed fourth.
The Merit Scholarship is only offered to two applicants in the incoming class. It was awarded based on GPA, extra-curricular activities and work ethic.
“When I first went to the interview to go to Columbia, they told us there were very limited scholarships and told us to not plan on getting one. I worked very hard academically, but Columbia is a great school and I did not plan on getting a scholarship,” said Macpherson.
Her ambitions include going onto medical school after earning her degree in physical therapy with the intention of becoming a family doctor.
“[Geriatrics] is a large population that is going to need a lot of help and there is very little help for it,” said Macpherson. “I would also like a public health degree. I really like school,” she said.
The discipline and values developed from rowing have helped Macpherson in the classroom and will continue to do so as she makes the journey to New York City.
“That discipline of trying to get better also translates into the classroom. I am constantly trying to get better. Throughout my college career, I have consistently raised my GPA every semester. My efforts in the classroom are reflective of what I’ve learned from rowing,” she said.
When asked what she wants legacy at SU to be remembered as Macpherson mentioned her hard work.
“That is what I’ve strived to be during my career [a hard worker]. I really wanted to show you can overcome anything. You can really get fast, improve in academics. You can’t let things affect you. To see how far I’ve come because of hard work, I want to be remembered for it,” Macpherson said.
She missed part of the 2007 season due to a torn labrum, and the entire 2009-10 term with the same injury.
Head coach Justin Moore has been quoted saying that she has contributed to the team in both tangible and intangible ways.
“As the oldest member of such a young team, Macpherson leads by example,” said Moore.
750 meters - "A Racing Start" Endowment Campaign
Here is a quick update on the SARA Endowment Campaign as of May 2 – 750 hours down - $4,650 in with 32 contributions. Four class year are still stuck on their stake boats!!!. Class of ’65-’69 has have extended their lead on dollars, while recent grads from ’06 – ’10 have surged ahead and lead the pack with number of contributors 250 ahead of their closest competition.
Monday, May 2, 2011
Sunday, May 1, 2011
2011 Big East Championship
story courtesy of SU Athletics
photo is from competition in Boston, MA.
WEST WINDSON, N.J. – The Syracuse University women’s rowing team finished fourth with 73 points at the 2011 BIG EAST Rowing Championship on Mercer Lake in West Windsor, N.J. Notre Dame won its eighth-consecutive championship with 114 points. The varsity third was SU’s best finish, placing third. All four of the Syracuse crews advanced to their respective Grand Finals with second place finishes in their preliminary heats.
Junior Emma Karpowicz was named to the All-BIG EAST First Team and graduate student Chelsea Macpherson was named to the All-BIG EAST Second Team.
“I actually thought the crew rowed to the level that their level of training would indicate. They executed what they practiced fairly well. The varsity eight race was the most competitive BIG EAST Grand Final in the history of the event, with five boats in much of the race with the separation occurring in the last 500 meters,” head coach Justin Moore said. “We are disappointed about finishing fifth (in the varsity eight), but we are very excited knowing that this is just the first step and we are going to be a lot better. That race also showed that the BIG EAST is developing into a very competitive conference heading into our NCAA automatic bid year (2013).”
The Syracuse varsity eight finished fifth, ahead of West Virginia, crossing the finish line in 6:51.12. Louisville won the varsity eight in 6:40.00. The Orange varsity eight posted a time of 7:02.31 in its preliminary heat. Norte Dame won the heat in 6:56.50.The Mountaineers finished third and Connecticut fourth.
The Orange second varsity eight placed fourth, in front of Connecticut and Rutgers, with a time of 6:59.83. North Dame won the second varsity eight in 6:49.10. The Syracuse second varsity eight recorded a time of 7:16.01 in its preliminary heat. Louisville won the heat in 7:12.10. The Scarlet Knights placed third and Villanova fourth.
SU’s varsity four finished third, ahead of Georgetown, Connecticut and West Virginia, crossing the line in 7:49.41. The Fighting Irish also won the varsity four in 7:31.36. SU’s varsity four registered a time of 8:18.64 in its preliminary heat. ND won the heat in 7:50.91. The Mountaineers were third and Rutgers fourth.
The Syracuse third varsity eight placed fifth, in front of Rutgers, with a time of 7:33.82. Notre Dame took home the third varsity eight race as well in 7:03.24.The Orange third varsity eight crossed the line in 7:47.11 in its preliminary heat. The Irish won the heat in 7:22.21. The Scarlet Knights finished third.
The Orange is the only other team besides Notre Dame to claim a title, winning the BIG EAST Challenge three-straight times from 2001-2003. Notre Dame has taken home every BIG EAST women’s rowing title since 2004, giving the team the longest current active streak of BIG EAST Championship titles in any sport.
SU returns to action on Sunday, May 15 at the Eastern Sprints in Camden, N.J.
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