SU Men Chase Princeton, take Georgetown in Season Opening Scrimmage.

Fourth-ranked Princeton took the measure of the Orange Men's Varsity Eight Saturday morning in a 2000 meter scrimmage at Princeton.

14th-ranked SU gave the Tigers a fight, finishing about a length-and-half behind, and well ahead of #15 Georgetown.

Coach Dave Reischman said he saw "some good things on the day," which also included some shorter pieces following the 2K.

SU's JV eight got after Princeton, just being edged out by 1.3 seconds and the freshman eight was within five seconds of the Tiger Cubs. (OK, you have to use that term at least once. It's a rule of journalism.)

The second frosh also beat Georgetown, but came in fourth in a five-boat race, behind Princeton's 3V heavies, 2nd frosh and 3V lightweights.

SU opens the season at home on April 14 with the Goes Trophy races.

Results here http://www.row2k.com/results/resultspage.cfm?UID=9831147&cat=1 courtesy of row.2k.com

Additional story from suathletics.com here http://www.suathletics.com/news/2012/3/31/MROW_0331122208.aspx

SU Women Win One, Lose One in Home Opener on a Chilly March Morning

The lake was choppy, the temperature near freezing and the wind from the south - a pretty typical late March morning on Onondaga Lake, as Syracuse's women's crews headed out to battle 16th-ranked Cornell, Boston University and Rutgers. The crews would each do double duty and in each case, the Orange split.

BU rowed through SU's varsity eight in the opening race of the morning, winning by about half a length. That consigned SU to a race against Rutgers, which lost to Cornell in the second race.

SU clobbered the Scarlet Knights, while Cornell beat BU easily. Coach Hilary Gehman's Big Red swept every race it was in, also taking Rutgers in the 2V, V4 and 3V preliminaries, then taking SU fairly easily in the 2V, v4 and 3V.

BU bested Rutgers in their second races.

The Orange are home again next weekend (April 7) against Northeastern and Penn.

Additional story, times and video from suatlethics.com here http://www.suathletics.com/news/2012/3/31/WROW_0331121811.aspx

UPDATED!! - SU Men vs. Princeton & Georgetown - 3/31/12

Here is timing updated and race broadcast info for the SU/Princeton/Georgetown scrimmage this weekend:

Via Phone to listen to broadcasts over the phone, dial 202-621-2223
Via Internet Listening Go to http://client.stretchinternet.com/client/princeton.portal
Live Video Streaming -http://crew.princeton.edu/content/live_video

Saturday's Race Schedule
First session:
9:00 am: Varsity
9:10 am: Frosh
9:20am: 2nd Varsity
9:30 am: 2nd Frosh

Second session: Start somewhere between 11:30 and Noon.

SU Men vs. Princeton & Georgetown (Scrimmage) - Saturday, March 31

from Coach Dave Reischman:

The schedule for Saturday's scrimmage (at Princeton) is tentatively as follows:

First session:
8:40 am: Varsity
8:50 am: Frosh
900 am: 2nd Varsity
910 am: 2nd Frosh

Second session:
Start somewhere between 11:30 and Noon.I will get you more accurate info as it becomes available.We start the morning with a full blown 2000m race. At the end of that the crews will paddle back up to the 1000m mark and come back down the course again. After a short break to grab some food at the boathouse the guys will go back out on the water. Generally the coaches get together after the morning session and decide what we want to do for the 2nd session. Last year it was 3 x 750 meters.

We will let you know ASAP if racing will be broadcast.

RACE BROADCAST - SU Women vs. Cornell, Boston University & Rutgers

Syracuse Alumni Rowing Association (SARA) is excited to provide live audio broadcasting of Men's and Women's races. 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 of races for:

Saturday, March 31, 2012

8:30 a.m. EST

via Phone/Conference Line: 712-432-1496 4861# (you can bypass announcing your name by pressing #)

Race Schedule
8:30 a.m - V8 - Boston Univ. vs. SU
10:30 a.m. - V8 (2nd Place vs. 2nd Place)

8:35 a.m. - V8 - Cornell vs. Rutgers
10:45 a.m. - V8 - (1st Place vs. 1st Place)

8:50 a.m - 2V8 - Boston Univ. vs. SU
11:00 a.m. - 2V- (2nd Place vs. 2nd Place)

8:55 a.m. - 2V8 - Cornell vs. Rutgers
11:05 a.m. - 2V8 (1st Place vs. 1st Place)

9:10 a.m - V4 - Boston Univ. vs. Syracuse
11:20 a.m. - V4 (2nd Place vs. 2nd Place)

9:15 a.m. - V4 - Cornell A vs. Rutgers and Cornell B
11:25 a.m. - V4 (1st Place vs. 1st Place)

9:30 a.m. - 3V8 Boston Univ. vs. Syracuse
11:40 a.m. - 3V8 (2nd Place vs. 2nd Place)

9:35 a.m. - 3V8 - Cornell vs. Rutgers
11:45 a.m. - 3V8 (1st Place vs. 1st Place)

First Day on Onondaga in 2012

It was the men's first official spring day on the water, and the Shores of Onondaga were in rare form. Check out the photos to see the conditions the men's team had to endure. 

SU Women Race at Clemson

story courtesy of SU Athletics

CLEMSON, S.C. - The Syracuse women’s rowing spring racing season began on a positive note Saturday with strong finishes at Clemson. The Tigers hosted the Orange, Boston University, Iowa, Indiana, Marist and Purdue at its Lake Hartwell race course after SU used the preceding week to train in South Carolina. “The races went about as I expected they would,” head coach Justin Moore said. “It is a challenge for us to find the right balance during this week of training, our first on the water, between rowing a high volume of base miles and prepping for a race against top 20 competition.” The Orange varsity 8+ finished third out of seven in a time of 6:51.57, behind Clemson and Indiana’s dead heat first-place time of 6:46.21. The five-second gap, marked a 10-second improvement from the Orange’s time vs. Clemson last season and a 5-second improvement vs. Indiana. Last season, the Orange finished five seconds behind BU, but finished 10 seconds ahead of the fifth-place Terriers in this season’s race. The varsity 8+ boat was comprised of Allison Todd, Emma Karpowicz, Maggie McCrudden, Anna Kasycki, Miranda Williams, Emma Basher, Carmen Failla, Tiffany Macon and Caroline Habjan. “I felt the fatigue of the double-training sessions may evidence itself in the later portions of the race and this was the case,” Moore said. “I feel good about what we did in the first 1,000 meters of the race. We showed that we have the speed to compete. Now we have to work on executing a full race.” The second varsity 8+ finished third in its race as well with a time of 6:55.57, behind first-place Iowa (6:52.81) and third-place Clemson (6:53.31). The first varsity 4+ posted a second-place finish for SU in a time of 8:02.89, behind Clemson (7:51.46). The Orange’s varsity 4+ was comprised of Samantha Hart, Macey Miller, Ashley Marsh, Laura Adams and Sienna DeSantis. Syracuse’s novice 8+ also finished second behind Clemson (7:11.30) in a time of 7:18.56. “With the youth of our group, we feel that our learning curve is going to be steep and that there are much faster and more complete races ahead of us,” Moore said. The Orange returns home to host Boston University, Cornell and Rutgers on Saturday at the James A. Ten Eyck Memorial Boathouse.

Clemson Training Men's Team

Spring Breaks almost over and the teams have been working hard, check out these photos of the men's team.

Spring Racing on the Horizon!

Mark your calendars!

The SU men will scrimmage Princeton and Georgetown, at Princeton on March 31, 2012. Racing will be broadcast with a LIVE VIDEO FEED courtesy of Princeton Crew. (THANK YOU PRINCETON!)

Below are race details:

As with the last few years, the 1V at race at 9AM, 1F at 9:10, and 2V at 9:20.

The afternoon session will start at around noon.

The footage will be available through Princeton's website at http://www.princetoncrew.com/