Women finish strong in Indy double duals

Justin Moore's women are fast making a name for themselves, with Saturday's strong performance against 2011 Big East champs Louisville, eight-time Big East champion Notre Dame and Iowa serving notice that the Orange will challenge for podium spots in 2012.

The Varsity, racing in trying conditions, finished a deck behind winner Notre Dame and well in front of Iowa and Louisville.  With six of the eight rowers sophomores and first years, the crew acquitted itself well, pushing far into Notre Dame's lead in the last 300 meters.

The second boat, also with a preponderance of sophomores and first years, came in a quarter length behind ND with the other two crews well back.  The two fours also finished second.

More on lineups and quotes from Justin can be found here.

The final tune-up before the Big East championships on May 12-13 shows the Orange women continue to gain speed and race well.  The tight racing in tough conditions will undoubtedly help them prepare for what is certain to be tough competition.

SU JV pulling away from BU in third 500 at Conlan Cup

There are dozens of great pictures of Saturday's racing on the Charles - here's one. kudos to the guys for the great performance in very tight racing! http://www.row2k.com/gallery/pf_gal.cfm?dir=2012Spring/0421ColSyrBUHM&start=45&label=Columbia,%20Syracuse%20at%20BU,%20heavy%20men&hi=yes

Photos from Today's Conlan Cup

The full array can be found here:

Conlan Cup Comes Home

Syracuse vs. BU (Conlan Cup) vs. Columbia Conditions: Cross head that increased slightly from 1f to JV to Varsity. 5-8 mph. Pretty darn good conditions for racing in the Boston Basin. You can find results HERE.

Varsity Eight: If our varsity and jv are better at one thing more than the others it is making changes from week to week. Last week we executed well in the first 1000m and then tightened up just a bit in the 3rd 500m. Our goal this week was to stay composed and trust the rhythm in the 3rd 500m and the guys executed perfectly. We had a good start and were running level with Columbia and BU was back a bit. BU put a nice push on through the middle 1000m and got the margin down to 1 or 2 seats. BU made a couple of strong pushes and we did a nice job of staying composed. We started our finishing sequence from 350m out and again I thought we executed our two shifts well and kept our length as we pushed to the line. A solid race after a tough week of practice. It is always good to see what you practice all week show up on race day.

Second Varsity: If you remember last week’s report you will recall that we spun our wheels in the first 500m and from the first stroke of this one it was apparent that the guys were paying attention to this. We were actually a bit lower in cadence in the first 20 than last week but did a much better job of driving the boat. We pressed out early and built a length lead by the 1000m mark. BU does a lot of aerobic base work so you know they are not going to go away in the middle 1000m and they hung on to our stern. We did a nice job of keeping our eye on them and staying tough through the finishing 500m. I call these guys our Band of Misfit Toys—don’t tell them that—as we have two 5’9” guys (#6 and #3) and a 6’6” guys in the #4 seat. If you look at the bodies it looks a bit odd but if you watch the blade work you noticed they have figured out how to move together pretty well. And they love to race.


Frosh Eight: these guys made some nice progress this week. Last week was a bit of a debacle and this week was threatening to be the same when our #4 seat came down with the flu on Thursday. A quick reshuffle with a guy moving up from the second frosh and Coach Bagnall had the guys ready to go. Last week’s start looked tentative to me and we definitely didn’t make that mistake this week. The boys were moving the boat from the first stroke and pushed out to an early half length lead on BU and Columbia. In the second 500m BU started to press back and took over the lead in the 3rd 500m and kept moving away. We were paying for our early pace a bit and Columbia kept creeping forward in the last 1000m. We made a nice lift in the last 250m and it was just enough to hold Columbia off to take 2nd. We have some more work to do here but his was definitely a step in the right direction.

Second Frosh: I was only able to watch the last 500m of this one but got the full report from SARA Announcer Joe Paduda. When we found out that BU and Columbia didn’t have a 2F to race we had to do some scrambling and many thanks to Harvard and Holy Cross for letting us into a race they had set up. Officially it was Harvard’s 4V/3F combination boat, Holy Cross’s 3V and our 2F. All three crews were off the line together and once they shifted to pace Harvard started to move out. It was quite a battle with the Holy Cross guys and we did a nice job of pressing through them in the last 500m to take 2nd. Next up for us is the Eastern Sprints in three weeks. Between now and then we have final exams and some tough practices ahead. The guys seem fairly excited and are certainly looking forward to heading out to Sprints and seeing what we can do. Thanks to our parents group for moving the food tent on the road this week. They did a great job with the tent at home last week and the are now mobile!

SU Men Conlan Cup Broadcast Info.

This weekend, the SU Men are in beautiful Boston taking on Boston University and Columbia for the Conlan Cup. Race times have shifted slightly and correct times are posted below.

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 the regatta schedule.

Via Phone / Conference Line:
Dial in number – 1 (712) 432-4418

Via Internet: http://client.stretchinternet.com/client/syracuse.portal


Event
Men’s Rowing – Conlan Cup – Charles River, Boston, MA
Syracuse University versus Columbia University and Boston University

Saturday, April 21, 2012

Race Schedule:
742 am Frosh
818 am 2nd Varsity
854 am Varsity
942 am 2nd Varsity

SU Men's Racing Schedule - Saturday, April 21, 2012

The SU Men are travelling to beautiful Boston to take on Boston University and Columbia this coming Saturday. Racing will be broadcast, courtesy of Syracuse Alumni Rowing Association (SARA). Details on call-in will be posted tomorrow. Here is the current racing schedule:

from Coach Dave Reischman:

The following is the racing schedule for this weekend's racing with BU/Columbia

742 am Frosh
818 am 2nd Varsity
854 am Varsity
942 am 2nd Varsity

The race course finishes just below the BU Boathouse and starts down by the Longfellow Bridge. The best watching is from the Cambridge shore. Safe travels for any parents and alums coming to watch the racing.

Photo Courtesy of Don Plath


Goes Trophy Race Report

Conditions: Slight tail wind between 3 and 5 mph. It was directly SE for the V8 and turned slightly to the S (quartering tail) for the rest of them. In other words, pretty perfect racing conditions and we don’t get those very often on Onondaga!

You can find results, boatings, photos, and interviews HERE.

Varsity Eight: We were a seat or two down in the first 15 strokes but managed to get even again on the shift to race pace. The first 1000m was within a seat or two across all three crews as each crew executed a move of some sort and pushed out to a couple of seats at one point. Navy was rowing 1 or 1 ½ strokes higher than both Cornell and us. I thought our executing in the first 1000m was absolutely perfect. We had a very effective start and shifted to a very effective rhythm. We try to go “internal” in the first 1000m and try to row an effective efficient rhythm. The guys did that. Navy had a couple of seats at the 1000m mark and took a push that gave them 4 seats. We tried a couple of times in the 3rd 500m to get back on pace with Navy but couldn’t match their boat speed. Cornell took a push somewhere in the 3rd 500m and was able to get close to Navy but the midshipmen fended off all our challenges. When we hit the boathouse docks (600m to go) you could tell that we were fighting hard to hang on to the pace but didn’t have the juice left to make a push at them in the last 500m. The final margin was Navy ahead of Cornell by 1.9 seconds and us another 1.8 seconds behind Cornell.

We had a good race, executed well and left it all on the water. We got beat on Saturday by better crews. We made some nice improvements from our Princeton Scrimmage and will continue to try to find more speed this next weekend with BU and Columbia.

2nd Varsity Eight: After watching our first 30 strokes of this one I will admit that I was worried we were in trouble. The guys were a little too excited off the line and came off with a higher than normal stroke rate. This caused us to spin our wheels a bit and we were a ½ length down by the shift to pace. Cornell and Navy got into an early fight for the lead and they had pushed it out to a full length by 500m. We had a decent shift to pace despite our start and were rowing a very effective base rhythm. The guys didn’t panic and did a nice job of sticking with the race plan. Navy started to drop off of Cornell’s pace at the 1000m mark and we were perfectly positioned to take advantage of it. We were even with them at the Long Branch Bridge and this seemed to give us a nice adrenalin push as we were starting to move on Cornell as well. The rating naturally started to come up with about 600m to go as the crowd at the docks started to make some noise and we really started to go after Cornell. We ended up .7 seconds short of them at the finish with Navy in third.

This crew continues to show me they want to fight through the middle of the race course. We have some things to clean up off the line but we are doing some good things here. Fixing the first 300m of the race is very doable over the next few weeks.
Frosh Racing: The first and second frosh races were great reminders for me of the learning process that goes on with these young guys. The freshman year is about learning what it takes to compete at this level and the Goes Trophy always provides that opportunity. Last week at Princeton our frosh did a good job of executing and sticking with it down the race course. This week they looked like they were tentative off the line, got behind early and things snowballed on them. I know that the guys were not happy with these margins and that Coach Bagnall and the guys will be addressing these issues rather emphatically during the coming week. I think these guys have plenty of speed left in them and that Coach and crew are going to figure out how to demonstrate this on the race course.

Next Up: This weekend we are off to Boston to race BU and Columbia. The racing takes place in the “Basin” and the finish line is about 300m toward MIT from the BU boathouse. There is no parking at the BU boathouse so fans need to rely on street parking in the neighborhood along the race course. As soon as I get confirmation of the racing schedule I will pass it along. We can all count on an early morning start though.

O'Leary Cup - Boston - SU/Radcliffe/Dartmouth

Below are a few images from this morning. For the full slide show, please click here http://www5.snapfish.com/snapfish/thumbnailshare/AlbumID=6371358025/a=4318856025_4318856025/otsc=SHR/otsi=SALBlink/COBRAND_NAME=snapfish/

Photos from Goes Trophy

Below are some photos courtesy of Christopher Azar of the Men's Team racing for the Goes Trophy

SU Men - Goes Cup - Saturday, April 14

Double-header alert!

The SU Men and the SU Women are both racing tomorrow a.m. and you, in your slippers and with your morning coffee, will be treated to LIVE audio broadcast of both races, courtesy of your friends...the Syracuse Alumni Rowing Association.

There are a few races that overlap so your intrepid announcers will be sort of winging it which in itself is a good reason to tune in.

Go Orange!

Here's the call-in/internet info:

Via Phone / Conference Line :

Dial in number – 1 (712) 432-4418

Via Internet: http://client.stretchinternet.com/client/syracuse.portal

Men’s Rowing – Goes Trophy – Lake Onondaga, Liverpool, New York

Syracuse University versus Cornell University and United States Naval Academy

Saturday, April 14, 2012

Race Schedule:

800 am Varsity

820 am Second Varsity

840 am Frosh

900 am Third Varsity

920 am Second Frosh

SU Women: NEW RACES TIMES for Saturday

The O’Leary Cup regatta, between Dartmouth, Syracuse, and Radcliffe, will take place tomorrow on the Charles River Basin. New race times:

8:54 AM 1V
9:18 AM 2V
9:32 AM V4A
10:06 AM V4B
10:30 AM V4C/D vs. Northeastern V4C! (Neither Dartmouth nor Syracuse has a 3V8 this weekend.)

Listen LIVE:

Via Phone / Conference Line :

Via Internet: http://client.stretchinternet.com/client/syracuse.portal

Dial in number – 1 (712) 432-4418

More Fast Alumni

From Dave Reischman:

Martin Etem ‘09 finished second this morning in the semi-finals of the Men’s Double Sculls at the U.S. Non-Qualified Olympic Small Boats Trials in Chula Vista, CA. Martin and his partner have advanced to the grand final. If they win tomorrow they will go to the Final Olympic Qualification Regatta in May in Lucerne, Switzerland to earn the right to represent the US in London this summer.

Let’s send lots of fast thoughts toward Chula Vista for Martin! Results can be found at: http://www.usrowing.org/NationalTeams/OlympicSeniorNationalTeam/SrNTSelectionEvents/2012NSR2/2012NSR2Results.aspx

Help Send Syd to Henley!

Our girl Sydney Axson ('10) has been training down at Vesper Boat Club in Philly and her boat is making a run at showing their stuff at Henley this summer.

Please support Syd as she goes after her post-college rowing destiny!

Top Photo: Syd @ 2-seat

Middle Photo: Syd is 3rd from the left

Bottom Photo: Looking fierce in the 2 seat

Syd's donation page is: http://vesperboatclub.org/wp/?p=875

Syd's blog is: http://drivetohenley.wordpress.com/

Make us proud in the UK Syd!

SU Rowing DOUBLE FEATURE!

The SU Men and Women each race on Saturday; the guys at home, the ladies on the road in Boston. For the first time in SU Rowing history, all races will be broadcast from the same channel. Get up early for the men's racing and grab a second cup of coffee for the women's events!

Here is the flyer for the women's racing (click to enlarge and print); the men's is posted below.

Via Phone / Conference Line :

Dial in number – 1 (712) 432-4418

Via Internet

http://client.stretchinternet.com/client/syracuse.portal

Racing Schedule

Women’s Rowing – Charles River, Boston MA

Syracuse University versus Radcliffe College and Dartmouth College

Saturday, April 14, 2012

Race Schedule:

9:06 AM 1V start time

9:30 AM 2V

9:54 AM V4A

10:18 AM V4B

10:42 AM 3V8

Goes Cup - Saturday, April 14 - Broadcast Info HERE

The SU men take on Cornell and Navy this Saturday for the coveted Goes Cup - don't miss a moment of the action - courtesy of the Syracuse Alumni Rowing Association (SARA)!

Our announcer will be following the races in a chase launch, providing a stroke by stroke account of the races – from start to finish. Below are the dial-in details and the regatta schedule. Syracuse alumni, parents and friend are invited to listen to the live broadcast.

Via Phone / Conference Line:

Dial in number – 1 (712) 432-4418

Via Internet: http://client.stretchinternet.com/client/syracuse.portal

Men’s Rowing – Goes Trophy – Lake Onondaga, Liverpool, New York

Syracuse University versus Cornell University and United States Naval Academy

Saturday, April 14, 2012

Race Schedule:

800 am Varsity

820 am Second Varsity

840 am Frosh

900 am Third Varsity

920 am Second Frosh

CLICK ON THE IMAGE TO ENLARGE AND PRINT

Orange Women's V8 Third but Showing Progress in Orange Challenge Cup Races

Penn won the Orange Challenge Cup again Saturday with Northeastern in second, but this time Coach Justin Moore's V8 kept it a lot closer than a year ago when SU trailed by several lengths of open water. Penn made the kind of move it is known for at about the halfway point, rowing away from the Huskies and Orange but SU kept up the fight, finishing just about a length back of Northeastern, and cutting the time behind Penn almost in half from 2011.

(Coach Moore congratulates V4B - after its win)

SU's second varsity eight rowed through Northeastern to take second in its race. The Varsity 4+ was second and the V4 "B" boat rowed away from both the Quakers and Huskies to give SU its only first place finish.

The races at Syracuse were rowed into a head wind on a sunny, but chilly morning with solid support from SU backers on the shore as the crews passed the three-quarter point in front of the boathouse.

Story, times and video from suathletics.com here http://www.suathletics.com/news/2012/4/7/WROW_0407124204.aspx

The Orange women are scheduled in Boston this weekend for the Charles River Challenge.

1977 - the year that wasn't, Part Six - small boats at the IRA

The IRA finals were rowed in typical Onondaga conditions, namely a headwind that varied from stiff to soft throughout the day. As a result, some races were considerably longer than the usual 6:00 – 6:25, putting a premium on conditioning and strength. That would prove to be perfect for SU’s freshman eight.

Freshman coach Drew Harrison’s previous three seasons had ended with consecutive bronze, silver, and gold medals; there wasn’t anyplace to go but down from there. The 1977 crew, stroked by Art Sibley and coxed by Ozzie Street was loaded with power and size, and for the first time, more than half of the crew (Street and Sibley, Gerry Henwood in seven, Peter Henriques in the three seat and Kevin Rung in bow) were experienced rowers. The other four oarsmen (two man Dave Fish, John Stockwell in four, Jeff Braun and Steve Anthony manning the engine room in five and six) were prototype Drew Harrison freshmen – big, tough and strong. Their IRA campaign started with promise as they recorded the fastest time of any freshman crew in the heats, defeating second place Northeastern by a bit of open water in 6:50.2, earning a bye on Friday as they advanced directly to the finals.

The slow time of the Orange freshman eight was indicative of the strength of the headwind on Thursday, which wouldn’t let up for the rest of the Regatta.

Meanwhile, the freshman four, comprised of guys from the second frosh eight, finished a very creditable second in their heat on Thursday in a time that would have garnered first place in the other fours heat. Things didn’t go as well the next day, as the four faced a three-boat repechage where only the winner would make the Grand finals. Coming in second behind Yale, SU didn’t make it to the Grands, but did win Saturday’s petites by three-tenths of a second over Wisconsin in what would prove to be the closest race of Finals day.

In addition to the two varsity eights, Coach Sanford had a pair with, pair without, and a four without entered. Manned by the same athletes who had just won the Eastern Sprints in the third varsity, the three crews would prove to be tough competitors.

Throughout most of the seventies and eighties, the small boats at the IRA came from three different talent pools; third varsity heavy eights; varsity lightweights, primarily from the Ivies; and varsity heavies and lights from schools outside the EARC such as Marist, San Diego State, Oregon State, Coast Guard, and WPI. Occasionally IRA/EARC schools that were facing lean years would break their varsity eights into small boats, a practice that has fortunately fallen out of favor.

The four without cox was always an exciting race where bowmen, unaccustomed to steering, managing a race, and handling the myriad tasks so ably handled by coxswains could prove to have an effect on the outcome far more significant than their efforts with one oar might imply. With Walter “Pappy” MacVittie, Fred Gliesing, Dan Hanavan in bow, and Andy Papp at stroke, the crew needed to get a race under their collective belt before they were really ready to go. After failing to win their heat, the Orange four without stormed into the finals, winning their rep by open water. In the Grand Finals, they finished just out of the medals in fourth.

If the four without was a potentially very exciting race due to the steep learning curve facing bowmen in the four (almost all steering was handled by bowmen in those days), the pair without added another complication. Balance and timing, so critical in a pair-oared shell, were not typically among the strong suits of the denizens of the third boat. And with just over two weeks to get familiar with each other, learn to steer, develop a bit of rhythm and coordination, establish some sort of communication process, and develop a racing start, settle, and sprint, the workload was high indeed. And success would only accrue to the boat that managed to do this consistently in two, or perhaps three, consecutive races.

The pair without proved to be challenging for Syracuse’ Pete Hausman and Bill Samios, as they finished well back in the heats and rep, Racing in the petites on Saturday, SU found its groove, rowing a great race to finish second, with no open water separating them from winner Cornell. A pair from Wayne State won the Grands convincingly over two oarsmen from Rutgers’ varsity eight.

If there’s one event that was not meant to be rowed in the conditions facing all crews, on all days, in all lanes that year, it was the pair with coxswain. Likened to doing leg presses for eight minutes, the usually-interminably-long pair with event was going to be a marathon at the 1977 IRA. Each crew’s oarsmen would have to contend not only with the drag of the coxswain lying in their bow, but the headwind which varied from stiff to very strong throughout the three days would make for a tough row.

Syracuse’ pair with, manned by the redoubtable Rick Tremblay and Pete Gaines, with Neil Prete in the cox’n ‘seat’, qualified via the repechage on Friday by finishing fourth, thereby gaining the last qualifying spot for Saturday’s finals. An indication of the conditions was the time registered by Yale, winner of the rep, who crossed the line in 8:35. The conditions worsened by Saturday morning, and they proved far too much for SU’s gallant crew to handle. In a race won by Yale in 9:15, the Orange entry finished sixth after struggling with the rough conditions.

SARA Dues Time!

In the past year, SARA has enacted new initiatives while maintaining its tradition of service for alumni, rowers, and friends of SU rowing. This year SARA has:

• Re-printed the definitive history of SU
  rowing, The Mark of the Oarsman by Dr. Bruce Chamberlain
• Begun the production of Mark of the Oarsman II, picking up SU rowing history starting in the 1960’s
• Provided race broadcasts for hundreds of listeners around the country
• Organized an endowment for the men’s team with a successful kick-off campaign
• Hosted a party honoring Bill Sanford’s induction into the SU Rowing Hall of Fame
• Assisted with race hospitality for alums, rowers and their families
• Opened a Boathouse Sports account so alums can purchase SU rowing gear
• Communicated with alums around the world through blogging, Twitter, and Facebook as well as the twice-yearly newsletter,the “Orange Oar.”
  
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ORANGE CHALLENGE CUP - Women's Saturday Races BROADCAST LIVE!

This weekend, the SU Women will take on Penn and Northeastern for the Orange Challenge Cup.
Listen to the women's races live!

Many apologies for the technical difficulties experienced during last week's broadcast. We have a NEW audio vendor and this week's broadcast should be flawless.

Saturday, April 7, 2012

Race Schedule:

8:30 am Third Varsity 8
8:50 am Varsity 8
9:10 am Second Varsity 8
9:30 am Varsity 4A
9:50 am Varsity 4 B (Penn vs Northeastern Only)
10:10 am Varsity 4 C (Penn vs Northeastern Only)

Races will be broadcast over the internet through this link:
http://client.stretchinternet.com/client/syracuse.portal

CALL IN NUMBER: 1-712-432-4418

Princeton/Georgetown/Syracuse Scrimmage Report

Conditions: Moderate cross head from the starboard side.

Note: The pre-season USRowing National Collegiate polls came out this past week and we were ranked #14. It has been a while since we have been that far down the list but I think it is fair given our fall performance and the seniors we graduated last spring. Princeton was ranked #4 and Georgetown was #15.

Results

Varsity 8:
Princeton 6:11.8
Syracuse 6:18.5
Georgetown 6:25.4

2nd Varsity 8:
Princeton 6:19.6
Syracuse 6:20.9
Georgetown 7:00.3

Frosh/Novice 8:
Princeton 6:24.8
Syracuse 6:29.2
Georgetown 6:55.3

3V/2F Extravaganza:
Princeton 3VH 6:38.8
Princeton 2FH 6:42.3
Princeton 3VL 6:47.3
Syracuse 2F 7:02.0
Georgetown 2F 7:39.9

Format: AM Session = 1 x 2000m; 1 x 1000m both from start
PM Session = 3 x 750m; Starting, middle, finishing

Varsity Eight: I thought we performed about how I expected in all of these pieces. Princeton took a big portion of their margin in the first 500m of the 2k and we were a couple strokes per minute lower than them through the body of the race. Obviously we will have to make that up by the time we get to Sprints and the IRA. We were doing a nice job of not disrupting the run of our boat but we need to work on having a bit more impulse if we are going to stay close to the likes of Princeton. We haven’t done much race pace work to this point of the season and I thought that showed a bit. During the rest of the pieces I thought we were pretty consistent with the exception of the first 750m where the guys apparently thought we could row 38-39 for the body of the piece. Turns out we can row that high but the only direction we move the boat is backward! We were third in that piece but were second to Princeton on all the others with Georgetown finishing third. Princeton looked every bit the #4 ranked team in the country and are poised for a fantastic season. Georgetown wasn’t very happy with their performance but I think they have some better talent than in past years and Coach Tony Johnson will have them moving by the Eastern Sprints.

Second Varsity Eight: These guys made some nice changes through the week and I thought did a good job of racing hard. Princeton got out to a full length in the first 500m of the 2k again and we did a nice job of hanging on to their stern through the middle of the race. We moved back a bit in the last 500m and finished just under 2 seconds down. We won the 1000m piece by a length and the 750m pieces were within a seat either way for all three. I thought it was some good racing by these guys. Senior James Olson stood out in the stroke seat as doing a particularly good job…this was his first go in one of the top two eights in that seat.

Frosh Eight/Second Frosh Eight: I actually didn’t get to watch much of these guys as the races were on such tight centers the varsity coaches couldn’t get back in time. I thought both crews had some moments were they looked solid as they passed us by and I think being 4.4 seconds off of Princeton isn’t a bad place to start the season. The Second Frosh were thrown in a heat with 5 boats that ranged from third varsities to second frosh and every combination in between. Typical of early season racing in the lower boats the placing seemed to change race by race.

Next up for us is the Goes Trophy with Cornell and Navy in Syracuse on Saturday, April 14th. This is our oldest regular season race and should be some interesting racing as both Navy and Cornell are ranked ahead of us in the USRowing National Polls. Rick Clothier, Navy’s long time head coach has also announced that this will be his last season. I believe this is his 38th Goes Trophy and the man has won his share. The racing will get under way at the Ten Eyck Boathouse at 8:00 am. I will send more info and a schedule as we get closer to the race.

My best to all,

Dave

Orange Oar for March Now On-line

The latest edition of the SARA newsletter The Orange Oar is now on-line at www.saracrew.org

It includes stories on the women's and men's early racing, a letter from SARA's new president. Joe Kieffer, updates on alums from the 1950s to the present day, as well as a feature story on how "Doc" Chamberlain's skills saved a finger for an SU crewman's wife.

http://www.saracrew.org/orangeoar/Orange%20Oar%20-%202012%20March.pdf

For those who missed it - or who just want to see it again - the December issue headlined by Bill Sanford's induction into the SARA Hall of Fame is now also on line.

http://www.saracrew.org/orangeoar/Orange%20Oar%20-%202011%20December.pdf

Thanks to our web master Jon Flynn '07 for making it happen.