The above pictures may be bring back either nightmares or unmitigated joy for Syracuse Men's Crew Alumni. Running stadiums has a long history with our rowing program originally starting in the old Archbold Stadium and continuing in the Carrier Dome after its construction in the early '80's. After a four year hiatus, at the request of the athletes, the men's team brought back the Carrier Dome Triathlon this year.
The Carrier Dome Triathlon was first run in December 2003 and consists of a 7500m Erg, 2.4 mile run down to Manley Field House, and finishes with a full tour of the 3rd level of the Carrier Dome--up and down every section. The event was last run in the Fall of 2008 and the record was held by Mike Beck '07 with a blistering 1:00:09. Scheduling conflicts with the Dome/Crew schedule prevented the event from being run for the past three years. This fall the team asked for the reinstatement of the event and the coaching staff quickly agreed.
Not a single athlete in the boathouse had ever participated in the Triathlon before and the rookies wasted no time setting their mark in the event. Senior Tyler Toporowski won the event in a new record time of 0:59:29. Congrats to Tyler! After hearing about the fall of his record, Mike Beck quickly asked for an alumni event to be added next year to "set the record straight..." The coaching staff is taking this under consideration....
