Over 250 Alumni Attend the Evening at Ten Eyck

The event included racing under the lights and recognition of the SARA 2013 Hall of Fame inductees. Here's the video from Orange All Access.

Read the story on suathletics.com.

And check out the Photo Gallery, also on suathletics.com.

John Nicholson '68 to Be Honored as Letterwinner of Distinction

Gennaro and Mastracci Medal at World Championships

Syracuse rowing alum Natalie Mastracci '13 won a silver medal and a bronze medal at the 2013 World Rowing Championships in Chungju, Korea over the weekend, and Mike Gennaro '11 won a bronze.

Representing Canada, Mastracci's four finished second in a time of 6:47.62 to the United States (6:43.15). Australia finished third with a time of 6:49.26.

"It felt amazing," Mastracci told Rowing Canada Aviron. "After our preliminary race we felt we had some work to do, we did exactly that." 

Mastracci was the only returning member of last year's silver-medal-winning Canadian eight from the London Olympics. 

The United States won the women's eight in 6:02.14, followed by Romania in 6:07.04 for silver and then Canada in 6:09.34. Rowing Canada Aviron reported that Mastracci's eight was down off the start and rowed back into contention. 

Gennaro's four also had to row from behind to get on the podium. According to USRowing, Gennaro's crew moved into second place at the 1,000-meter mark to challenge the Australian crew, only to have the Netherlands beat both boats for the gold. The times were the Netherlands in 6:13.95, Australia in 6:14.58 and the U.S. in 6:15.46.

"The Australians had an unbelievable race," Gennaro told USRowing. "I still don't know much about this event and how it goes, but I have to believe that was some of the best rowing anyone ever had."

You can find more on these races, including quotes from Gennaro and Mastracci, at:

--row2k on Saturday's races, including the US four

--row2k/Rowing Canada Aviron on the Canadian eight

--Rowing Canada Aviron on the Canadian four

Photos courtesy of Rowing Canada Aviron and USRowing

New Coaching Hires Announced

Syracuse men's rowing head coach Dave Reischman has announced the hiring of Justin Stangel and Jason Cottingham to his coaching staff. Stangel, a 2007 Syracuse graduate, returns to his alma mater as assistant coach/recruiting coordinator. Cottingham, a 2008 Alabama alumnus, has been appointed assistant coach/director of operations.

More information can be found on suathletics.com.

Syracuse women's rowing head coach Justin Moore has announced the hiring of Jim Lister as assistant coach. The UAlbany alum comes to Syracuse after coaching the previous 10 years at Duke, most recently as the Blue Devils' associate head coach and recruiting coordinator.

More information can be found on suathletics.com.

Mastracci and Gennaro Win Gold in Lucerne

Syracuse rowing alums Natalie Mastracci '13 and Mike Gennaro '11 won gold at the recent Samsung World Rowing Cup III in Lucerne, Switzerland.

Mastracci's Canadian four won the gold medal on Saturday in a time of 6:34.58, over two seconds ahead of silver medalist Australia (6:36.86). She followed up her gold medal win with a bronze medal performance in the women's eight, finishing in a time of 6:01.61, behind the gold-winning United States crew (5:54.16) and the silver medalist Romanian crew (6:00.42).

In the final of the men's four, Gennaro's United States crew led the entire race, finishing in 5:50.78 to win gold. Australia took silver in 5:51.63 and Italy won bronze in 5:51.70.

To read more about Natalie and Mike's impressive performances, click on the following links from suathletics.com, rowcanada.org and row2k.com:

Mastracci Wins Gold, Bronze at World Cup

Gennaro Wins Gold at World Rowing Cup

Canadian Results Summary World Cup 3 - Day Two

Final Day: Canadian World Cup Results Summary

Eight Medals for USA Rowing at World Cup III

Coach Moore Introduces New Recruits

Here's the announcement we've been waiting for as to who'll be joining the SU women's team this fall - courtesy of suathletics.com http://suathletics.com/news/2013/6/27/WROW_0627131537.aspx

"Harry"

This is a blog where we write mostly about Syracuse crew/rowing. In a very real way the passing of Harry Parker is about that too. To point out that he was a strong influence on our excellent Coach Dave Reischman is to barely touch how "Harry" has affected all of us.

I never had the privilege of meeting the man but I choked up at the news of his death, even so. All of us who care about the sport owe a great debt to Harry Parker.

Here's a marvelous remembrance courtesy of row2k.com

http://www.row2k.com/features/744/Harry-Parker-has-passed--a-remembrance--1935-2013/#.UcpL3ofD-Uk

And here are photos from rwo2k.com - some courtesy of our own Tracy Smith - of last weekend's reunion in Boston.

http://www.row2k.com/gallery/gallery.cfm?action=gallery&dir=2013Summer/0626ParkerReunionRow&label=Harry%20Parker%20Reunion%20Row%2C%20June%2023&hi=yes#.UcrAWYfD-Uk

 Godspeed, Harry!

V8 Finishes Season 16th at IRA

Syracuse's Varsity Eight struggled in the third level final at the IRA today, finishing fourth - 16th overall. 13-seed Penn won the race by almost a length and Georgetown nudged its D.C neighbor George Washington for second. The 14-seed Orange were about a length back of GWU, with Oregon State and FIT bringing up the rear, within a length of SU.


Results for all races courtesy of row2k.com here: http://ira.qra.org/