Goes Trophy Race Report

Men's head rowing coach Dave Reischman has distributed his comments on Saturday's race against Cornell and Navy. Here are some excerpts:

Conditions:  Moderate head wind that became more of a factor in the second 1000m.  All in all a decent day for racing, though.

Varsity Eight:  In our earlier races we were falling behind in the first 250m and our plan was to try to get out and run with Cornell and Navy in the early going.  I thought we did a nice job of that.  At the 500m mark when we started to loose ground to both crews, Cornell was rowing 38 1/2 to 39 spm, with Navy at 37, and our crew at 35 to 35 1/2.  If you were listening to John Nicholson’s call on the internet, you know we made a nice push back into Navy in the 3rd 500m, but we spent a lot of energy doing it.  We couldn’t change our speed anymore in the last 500m and Navy pulled out to a full length by the line.  Cornell was a length in front of them.  As bitter as it is to lose this race I thought it was our best effort down the race course to this point in the season.  We just need to keep finding more speed.

Second Varsity Eight:  This race was a tale of the two thousands for our 2nd varsity crew.  In the first 1000m we came out of the stake boats hard and settled into an aggressive rhythm and did a great job of moving the boat. We just didn’t have the same level of attack in the second 1000m as we did in the first.  Finding the consistency we need to stick a rhythm for the full 2K is going to be a key to this boat moving forward.

Third Varsity Eight: I thought it was a pretty decent battle.  We would cut in to the Navy lead by a few seats and then they would counter back with a move of their own.  We kept on them all the way to the finish and I really liked the effort this crew put in.  Navy usually has very good depth and I was happy to see our young guys stay with them. 

Fourth Varsity Eight:   Navy’s depth really showed in this race as they got out early and kept going down the course.  Our guys looked a little scrambled against Cornell, but then as they started the second 1000m seemed to relax and find their rhythm.  By 500m to go we were even with Cornell and moved through in the last 500m to about 3/4 of a length up on them.   A decent effort from the 4V.

Next Up:   This weekend we race at home against BU and Columbia. You can find directions HERE.