Oh Baby!

This woman, SU Freshman Coach Alicea Kochis,

produced this little person just a few months ago....



and still managed to do some some 1000m pieces with her team this past weekend.

Just awesome!

Men's and Women's Team Winter Training Photos

Here are some images of the teams in action this past weekend.

The SU tanks are a little sick right now, so the erg has become the weapon of choice for Kris and Dave.

TRACY SMITH BECOMES SARA PRESIDENT

SARA has a new president – the first woman to lead the organization in its 57-year history. Tracy Rude Smith ’90 got a lengthy round of applause after her uncontested election at the annual meeting at Archbold Gymnasium on Saturday, Feb. 23.

“I’m deeply honored and fully appreciate the gravity of this appointment,” Smith told about two dozen SARA members at the meeting.

She moved up from first vice president, succeeding Jason Premo ’98, who had been SARA president the past two years. Bill Purdy ’79, another Olympian and member of the ’78 IRA Champion Eight becomes first vice president and Lynne Della Pelle Pascale ‘81 steps in as second vice-president. Joe Paduda ‘80 was re-elected as secretary along with Joe Kieffer ’88 as treasurer and Martha Mogish Rowe ‘81 as assistant treasurer.

SARA also added two more women to the board of directors, Aliza Seeber ’04 and Erica (Mahon) Page ’08, who succeeds her father Bryan Mahon ’82 on the board. Josh Stratton ’01 also became a SARA director. The three are the first alums from the 2000s on the SARA board.

Sheila Roock ’85 and Kristin Bidwell ’90 were re-elected as directors. Seven of the 24 directors now are women with one seat open and SARA on the lookout for more alumnae interested in being involved.

Smith said this is the time to incorporate women fully into SARA as active supporters and participants. “We tried a couple of years ago I know it wasn’t so successful but I know we can do it this time I think the timing is right,” Smith said. “The coaches, with the board we have now and where the programs work in cooperation (make success likely.)”

On the afternoon before her election Smith and former SARA President Tom Darling ’81 spent a couple of hours visiting with SARA co-founder Dr. Bruce Chamberlain at his home in Jamesville and got him to autograph her copy of “The Mark of the Oarsmen.”

“He was very gracious,” Smith said. “But I think we have some things to prove.”

Chamberlain was impressed. “I think she’s imbued with the spirit to go ahead and do some things,” he said. “I think she’s out to prove it and she will.”

Anna Goodale and Fran Iacovangelo Interview on YouTube

Many thanks to an alert SU alum who brought this video of SU alums Anna Goodale and Fran Iacovangelo to our attention!

SARA Annual Meeting - January 23, 2010

Greetings Alums!

The SARA Annual Meeting is this coming weekend and all alums are invited to attend and contribute. Below are the details and agenda. Please email SARA President Jason Premo at jmpremo(at)hotmail.com if you are planning on attending.

Hope to see you there.


Syracuse Alumni Rowing Association
2010 Annual Meeting – January 23, 2010

Meet in the Crew Room at Archbold between 9:00 and 9:30AM. Please park in the Q-3 lot (between the old Carnegie Library and Bowne Hall – NOT the Archbold lot – this lot comes just before that one. Tell the booth attendant you are here for a Syracuse Alumni Rowing Meeting). Meet and greet with Men’s and Women’s Team members will take place between 9:30 and 10AM. Meeting begins at 10AM upstairs in Archbold.

Agenda

1. Introduction and welcome to Guests

2. Roll call & Passing of attendance sheet/Indication of interests

3. Approval of past minutes

4. Compliance – Rep From Office of Athletic Compliance (Erlease Wagner or Steve Butler)

5. President’s Report – Jason Premo

6. Nominating Committee – Tom Darling, Jason Premo, Tracy Smith
a. Board Moves, Introduction of new Directors
b. Passing of the Gavel to Tracy Smith

7. Coaches Reports
a. Kris Sanford
b. Dave Reischman

8. Secretary Report – Joe Paduda

9. Treasurer Report – Joe Kieffer
a. Tax Status
b. Insurance

10. Alumni Development Report (if representative present)

11. Committees
a. Benchmarking Study – Joe Kieffer
b. Orange Oar – John Nicholson
c. Website/Blog Updates – Joe Paduda/Tracy Smith
d. Syracuse Rowing Hall of Fame – Jason Premo
e. Events
• October – “Navy Ball” and Reunion(s) – Chip Gibson
• The Women’s Eastern Sprints Training Dinner – Lynne Pascale
f. Membership – Tom Darling & Lynne Pascale

12. Old Business

13. New Business

14. Pass the Gavel

Winter Training Wrapping Up in Florida

Report from Coach Sanford:

Thursday night was the team dinner, talent show and freshmen skit. Dinner was delicious - eggplant parm, chicken francese or chicken marsala.

A few years ago we started doing an annual talent show. Everyone is required to do something, and it is amazing to see the non-athletic talents that people have! The freshmen skit was up to usual standards - they ripped the seniors apart and loved doing it. And the thing that is the most mind boggling thing to me is that the seniors love getting ripped apart!! It was a great night and a great wrap up for a really good week of practice.

Our last practice is tomorrow. I will write a wrap up of the week on Monday or Tuesday.

Winter Training -- It Aint All Glamour

Report from Coach Sanford:

We sank! I had three 8's out in the intercoastal and we got caught in "the perfect storm" of waves. Two yachts came by at different angles and one boat was in shallow water where the waves changed from rollers to "crashers" and one boat went right down. Luckily the crew could stand up and although they were in the water for 30 minutes bailing before getting in and rowing home, they were troopers and handled it very well.

Winter Training Report from Florida - Day 4

Report from Coach Sanford:

It is finally getting warm! Tommorrow it will hit 70. Even though it has been cold, I am very pleased with what we have accomplished. The team has been very positive throughout the week and has been working hard. Tuesday afternoon was off so the majority of athletes went to a movie.

Unfortunately we canecelled the beach run due to the weather.
We shifted gears today and started doing some work at some higher
ratings which is always fun. We have 5 practices left and the plan is to continue to switch people around to watch different combinations. Thursday night is the talent show (I will definitely supply pictures!) and the freshmen skit. I hope everyone up north is thawing out - Syracuse is supposed to go above freezing tommorrow so it sounds like it is warming up for us!