Archive for October, 2009

Alumni Success in Tiger Country

Posted Oct.26, 2009 under High School

Princeton NJ – Gainesville Area Rowing alums had a strong showing at the Princeton Chase Sunday.  The Chase, a 3-mile head race held on Lake Carnegie featured Varsity lightweight & heavyweight 8s, Novice 8s as well as Varsity & Lightweight 4s, and small boats competition.

David Fette, a freshman rower for Boston University men’s team, sat 4-seat of the Terrier’s Freshman 8 that placed 4th of 17 crews with a time of 14:07.6.  Princeton won with a time of 13:41.1

On the women’s side was Scotia Stein in the 6-seat and Jenny Tomlinson in the 2-seat of University of Virginia’s Novice 8.  The Cavs’ boat placed 3rd of 16 crews with a time of  16:26.0 behind 1st place Princeton (16:13.8) and 2nd place Colombia (16:25.7).

Congratulations to our Alums!

Complete results are at  https://secure.powerhousetiming.com/powerhouse/webpages/raceResults.jsp?raceId=239

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GAR Members at the Head of the Charles

Posted Oct.17, 2009 under Masters

GAR’s presence was felt at the Head of the Charles Regatta in Boston today. This morning new GAR Master Andy Hogshead, in the Harvard Alumni Mens 8+, rowed to a 6th place finish in a field of 34 boats. Their raw time was 16:47.586, a mere 11 seconds from medaling. Way to row, Andy! Full results for this event can be found here: http://www.hocr-timing.org/results/19213.htm

This afternoon, in the Director’s Challenge Mixed Double, Jen Figueroa and Bill Griffith were the fastest on the water by more than a minute in the 22 boat event. They rowed the course in an unofficial time 18:54.679. After handicaps were applied their great row gave them a third place finish. Full results for their event can be found here: http://www.hocr-timing.org/results/14435.htm

Also, congratulations to GAR Alumi David Fette. David Fette is a 2009 Alumni Rower of GAR. David is currently attending Boston University and rowing with their college crew team. David and his crew raced against 46 other club boats and their boat came in 4th! Full results for this race can be found here: http://www.hocr-timing.org/results/14393.htm

Congratulations to Jen, Andy and David!

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