A successful San Diego Crew Classic

The Men's Masters "E" Boat with Kelcy.
Well raced!

Congratulations to our Master's Women for their repeat Trophy!

Event 55 - Director's Quad after Elliott Bridge

Day 1 Video of the Head of the Charles Regatta

Saturday events of the HOCR can be viewed via the hotlinked title.

Well Done SDRC Masters.

Why Row past 70? One man's view

The Head of the Charles has many human interest stories each year.

One that caught our eye can be accessed by clicking on the hotlinked title.

This could as easily have been: Kemper, Wragg, Czerner or our other "H Troopers".

Welcome back from the Head Races - by the way.

Clock is Ticking - 2009 Masters Nationals are Set

2009 USRowing Masters National Championships


The 2009 USRowing Masters Nationals will be held August 13-16 on the Cooper River in Camden, New Jersey.

Whetting your Competitive Instincts for Fall Head Racing

San Diego Fall Classic (on November 9th, 2008)

Cyndi Cavanaugh has plans underway for this year's Fall Classic - a "Head Race" to be held on scenic Mission Bay.

Please click over to regattacentral.com for registration and details.

Attention Row!

Alfred Czerner - Olympic memories

Please click on the hot-link title to read about SDRC's Alfred Czerner:

This is a partial quote from the UT article - posted during the Masters Nationals:

"Asked what rowing means to his friend, La Jolla's Stu Neffeler, who has competed with Czerner for more than 20 years, said, “It's his life.” "

Photos from Long Beach - Masters Nationals

You can access loads of Darin Hayden's great photos from the Masters Races and sidelines by clicking on the hot-link title above.

Thanks Darin!

A Masters 4- video clip (Mens' E Race) 081408

Masters National Championship Results - 2008

Well done, San Diego RC MASTERS!
News about our second place finish for total points in this year's National Championships (Aug 14-17, 2008):
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Marin Takes Point Trophy at 2008 USRowing Masters National Championships - oh well.

August 18, 2008
source: USRowing (www.usrowing.com)

LONG BEACH, Calif. - Marin Rowing Association took home the trophy for most overall points to highlight the final day of racing at the 2008 USRowing Masters National Championships at Marine Stadium in Long Beach, Calif. The Greenbae, Calif.-based club scored a total of 842.25 points and won national titles in 18 events over the four-day event. Runner-up San Diego Rowing Club scored 774.5 points, followed by Long Beach Rowing Association with 724.5 points. Marin also scored the most points in women's events, with a total of 346.25, while host-club Long Beach Rowing Association scored the most men's points with 475.

"It was great," said Marin rower Beth Travers. "The week has been very interesting. It's fun to be a part of this and I'm thrilled for our club. We didn't bring as many crews as some of the other clubs and we worked hard." Travers, coxed by granddaughter and 2007 U.S. Junior National Team member Chelsea Lucas, stroked her crew to a gold medal finish in the women's G eight.

One of the closest finishes of the day resulted in a gold medal for Marin Rowing Association in the men's club D four with coxswain. The crew of coxswain Jiean Li, Alex Filatov, Mike Stralka, Alan Collenette and Joel Kimmel crossed the line in a 3:38.03 to finish just 0.36 seconds ahead of Capital Rowing Club's 3:38.39. Los Gatos clocked a 3:44.42 for third place, while Potomac followed in fourth with a 3:47.12.

In the mixed E eight, Long Beach Rowing Association edged ahead of the pack to win gold in a 3:33.53. The crew of coxswain Katie Scott, John VanBlom, Steve Nowinski, John Nunn, Peter Rasmussen, Claudia Schneider, Elaine Aber, Sabrina Aris-Guent and Debbi Nowinski crossed 3.21 seconds ahead of second-place San Diego Rowing Club. It was a close margin for the third-place spot, with Sacramento State Aquatic Center Rowing Club finishing in a 3:42.15. Corvallis Rowing Club crossed just 0.39 seconds behind in fourth.

Lake Washington Rowing Club's Byrl Thompson pulled out ahead to win gold in the men's B single sculls, after finishing just 0.17 seconds behind Community Rowing, Inc.'s Rob McGurrin in the second of two morning heats. Thompson clocked a 3:50.91, with Kent Mitchell Rowing Club's Joe Abrams second in a 3:55.67. Rowing unaffiliated, Peter Hein crossed third in a 3:59.34, while McGurrin finished fourth in a 4:03.81

The Saugatuck duo of Eve Green and Sunny McLean won gold in the women's H double sculls, clocking a 4:48.06. Green and McLean finished nearly 14 seconds ahead of second-place Anne Fontanesi and Barbara Smith from Masters Coaching. Lake Merritt Rowing Club's Judy Udove and Marjorie Julian crossed third in a 5:15.85.

In the women's club A quadruple sculls, San Diego Rowing Club finished strong to win gold. The crew of Femke Hoevenaars, Darin Hayden, Johanna Tinimer and Kathleen Crowe crossed in a 3:44.53, with Austin Rowing Club more than a boat length behind in second place with a 3:52.63. Marin Rowing Association clocked a 4:00.13 for third place.

Hosted by USRowing and the Long Beach Rowing Association, the four-day event featured more than 1,200 masters competitors from 83 clubs. Masters rowers range in age from 21 to 83. Located near Alamitos Bay, Marine Stadium is home to the Long Beach Rowing Association and was the site of the 1932 Olympic Games. In recent years, Marine Stadium has hosted a variety of rowing events, including the annual Long Beach Invitational for junior crews and the USRowing Southwest Masters Championships in 2003, 2004 and 2008.

The MASTERS National Regatta is almost here!

Go SDRC - Let's Win the Rowing Club of the Year.

With 83 Entries, our Masters should tally lots of medals and Team Points!

Iraqi Rowers - headed for Beijing

Attention Row!
I wonder if these two Olympic rowes practice on the Tigris or Euphrates River?

Southwest Regionals - July 13, 2008

Click on the hot-link title for details of each event:



A tally of finishers for this long, but rearding day of Racing is:
1. seven first place
2. seven second place
3. eleven third place

Onward to the Masters' Nationals - again in Long Beach!

The life of Elite Cox'ns

As Barry Newman wrote in this 06/28 WSJ article:
"any race for a coxswain's seat is tough to call. For the Olympics, it has been tougher: The seating is limited.".

Click on the title line to jump to this excellent article about the road to Beijing for the "little one" in the 8+.

The runner up for the Men's Olympic 8 cox'n seat talks about cox'ing elite oarsmen @
http://online.wsj.com/page/8_0004.html?guid={B7F63F63-8159-4390-A5AA-7EA19A47F004}

Xeno's sculling style (pre 2000 Olympics)

So this is what sculling is supposed to look like :)