2008 Woodie Awards
Racer Rowing: Varsity four advances to finals at Southern Championships
Sarah Tinsley
Issue date: 4/27/07 Section: Sports
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The women's rowing team advanced to the finals, capping off a strong showing at the Southern Intercollegiate Rowing Association Championships in Oak Ridge, Tenn., last weekend. The varsity four team won its preliminary heat to earn them a spot in the final round.
"We did pretty well," head coach Bill McLean said. "We were able to post some of our best scores and had some personal bests during this match."
The varsity four crew won heat five with a time of 7 minutes, 53.3 seconds, just 3.7 seconds ahead of Stetson, who posted a score of 8:01.1.
Georgia placed third in this heat, while Clemson came in fifth.
Murray State placed second in the ABC semifinal round with a time of 8:14.0.
First place went to Central Florida, which nabbed a time of 7:51.2. The University of Charleston followed in third and was backed up by Texas and Davidson.
In the final round, the Racers improved their time to 8:09.4, but couldn't quite cut enough seconds off to claim the top spot. Murray State came in sixth in the final.
West Virginia won the event, posting a time of 7:37.9. Central Florida was second, followed by Cincinnati, Ohio State and Northwestern State.
In the B Final, the novice eight team finished fourth. The varsity eight also had a fourth place finish in their B Final.
McLean said he was satisfied with the team's performance, especially considering the challenges they faced.
"We had to overcome quite a few things here," he said. "There were a lot of good teams. Central Florida is much faster and they're older. So, they know how to handle this. During one heat we caught a crab (when the ore gets stuck in the water) and it was really hard to come back from that."
After every match the team has boat meetings to discuss the positive and negative aspects of the race.
"We know our shortcomings." McLean said. "We are all working to overcome them too. Right now we're learning to transition our body rate. We want to go from a much lower rate to a much higher rate. So, the team wants to do more racing practices."
"We did pretty well," head coach Bill McLean said. "We were able to post some of our best scores and had some personal bests during this match."
The varsity four crew won heat five with a time of 7 minutes, 53.3 seconds, just 3.7 seconds ahead of Stetson, who posted a score of 8:01.1.
Georgia placed third in this heat, while Clemson came in fifth.
Murray State placed second in the ABC semifinal round with a time of 8:14.0.
First place went to Central Florida, which nabbed a time of 7:51.2. The University of Charleston followed in third and was backed up by Texas and Davidson.
In the final round, the Racers improved their time to 8:09.4, but couldn't quite cut enough seconds off to claim the top spot. Murray State came in sixth in the final.
West Virginia won the event, posting a time of 7:37.9. Central Florida was second, followed by Cincinnati, Ohio State and Northwestern State.
In the B Final, the novice eight team finished fourth. The varsity eight also had a fourth place finish in their B Final.
McLean said he was satisfied with the team's performance, especially considering the challenges they faced.
"We had to overcome quite a few things here," he said. "There were a lot of good teams. Central Florida is much faster and they're older. So, they know how to handle this. During one heat we caught a crab (when the ore gets stuck in the water) and it was really hard to come back from that."
After every match the team has boat meetings to discuss the positive and negative aspects of the race.
"We know our shortcomings." McLean said. "We are all working to overcome them too. Right now we're learning to transition our body rate. We want to go from a much lower rate to a much higher rate. So, the team wants to do more racing practices."
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