Did your crew or a crew you know of have a year of unprecedented success in 2010? Nominate them for row2k's "2010 Crew of the Year" poll. Nominations must be submitted by 5pm EST on Tuesday, December 14th. row2k will then select the ten most exceptional crews for poll voting starting on Wednesday the 15th. The crew with the most votes will be recognized as row2k's "2010 Crew of the Year".
Nomination criteria in 100 words or less:
Convince row2k that the crew being nominated had an exceptional year or overcame difficult circumstances to come out on top.
A crew's performance during the 2010 calendar year will be the primary criterion, though previous history will be taken into account.
As with the Crew of the Week poll, finalists are based wholly on nominations and the "backstory" is often just as important as the actual race result.
Voting is now closed. The USA U23 W2- received the most votes!
FINALISTS:
Brentwood College Youth Men's 2x - Crew of Ruben Steinhardt and Martin Barakso won the Head Of The Charles, shattering the course record by 48 seconds.
California Men's Varsity 8+ - Won the IRA Championship over rival and unbeaten Washington by 0.2 seconds. The crew had lost to the Huskies in each of their three races prior to IRAs.
California Women's Varsity 8+ - Crew was coxed by Jill Costello to a win at the Pac-10 Championships and 4th place finish at NCAA's in spite of being in the final stages of her terminal lung cancer. The races were the senior's first races in Cal's Varsity 8.
Connecticut Boat Club Youth Women - Won the W2-, WLW4+, Wv+ at the 2010 Youth Nationals
NZL M2- - Crew went unbeaten in international competition in 2010, including wins at all three World Cups, Henley, and the World Championship.
Marina Aquatic Center Men's Junior LW8+ - Crew won the Youth National Championship with a course record in their event, including defeating Marin which beat them at regionals.
USA U23 W2- - Ashley Kroll and Felice Mueller defeated the 2-time defending U23 World Champs Romania. Crew won by open water and set the U23 world record in the process.
USA W8+ - Won the Lucerne World Cup in a close race over Canada, then won the World Championship by open water for the fourth consective regatta.
Virginia Women's Team - Won the team championship at the 2010 NCAAs for the first time in school history.
Yale Women's Varsity 8+ - Won the Eastern Sprints and the premier event at the NCAA Championship for the third time in four years.
Also Nominated - NOR LM2x, Princeton LMV8+, Working Girl Racing, Michigan State Club, Minnesota BC Master W4, Saugatuck Junior M2x, Asheville Youth Rowing, Michigan MV8, Egg Harbor HS WV4, Kent School Boys