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This area contains notice of everything we have that doesn't really fit anywhere else dating back for some time, so that you may find the latest info without searching the entire site, as well as things that haven't found a home elsewhere. Please send any and all info to row2k

For an index of recent news articles from the mainstream media, go to This Just In. For current and recent results and events, go to the results page, or row2k Home.

Recent updates (prior to those listed on main page):

November 7, 2003 October 24, 2003 October 13, 2003 October 6, 2003 October 2, 2003 August 30, 2003 July 31, 2003 July 23, 2003 July 22, 2003 June 30, 2003
  • From Kevin Dahlhausen: "Rowers in Cleveland share the river with 550' freighters. Earlier this year, we were invited to see the river from the freighter's perspective. This is a photo gallery of the trip." (ed. note: Know thy enemy??)
June 24, 2003 June 23, 2003 June 17, 2003 May 14, 2003 May 13, 2003 May 7, 2003 May 6, 2003 April 28, 2003 April 24, 2003
  • Full broadcast of CBS News Aquil Abdullah spot: Aquil on CBS.
April 23, 2003 April 22, 2003 April 18, 2003 April 14, 2003 April 8, 2003 March 14, 2003 March 7, 2003 March 5, 2003 March 4, 2003
  • RaceTrak.com has announced new features and pricing: Accurate and efficient Regatta Registration and Results Management now starts at $150/regatta, includes FinishLynx and RegattaCentral integration.
February 26, 2003 February 23, 2003 February 20, 2003 February 19, 2003 February 13, 2003
  • New Evian ad includes rowing thanks to Stuart
December 23, 2002 December 19, 2002 December 18, 2002 December 16, 2002 December 13, 2002 December 12, 2002 December 11, 2002 December 4, 2002
  • new in Rower's Stories: Athens Here I Come, a hilarious Head of the Lake story from Alexis Chartouni
December 3, 2002 November 15, 2002 November 5, 2002 October 24, 2002 October 15, 2002 October 9, 2002
    September 5, 2002
    • If you're into omens, how's this: a bald eagle was hunting above practice on Lake Carnegie today.
    June 16, 2002
    • HOCR news: "Please be aware that the Head Of The Charles® regatta has added a new team event for the 2002 Regatta; the Collegiate Eight event. The event is ONLY open to colleges/universities and provides schools the opportunity to row against other colleges/universities that they are likely to compete against in the spring racing season. The Collegiate Rules can be found on HOCR website www.hocr.org. If you have any questions, please contact the Regatta office via email at regatta@hocr.org or phone at 617/ 868-6200."
    June 10, 2002
    • Very Sad News, from Kris Sanford: "My Uncle Scott Sanford, rowing coach at Marist College, passed away Saturday night, June 8, at his home, after a long battle with carcinoid cancer. Calling hours will be Tuesday, June 11 from 1 - 4 and from 6 - 9 at the Marist College Chapel. The funeral will be on Wednesday, June 12 at the Hyde Park United Methodist Church at 10AM." row2k extends our condolences to the Sanford family
    • New from the MRA: A Participant's Reaction to the Corvallis to Portland Row
    June 7, 2002
    • Rowers, coaches and fans who may wish to express their gratitude for Avaya's important financial and technical support of the Avaya Collegiate Rowing Series may do so by going to this feedback form.
    June 4, 2002
    • From Greg Wilkins: "The "unknown" Cornell crew was my era. It is either 83-84 or 84-85." (scan originally submitted by alert reader Alexei Baev).
    April 20, 2002
    • Boat trailers may now need a Special Hauling Permit to travel on the New York State Thruway thanks to Tony Clifton
    April 2, 2002
    • Very sad news: Geoffrey Page, stalwart rowing journalist, passed away this weekend - Geoffrey Page - gave distinction to rowing
    • 2002 Head Of The Charles® Single and Double Scull, IRC, and Charity Program regatta entry applications now available on the Head of the Charles site; see also the new Club definition and new Collegiate 8’s event
    March 27, 2002
    • New in Believer in the Stern, by Rob Colburn: "It's Cruel When the Fo'c's'le Gets the Fever" -- Never Share Water Bottles
    • Schools Pre-Registered for the IRA Regatta
    • More Boat Race Am I Hot or Not: Ellie Griggs
    • Also in links section, we launched new db-driven links pages for the Colleges, High School and Clubs departments. All links should now be correct, and we'll be scanning for dead and changed links all the time. Take a look to see if your club's or school's links are accurate.
    March 23, 2002
    • Repost with corrected URL: Rowing on the idiot box: Sara Hall was shown rowing on Oprah yesterday, and Bill Zack checked in with this report on more rowing on TV, including news of Harry Parker rowing bow with some TV anchor types, and an upcoming Chevy commercial featuring a Sac State asst. coach.
    March 21, 2002
    • John Hogan of Mariner Insurance had this to say yesterday: "Ed; Please no more disaster photos. I'm losing sleep." So instead, we offer the Dick Erickson Bobblehead Doll thanks to Eric Cohen - note also that Al Erickson, Dick Erickson's son and fellow Husky oarsman (class of '82) has obtained a limited supply of Bobbleheads to help raise money for the Dick Erickson Scholarship Fund
    March 20, 2002
    • The Sun passes over the Equator at 2:16 ET today
    • Swamped, a water shot from a swamping, another gem from my recent passes through old email attachments. Not sure who sent this; if you know, let me know, thanks!
    March 19, 2002
    • Tom Darling writes: "Malcolm Gefter's is a Masters rower out of the Cambridge Boat Club in Cambridge, Massachusetts and CBC's past President. Malcolm just had his 60th Birthday Party on Saturday, March 16th 2002 and his wife, Kathy had this incredible cake made to celebrate this great day." Tom's calling it the Best Rowing Cake Ever, and it's hard to dispute the claim.
    March 14, 2002
    • Today's reader-submitted feature photo: Both Standing in a Pair this was sent to me over two years ago, and I have no record of who sent it - anyone know who these guys are?
    March 11, 2002
    • It All Began with a Flip, an off-the-cuff recounting of his first race in the single, by Aquil Abdullah (Aquil sent this to row2k in May of 2000, long before even the Olympic singles trials, in our call for submissions to Flipping Stories; row2k was on the road when he sent it, and just dug it out of our laptop email last week. Tremendous thanks to Aquil for permission to publish after all this time - I put in a link to buy his new book to try to make up for the delay)
    March 8, 2002
    • Today's harrowing reader-submitted pic of the day: Ouch! - crash/crab/ejection photo covers all bases (from the Cambridge Lent bumps women's first division)
    • The more I look at the photo above, the better it gets. Check out the coxswain of the far boat. And the 7-seat of the far boat: where is her oar? And why is it that every photo of a crash from the UK has a broken tree in the background? Are these crews taking out the vegetation as well as each other?
    February 26, 2002
    • Check out the Maas photo gallery for some wild rough water rowing shots (esp. Golden Gate Bridge shots, top row, middle picture - yow)
    February 13, 2002
    • Erickson honored with doll - weeks back we encouraged rowers to vote for Dick Erickson in the high-stakes bobble-head doll campaign, and Dick took it - well done! See also Husky Crew site, run by UW alums link fixed
    • More Quantum news: Quantum Racing Shells has two new shell designs, a HW men's 8 and HW men's bow-coxed 4.
    February 11, 2002
    • Enron Europe is auctioning off a load of equipment, including some ergs thanks to liz and c2
    February 8, 2002
    • Quantum Racing Shells site has been overhauled with notices of 7-year warranty (apparently longest in rowing), offer of Free set of Dreher Sweep Oars with purchase
    January 29, 2002
    • From the idle but fertile minds of training athletes, with some help from twrc, Rowopoly
    January 23, 2002
    • Rowing Across Canada in the RoadBoat, from Creative Crossings Society of Canada thanks to Ron Hudson
    December 28, 2001
    • Shortly after the attacks on September 11, some folks contacted row2k about their fundraising efforts, and we put the word out on row2k along with the list of survivors we were maintaining at the time. I have received updates on their efforts, but did not post until now. Recalling their successful and inspiring efforts Seems a fitting way to end the year. Row for Relief update.
    December 13, 2001
    • Head Of The Charles® regatta 2002 Rule Changes: In order to compete in the 2002 HOCR, which will be held October 19th and 20th, an Institution must be a member in good standing with USRowing from the start of the PRECEDING calendar year. (i.e. to be eligible to compete in the 2002 HOCR, an Institution needs to have joined USRowing by Dec. 31st 2000.) The 2000 date is not a typo; this rule applies only to crew entries. Please direct all inquiries to regatta@hocr.org
    • Latest issue of the Independent Rowing News
    • Photos from the December 2001 Australian National Time Trial held at Penrith thanks to Chook Wilson and James Worrell
    • A boat was stolen BIAC boatyard in Redwood Creek, Redwood City, CA.
    December 11, 2001
    • As we approach winter solstice in the northern hemisphere, rowers may want to know that, while the days continue to get shorter, sunset is actually a little bit later each day. Sunrise, however, is also later each day by a little more bit than sunset, thus the days continue to get shorter. (All this in my part of the world, anyway).
    December 5, 2001
    November 30, 2001
    • In case you were planning a special row or a day off - there's a blue moon tonight.
    November 27, 2001
    • Services for Eric Rothstein have been set; a couple short testimonials and information below:
      • "Thanks Ed for putting up that note on my high school coach. I can't exaggerate how much he shaped my life, as well as so many of his rowers. He's going to be missed by many, many people." - From Ted Haley: "Eric Rothstein was one of the finest people in the rowing community. He was "solid." He was a fantastic coach, a great mentor, an organizer, a leader and a fan of good rowing no matter what team was doing it. Eric was the rock upon which DC high school rowing was thriving."
      • Services for Eric Rothstein will be held at Demaine Funeral Home on Backlick Rd. in Springfield, VA this Thursday from 5 - 7 p.m. and a memorial service will follow - on site at 7 p.m. Demaine Funeral Home; 5308 Backlick Road; Springfield, VA 22153; Phone: 703-549-0074
      • Eric Haskell Rothstein; tragic details: Va. Mother Stabbed Husband, Court Told. Best to all of Eric's friends and family.
    • Cam Jones Memorial information on the Lake Merritt site.
    October 17, 2001
    • If your team or college rowed in the World Cup at Mercer Lake last year - copies of Pulling For Gold, the video of the 2000 Princeton World Cup regatta, will available for sale from the Princeton International Regatta Association in the USRowing tent on Magazine Beach.
    • Women's events from the 2001 World Championships will be aired on the Oxygen Network: The show will premiere on Saturday, October 27 at 5 p.m. and will re-air on Friday, 11/2, at 8 p.m., Sunday, 11/25, 8 a.m. and Saturday, 12/8, 6 p.m.
    • Latest issue of the Independent Rowing News now online.
    • MRA Augusta Masters' Rowing Camp , December 4
    October 12, 2001
    • Another rower lost in the WTC attack, from Andy Lynch: "Rob Jordan was an employee of Cantor Fitzgerald in the World Trade Center. He was lost along with the 700 or so other CF employees there on September 11th. He rowed at Orange Coast College and then for Cal and graduated in the class of '91. Rob was a great guy with an infectious smile and a great work ethic." Our condolences to Rob's friends and family.
    10/11/01
    • More rowers in Chicago Marathon: Meave Fallon 4:47; Steve Johnson 3:04; Marty Crotty 3:16.19; Pat Read (brother of JR) 3:15.27.
    • Last binary day for this month; it still surprises where you can find rowing on the net (scroll down).
    October 10, 2001
    • At least three rowers completed Chicago marathon last weekend: Mark Sniderman (2:51); Greg Myhr (3:50); Elizabeth Rockwood (US w4- this year) (4:47)
    • Research Part III, from the MRA
    October 4, 2001
    • Site for the Kiel Canal Cup German long course regatta, to be held this weekend between the 8+ from GER, USA and NED.
    September 26, 2001
    • We're sorry to report two more members of the rowing community who were lost in the WTC attacks:
      • Stacey Sanders, former Yale oarswoman. According to the Yale Web site, a memorial service for Stacey was held in New York City on Thursday, September 20th. Donations may be made to the Stacey L. Sanders Fund, c/o New York Community Funds, Inc., 2 Park Ave., New York, NY 10016.
      • Tim Stout, former UNH and Durham BC oarsman, who worked at Cantor Fitzgerald. See this letter from Jason Swinbourne for more information.
    September 25, 2001
    • Kerry O'Keefe, the assistant coach at the Univ. of Minnesota, lost her battle with cancer on Sunday night. See remembrances from John Davis and Jessica Hymowitz, including memorial service information and more. row2k extends our sincere condolences to Kerry's family and friends.
    September 23, 2001
    • Row for Relief - Many rowing clubs may be planning or conducting fundraising efforts for the victims of the attacks of September 11. Peter Olrich of the Brooks School had the idea that we might announce and collate these efforts on row2k; to that end, we introduce Row for Relief, a "national weekend of rowing service." Thanks to Peter Olrich, as you will read.
    • Henley Royal Regatta video clips
    September 17, 2001
    • Updated extensively at 12 noon Eastern The a list of names of members of the rowing community that are confirmed safe; if you would like me to include your name or the name of friends of yours, please send them to me at row2k.com.
    • The following members of the rowing community are reported missing (note: I am being very careful not to post this type of information before I am certain of its veracity, as well as whether or not family and friends have been fully notified, as I want to make sure to do no harm with this effort. Thanks for all information, and for your help and understanding with this effort.):
      • Danielle Kousoulis, Villanova '93. From Greg Doyle: "Danielle worked for Cantor Fitzgerald on the upper floors of WTC. She has not been heard from since Tuesday. She would have celebrated her 30th birthday this weekend, according to a report on KYW-1060 AM. Her family lives in Haddonfield, NJ. Danielle rowed for Villanova from 1989-1993. She was a member of at least one Dad Vail medal-winning boat at the start of Villanova's lightweight women's rowing dynasty."
      • Peter Goodrich, CRI sculler. From Ted Fields: "Peter Goodrich, a beginning sculler at our club (Community Rowing in Boston) was on Flight 175 that crashed in New York." Arrangements are being made for a memorial service. For those who are interested in attending, please contact CRI and they will ensure that you are kept aware of these arrangements.
    September 15, 2001
    • Updated extensively at 9:45 AM The a list of names of members of the rowing community that are confirmed safe; if you would like me to include your name or the name of friends of yours, please send them to me at row2k.com. The list now includes Chris Fenyo, a NYFD BU alum and former Princeton intern coach who had been included on a list of the missing published on Thursday on bloomberg.com and elsewhere. Jon Brown tracked Chris down and confirmed that he is working on the cleanup in NYC. As we noted when we established the list, we will continue to be circumspect and to confirm absolutely all news and rumors before posting, thanks for everyone's cooperation and assistance in this effort. Although we have not heard of any immediate members of the rowing community who are hurt or lost, we do know of some rowing folks have lost family and friends. Our hearts go out to them and everyone impacted by these events.
    • Site for Mediterranean Games rowing, taking place in Tunis thanks to Ian Robinson
    • Seth Brennan has been hired as the frosh men's coach at Northeastern; congrats and good luck to Seth!
    September 14, 2001
    • Updated extensively at 4:35 PM Folks - several people have written me requesting that we establish a message or posting board to inform the rowing world about the safety of folks working in New York and Washington DC, or potentially flying on any of the planes involved. We've considered several different ways to do this that would not instigate rumors that might be hurtful to the families and friends of anyone involved. As a result, I am compiling a list of names of members of the rowing community that are confirmed safe; if you would like me to include your name or the name of friends of yours, please send them to me at row2k.com.
    • The Irish Amateur Rowing Union is closing its doors today "out of respect to all the people who perished in the World Trade Centre catastrophe on Tuesday and as an indication of our solidarity with members of the rowing community in the United States." Notes and letters continue to come in from the rowing community worldwide, including Australia, the UK, RowOntario, and more.
    September 13, 2001
    • Updated 8:30 PM with NYAC roster - all good news so far, as the AC might have been expected to be hard hit Folks - several people have written me requesting that we establish a message or posting board to inform the rowing world about the safety of folks working in New York and Washington DC, or potentially flying on any of the planes involved. We've considered several different ways to do this that would not instigate rumors that might be hurtful to the families and friends of anyone involved. As a result, I am compiling a list of names of members of the rowing community that are confirmed safe; if you would like me to include your name or the name of friends of yours, please send them to me at row2k.com.
    • Jason Read, stroke of the US men's eight, has been in NYC for the past 40 hours working on the search for survivors, and asked that we link the American Red Cross and to "encourage anyone with the means to donate. They have helped all the rescuers and victims out tremendously." If that site is inaccessible, another way to donate: Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund. Thus far, we have no reliable reports of members of the immediate rowing community lost in the disasters, although friends and family of many have been affected. We are deeply saddened by these events, and our hearts go out to everyone touched by the disaster.
    July 25, 2001
    • Not suitable kit! sez liz
    • Condolences to the friends and family of Ted Anderson, a stalwart 71 year old rower from Cambridge Boat Club, who had a heart attack at the Festival Regatta this weekend and passed away later at the hospital. A memorial service is planned for today. thanks to Scott Stoneback
    July 12, 2001
    • An oldie but a goodie: check out this animated GIF of the U. of Delaware women's crew ejector-crab during the Dad Vails thanks to Zack Ruiter
    • Andrew Butler of the Australia ML4- will be filing a regular "diary" on the Rowing Australia Web site while in Europe on the lead-up to the World Championships thanks to Chook Wilson
    June 30, 2001
    • Katie Scanlon, multiple-time US team member and former UNH coach, has been hired as asst. coach at UVa. Congrats and good luck to Katie
    May 4, 2001
    • Updated for 2001: PENN AC Men's Summer Rowing Program
    • There will be a meeting for high school rowers interested in rowing for the Penn AC junior program this summer. The meeting will be held May 30, 2001, at 7:00 PM, at the Penn AC Boathouse, #12, Boathouse Row.
    April 17, 2001
    • Master's rowing to be featured on the Outdoor Life Network thanks to Marc Gwadz
    April 13, 2001
    March 14, 2001
    • Closed circuit tv? TV feature shows? Money? Must be NCAA basketball - nope, how about the IRA's? row2k looks at the stuff of the Avaya sponsorship.
    • New in Camps: Nereid Boat Club, seeks High School and College athletes for its highly competitive lightweight and heavyweight men's and women's sweep and sculling program. Camp runs in two sessions from June 9th - August 12th
    • Cal Crew Documentary Premieres includes short video thanks to Mike Schoback
    March 13, 2001
    • New in Camps:
    • rowinghistory.net, from Bill Miller. "To all US Rowing Team members - we need missing information and corrections so we can get one complete and accurate record of all who represented the US;" check the rosters and let them know of any changes.
    • Lots of Boat Race news on the Boat Race site.
    • Site for the 2001 Zurich Australian Rowing Championships thanks to Chook and James Worrell
    • Rowing loses a great one: Sloan DuRoss let us know that Vic Michalson passed away last Friday. Vic was Brown's first full-time crew coach and lead the program from 1962-1981. We will likely have memorial information later this week.
    February 27, 2001
    • Redesigned and relaunched Independent Rowing News site includes article excerpts, breaking news, more. This issue's excerpt: The Master, an interview with Sir Steven Redgrave.
    • US collegiate championship online registration:
      • IRA pre-registration, due March 1 (Thursday)!
      • In response to an inquiry, to date, pre-registration forms for the IRA have been received from the following institutions: Men: BU, Brown, Colgate, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Dowling, George Mason, Georgetown, GW, Georgia Tech, Gonzaga, Harvard, Hobart, LaSalle, Lafayette, Loyola, Loyola Marymount, Manhattan, MIT, Mercyhurst, MSU, NU, OSU, PLU, Princeton, Purdue, Rutgers, SDSU, UC Berkeley, EC Davis, UCLA, UMass, USNA, U. Minnesota, Dayton, Michigan, UNH, Villanova, Western Washington, Yale. Lightweight Women: Harvard/Radcliffe, Humboldt, Loyola, Mercyhurst, Princeton, SDSU, UCF, Delaware, UMass, Wisconsin, Villanova. If your institution is not on this list we have received no information.
      • 2001 Avaya Communication Collegiate Championship (ACCC) entry form, due midnight April 9, 2001.
    • USRowing info:
    February 20, 2001
    • Rowing Canada Aviron now has an updated Masters Rowing Section. thanks to Jackie Skender
    • From the fun-loving folks at Riverside Boat Club: Post CRASH-Bs Bash at McGann's Pub (197 Portland St - just up from the Fleet Center, Boston, MA), Sunday, February 25, 7:00pm (this is a 21+ event) thanks to Charlie Burckmeyer
    February 19, 2001
    • For row2k readers who are interested in making a donation in the memory of Occoquan BC cox Jimmy Lee, who passed away on Sunday, Feb. 11 in a snowboarding accident, Margot Shuster has passed along the following information: "We have started a fund for regional cox's, for training assistance, travel, whatever they might need." Please send all donations to:

      Potomac River Sports Foundation
      Attention: Jimmy Lee Coxswain Fund
      c/o Victoria Greve -- Treasurer
      3027 North Edison Street
      Arlington, VA 22207
      row2k thanks Margot for this information, and offers our condolences to the Lee Family
    February 16, 2001
    • For open water enthusiasts: Rob Hamill, Kiwi rower and record holder in the Atlantic Rowing Challenge, brings us the following event, the Bridge to Bridge Trans-Tasman Race: "This is going to be a fantastic annual event that takes place every Easter weekend, starting March 30th, 2003, The race begins at the Sydney Harbour Bridge in Australia and finishes at the Auckland Harbour Bridge in New Zealand, crossing the Tasman Sea." For more info, go to www.bridgetobridgerowing.com
    February 12, 2001
    February 7, 2001
    • Champion Regatta/ECAC news:
      • Avaya Collegiate Regatta will be held at Lake Lanier in Gainesville, GA on Sunday, May 13, 2001
      • Entry fees will not increase for the 2001 regatta. First entries will remain $150.00, with additional entries $125.00 each.
      • The ECAC is pleased to announce the introduction of a new principal naming partner for the regatta. The identity of and information regarding sponsorship of this regatta and the entire ECAC racing series, (Men's and Women's Eastern Sprints, IRA National Championships, and the Avaya Regatta) will be released on February 22, 2001.
    February 5, 2001
    February 3, 2001
    • FISA Congress Decides Key Rule Changes - Lightweight averaging survives; Olympic Movement Anti-doping Code adopted; Nations Cup changes; low-subscription boat classes to be eliminated; junior ages remain unchanged.
    January 31, 2001
    • The Stanford Women's Crew team will host a coxswain lecture/clinic by Yaz Farooq, 7pm on Friday, February 23rd at Kissick Auditorium located in the Arrillaga Family Sports Center on the Stanford University campus. $10 per person; contact Amy Fuller at 650-736-1841.
    January 20, 2001
    January 18, 2001
    • Video: Office rowing - a new Olympic category? thanks to several folks who forwarded this one
    • Durhamboat is now the US rep for Bootsbau boats; they have a container coming in April. Contact DBC now for info.
    November 22, 2000
    November 20, 2000
    • JL joins the bricks-and-mortar crowd with the opening of the new JL Design East Coast Store at 624 N. Washington St., 4 doors down from Rubini Jewelers in Old Town Alexandria. Grand opening week of Nov 20-24; open the day after Thanksgiving for holiday shopping. 10% off all rowing gear this week only. Call 800 729-5563 or stop by between 9 am and 5 pm M-F or by appointment on weeknights and weekends.
    September 28, 2000
    • Former German M8+ stroke Roland Baar was re-elected to the IOC during byelections in Sydney, and will serve until 2004.
    • New in Results: Carnegie Lake Regatta, Cayuga Challenge thanks to Tom Heebink and Samantha Glazier
    • The Head of the Seneca was cancelled this past weekend due to lightning.
    • Confirmed regatta entries for the 2000 Head of the Connecticut regatta are now online at the HCTR website thanks to Jeremy Sholovitz
    • New/Updated links: Talkin Tarn Amateur Rowing Club (UK) thanks to Steven Sullivan
    • Updated info for the Head of the Lagoon now in the 2000 Regatta Calendar thanks to Ron Hudson
    September 27, 2000
    • New/Updated links: New pages for Loyola Marymount University's Men's Crew and Women's Crew thanks to Anthony Gjessing
    • Added updated info for the Five Rivers Fall Regatta in the 2000 Regatta Calendar thanks to Becky Doyle
    September 26, 2000
    • New in Results: Head of the Potomac (Sept. 23), Head of the Cuyahoga (Sept. 23) thanks to Steve Gantz and Kevin Dahlhausen
    • New/Updated links: Edinburgh University (UK) thanks to James Crawford IV
    September 25, 2000
    • New Row2k Gallery: Olympics - Sunday Finals
    • Day 8 - FINALS: Heartache at Penrith, row2k's Finals report
    • Olympic tidbits:
      • Andris Reinholds, M1x from Latvia, tested positive for nandrolone in in-competition testing during the Games. No announcement to this effect has been made yet, but FISA rules dictate a lifetime ban for the first offense. He placed second in the B final, eighth overall.
      • The photo finish of the women's single final was protested on Sunday, as the Bulgarians made the case that while the finish line technology allows for extremely close scrutiny of a photo finish, there is no similar technology at the starting line guaranteeing perfect alignment. While many conceded the argument carried some truth, there is no procedure for review of a protest the day after the racing, and the protest was denied.
    • Games Firsts and Streaks:
      • The Slovenian double won that country's first-ever gold medal in any sport.
      • Drought of 48 years ends with two golds: The French men's pair won France's first gold since 1952; the lightweight men's four added to the gold tally the following day.
      • The Polish lightweight men's double took Poland's first ever gold medal in rowing.
      • The British eight won their first gold medal in the event since 1912.
      • Redgrave won his fifth straight gold medal.
      • Elisabeta Lipa gold in the eight was her seventh Olympic medal, the most for any rower in history. Four have been gold, two silver, and one bronze.
      • Christine Collins' bronze medal is her 7th world championship or Olympic medal, more than any other female rower in US history.
    • Lost & Found: Dave Gabel is trying to locate the owner of a pair of Dreher sculls that found their way on to his trailer at master's nationals (now in Boston). He has contacted Dreher with the serial # but, they were unable to look up the owner. Dave can be contacted at (617)388-8654 and will return the oars with a proper description or serial # i.d.
    • Nice collection of rowing pics, most recently from the I-Lan regatta in Taiwan, at NLRoei, the Dutch rowing page thanks to Sybrand Treffers
    • New/Updated links: added link for Texas Rowing Center, Austin, TX to the Links page thanks to Kristin Knifton
    • New in Results: Head of the Licking (Sept. 23) thanks to Robert Nichols
    September 23, 2000
    • OLYMPIC FINALS, DAY 8: Stunning conclusion to the Olympic Regatta for US crews; Garner/Collins get the Bronze, Men's 8+ and Women's 4x come 5th, Women's 8+ and Men's Lightweight 4- come 6th. Great Britain wins first Men's 8+ title since 1912. Check row2k's Olympic Results page for links to results, summaries and analysis.
    • Updated 10:00pm EST: row2k's 2000 Olympics coverage, sponsored by Boathouse Sports:
    • New/Updated races in the 2000 Regatta Calendar: Princeton Chase (Oct. 29), the Belly of the Carnegie (Nov. 12) thanks to Tom Heebink
    September 22, 2000
    • OLYMPIC FINALS: USA wins Silver in Men's Pair, Bronze in Womens Pair; Steve Redgrave wins Gold Medal No. 5 with the GB4-; USA finishes 4th in the Women's Double Sculls and 5th in the Men's 4-; these races were doozies--check row2k's Olympic Results page for links to results, summaries and analysis.
    • Updated 10:00pm EST: Loads of Finals news in row2k's 2000 Olympics coverage, sponsored by Boathouse Sports:
      • Mighty Lighties, row2k's Semis report, pt. II
      • Olympic Quick Facts:
        • 26 countries are in the final, the largest number in Olympic history
        • Japan: first time in history in Olympic rowing final
        • South Africa has qualified every crew they have entered at the Games: Women's pair, men's pair, lightweight men's four. New Zealand (3), Belarus (2), and Lithuania (1) also have no misses.
        • Qualification by country (14 boat classes): Australia: 10, Germany: 9, USA: 9, Italy: 6, Romania: 5
        • This is the first time since 1984 that the USA has qualified in every sweep event.
        • All five Boats from the Princeton Training Center have qualified: M8+, M4-, M2-, LM4-, W2-
      • TV Times for Rowing: Friday, 4:18 pm (MSNBC); Saturday, 4:13 pm (NBC); Sunday, 3:01 pm (NBC); Eights will be shown at 7:02 pm Sunday (NBC)
      • Send FanMail to an Olympic Athlete!
    • row2k news: EMU Names Pam Besteman Assistant Women's Rowing Coach, thanks to John Martin
    • New in Results: Head of the Androscoggin (Sept. 16) thanks to Ted Walworth
    • New/Updated races in the 2000 Regatta Calendar: Royal Navy Concept II Championships, Portsmouth (UK), Nov. 9. thanks to Kim Walsh
    September 21, 2000
    • Updated 9pm EST: row2k's 2000 Olympics coverage, sponsored by Boathouse Sports:
    • New/Updated races in the 2000 Regatta Calendar: Added Tail of the Lake Regatta, Seattle, WA (Oct. 8), updated website info for the Head of the San Joaquin (Oct. 8), the Head of the Port of Sacramento (Oct. 15) and Bair Island Aquatic Center 2nd Annual Fall Regatta (Nov. 19). thanks to Ron Hudson, Teri Smith and Duncan Moyer
    • Repost: IMPORTANT NOTICE: The Atlanta Rowing Club wishes to inform competitors and potential competitors in the Head of the Chattahoochee and Chattahoochee Chase regattas (Nov. 4 & 5) that both regattas will proceed as scheduled despite drought conditions in Georgia. The regattas are NOT cancelled! For more information, check the ARC webpage at www.atlantarow.org. thanks to Robert Kerr
    September 20, 2000
    • Updated 9pm EST: row2k's 2000 Olympics coverage, sponsored by Boathouse Sports:
      • No Quarter: row2k's Semifinals report
      • Day 5 racing concluded. Check row2k's Olympic Results page for links to live results, summaries and analysis.
      • New Gallery: Wednesday Reps thanks to Patrick Graney IV
      • More Olympic News
      • JAMCO now has updated predictions for today's semis and replays of races to date at worldrowers.com thanks to Kent Mitchell
      • Results of the second row2k poll: Croatia's Men's 8+ was voted the "Most Surprising Crew" of the Olympic regatta thus far, followed by the South African Women's 2-, and the Dutch Women's 8+. Vote in the new row2k poll today!
      • Send FanMail to an Olympic Athlete!
    • IMPORTANT NOTICE: The Atlanta Rowing Club wishes to inform competitors and potential competitors in the Head of the Chattahoochee and Chattahoochee Chase regattas (Nov. 4 & 5) that both regattas will proceed as scheduled despite drought conditions in Georgia. The regattas are NOT cancelled! For more information, check the ARC webpage at www.atlantarow.org. thanks to Robert Kerr
    • New/Updated races in the 2000 Regatta Calendar: the Head of the South Regatta (Nov. 11), added website info for the Head of the Oakland Estuary (Oct. 29)
    September 18, 2000
    • Updated 9:30pm EST: row2k's 2000 Olympics coverage, sponsored by Boathouse Sports:
    • New in Results: Coastweeks Row on the Mystic thanks to Edward Monahan
    • New/Updated races in the 2000 Regatta Calendar: Added the Stonehurst Capital Invitational Regatta (Oct. 15), the Dowling College Alumni Cup regatta has been moved to November 5th, and the Head of the Chattahoochee (Nov. 4) and the Head of the Rock (Oct. 8) now have updated websites.
    September 15, 2000
    • Updated 3PM Eastern: row2k's 2000 Olympics coverage, sponsored by Boathouse Sports:
    • Repost: ex-USA coxswain Steven Segaloff's book about the '96 Olympic Men's Eight, "Seat with a View," is now available on Amazon.com and Barnes&Noble.com. Scrappy's book is a good read, well worth a look.
    • Outage: row2k was down for a spell last night due to a server glitch; we apologize to folks who were not able to browse row2k at that time
    September 11, 2000
    • Updated 8:30PM Eastern: row2k's 2000 Olympics coverage, with three new galleries!, sponsored by Boathouse Sports thanks to Doc Hosea, Nick Ablitt, Luis Aparicio, Fred, Jerry Simon
    • row2k Dispatches from the I-Lan International Collegiate Invitational Regatta, by Bill Zack:
    September 9, 2000
    • Updated 12 midnight Eastern: row2k's 2000 Olympics coverage, sponsored by Boathouse Sports, with Report and Photo Essay from the Penrith Lakes Olympic course: Everyone Knows It's Windy
    • row2k Dispatch: Heats Results and Report from the I-Lan International Collegiate Invitational Regatta, by Bill Zack
    September 7, 2000
    • row2k's 2000 Olympics coverage updated, sponsored by Boathouse Sports, includes loads of links, new gallery thanks to Luis, Sue Thomas, Doc
    • The answer to the question in the Who is sitting four seat in this crew? contest is the same answer to the question that millions of people were asking a couple weeks ago: Who will be the Sole Survivor? Yep, that's right, it's the World's most famous man of the moment, Richard Hatch. He rowed his freshman fall at FIT.
    • New/updated sites:
    • USRowing Convention information thanks to Jody Pope
    • Race entry information for both Head of the San Joaquin & Head of the American has been posted on the California Rowing site in PDF format thanks to Ron Hudson
    September 5, 2000
    • row2k's Olympics coverage, sponsored by Boathouse Sports, includes new gallery: US Team Visits Local School - No report, but we do know the kids thought Wolf's name was "cool." All photos much thanks to Mark Kornweibel, maker of upcoming film "The Eight"
    • During the Olympic Games, Mary Mazzio will be commentating on wwww.usolympicteam.com for the USOlympic Committee on the rowing competition. Be sure to tune in!
    • Yamba Jam - A report from the US Training Camp in AUS, w/ photo essay, by Ed Hewitt sponsored by Boathouse Sports
    • New in Results:
      • FISA Masters Worlds
      • Zurich 2000 Australian Rowing Skins, Southbank Reach, Brisbane, AUS
    August 31, 2000
    • New/updated sites:
    • Coaching news: Anthony Buchman has been named Director of Rowing and Men's Head Coach at Loyola College. Congrats and good luck!
    • Thanks to the last full Flat Wednesday crew of the quadrennial - perturbs; hussey, GQ, Slotz, and Shacked. The dot has been updated.
    August 30, 2000
    • Mike Alton has been hired at Vassar College as the Head Men's & Women's Rowing Coach; Charil Reis will be the assistant coach of Men & Women. Congrats and good luck!
    • The Links departments have been brought up to date, and should include every rowing site I know to exist. Are there any I've missed?
    August 25, 2000
      Sunday, October 15, 2000
    • Coaching announcements:
      • The University of Virginia has hired Kushlani de Soyza as a new assistant coach. Kush will primarily be responsible for the novice squad.
      • Stew Stokes has been named head coach at Colby.
    August 24, 2000
    • From Bill McLean, head coach at Rochester: The University of Rochester rowing program has hired Betsy Hamm as the novice/freshman coach for the 2000-2001 season. She has been the Master men's and women's rowing coach at the Rochester Rowing Club for the past 2 years and was the 1998-1999 freshman coach at the Rochester Institute of Technology. Betsy has done an excellent job at the Rochester Rowing Club and we are glad to have her onboard.
    • The answer to the question Who is this man? ... take a look.
    August 17, 2000
    • Coaching appointments:
      • Will Porter has officially been appointed as the permanent head coach of Yale Women's Crew after one year as the interim coach. Georgia Crowley will continue as the Assistant Coach.
    August 16, 2000
    • Vote for Boathouse Row! An online poll at CitySearch asks websurfers to vote for their favorite view of Philadelphia. Currently in the lead, with 53% of all votes: "Lights twinkling, Boathouse Row is picturesque enough to make even the Schuylkill look good." thanks to John Sands
    August 12, 2000
    • Repost with repaired link: Extensive World Championship and Olympic historical data on the most likely 2000 Olympic Rowing team members from all countries is now available on WorldRowers.com, a new site created by JAMCO. Information is assembled for each boating expected to race at Sydney, and includes each rower's previous Olympic and World Championship appearances and where each rower placed in those Championships. WorldRowers.com will be updated daily between now and the Olympic Games with additional data, changes to boatings as announced, statistical analysis and race predictions for each event during the Sydney races
    • Steve Scrappy Segaloff's new book about the 1996 men's eight is available for purchase at the publisher's site: Seat with a View: Inside the 1996 U.S. Olympic Men's Crew. This link also has a TOC and an extended excerpt; very much worth a look.
    August 3, 2000
    • Updated again 12 noon Eastern, including US lineup changes, press links, and more: row2k's FISA Senior and Junior World Championships coverage; Zagreb, Croatia, August 1-6
    • News and story about the 115-mile CPR (Corvallis-to-Portland Row):
      • So, What's it Like to Row 115 Miles? , By Ted Katauskas
      • CPR 2000 Call for Entries : The second annual CPR (Corvallis-to-Portland Row), a two-day, 115-mile endurance row on Oregon's Willamette River, will be held September 9-10. This year, the event will be limited to a total of sixty rowers in doubles, quads with and without, and fours with. All participants must be experienced rowers and active USRA members. To apply, or for more information, contact Tiff Wood at krink@teleport.com
    July 31, 2000
    • Rowing in the press: the Star Tracks dept of the July 31 People magazine has Ashley Judd in a Vesper t-shirt; and the current GQ has a one-page spread featuring members of the US men's squad; John Sands linked up a scan here.
    July 13, 2000
    • There is a Zurich ad featuring Redgrave; John Sands scanned it in here. I also saw a billboard featuring Xeno at the foot of Rigi this morning; sorry, no hard evidence.
    June 30, 2000
    • Updated 2PM Eastern with more photos, gossip: row2k's Henley coverage.
    • Site for the GBR 4- was launched this week: www.coxless4.com
    • I'm told that Harry Parker and Jason Read are in this weeks issue of Sports Illustrated. Harry is in the Catching Up With section (from past issue of june 28, 1965) and Jason is in Faces in the Crowd.
    June 16, 2000
    • Nancy LaRocque, most recently interim head coach at Vassar, has been named head coach of women's rowing at West Virginia University.
    June 12, 2000
    • In Complete USRowing Trials coverage - updated 1:45 PM:
      • Monday: Smith Wins Singles Prizefight
      • Sunday Men's and women's racing reports
      • Abdullah suffers asthma attack
      • Women's double trial creates controversy
      • Meet the Olympians
    June 8, 2000
    • Complete USRowing Trials coverage.
    • NBCOlympic.com's general rowing section is also worth a look.
    • Check the new Sports Illustrated; John Sands tells me there are several rowing photos from the NCAA's, a two-page story with photos on Cal and Steve Gladstone, and Columbia LW men's coach Tom Terhaar in Faces in the Crowd. Feast or famine, but we'll take it... Nothing on the SI Web site yet.
    June 5, 2000
    • Terrible news: German lightweight 4- member Jörn Kerckhoff died from an apparent heat stroke Thursday after collapsing near his hotel while running:
      • German Rower Dies in Munich, on the FISA site.
      • The www.rudern1.de is black in mourning.
      • row2k sends our deepest condolences to his family, friends, and teammates. thanks to Ewoud Dronkert for contacting us
    May 29, 2000
    • A loss for rowing: Longtime supporter of rowing Mae "Maisie" Hollenback passed away last week after a battle with cancer. row2k extends our condolences to her family, especially her husband, former several-term President of NAAO/USRowing Bill Hollenback. Thanks to Mo Merhoff for letting us know.
    May 4, 2000
    • Also, US/ARCO oarswoman Lianne Bennion-Nelson is one of the Olympic Beauties in People magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People issue.
    March 25, 2000
    March 23, 2000
    • New Flipping Stories include a deliciously harsh Gus Ignas classic, the unintended irony of the name of a midwest club, a former Coast Guard officer's brush with hypothermia, and a dunking and a busted nose for the new coach. Tremendous thanks to all the writers who submitted these excellent rowing stories.
    March 1, 2000
    • The Twickenham Unerground Top of the Pops Rowing Songs thanks and blame to Liz Wray
    February 28, 2000
    February 21, 2000
    • Genesee Erg Race February 5, Rochester, N.Y Photos from the race: The Setup | Racing
    February 18, 2000
    • row2k Quote of the Day: "If you can bring nothing to this place/but your carcass, keep out." - William Carlos Williams
    February 14, 2000
    • Reader testimony - row2k received the following email today: Classifieds work! "This is just to say thanks for providing the classified service. I was able to sell my shell to someone I'd probably never run into otherwise."
    January 30, 2000
    • Reader photo: Claire McDougall-Smith (Bronze medal Lwt 1x @ 1994 Commonwealth Games) demonstrates an innovative technique for handling Clydesdale weather; photo submitted by Jim Haupt. (I have a bunch more reader contributions to put online, working on it this week.)
    January 22, 2000
    • An amusing new little gallery: 1999 USA World Championship Mugshot Gallery, photo 10 link fixed.
    • From rsr: On Friday, a boat trailer with 25 shells from Dutch student rowing clubs Triton (Utrecht), Orca (Utrecht) and Theta (Eindhoven) crashed while on the way to a training and trials weekend in Tilburg. Total damage about NLG 600,000 or $300,000. Story and gruesome photos.
    January 17, 2000
    • A trainera is a gargantuan, open water sweep boat, raced almost maniacally in northern Spain. I rowed one in 1988 with Jose Antonio Exposito, a World Champ Spanish lightweight, and formidable trainera rower. Race cadences are in the 50s; the races are televised live; folks bet the farm on the races. The whole thing is something to witness. Sites for trainera racing: Algorta RC, and official San Sebastian Regatta website (in Basque, English and Spanish).
    January 12, 2000
    • New URL for A3aan's JavaScript split calculator.
    • New Year's Eve saw the engagement of US team rowers Tom Murray and Whitney Post; Tom is at the Princeton Training Center, Whitney is in SD trying for ltw2x.
    December 21, 1999
    • Royal Canadian Henley 2000 information from Rowing Canada.
    • Another addition to the tribe: Olivia Pfaendtner, 7 lb 13 oz, 21 inches, was born Dec. 19, 1:43pm in Cincinnati, to Kathy and Jeff Pfaendtner. Jeff is a former member of several US teams, and won a bronze medal in the LW4- in the 1996 Olympics.
    December 15, 1999
    • New in Rower's Stories: Second installation of Day One: My First Practice; Or... Why Did I Keep Showing Up?.
    • The AP obituary for Stork Sanford this is a temporary file
    • A Title IX ruling that may be of interest to the rowing community:
      A FEDERAL APPEALS-COURT PANEL has dismissed a lawsuit brought by former men's soccer players and wrestlers against Illinois State University after it dropped their sports. Male athletes whose sports have been discontinued cannot sue a university under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, according to this month's ruling.

      "Holding that universities cannot achieve substantial proportionality by cutting men's programs is tantamount to a requirement that universities achieve substantial proportionality through additional spending to add women's sports programs," wrote Judge Joel M. Flaum in the unanimous opinion. "This result would ignore the financial and budgetary constraints that universities face."

      Full text of the ruling.

    December 13, 1999
    • from the NRF: At last the NRF Website (www.aviron.org) is up and running with a searchable database for the Hall of Fame (USA). This is an ongoing project. Note from row2k: this project is done in concert with Kent Mitchell, and is well worth some time poking around; featuring race info and splits, digital reenactments, and more.
    • A quasi-infomercial: After it was shown at the USRowing Convention this weekend, the Mike Teti drills/technique video sold out their onsite inventory. It presents drills in a straightforward and logical manner, and perhaps more importantly, has well-filmed representations of good rowing, always a useful coaching/learning tool. It's available on the row2k Rowing Mall.
    December 7, 1999
    • Another great one passes. Dan Roock writes: "I just received news that R. Harrison "Stork" Sanford, the legendary Cornell rowing coach from 1936-70, passed away this past Saturday." Sanford is a member of the NRF Hall of Fame,
    • Pair of rowers learn a new way of going for gold, in the London Telegraph thanks to Gary Booey
    November 30, 1999
    • Rowing loses one of its greatest and most dedicated servants; Carole Luke writes:
        It is with a very heavy heart that I am letting you know that our dear friend, Chuck Colgan, member of Vesper Boat Club since 1945, passed away this morning at his home in Ardmore.

        There will be a viewing on Friday evening, 12/3, at the Stretch Funeral Home in Havertown - 236 E. Eagle Road. The funeral will be held on Saturday, 12/4, at St. Dennis Church on Eagle Road in Havertown.

        Times are still to be determined. Please go to the Vesper Web site for further details.

    November 19, 1999
    • Complete November 1999 US National Team Testing Results.
    • Non-Rowing Stat of the Day: A friend writes: "Today--Friday, 11/19/1999--will be the last day that has all odd digits in its date until 1/1/3111. That's right, you will have seen the last "odd digit day" in your lifetime, and for approximately the next 37 generations to come!"
    November 17, 1999
    • New interview with Barry Strauss, author of Rowing Against the Current, On Learning to Scull at Forty
    • I apologize for no second update yesterday; service access was down.
    November 14, 1999
    November 11, 1999
    • USRowing Openweight Women's Speed Order, Arco Olympic Training Center, San Diego, CA, Dec. 18 - 22, 1999
    • Reminder: Jr. Women's National Team Camp bids are due November 29 to Sandy Armstrong.
    • Link to Jetphotographic Charles photos in in Head Of The Charles® coverage.
    • US National Team testing info: The first round of data inputting is always the most tiime-consuming, as all info is input for the first time, cross-checked, etc. The folks at USRowing are working on it now, and we usually are able to post everything within a couple hours of completion. Short version: we'll have them up asap.
    November 3, 1999
    • Concept II's Year 2000 Indoor Race Calendar.
    • News from Cornell: "The Danimal is Back! Dan Allen has landed in Ithaca to coach the Cornell Freshmen Heavyweight Crew, replacing Tom Murray who will be training full time in pursuit of his second Olympic Team berth."
    October 27, 1999
    • Head Of The Chuck yarns, disaster stories, crash photos, strange stats, and quips, new in Head Of The Charles® coverage.
    • Thanks to Charles Ehrlich, Katy Bonnin, Fred Schoch, Anthony Marcus, Richard Branch, Greg Hayes, Christine Collins, Kerbside, Al Stefan, Carlos Bea, The Masked Man, Lolo, Holly Hatton and Raj Shah, the Fat Cats, and many others for contributions to the row2k Chuck coverage.
    October 22, 1999
    October 15, 1999
    • Repost from yesterday with corrected URL: Village mourns lost "English Rose", story of passenger killed in the london train crash was a rower, from the Gloucester Citizen
    October 10, 1999
    • Australia Oar Bust, story about US LW 8 member Bill Plifka, in the Sept. 21 Sarasota Herald-Tribune. Premier quote: "'I was kind of throwing up' said the Sarasota High graduate. 'It was like a bummer.'"
    October 9, 1999
    • On Saturday, Sept. 25th, Jeb Fowler reprised his solo marathon row of last spring by organizing 20 rowers in the first annual Charles River Marathon Challenge. The effort raised $8,500 so far for The Claudia Adams Barr Program in Innovative Basic Cancer Research at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, and Fowler expects that number to top $10,000 "as the money keeps rolling in," Fowler writes. "Notables: Bill Belden rowed 26.2 miles in 3:18:56, nearly beating two quads. Please extend my deepest congratulations and thanks to all of the participants. If people have inquiries for donations or rowing next year they can contact me at: Jeb Fowler; 1200 Garner Ave.; Austin, TX 78704"
    • USRowing to Unveil New Coaching Education Program
    • Avon County record erg attempt, on the Rowing Service thanks to Bill Funk
    • James Worrell announced that the GBR World Champ 4- and the Aussie silver medalist 4- will team up for an eights sprint this weekend Down Under. Here's a link to the news post.
    • About a year ago, someone wrote me that a rower Down Under was promoting deer antler velvet as a training supplement. Now this word from the pundits: Oh Deer!
    October 8, 1999
    • 3 Cincinnatians aim at Olympics, article about Volpnhein, Salchow and Ruckman in the Cincinnati Post.
    • A polite reminder: Please remember that all content, photos, stories, html, everything are copyright row2k, and are protected by copyright laws. Use of any content, including photos, on Web sites, in newsletters, brochures, newspapers, magazines, anywhere, is not permissible without the express written consent of row2k. To request permission to use anything on the site, contact row2k. Thanks.
    October 1, 1999
    September 25, 1999
    • Then there were three - Nick Green of Oarsome Foursome fame likely to retire thanks to James Worrell -
    • US men's eight stroke Chris Ahrens is in the Faces in the Crowd feature in this week's Sports Illustrated. I'm told that the September 27th issue of Sports Illustrated also includes a Toyota ad that features rowing.
    September 21, 1999
    • Repost by request: Rib Stress Fractures: Prevention Exercises, from the Boathouse Doc column, by Dean Pinciotti, PT, Jeff Erickson, MPT, Dr. Timothy Hosea, MD.
    • Head of the Hudson, Sept. 25, Albany, NY
    • Panoramic 360 Quicktime: The Class of 1914 Boat house sustained damage as the water level covered half of the building. thanks to Oli Rosenbladt
    • Some recent and belated birth announcements:
      • From yesterday: Andy Salisbury writes: My wife, Coleen just gave birth to our second daughter Emily. Emily is 9 lb. 20 1/2 inches. Both are doing well.
      • From July: How about a warm welcome for RSR's newest crier....Lucille Maria Doyle, born to Mamie and Greg Doyle; 6 lbs. 13 oz., 20" long; Born July 13, 1999, 8:41 PM EDT; Very sleepy and well-behaved.... no chip off the old block, eh?
      • July again: John and Ann Tierney would like to announce the birth of Elaine Brigid Tierney, born July 10,1999, at 2:26 a.m. at Chester County Hospital, PA. Elaine was 7lb 14oz and 20.5 inches tall at birth.
    September 18, 1999
    • Results: 1999 USRowing Southwest Regional Championship, September 4, 1999; Lake Natoma, Rancho Cordova, California
    • The Waterrower is featured in the current Sports Illustrated; Alec Jessiman note that the rower "grips the handles palms up, like he is doing bicep curls." Mainstream media seems doomed never to figure us out.
    August 12, 1999
    • 1999 Master's Nationals Results, Day One, August 11, Lake Lanier, GA.
    • Once and for all, from one who knows: "the site of the world championships is spelled as follows: St. Catharines..............not St. Catherines. I know its picky, but better to get it right from the get-go (unlike USA Today--that bastion of journalism)" - thanks Kay!
    July 21, 1999
    • Vote for row2k (or your favorite site), on Top 100 Rowing Sites listing. It's reset frequently, allowing many different sites to make the list.
    • New discounts from Durham Boat Company: a huge batch of newly listed Used Boats in great condition; discounts on pitchmeters and Stampfli Grips, pitchmeters, and oar discounts.
    April 29, 1999
    • RSR quote of the week: "I don't do stationary anything."
    March 5, 1999
    • From Sean Mulligan (UW and US LW8+ cox), the straight dope on the giant oarsman in last week's SI:
        Hi Ed,
        I saw the thing from Mary Kramer about Todd. He is now rowing with us (7footer) and currently is pulling about 5:34 for 2k. And he is Canadian!!
        Really though, he plays bball for us and used to be a paddler, but there are no kayak paddles in the boathouse so they used a sculling blade.
        Thought someone out there might want the full story.
    February 14, 1999
    • Gossip galore:
      • Mike Dreher (in bow) and Jean Harcourt eloped this past week, and went up to the White Mts. of NH on a cross-country skiing/wedding trip. Go Mike and Jean! And congrats. (thanks to our NH informant)
      • Katy Bonnin (of SD Crew Classic fame) has accepted a position as Operations Manager at the Head of the Charles (a job posting she found on row2k, btw). She and her husband Dustan, another San Diego rowing stalwart, move to Boston next month. Congrats and good luck!
      • Coaching update from Georgetown: Dan Lyons will assume the Varsity Lightweight reigns starting next Tuesday, Feb. 16. Whit Fosburgh is filling in in the interim and will help Dan out periodically throughout the spring. Thad Glavin is still coaching the frosh.
    October 1, 1998
    • EAWRC Coaches of the Year:
      • Coach of the Year: Carie Graves of Northeastern (now of U of Texas at Austin).
      • Novice Coach of the Year: Melanie Onufrieff of Princeton (now head coach at Cornell).
Note that Rachel Quarrell's Rowing Service has new information on a daily basis