2014 Crew of the Year

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December 30, 2014
Erik Dresser, row2k.com

Vote now for row2k's 2014 Crew of the Year. Voting runs until Monday, January 5 at 5pm EST. (Note: our poll setup allows only 15 options, so already some uncomfortable choices had to be made; feel free to add your civil appreciations of other crews in the comments.)

Poll results here, the Ohio State Women's team has been voted Crew of the Year. Well rowed all!

FINALISTS:

Cornell Lightweight Men's Varsity Eight - Crew went undefeated for the spring season, winning the IRA championship, then made the semifinal of the Temple Cup at Henley Royal.

Croatia Men's Double - Won the world championship and set the world best time in the semifinal, the first men's double to go sub-6:00 for 2000 meters.

Great Britain Men's Four - GBR's top men's crew, went unbeaten in 2014, winning World Cup 2 and 3, along with European and World Titles.

Great Britain Women's Pair - Crew of Glover and Stanning went undefeated in 2014 and won the World Championships.

New Zealand Men's Pair - Murray and Bond won both the straight and coxed pair events at the World Championships, running their unbeaten streak to six years.

New Zealand Women's Single - Kiwi sculler Emma Twigg won her first senior world championship.

Oakland Strokes Junior Women - Won the Youth National Championships in both the women's eight and lightweight women's eight events.

Ohio State Women - Won their second consecutive NCAA team title along with wins in both the first and second varsity eight events.

Radcliffe Lightweight Women's Varsity Eight - Crew sprinted through four-time defending IRA champion Stanford to win the national championship.

Trinity Women - Won the D3 team title in the NCAA Championships, snapping Williams' 8-year streak in the event.

USA Lightweight Women's Single - Sculler Kate Bertko won the bronze medal at the world championships, eight weeks after having emergency abdominal surgery.

USA Men's Four - Won the silver medal at World Championships, the crew's best finish in the event since 1992.

USA U23 Women's Four - The foursome won the U23 title in the four and doubled into the eight and won that event as well.

USA Women's Eight - Crew won their ninth consecutive World or Olympic championship.

Washington Men's Varsity Eight - Won their fourth consecutive IRA Championship.

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Zero430hours 01/03/2015 6:28:57 PM www.marinrowing.org report abuse Zero430hours 01/03/2015 6:28:00 PM 2014 Crew of the Year: Marin Rowing Association Men's Masters Team. Marin's 50 Eight won the Head of the Charles (Men's Senior Master Eights-50+) racing against formidable opponents such as Palm Beach, Penn AC, 87 Gold, and Molesey. My girlfriend just read over the nominations and said it was obvious ;) www.maringrowing.org report abuse Sub6HOCR 12/31/2014 9:46:00 PM USA Women's 8 without a doubt. These women are determined like no other and cannot, will not, lose, even in a "lowly" World Cup. At the 2014 World Rowing Cup II in Aiguebelette, France (where the 2015 World Champs will be), they were 1.63 seconds behind Canada at the 1500. “It’s gonna take something absolutely massive from that USA Women’s Eight to turn this around” (said the commentator). USA finally come from behind and win 6:04.77 to 6:05.82. All 8 women had previously raced in the pairs at the same regatta. Only half of the Canadian crew had done so. Megan Kalmoe, bow Kerry Simmonds Amanda Polk Lauren Schmetterling Grace Luczak Meghan Musnicki Vicky Opitz Caroline Lind, stroke Katelin Snyder, cox 2014 crew of the year!!! Come on, go back and change your vote!!! report abuse Sub6HOCR 12/31/2014 9:48:23 PM 1 people like this Video of the race: http://www.worldrowing.com/photos-videos/videos/2014-world-rowing-cup-114593 report abuse DonnyLongball 01/05/2015 1:52:17 PM No doubt that winning the 8 year after year is impressive, but maybe it's time to start racing in some other boat classes that offer a challenge. Get out of the comfort zone and show that the US is actually a dominant rowing power in more than just the 8. report abuse Fvenonsky 12/30/2014 12:52:52 PM 3 people like this Looks like Cal's JV8 was overlooked...Won PAC 12, Won IRA and Won Henely Ladies Plate ! #HRLR report abuse