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"I am very pleased with the results of the program at the Frostbite Regatta," said UD head coach Chuck Crawford. "Once again we demonstrated that our men's club team can compete and win against varsity programs with ample funding".

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Alumnus Finishes First at 2008 Fall USRowing Speed Order

On Saturday November 15th, Alumnus Ivan Baldyachev placed first in the senior lightweight event at the 2008 USRowing Fall Speed Order located at Carnegie Lake in Princeton, N.J. This regatta is a head-race that provides an opportunity for senior-level and junior-level athletes with national team aspirations to compete against one another.

Baldytchev, rowing for the Pennsylvania Athletic Club, proved his abilities when he finished first out of 28 senior lightweight scullers with a race time of 13:03.467, less than half a second in front of second place Sam Cunningham of Malta Boat Club.

Men's Crew Finishes Fall Season Strong in Philadelphia

The Junior Varsity 8 took home the first gold of the day.

UD Men's Crew had its best performance in team history this Saturday, November 8th at the annual Frostbite Regatta on the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia, PA. The Frostbite Regatta was the final race for the team's 2008 fall schedule featuring races 2,000 meters in length.

The racing began with a win by the Junior Varsity 8, crossing the line in 6:05.3, with the University of Pennsylvania in second (6:11.08) and Drexel University third (6:12.39).

The Freshmen/Novice Lightweight 8 A held off St. Joseph University and Drexel for the win by five and six seconds, respectively. The Freshmen/Novice Heavyweight 'A' boat placed walked through Ithaca College, Drexel and Binghamton University for a third place finish in their event. The Hen's Freshmen/Novice 'C' boat finished first in its event, while the 'D' entry took second ahead of Ithaca.

"I am excited to see the progress our novices have made this year from the first fall race to the last," said Joe Kleiman, Freshman/Novice coach.

After leading the entire race, the Varsity Lightweight 8 crossed the line in 6:23.88, ahead of St. Joseph's (6:27.07), Marietta College (6:34.91) and Penn (6:41.64).

To earn their second gold medal of the weekend, the Junior Varsity 8 crossed the line over 37 seconds ahead of second place UPenn (7:14.48) and over 42 seconds ahead of Loyola (7:19.70) and Lafayette (7:21.17).

In the final race of the day, the Hen's Varsity Heavyweight 8 came back from third place at the halfway mark to take first place in 6:09.33, over Temple (6:12.64), Drexel (6:14.35), Penn (6:22.52), St. Joseph's (6:24.82) and Colgate University (6:25.41).

"I am very pleased with the results of the program at the Frostbite Regatta," said head coach Chuck Crawford. "Once again we demonstrated that our men's club team can compete and win against varsity programs with ample funding."

UD Men's Crew to Race at Frostbite Regatta

This Saturday November 8th, the University of Delaware Men's Crew will send 8 boats to race at the 2008 Frostbite Regatta on the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia, PA.

Racing will begin at 12:58 p.m. with the J.V. Lightweight Eight+ racing in the College Men's J.V. Eight event in lane 2, next to Drexel in lane 1, St. Joseph's is lane 3, Temple in lane 4, Penn in lane 5, and Lehigh in lane 6.

At 2:15 p.m. the freshman/novice A boat will race in the College Men's Frosh/Novice Eight event. The freshman/novice B boat will race at 2:36 p.m., and the C and D boats will race at 2:43 p.m.

The Varsity Lightweight Eight+ will race at 3:50 p.m. in the College Men's Lightweight Eight event. The Blue Hens will be in lane 3, with St. Joseph's in lane 1, Marietta in lane 2, Ithaca in lane 4, and Penn in lane 5.

At 3:55 p.m., the J.V. Lightweight Eight+ will race once again in the College Men's Lightweight Eight event. They will be in lane 5, with Lafayette in lane 4, Penn in lane 3, and Loyola in lane 2.

The final race of the day will be held at 4:30 p.m. in the College Men's Varsity Eight event. The Varsity Heavyweight Eight+ will be in lane 1, with Drexel in lane 2, Penn in lane 3, Temple in lane 4, St. Joseph's in lane 5 and Colgate in lane 6.

Delaware Crew Races at 2008 Head of the Schuylkill Regatta

On Saturday October 25th three University of Delaware Men's Crew varsity boats raced in the Men's Open Heavy Championship Eight event at the 2008 Head of the Schuylkill Regatta. The Varsity Heavyweight Eight+ (15:02.27), Varsity Lightweight Eight+ (14:55.59), and Junior Varsity Lightweight Eight+(15:19.28) earned 8th, 6th, and 11th place, respectively. Alumni Ryan Jornlin sat bow seat in the 1st place Pennsylvania Athletic Club boat.

UD Men's Crew Competes at 44th Annual Head of the Charles Regatta

This Saturday and Sunday October 18-19, the Blue Hens traveled to the Charles River in Boston, MA to compete in the 44th annual Head of the Charles Regatta.

The Men's Heavyweight Four competed in the Collegiate Four event at 3:25 p.m. on Saturday afternoon. Starting 25th and coxed by Liz Oehmke, Frank Sneeringer, Alex McCreery, Rafael Jiminez, and Kyle Thomas (stroke) placed 19th in their competition with a time of 18:01.934. The crew completed their 5000m only 2 seconds behind Clemson University and about eight seconds ahead of Georgia State University.

University of Delaware Men's Crew Alumni gathered together again to race this Saturday in the Head of the Charles Club Eight event. With bow #26, the crew (16:41.126) placed 46 out of approximately 69 entrants. The club events Head of the Charles Regatta is one of the most anticipated events because of the diversity of the crews, including alumni boats from collegiate programs. We hope that Alumni of our team are able to continue the tradition of racing at this prestigious regatta for many years to come.

On Sunday, the bow #18 Men's Varsity Heavyweight Eight (15:43.239) took 12th place in the collegiate eight events. The Hens were almost five seconds ahead of 13th place Lehigh, and about 30 seconds off first place Williams (15:11.487). This shows improvement in this year's program, as last year's results showed about a minute difference from UD's time and the first place time. "Despite poor conditions we are pleased with our progress from last year. These aren't ideal racing conditions but everyone had to fight their way down the course. As a team, we are going to take what we learned here this weekend and use that to our advantage in future races", said Steve Norman, Team Vice-President.

The UD Lightweight Four (17:41.710) earned 9th place in a field of 15 in the Men's Lightweight Four event. They finished within five seconds of Harvard (7th) and Cornell (8th).

The last race of the day consisted of the UD Lightweight Eight racing in the Lightweight Eight event. This event, like all Lightweight events at the Charles, is open to all lightweight programs, both club and collegiate. Bow #12 University of Delaware Lightweight Eight earned 14th place (15:41.157) out of approximately 21 competitors.

UD Men's Crew to Compete at Head of the Charles Regatta

The Blue Hen's will be traveling to the Charles River in Boston, MA this October 18-19 to compete in the 44th annual Head of the Charles Regatta (HOCR). More than 7,500 athletes from around the world compete in 55 different race event attracting up to 300,000 spectators, making the HOCR the largest regatta in the world.

UD will be sending four collegiate boats and one alumni boat to compete. The alumni eight+ will be competing in the club eight event which will take place at 12:26 p.m. Saturday afternoon. The varsity heavyweight four+ will be racing at 3:25 p.m. on Saturday in the collegiate four event. The varsity heavyweight eight+ will be racing in the collegiate eight event which will start at 12:46 p.m. on Sunday. The varsity lightweight four+ will go down the course at 2:16 p.m. on Sunday afternoon, and the varsity lightweight eight+ will race at 2:42 p.m.

More information about the regatta, including directions and coverage, can be found at the Head of the Charles website.