Sunday, November 16, 2008
Men's Crew Finishes Fall Season Strong in Philadelphia
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 in third (6:12.39).
The Freshmen/Novice Lightweight 8 'A' placed first, crossing the line ahead of St. Joseph University and Drexel University by five and six seconds, respectively. The Freshmen/Novice Heavyweight 'A' boat 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 thier 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."