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Coach Summary 2010 Occoquan Chase

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William and Mary Rowing Club’s Varsity Women’s squad represented at the Occoquan Chase regatta with a competitive 8+ this year. The boat had a successfull row, finishing only one second behind a crew from University of Mary Washington and besting another UMW boat by an entire minute. Two Virginia Tech boats and a University of […]

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Coach Summary 2010 Occoquan Challenge

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The William and Mary Rowing club attended their second race of the season on the 5000 meter course on the Occoquan Reservoir in Fairfax, Virginia. Taking not only our Varsity Men and Women, the novice member of this year’s team joined us at the Occoquan for their first competition. The Varsity Men’s squad represented William […]

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Coach Summary 2010 Beaver Dam Head Race

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The regatta season got started this year for William and Mary Rowing under gorgeous skies and great water in nearby Falls Lake, North Carolina.  The regatta consisted of collegiate, masters, and high school rowers, and the course was a little over 4 kilometers long, and featured a light head wind which gradually increased throughout the day. The varsity men, […]

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Coach Summary 2010 Dad Vail

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The Dad Vail Regatta is the final regatta of the season.  This historic regatta takes place on the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  Here, rowers get a chance to line up against more than 100 crews from across the country.  The team was extremely successful this year.  All of the Varsity crews advanced to the semifinals, and […]

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Coach Summary 2010 MACCC

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Once again, the WMRC finds itself at the Occoquan for another great day of racing.  Unfortunately, exams kept the women’s squad from making an appearance.  Despite this, the men’s squad represented the club extremely well.  The Varsity 4+ won the petite final and the Varsity 8+ finished third.

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Coach Summary 2010 SIRA

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This regatta took place in Oak Ridge, Tennessee on a beautiful course.  The weather was gorgeous and the William and Mary Rowing Club put out many fantastic results against a variety of teams from across the Southern United States.  The Novice Women’s 8+ A boat won the petite finals and every other boat made it […]

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Coach Summary 2010 Occoquan Sprints

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The William and Mary Rowing Club had another successful race weekend up in Northern Virginia, with great showings from all of its squads. Both the men’s Varsity 4+ and the men’s novice 8+ finished third in their races, while the men’s Varsity 8+ managed to  pull out a first place finish in the petite final. […]

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Coach Summary 2010 Virginia Invitational

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…and so it begins.  The spring/sprint racing season began this past Saturday with our home race on the Chickahominy River, the Virginia Invitational.  The weather was impeccable, and WMRC was happy to welcome George Mason University, James Madison University, and Liberty University to our race. The entire women’s squad went undefeated on the day, winning […]

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Coach Summary 2009 Head of the Occoquan

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The HOTO! While the Head of the Charles may be the biggest and most prestigious regatta on the fall calendar, the HOTO is perhaps the most exciting race.  It is the race where the team stacks itself up against (mostly) similar competition.  The men race an assortment of club and smaller varsity teams similar in size, and the women race […]