Rowing Ends Fall Season
The Daily Athenaeum (WVU)
3 November 2009
By John Terry
Associate Sports Editor
The West Virginia rowing team closed out its fall sea-son with a bronze
medal at the Head of the Occoquan Regatta Saturday.
For the second consecutive year at the event, the Mountaineer varsity
4+ "A" boat finished in third place with a time of 19:59.41. The West
Virginia "B" boat finished 12th while the "C" boat ended in 16th place
out of 36.
West Virginia finished behind Duke's "A" and "B" boats, which had times
of 19:26.23 and 19:42.14, respectively.
In the open 8+ race in a field of 28, West Virginia's boats finished
eighth and 15th, finishing within 50 seconds of each other, capping off
a successful fall season for each boat.
At the Head of Ohio on Oct. 3, both boats finished within 30 seconds of
each other.
The WVU varsity rowing team has placed at least one boat in the top
three in each of its regatta's this year.
The Mountaineers finished with three top-15 finishers on the weekend.
The novice 4+ "A" boat finished ninth with a time of 24:33.41 and the
novice "B" boat finished 15th.
Georgetown's novice "A" boat won the event with a time of 21:57.03.
In the novice 8+ race, West Virginia placed 15th, falling to Delaware
who finished at 19:36.87.
The Mountaineers' third place finish at the Head of the Occoquan closed
out their fall season, which is primarily used to train for the more
competitive spring season.
Last spring, West Virginia placed eighth at the Big East Conference
Championships and returns all members from last year's squad.
john.terry@mail.wvu.edu