Desert Sprints 3/6/10

Hello all,
I know it's been a while since my last post, sorry about that!

This Saturday, March 6th, both the men's and women's teams will be competing in the Desert Sprints Regatta on Tempe Town Lake. This is our only home race of the season and we would really appreciate any support from friends and family! Racing starts bright and early at 7am with the first ASU race being the novice women's 4+ at 7:16. Both teams will actually be able to sleep in! Race schedule can be found in full on www.regattacentral.com and is as follows:
7:16am Women's Novice 4+ Heat- ASU is in lane 1.
9:00am Women's Novice 8+ Heat- ASU is in lane 4.
10:22am Women's Open 8+ Final- Coach Burkett and senior Kirstin MacLean will be competing for Tempe Town Lake.
11:02am Men's Open 4+ Final- ASU will be in lanes 1 and 3.
11:34am Women's Open 4+ Final- Again, Coach Burkett and Kirstin MacLean will be competing for TTLR.
11:58am Women's Novice 4+ Final- If ASU places top 3 in the 7:16am race, you will see them again here.
1:08pm Men's Open 8+ Final- ASU will be in lane 2.
2:20pm Women's Novice 8+ Final- If ASU places top 3 in the 9:00am race, you will see them again here.
4:22pm Mixed 8+ Final- ASU will be in lane 6. The top 4 men and top 4 women will be in this boat.

Hope to see you all there!

Hot Head & Parents Weekend

Two big events are coming up for the men's and women's teams. Saturday, October 10th from 7am to roughly 130pm, come join both teams and coaches as they compete in the 8th annual Hot Head Regatta. This is one of only two local races the team 2009-2010 school year. Come support your current family members or friends! We are always happy to see new faces at regattas. We also plan on dedicating both varsity boats at the end of racing.
Our next event will be parents weekend on Saturday, October 17th. This corresponds with parents weekend on the ASU campus. Please join us at the Tempe Town Lake Marina from 11am-1pm to meet coaches, parents and current team members. Get a tour of the marina and see where your sons and daughters spend their pre dawn hours 5 days a week! There will be a short rowing demonstration by both teams followed by a talk from Matt Steinmann, the men's coach (I will unfortunately be racing in the Head of the Charles that weekend in Boston and will be unable to make it) and lunch. The Arizona Collegiate Rowing collection will have an assortment of ASU Crew gear available for purchase (t-shirts $10, hats $10, hat & t-shirt $15, polo shirt $20), so please be sure to bring money if you are interested (cash and check only please!).

Thanks everyone!

Bio- Matt Steinmann- Men's Head Coach

Matt Steinmann began rowing in the fall of 2000 at the Atlanta Junior Rowing Association. By his sophomore year, the team was in contention to be amongst the fastest programs in the Southeast region. Under the leadership of accomplished Olympic and world level coaches, he was part of the first AJRA men’s heavyweight 8 to qualify for the 2004 USRowing Youth Invitational National Championships in Cincinnati, OH. In addition, his boat placed 5th out of 67 at the prestigious 2003 Head of the Schuykill Regatta in Philadelphia, PA.

With these accomplishments, Matt was recognized by the head coach of the rowing program at Jacksonville University in Florida and was offered an athletic and academic scholarship. In 2005, Matt was part of the Jacksonville University Men’s Freshman 8 which won the Florida State Championships for the first time in 23 years. By his sophomore year, he helped lead the 2nd Varsity 4 to a 1st place finish at the 2006 Florida State Championships, and his 2nd Varsity 8 placed 3rd in the region at the 2006 Southeastern Intercollegiate Rowing Association Regatta.

After a sudden lower back injury, Matt had to leave Jacksonville University, and returned to the Atlanta area to assistant coach the varsity men’s squad at Atlanta Junior Rowing Association. In the spring of 2008, he led the Men’s Heavyweight 8 to qualify for the USRowing Youth Invitational National Championships; exactly 4 years since his own qualification for the same category.

The ASU Automotive Engineering program attracted Matt to move to the Phoenix area, and then moved to the valley in May of 2008. In the meantime, he underwent intensive physical therapy and lower back rehabilitation to return to competitive rowing and then joined the ASU Men’s Rowing program. Matt is very motivated to get the team to grow and achieve new successes. He has gladly accepted the position to become the Men’s Head Coach and is highly motivated to expand recognition of the program.

Likes: Exceeding expectations.

Dislikes: Too much talk and not enough walk.

Goals: To provide ASU students with the opportunity to compete in high level competition and to achieve national recognition in the rowing community.