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!
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Friday, March 5, 2010
Friday, October 30, 2009
8th Annual Hot Head Regatta 10/10/09- The women's Side
I'm cheating on this blog post a little bit by copying an e-mail that will be sent out to the parents, written by Ben Norris, a member of the Arizona Collegiate Rowing Foundation. Without further ado, here it is!
The ASU women entered boats in a number of different events in the 2009 Hot Head Regatta on Tempe Town Lake. In the Women’s Open 8+, ASU’s boat included rowers Cristina Rayas, Molly Heil, Taylor Barker, Justine Cisneros, Erin Paul, Sarah Katz, Kirstin MacLean, Brittany Cimmarusti and coxswain Jennifer Harley. ASU finished second to a boat from Tempe Town Lake Rowing that incorporated several rowers who recently won a national masters championship (including ASU Women’s coach Emily Burkett); ASU finished in a time of 21:13. ASU won the Women’s Novice 8+ with a time of 23:12, but had the distinct advantage of being the only boat entered in the event; rowers in the boat were Whitney Bannerman, Amy Willits, Cheyenne Lopez, Sarah Katz, Alee Hefton, Justine Cisneros, Kaitlyn Krolak, Victoria Morrow, and coxswain Jennifer Harley. In the Women’s Open 4+ (for shells with four rowers and a coxswain), ASU finished in second place, with a time of 20:39. The rowers in the boat were Cristina Rayas, Erin Paul, Molly Heil and Brittany Cimmarusti with coxswain Kirstin MacLean. In ASU’s final event of the regatta, the Women’s Novice 4+, ASU again entered the only boat, which finished in a time of 24:54. The rowers were Whitney Bannerman, Amy Willits, Taylor Barker, Cheyenee Lopez, and coxswain Jennifer Harley. Note that a number of ASU women rowed in multiple events – a considerable feat, given how back-breakingly hard it is to race 5K in a rowing shell even once. Coach Burkett summed the performance of the ASU women up by stating: “I threw a lot at the girls for Hot Head, I wanted them to get multiple races under their belt for the only home race of the season. I am very pleased with how everyone performed, especially the true novices in their first race ever. Kudos to the varsity 4+ for a hard fought race as well, we came through the turn 3 boats across and the ASU boat held a tight course to pass the TTLR B entry which had two ASU alumnae.”
The Women's Open 4+. From L to R, Molly Heil, Cristina Rayas, Kirstin MacLean, Erin Paul and Brittany Cimmarusti
The Women's Novice 8+. From L to R, Jennifer Harley, Whitney Bannerman, Amy Willits, Cheyenne Lopez, Sarah Katz, Alee Hefton, Justine Cisneros, Kaitlyn Krolak and Victoria Morrow.
The ASU women entered boats in a number of different events in the 2009 Hot Head Regatta on Tempe Town Lake. In the Women’s Open 8+, ASU’s boat included rowers Cristina Rayas, Molly Heil, Taylor Barker, Justine Cisneros, Erin Paul, Sarah Katz, Kirstin MacLean, Brittany Cimmarusti and coxswain Jennifer Harley. ASU finished second to a boat from Tempe Town Lake Rowing that incorporated several rowers who recently won a national masters championship (including ASU Women’s coach Emily Burkett); ASU finished in a time of 21:13. ASU won the Women’s Novice 8+ with a time of 23:12, but had the distinct advantage of being the only boat entered in the event; rowers in the boat were Whitney Bannerman, Amy Willits, Cheyenne Lopez, Sarah Katz, Alee Hefton, Justine Cisneros, Kaitlyn Krolak, Victoria Morrow, and coxswain Jennifer Harley. In the Women’s Open 4+ (for shells with four rowers and a coxswain), ASU finished in second place, with a time of 20:39. The rowers in the boat were Cristina Rayas, Erin Paul, Molly Heil and Brittany Cimmarusti with coxswain Kirstin MacLean. In ASU’s final event of the regatta, the Women’s Novice 4+, ASU again entered the only boat, which finished in a time of 24:54. The rowers were Whitney Bannerman, Amy Willits, Taylor Barker, Cheyenee Lopez, and coxswain Jennifer Harley. Note that a number of ASU women rowed in multiple events – a considerable feat, given how back-breakingly hard it is to race 5K in a rowing shell even once. Coach Burkett summed the performance of the ASU women up by stating: “I threw a lot at the girls for Hot Head, I wanted them to get multiple races under their belt for the only home race of the season. I am very pleased with how everyone performed, especially the true novices in their first race ever. Kudos to the varsity 4+ for a hard fought race as well, we came through the turn 3 boats across and the ASU boat held a tight course to pass the TTLR B entry which had two ASU alumnae.”
The Women's Open 4+. From L to R, Molly Heil, Cristina Rayas, Kirstin MacLean, Erin Paul and Brittany Cimmarusti
The Women's Novice 8+. From L to R, Jennifer Harley, Whitney Bannerman, Amy Willits, Cheyenne Lopez, Sarah Katz, Alee Hefton, Justine Cisneros, Kaitlyn Krolak and Victoria Morrow.
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Never underestimate the power of spandex!
It's always the freshman who get excited! Two of ASU Crew's newest members, Sarah Katz and Cheyenne Lopez (both class of 2013, wow, that was hard to write!) model their new racing suits they received this morning at practice. Four more days to Hot Head!
Sunday, August 30, 2009
Mange Tak
Here's a quick note from Karen Hewell reporting live from Denmark!
I raced today. In a boat! But I will not sing "I'm On A Boat"! But I did... really. I was in one.
I raced three times back to back, and barely had time to dry off from the enormous waves that kept slamming into the rigger frames and showering me with freezing cold water. I spent most of the day shivering, and since I had begun the day with a bad taste in my mouth - ah, hello homesickness! How I didn't miss you - I was sure that this would put me in an even more sour mood. Luckily, it did the opposite. I need to make the effort to get out of my apartment even when I have no motivation. Laying around on the random double bed in our front room watching re-runs of House and eating frozen chocolate is a bad, BAD idea.
I thought it was funny when I found that there were even MORE differences between Danish rowing terminology and American rowing terminology. For example: We'll preface this with an explanation of the American saying. When a rower "catches a crab", it means that the oar gets caught under the water and is made especially difficult to get back up to the surface. Now, this saying is ODD - whatever - but it vaguely makes sense when you think of it in terms of, 'yes, crabs are water creatures. If a crab for whatever reason decided to latch onto your oar blade, it would probably create a somewhat similar response**. Yes? Yes.
In Denmark, people don't catch "crabs". No. They catch owls. SERIOUSLY. "Careful, you could catch an OWL. With your OAR." Do owls in Denmark frequently dive underwater? Do Danish owls have a fish fettish? Rather, how do people not laugh when someone says that?
Additionally, I was told that when I said our boat was 'walking' on another boat (this one means that you're gaining on another boat - i.e. you're 'walking through' a boat) it made it sound as if we were prancing down the lane, splashing water and singing. Frolicking? Maybe. Anyway, I need to entirely reassess my calls during races here. Don't want to conjure up any more images of us with bonnets and pink baskets, picking flowers. All in all, it was a good day. A great way to shake
off some of the crap that the week had muddled up in my brain. Tomorrow morning I'll be off to the gym with new fervency, seeing as I've had much too much fun this week, and it's beginning to show around my waistline.
**I told my friend Rebecca that we lost by a tenth of a second because we had caught a "baby crap" during the last 100 meters of our race. Later on, she told me she was so sad that we had lost because, and I quote, "a creature had somehow
gotten caught on our oars". My life is complete now.
I raced today. In a boat! But I will not sing "I'm On A Boat"! But I did... really. I was in one.
I raced three times back to back, and barely had time to dry off from the enormous waves that kept slamming into the rigger frames and showering me with freezing cold water. I spent most of the day shivering, and since I had begun the day with a bad taste in my mouth - ah, hello homesickness! How I didn't miss you - I was sure that this would put me in an even more sour mood. Luckily, it did the opposite. I need to make the effort to get out of my apartment even when I have no motivation. Laying around on the random double bed in our front room watching re-runs of House and eating frozen chocolate is a bad, BAD idea.
I thought it was funny when I found that there were even MORE differences between Danish rowing terminology and American rowing terminology. For example: We'll preface this with an explanation of the American saying. When a rower "catches a crab", it means that the oar gets caught under the water and is made especially difficult to get back up to the surface. Now, this saying is ODD - whatever - but it vaguely makes sense when you think of it in terms of, 'yes, crabs are water creatures. If a crab for whatever reason decided to latch onto your oar blade, it would probably create a somewhat similar response**. Yes? Yes.
In Denmark, people don't catch "crabs". No. They catch owls. SERIOUSLY. "Careful, you could catch an OWL. With your OAR." Do owls in Denmark frequently dive underwater? Do Danish owls have a fish fettish? Rather, how do people not laugh when someone says that?
Additionally, I was told that when I said our boat was 'walking' on another boat (this one means that you're gaining on another boat - i.e. you're 'walking through' a boat) it made it sound as if we were prancing down the lane, splashing water and singing. Frolicking? Maybe. Anyway, I need to entirely reassess my calls during races here. Don't want to conjure up any more images of us with bonnets and pink baskets, picking flowers. All in all, it was a good day. A great way to shake
off some of the crap that the week had muddled up in my brain. Tomorrow morning I'll be off to the gym with new fervency, seeing as I've had much too much fun this week, and it's beginning to show around my waistline.
**I told my friend Rebecca that we lost by a tenth of a second because we had caught a "baby crap" during the last 100 meters of our race. Later on, she told me she was so sad that we had lost because, and I quote, "a creature had somehow
gotten caught on our oars". My life is complete now.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
2009 USRowing SW Masters/Open Championships
SW Masters Regionals is coming up in less than two weeks. Both coaches will be competing along with Brittany Machala ('09) and Karen Hewell ('11). Karen will be coxing the Women's Open 4+ and the Women's Open 8+, while her former ASU teammate, Brittany, will be sitting in the two seat of the Women's Open 8+ and in two seat of the Women's Masters 4+ (AA-A). Coach Steinmann will be competing in the Men's Masters 1x (AA-A) and the Mixed Masters 2x (AA-A) along with Coach Burkett. Coach Burkett will also be joining Karen and Brittany as the stroke of the Women's Open 8+ and teaming up again with Karen in the Womens Open 4+.
USRowing rules used to not allow people under the age of 27 to compete in Masters events. Recently the AA Category was added and per the rules – “AA” refers to anyone who obtains the age of 21 by December 31, 2009. Individuals whose age places them in the AA category (age 21-26) may now compete in any age category where the average age of the boat falls within that specific age category. All four ASU competitors fall in the AA category. Although Karen is only 20, the coxswain's age is not included in the boat average.
Racing will start at 8am on Sunday, July 12th on Lake Merritt in Oakland, CA. We would welcome any and all ASU supporters from the area! Results can be found on http://www.row2k.com/ and will also be sent to the ASUCrew Twitter page (which now updates on the website, please see top right!) as soon as we can access a cell phone after racing!
USRowing rules used to not allow people under the age of 27 to compete in Masters events. Recently the AA Category was added and per the rules – “AA” refers to anyone who obtains the age of 21 by December 31, 2009. Individuals whose age places them in the AA category (age 21-26) may now compete in any age category where the average age of the boat falls within that specific age category. All four ASU competitors fall in the AA category. Although Karen is only 20, the coxswain's age is not included in the boat average.
Racing will start at 8am on Sunday, July 12th on Lake Merritt in Oakland, CA. We would welcome any and all ASU supporters from the area! Results can be found on http://www.row2k.com/ and will also be sent to the ASUCrew Twitter page (which now updates on the website, please see top right!) as soon as we can access a cell phone after racing!
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