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Practice Schedule

Starts Fall 2009

Mondays -Friday afternoons

Tennessee River

 

More Information about UTC Rowing Club

www.utcrowing.net

Regatta Schedule

2009 Spring Schedule

Tennessee Indoor Rowing Championships      Saturday, January 31, 2009     

Atlanta Erg Sprints       Saturday, February 7, 2009        

SERCS Regatta      Aiken, SC     Saturday, March 7, 2009 

Tampa Mayor’s Cup Regatta       Tampa, FL      Saturday, March 14, 2009    

Clemson Sprints Regatta        Clemson, SC      Saturday, March 21, 2009     

Roll Tide Regatta       Tuscaloosa, AL       Saturday, March 28, 2009     

John Hunter Regatta        Gainesville, GA     Saturday, April 4, 2009       

SIRA Regatta         Oak Ridge, TN       Saturday & Sunday, April 18 & 19, 2009     

Dad Vail Regatta      Philadelphia, PA      Friday & Saturday, May 8 & 9, 2009    

2009 Fall Schedule

Oct -Chattanooga Head Race

Oct -Hobbs Island (Huntsville)

Oct -Head of Tennessee (knoxville)

Nov -Head of the Chattahooche

Contact Information

Coach

 

 

Robert-Espeseth@utc.edu

(423) 425-5333

Regatta Results

Oak Ridge, TN—The UT-Chattanooga Rowing Team won the collegiate points trophy at the 36th annual Head of the

Tennessee Regatta held on Saturday, Oct 25th.  The team point victory was paced by first place finishes in the Men’s

Varsity Four, Men’s Novice Eight, Women’s Lightweight Four, Mixed Eight and Mixed Four (A).  Finishing in second place for the Rowing Mocs were the Women’s Novice Eight, Mixed Four (B), and earning bronze medals were the Men’s Varsity Eight and the Women’s Novice  Four.  UTC Rowing won with 39 points, with Tennessee second and Alabama third.

    Said Coach Robert Espeseth “I was very pleased with the overall team performance this past weekend.  All the boats raced really well.  I was surprised by the success of the Men’s Novice Eight and the Women’s Lightweight Four.  I had hoped that the Varsity Men’s Four could do well, but was not expecting them to win.  However, I think the biggest surprise for the team was the Women’s Novice  Eight finishing second to Alabama (only 3 seconds behind) and ahead of the Tennessee Lady Vols (by 1.5 seconds). Both of these programs are “varsity status” (meaning they are part of the athletic departments) programs, with significant budgets, and the women in the Alabama and Tennessee boats were recruited from high school teams to come row at these institutions, with many  of them being on scholarship.  For our young ladies, who just started rowing this fall, to do that well against them is just amazing.  So, while the novice women’s eight was second, I think it was the best of the performances by the UTC team, given what they were up against.  However, I am very happy with how each and every boat did.”

Line-ups:

Men’s Varsity Four:  Spenser Galloway, Steven Reinisch, Heath Foster, Andrew Phillips, Shelley Brand

Men’s Novice Eight:  John Steffan, Kevin Gibson, Bob Burton, Korey Chambers, Jason Labonte, Luke Pavlechko, David King, You Gao and katelyn Blum

Women’s Lightweight Four:  Anna Beurskens, Molly Cashion, Tara Landry, Karen Gabor and Mike Burns

Mixed Eight:  Aimee Depelteau, Courtney Rice, Megan Jones, Ali Blach, Jason Labonte, Zach Lambson, Bob Burton, You Gao and Katie Christianson

Mixed Four (A):  Amy Pegram, Jessica Brand, David King, Korey Chambers and Katelyn Blum

Women’s Novice Eight:  Amy Pegram, Kaitlyn Largent, Marlowe Whittaker, Marlene Harrison, Bree McCauley, Sarah Ball, Buffy Wilhite, Claire Henley and Kayla Fischer

Mixed Four (B): Cody Carpenter, Sammy Higgs, Marlowe Whittaker, Sarah Ball and Kayla Fischer

Men’s Varsity Eight:  John Steffan, Pedro Lopez, Jorge Nieves, Ande Lambert, Spencer Galloway, Steven Reinisch, Heath Foster, Andrew Phillips and Shelley Brand

Women’s Novice Four:  Bree McCauley, Marlene Harrison, Buffy Wilhite, Claire Henley and Courtney Burris