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The Rowing team

   “For new rowers, the first informational meeting will be at 8 pm on Monday, August 22 in room 207 at

Maclellan Gym”. 

UTC Rowing Club

Practice Schedule

Fall 2010 practices are from

3 – 4:40 pm or from 4:30 – 6 pm

Come to the UTC Rowing Room located in Maclellan Gym. Contact Coach Robert

Espeseth at 425-5333 or at robert-espeseth@utc.edu.  

Regatta Schedule

Fall 2011 Regatta Schedule

Sat, Oct 1    Intra-squad and Alumni Regatta and Picnic     Chattanooga, TN

Sat, Oct 8    Chattanooga Head Race                               Chattanooga, TN

Sat, Oct 15  Hobbs Island Regatta                                    Huntsville, AL

Sat, Oct 29  Secret City Head Race                                  Oak Ridge, TN

Sat, Nov 5    Head of the Hooch Regatta                            Chattanooga, TN

Spring 2012 Regatta Schedule  (Tentative)

Jan Tennessee Indoor Rowing Championships

Feb   Outback Steakhouse @ Hamilton Place Fundraiser Luncheon

March   SERCS Regatta  (Aiken, SC)

March President’s Cup  (Tampa, FL)

March John Hunter Regatta  (Gainesville, FL)

April  Clemson Sprints

April Southern Intercollegiate Rowing Championships (Oak Ridge, TN)

May Dad Vail Regatta (Philadelphia, PA)

Contact Information

Coach

 

 

Robert Espeseth

(423) 425-5333

Rowing on the Beach

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