The team is really amping up its recruiting this summer... so if you know of anyone going to tech - tell them to check out the crew team! Here is their latest recruiting video.

Congratulations to the Women's Varsity 8 who took home a SILVER medal at Dad Vail.

Congratulations to Coach Rob Canavan who was awarded the 2010 Dad Vail COACH OF THE YEAR.

All results from the Dad Vail Regatta can be seen at www.gtcrew.com

Event		Place	Medal
Women's Novice 4+ (C,2,3)		2/16	Silver Medal
Men's Novice 4+		2/21	Silver Medal
Men's Novice Lightweight 8+		3/3
Men's JV 8+		10/14
Women's Varsity Lightweight 4+		3/9	Bronze Medal
Men's Varsity Lightweight 4+		2/8	Silver Medal
Women's Varsity 4+ (C,2,3)		4/23
Men's Varsity 8+		9/29

The team had a great time at the FIRA regatta in Sarasota this weekend! We had a lot of fun traveling to Florida as a team on a charter bus, but once we got there it was game faces on and racing on our minds.  Through the hot Florida sun and slightly choppy race course, your Yellow Jackets pulled off a great showing against some major Florida Schools!

As this was a regatta hosted for Florida schools by the Florida Intercollegiate Rowing Association (FIRA), GT was not eligible to win the team points trophy even though we were competitors on the field, as we did last year! Either way, those Florida crews knew who the real champions of the day were, trophy or no.

Racing took place over two days, Friday and Saturday, with some Novice/Frosh boats racing on Friday and the rest the next morning. On Friday we had both of our Novice Men’s and Women’s Fours finish with our first gold medals of the regatta, setting us up for victory! Way to go guys and girls!

Early the next morning the Varsity 8’s went off first. We had the Men’s V8 place 2nd overall and the Women’s V8 place 5th overall! Great racing!  The next races were the JV8’s where we had both the Men’s and Women’s teams place 2nd, taking home silver medals! Awesome job guys!

The Women’s Varsity Lightweight 8, getting some betting shirts in the process, won our first Gold of Saturday racing!  Great job girls!

The pairs went off next. The Men’s pair placed 3rd overall and the Women’s pair placed 2nd overall! Awesome job pairs!! Continuing with small boats, we had David Judah and Sean Gibel brave FIRA on their own as they raced in Singles. They both did amazingly as David placed 2nd and Sean placed 3rd! Great job!

Next our Novice Men put out a Lightweight 8 that placed 3rd overall! Awesome job Novices!

More betting shirts were won by our Varsity Men’s and Women’s Lightweight Fours! Jackson Esoda, Andrew Dluhy, Blake Vander Wood, and Nick Hudak blew the competition away as they shot down the course clenching  the first place victory! Awesome job everyone!

GT really showed Florida what we’re all about as we schooled them at their home field!

This weekend we have the SIRA regatta in Oak Ridge, Tennessee! Our competition is at one of the highest its going to be as we have names from across the country, such as Ohio State, Texas, Tulane, Florida, Jacksonville, Temple, Washington, Notre Dame, and Delaware, coming to compete, bring the heat, and challenge your Yellow Jackets on the water!

The team loaded a charter bus at 5am Friday morning to head down to Sarasota, FL for the FIRA Championship Regatta. This regatta serves as the state championship for Florida collegiate rowing programs and Georgia Tech has been invited the last few years to compete as a guest school. Georgia Tech takes this opportunity to compete against some strong programs from the Sunshine State in preparation for SIRA championships, the Dad Vail Regatta, and ACRA.

Overall the team performed well. Eleven boats walked away with medals including six gold medals in the men’s and women’s novice 4+ B, women’s lightweight 8+, men’s and women’s lightweight 4+, and men’s novice 4+ A. These boats also earned betting shirts from their competitors. Check out our results page for more info.

The team travels to Oakridge, TN next weekend for the SIRA championships.

Spring Break is March 22, 2010.  Check out the spring racing schedule HERE

Jim Daughdrill

Position: Novice Women's Assistant Coach
Email: coach.jim[at]gtcrew.com
College: University of Pennsylvania

Bio: Coach Jim began his rowing career as a freshman at McCallie School in Chattanooga, TN. He went on to row at the University of Pennsylvania, where he sat 2 seat in the freshmen boat that captured the 2006 Eastern Sprints title and finished third in the IRA National Championship. His most memorable accomplishment as an oarsman was completing the Ted Nash Challenge - rowing 66 miles in under 12 hours - with 3 of his Penn classmates. When he's not coaching, Jim enjoys watching the Atlanta Braves, demolishing all-you-can-eat buffets, and listening to 90s country music.

GT Crew Wins by a Landslide at the Chattanooga

Despite the lack of practice time on the water due to flooding and contamination in the Chattahoochee, Georgia Tech Crew had a great showing at their season opener, the Chattanooga Head Race, on Saturday, October 10, marked by strong showings by all four squads.

On the men’s side, the Varsity Men took first and third place in the Men’s Collegiate 8+, and also fielded six other boats that earned medals in other events. The Novice Men took home silver in the Men’s Novice 8+ along with silver and bronze in the Men’s True Novice 4+ race.

The women had a strong showing as well. The Varsity Women stacked up well considering the tough competition with varsity programs. They took gold in the Women’s Lightweight 4+ and also finished ahead of all of the other club teams (as well as some varsity boats) in the Women’s Collegiate 8+ and Women’s Collegiate 4+ races. The Novice Women brought home gold in the Women’s True Novice 4+ and bronze in the Women’s Novice 8+.

Overall the team did very well, finishing 1st among twelve colleges for team points. Georgia Tech gained 653 points, more than 300 points above second place Clemson University Rowing Association, clinching the College Team Point Trophy by a landslide victory.

Check out GT Crew's results page for all of GT’s results, or click here for full race results.