Newsletter #1

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At this past Sunday's meeting we held elections for the 2012-2013 school year.  As is custom the positions were voted upon by all current team members both Varsity and Novice alike. By means of the nomination process anyone is given the ability to run for a position. The Executive Board for this coming year includes:

*President- Mike Rigol

*Vice President- Ben Justice

*Regatta Chair- Taylor Dent

*Treasurer- Christian Bucey

*Secretary- John Delamater

Fundraising Chair- Abbie Murphy

Safety Chair- Stefan Malmsten

Equipment Chair- Jared Weiss & Ian Groopman

*- indicates voting position

OUgatta:

This past weekend in place of Governor's Cup, here in Athens the Ohio University Crews organized a mock regatta as previously mentioned. The regatta ran extremely smooth for being put together in six hours; so well that we had rowers from other schools ask us to host regattas here in Athens more regularly. We had multiple 1st place finishes with several of our boats posting PRs. Everyone is continuing to improve and all our boats are looking very strong as we inch closer to Dad Vails on May 12.

Governor's Cup 2012:

As previously noted both the Men's Crew and Women's Crew were to be traveling to Charleston, WV this weekend for the annual Governor's Cup. The regatta director called our president this morning to inform us that the regatta has been CANCELED due to extreme high water levels and debris scattered about the course. 

A few teams however were already down in Charleston and instead of forcing a wasted trip upon them, we have organized a scrimmage to take place out on Dow Lake at Strouds State Park in Athens.

Info:

-10:00am to 1:00pm

-teams as of now: Miami U. / John Carroll U. / Cleveland St.

SIRA 2012 

Both the Varsity 8 and Novice 4 had strong performances this past weekend down in Oak Ridge, TN for SIRA. The Varsity 8, even though finishing with a strong time was unable to advance onto the Sunday finals placing 24th. The Novice 4 however, posted a PR and moved on to the Semi-finals Saturday evening. After placing well in their heat they then were able to advance to the Finals finishing in 13th amongst some very strong competition. Even though no betting shirts made the return trip to Athens with us we were able to lay it all out on the line and prove to the rowing community that OUMC is growing into a force to be reckoned with. 

This coming weekend we will be racing at Gov Cup in Charleston, WV. where we have run the table in the past. We are continuing to practice hard and we hope to continue our trend. Stay posted for news and results to be coming next week.