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Heels gear up for the Hooch

The Carolina Men's Crew will be heading to Chattanooga, TN this weekend for two days of racing at the Head of the Hooch Regatta. The crew will be fielding many entries ranging from the Champ 8+ to the Lwt 4+. The men's team will be joined by Carolina Women's rowing in the pursuit of the highly contested ACC points trophy. With some encouraging results from the past races of this season, the crew is eager to prove its speed on the Tennessee River against crews such as Georgia Tech, Texas, and Jacksonville.

For more information, visit the regatta website: www.headofthehooch.org

Come out to support us and enjoy one of the largest fall regattas in the country!

Heels to Dual Maryland on Nov. 14

On Saturday, November 14 the Crew will line up agaisnt the University of Maryland for some spectacular 2000 meter sprint racing. If you are unfamiliar with sprint racing, it is a drag race style event over the course of 2000 meters between two or more crews.

This will be the crew's final race of the fall season and their only home race, so be sure to make the short trip over to Jordan Lake to support the Heels in the fall finale.

The venue is on gorgeous Jordan Lake at the Ebenezer Church Recreation Area and the racing starts at 8am! Click here for directions and further details.

If you are unable to attend the event, but would still like to contribute, please use the parent's message board for ideas and opportunities. The support of our family and friends is vital to the continued success of this program, we appreciate your help!

We can't wait to see you there! ROW HEELS!

At Charles V8+ Performs, Secures Bid for 2010

On Friday, October 17th the Men's Crew sent it's V8+ to Boston to compete in the 45th Head of the Charles Regatta. A beautiful Saturday afternoon raised hopes for a clean day of racing on Sunday; however, the weather was anything but clean as the 8+ launched from Riverside Boat Club around 12:45 PM on Sunday afternoon. It was cold, wet,and gusty, but the crew managed to stay focused on it's priorities despite the adverse conditions. The Heels placed 16th out of 38 crews with a time of 16:34 -- approximately one minute behind the winning crew -- and secured a bid for next year's race. For full results visit www.hocr.org/results/results.asp.

The Crew sends a special thank you to Mr. and Mrs. Kowalski and Susan Rice for their warm hospitality over the weekend; the continued support of parents and friends is an invaluable asset to the team. Thanks again!

Heels Find Speed at Occoquan Chase

The men's varsity and novice crews came home with some impressive results after Sunday's racing in Virginia. The varsity team fielded three 8+'s and three 4+'s, and the novice team fielded three 8+'s as well. Below are the results; thank you to everybody who was able to contribute, your generosity and spirit make our racing seasons possible!

open men's 4+

open men's8+

novice men's 8+

light men's 4+

V4+ A