Crew sweep medals at Wisconsin Dells Regatta
| Published: 04/18/2009 |
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MSOE Crew made a clean sweep of the medals at the first ever WI Dells Regatta, held on the Wisconsin River in downtown Wisconsin Dells. Teams from Marquette, Lawrence, & Northern Michigan were in attendance on the three-lane course. In the Varsity 8 race, MSOE entered three boats, having their freshmen step up and compete with the varsity competition. MSOE defeated Northern Michigan's varsity by over 20 seconds in the heat to make the three boat final an all MSOE race.
The MSOE varsity then split up into 3 four man boats, defeating Marquette, Northern Michigan, and Lawrence in the heats, to again make the varsity fours race an all MSOE final.
MSOE had the only two frosh 8's entered in the competition, with 2 roughly even boats slugging it out in a close finish, and the MSOE Novice 4's, with athletes that had already rowed five por more races, taking first and third with a fresh Marquette squad sneaking in for second place.
MSOE Crew travels to Indianapolis this weekend to take on Midwest powerhouses Michigan, Purdue, Notre Dame, and Grand Valley, along with Minnesota, Michigan State, Northwestern, Ohio State, and others.
