Congratulations to the 2005 Board of Directors:

President: Maura Ferguson

Vice-President: Jon McCune

Treasurer: Georgia Bullen

Secretary: Cara Heller

Fundraising: Cinar Sahin

Publicity: Leigh Stuckhardt

Crew Concerns: Stef Sydlik

Mens' Team Captain: Greg Collins

Womens' Team Captain: Sarah Wilson

It has been a pleasure (most of the time!) serving as the team's President this past year. I also want to thank the outgoing board for their hard work during a tremendously successful year.

The team successfully hosted the first annual Valentine's Day Heart Attack on Saturday. Duquense University, the University of Pittsburgh and Penn State all joined the CMU team in Skibo Gymnasium for an afternoon of 2k's and Relay Races. The CMU contigent performed spectacularly winning six of twelve events. For more information, visit or the website or look at the results.

We have now added an online store to the website so that you can order team gear and represent the team across the country. We're also selling used ergs, team oars and other equipment. Check it out at www.tartancrew.org/store.

The team returned from South Carolina on Friday after an extremely successful week of training. This was a day earlier than planned due to high winds moving into the area and the cancellation of the South Eastern Collegiate Sprints in which we had planned on racing. According to head coach, Donald Webber-Plank, "I was very pleased with the team's progress during the week, and look forward to seeing continued improvement in the coming weeks. The team and assistant coaches worked very hard to establish a strong base on the water for spring racing." With the cancellation of SERCS, our first regatta will be the Murphy Cup in Philadelphia on March 26th. Photos from the trip can be found here.

Carnegie Mellon rower, Gary Feigenbaum (ECE/Pre-Med,'05), has been selected to the 2005 United States Maccabiah Rowing Team. The team will compete at the 17th World Maccabiah Games taking place this July in Israel.

CMU's Head Coach, Donald Webber Plank commented, "It is of high significance where a student-athlete directs vision toward the attainment of one's goals, competition and the inherent process, risk and dedication involved. But vision alone does not guarantee the lessons necessary to obtain individual and team success. With teamwork, perseverance and competitive action, Gary has worked hard in order to seek opportunities and earn his national selection. I am proud of Gary's continued leadership and excellence with his crew team here at Carnegie Mellon."

You can learn more regarding the 2005 US Maccabiah Rowing Team by click here.

The team travelled to the Schuylkill on Saturday and returned from the Murphy Cup with the best results in team history. Almost every entry advanced to the final, with particularly impressive performances from the Lightweight Women's 4+ (1st place), the Heavyweight Men's 4+ (3rd place), and the Heavyweight Women''s 4+ (3rd place). Additionally, both our Novice Men's 4+ and Heavyweight Women's 8+ placed fourth in their respective finals.

Complete results are available here.

Attention alumni and friends of CMU Crew:

We will hold our annual alumni BBQ and boat naming ceremony on Saturday, April 16th, during Carnival weekend.

The BBQ will be held at the boathouse (Three Rivers Rowing Association on Washington's Landing) at noon, during which we will be delighted to take any interested alumni out for a row! The boat naming ceremony will take place on campus at 4pm... don't miss it!

To ensure there is plenty of food to go around at the BBQ, please RSVP online at:

http://www.tartancrew.org/carnival

Questions? Comments? Email alumni@tartancrew.org

The team spent their Saturday 40 miles north of Pittsburgh at Lake Arthur racing at the second annual University Rowing Association Regatta. Highlights of the day included a photo finish in the Men's Varsity Eight with the University of Washington taking Gold, Carnegie Mellon taking Silver (.3 seconds behind) and the University of Rochester taking Bronze (.9 seconds behind Washington). Other notable performances included the Men's and Women's Lightweight Fours winning their respective events and the Heavyweight Women's Pairs placing first and second! Our novice team also did well with several fourth place finishes (in the Men's and Women's Fours and Men's Eight).

With the exception of cold weather and lots of rain, it was a great day of racing. We look forward to racing our peer schools again next year. For complete results, click here.

After a week of indoor training due to a raging Allegheny, the team raced Duquesne and Penn State on Sunday. The team preformed well posting several wins including the Men's Varsity Eight, Men's Varsity Four and Men's Novice Four. The team will take this weekend off before competing in the West Virginia Governors Cup on April 23rd.

Complete results can be seen here.

The team competed at the WV Governor's Cup in Charleston, WV on April 23. The regatta was structured with heats and finals. CMU crews rowed well, advancing to the finals in nearly all boat categories. Unfortunately, severe weather resulted in the cancellation of the regatta. CMU Crew faired well, losing only 2 small tents. At least one non-CMU crew lost a shell after it became swamped and broke under the resulting force. There were some wet rowers, but no injuries.

The team raced at "mid-Atlantic's" on the Occoquan River in Fairfax, VA on May 7. This was the team's last race before the Dad Vail Regatta, and CMU Crew was rowing well. The men's and women's lightweight 4+, the open mean's 4+, and the open women's 2- all won their respective events. The CMU novice women's 4+ placed 3rd in their final, and the novice men's 4+ placed 3rd in the petite final.

These results are were very encouraging as the team entered into its final preparatory push for the Dad Vail Regatta!

The team has just returned from racing at the 2005 Dad Vail Regatta (http://www.dadvail.org/). "Vails" is the national championship race for collegiate club crews like CMU. The team had an excellent showing this year, bringing home two medals---the first-ever gold for CMU Crew---out of 3 boats advancing to finals. The results for CMU Varsity Crew are as follows:

Women's Open Pair: 1st place (gold medal)

Lightweight Women's 4+: 3rd place (bronze medal)

Open Men's 4+: 6th place in the finals

Lightweight Men's 4+: 3rd place in their semi-final

Our novice men's and women's crews got their first experience rowing at the Dad Vail Regatta. This was their first time competing against crew teams from all over the country.

Want to learn how to row?

This meeting is for you!

Wednesday, August 31. 5 pm.

UC Connan Room.

No experience necessary! We are a club sport, so we are open to both undergraduates and graduate students!

Questions? Click here or contact the team captains at captains@tartancrew.org

The Carnegie Mellon University Rowing Club is pleased to announce the appointment of Ben Althof to the position of Head Coach. Althof has been with our program for two years as both Assitant and Novice coach under former Head Coach Donald Webber-Plank. Althof began his rowing career with the University of Pittsburgh and has since participated in the masters program for Three Rivers Rowing. In addition to coaching for Carnegie Mellon, Althof has experience both as Head Coach of Shaler High School and with the University of Pittsburgh Novice Men.

Contributing to the coaching staff, Jon Milikowsky has been chosen as Novice Coach. Milikowsky is a student at Carnegie Mellon as well as a four-year member of the University Rowing Club's Varsity program. Milikowsky began his rowing career at Choate Rosemary Hall in Wallingford, CT. During his time as a student at Carnegie Mellon, he also served as Men's Team Captain, Team President, and coached the boys varsity team for Allderdice High School.

Rounding out our coaching staff is Megan Khem as Assistant Coach. Khem is involved in the masters program for Three Rivers Rowing and is a part of a very active rowing family. Our club is looking forward to a successful year under these coaches who have already brought so much to the program.

This year the Head of the Ohio (HOTO) banquet is being held at the Omni William Penn Hotel in downtown Pittsburgh. It is scheduled for 7:00 pm on Saturday, October 1st, 2005, following the Regatta.

Guests are welcome! This includes parents, significant others, or children. We ask only that you purchase a ticket for each attendee. Tickets are $35 per person (checks payable to CMU Rowing Club).

Please RSVP on the team’s website by September 25th, 2005: http://www.tartancrew.org/hoto/ Parents, your rower will need to RSVP for you.

We especially encourage novice rowers and their families to attend. The banquet is a great time for novice rowers and their families to get to know not just the varsity team, but also alumni, friends, past coaches and others who have helped build CMU Crew into what it is today. This year is unique in that it is the first time CMU Novice Crew will be competing at HOTO.

Questions and comments are welcome; please direct them to vp@tartancrew.org.

We look forward to seeing you at the banquet!

Sincerely,

-Jonathan McCune

vp@tartancrew.org

PS: We still have a few open seats in the alumni entries in the regatta! Any alumni interested in rowing should contact vp@tartancrew.org.

Hello alumni, family, and friends of CMU Crew,

This past Saturday, October 1, marked the start of the fall 2005 racing season for Carnegie Mellon Crew. The Head of the Ohio Regatta took place on a beautiful Saturday; arguably one of the best in the history of the event.

The CMU novice team was given the opportunity to race at HOTO for the first time in team history, and they did so with fantastic results:

Men's Novice 4+ - 2nd Place

Women's Novice 4+ - 3rd Place

Men's Novice 8+ - 2nd Place

Notable results from the varsity team include:

Women's Open 8+ - Governor's Cup

Women's Open Pair - 2nd Place

Women's Lightweight 4+ - 3rd Place

CMU Crew alumni also raced a men's 8+, 4+, and a women's 4+.

The race was followed by the annual CMU Crew HOTO Banquet, where approximately 85 rowers, alumni, family and friends came together to celebrate the beginning of another year of racing. This year's banquet was held at the Omni William Penn Hotel in downtown Pittsburgh, and featured memoirs from alumni Erin Breen, Danielle Little, and Neal Turbow.

CMU Crew will compete next at the Head of the Charles Regatta, http://www.hocr.org/ in Boston during the weekend of October 22-23. Four entries are expected: a men's open 4+, a novice men's 4+, and open and lightweight women's 4+. Anyone interested in attending the regatta or housing some rowers for the weekend is asked to contact alumni@tartancrew.org.

Finally, I would like to extend a collective thank-you from the team to all the alumni, parents, and friends of the team who came out to offer their support during HOTO. We couldn't have done it without you!

Sincerely,

-Jon McCune

vp@tartancrew.org

October 22-23, 2005:

This year CMU Crew set a new precedent by sending 4 boats to the Head

of the Charles Regatta in Boston. Everybody who attended enjoyed

being a part of the world's biggest regatta! A big thank-you goes out

to all the parents, alumni, and friends who helped feed, house, and

support our rowers! Here are the results:

Men's heavy weight 4+ (stroke: Greg Collins (soph), 3-seat: Jonathan

McCune (grad),2-seat: Adam Suhy (jr),Bow: David Rice(sr), Cox: Emma

Friedman(jr)) 16th place out of 38 time: 18:18.029

Women's Open 4+ (s:Georgia Bullen(sr), 3:Darbi Roberts(sr),2: Reva

Street(fr),b: Kristin Koslowski(fr), c: Peter Lynch (fr)) 14/34 time:

20:11.303

Men's novice 4+ (Manuel Monasi (fr), Tyler Moss (fr), David Figgins (fr),

Helder Rocha (fr), Elliot Beltzer (fr)) 40 /43 time: 22:26.339

Women's Lightweight 4+ (s:Stefanie Sydlik (jr), 3:Allison Schirmuhly (fr),

2:Cara Heller (jr), b:Crystal Lee (soph), c: Courtney Sobers (fr)) 11/17

22:16.059

The team travelled to Philadelphia this past Saturday (October 29,

2005) to row in the Head of the Schuylkill Regatta. Though we rowed

in chilly temperaturs, the rain held off and the wind blew mostly as a

tail wind. We are especially proud of our novice boats, who placed

about the same as the varsity in their respective events.

Varsity results:

17 of 46: Men's Open Four A: 00:14:46.63

39 of 46: Men's Open Four B: 00:16:24.24

19 of 46: Women's Club Eight: 00:15:17.17

Novice results:

18 of 20: Men's Novice Four: 00:18:40.58

27 of 63: Women's Novice Eight: 00:16:40.17

33 of 50: Men's Novice Eight: 00:15:14.09

Last Sunday (11/6/05) the team traveled to sunny Fairfax, VA. With beautiful weather and temperatures in the 70s the day was great for rowing and spectating. The team rowed well in most events, bringing home 2 silver medals and a bronze for the Women's Novice 4+, the Men's Champ. 4+ and the Women's Club 8+, respectively. The results follow:

Novice Men's 8+ 8th 00:19:11.34

Women's Club 8+ 4th 00:19:59.97

Women's Novice 8+ 15th 00:23:35.02

Men's Champ. 4+ 4th 00:18:52.55

Women's Champ 4+ 6th 00:22:02.73

Women's Champ 4+ 19th 00:24:12.86

Women's Novice 4+ 2nd 00:24:14.40

Champ. Men's 8+ 8th 00:19:33.41

Next weekend the Novice team will compete against Duquesne and Pitt in Pittsburgh.

-Adam Suhy

publicity@tartancrew.org

This year's annual Car-Du-Pitt regatta was held on Saturday Nov. 12. This regatta allows Novices from Carnegie Mellon, Duquesne, and University of Pittsburgh, to face off against each other. This year Carnegie Mellon dominated with a final point total of 10, beating both Pitt and Duquesne. The Novice Women won in the women's eights event as well as both the A fours event and the B fours event. The novice men also won in the men's eights event. Despite the chill in the air and the ice on the dock, the event was a success with all novices enjoying their races in the otherwise beautiful weather.

Since this event signifies the end of the Fall 2005 season, I would like to take another chance to thank all of the alumni and parents who have helped out so much this season. We hope to have your continued support in the upcoming fall season.

Thank you,

Adam Suhy

publicity@tartancrew.org