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Posted By: Ty Youngblood on May 14, 2010 | 2:33 p.m.

Dad Vail Delight

Posted By: Ty Youngblood on May 14, 2010 | 2:01 p.m.

********* Not able to make the trip up to Philly this past spring? No worries, see the Women's Four Race HERE! **********

Two Novice 4+ boats (one women’s on men’s) were chosen to attend the Aberdeen Dad Vail Regatta on the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on May 7^th to May 8^th.  This is one of the largest and oldest regattas in the country, and it is an honor to even attend this regatta. Each boat underwent rigorous training in preparation for the regatta in hopes of capturing an elusive medal.

Heats were conducted on Friday beginning with the Novice Men where the top two finishers would advance. The men (Michael Massey, Jeremy Richards, Ty Youngblood, Nolan Lacy, and cox Jenny Holtz) clocked a time of 7:09.161 but missed out on second by approximately 0.7 seconds. The women (Alex Sparks, Leigh Allison, Kate Allison, Devin Schultze, and cox Anne Lander) won their heat in demanding fashion with the time of 07:58.874 nearly ten seconds in front of the second place finisher. They would move on the semi-finals on Saturday.

Saturday was an early morning for the team. With the girl’s semi-final set to start at 7 AM, everyone was a bit drowsy. This feeling vanished as the women’s 4+ could be seen down the course with Clemson in front. The girl’s blanked their competition taking first in the semi-finals with a 07:44.090. With times like that the team felt they had a good chance at medals, but the final, main event, was several hours away.

The final race brought a rollercoaster of emotion for Clemson supporters. For the majority of the race it was too close to call with even the announcer having doubts on who was in front. As the boats reached the sprint it was down to a two boat race between Clemson and a Fairfield. Fairfield appeared to have the slight advantage approaching the grand stands, but with about one hundred meters to go Clemson made its move finishing strong to a finish that was too close to call leaving the fans anxious, but no matter the color, a medal was secured. After waiting several minutes, the girls rowed to the medal dock to receive their silver medals; they had missed gold by 0.038 seconds! Though heartbreak, the girls had no reason to hang their heads. A medal at the Dad Vail Regatta is prestigious and places them in the nation’s elite. This is the team’s first medal in recent history at this regatta. The whole team is proud, ladies!

Congratulations Women’s Novice  4+!

For official race results go here.

Strong Showing at SIRA

Posted By: Ty Youngblood on April 20, 2010 | 3:14 p.m.

This past weekend the team travelled to Melton Hill Lake in Oak Ridge, Tennessee for their final team regatta of the season, SIRA. SIRA (Southern Intercollegiate Rowing Association) regatta offered some of the best competition the team has faced all season. The tigers were put against some of the strongest crews not only in the south but in the nation as well. 60 crews attended this two day regatta, and the tigers held their own with the best of them. The team's hard work and dedication all season long was clearly evident.

The heats and semi-finals were held on Saturday, while the finals were conducted on Sunday. The Men's Novice Lightweight 4+ started the day for the tigers, finishing 2nd in their heat and qualifying for the A finals. The Men's Novice Open 4+ placed fourth in their heat qualifying for C semi-finals. Though they put up a strong fight, they finished one spot away from making the C finals. The Women's Novice 8+ finished 2nd in their qualifying heat and 3rd in the sem-finals sending them to the A finals. The Men's Novice 8+ slipped into third by one second to reach the A/B semi-final where they qualified for B finals. The Women's Varsity 8+ advanced to the C semi-finals. Taking 3rd in semis, they advanced to the C final. Though a valiant effort, the Men's Varsity 8+ and the Men's Varsity Lightweight 4+ were each one place short of advancing to semi-finals. Women's Varsity Lightweight 4+ impressed many by finishing 1st in their heat and reaching A finals.

For the finals on Sunday, the Women's Varisty 8+ finished 5th in the C finals. The Men's Novice Lightweight 4+ claimed the teams first medals of the day by finishing 3rd in the A final. The Women's Novice 8+ were next to claim medals, winning bronze in the A final. The Men's Novice 8+ finished 6th in the B final. The Women's Lightweight 4+ captured the team's final medal finishing 2nd in the A final.

With yet another successful season under their belts, the Clemson Crew can pat themselves on the back and gear up for summer training!

Thank you parents, rowers, alumni, and fans for all your help!

To see all the team results click here and for official results here.

Home for the Holidays: Clemson Sprints

Posted By: Ty Youngblood on April 13, 2010 | 1:27 a.m.

Easter wasn't the only thing Clemson Crew had to celebrate during the weekend of April 3rd. Clemson Crew not only hosted a great regatta, they ended the day with many medals and even a few trophies to add to their collection. With schools from across the land in attendance including North Carolina State, Vanderbilt, Rollins, Georgia State, Emory, Georgia, Wake Forest, and several others, competition was high and several races came down to the last stroke. With the beautiful spring-time weather of Clemson, South Carolina, who could ask for more?

The day began well for the Tigers, led by their Coach, Chris Czech, who took gold in the Men's Open 1x race; the tigers also won the Women's Open 2- event, the Mixed Masters 2x, and took 1st and 2nd in the Men's Open 2-. The women's varsity 8+ claimed the silver medals, while the Men's Varsity Lightweight 4+ also received silver. On the novice side of things, the girls had a strong showing, walking away with one gold in the Novice 8+ and silver for the Novice 4+ A. For the novice guys, the 8+ finished a close second, and the Novice 4+ A crossed the finish line a mere 0.3 seconds after Rollins to earn a bronze. To finish the day on a strong note, the team took silver in the first flight of the Mixed Open 8+ and first and second in the second flight.

When all the points were added, the women won the women’s points trophy, the men finished 2^nd in points, and team won the total points trophy!

Many other boats advanced to finals and even more made improvements. To see all the results click here.

A huge thank you goes out to the parents, alumni, fans, and especially rowers who made Clemson Sprints possible.

Can't wait until next year!