Below is the spring 2011 racing schedule for Case Crew with links to the results and photos for each event.
For a write up about each event continue to scroll down.
Rivergate Park Officially Opened -- Ribbon Cutting
May 17, 2011: The Cleveland Rowing Foundation (CRF) held a ribbon cutting ceremony to officially open the facility,
expose the park to local dignitaries and press, and also recognize those that made the project a reality.
Local dignitaries included Cleveland Mayor Frank G. Jackson and Ward 3 Councilman Joe Cimperman. Both elected officials have been strong advocates of the project
and were on hand to congratulate CRF. Keynote speeches were given by various folks from CRF, but also from Councilman Cimperman and representatives
from The Trust For Public Land (TPL). Rivergate Park is a partnership between CRF and TPL to provide public Cuyahoga River access --
something that was distinctly lacking in Cleveland until now.
During the ribbon cutting itself, coaches from each program plus the assembled dignitaries participated in the photo op. Representing Case Crew was Patty Wolford
and Tim Marcovy representing SARA.
Women's Varsity Pair in First-Ever Vail Final for Case Crew
May 13-14, 2011:Case Crew sent it's conference champion women's varsity pair to the
Aberdeen Dad Vail Regatta to test their speed against the best in the country. The duo of
Senior Katie Puttmann and Sophomore Caitlin Bowerman had each raced Vails before and were looking to make a statement in this year's
race. All season they focused on speed in the pair and their hard work paid off with Case Crew's first-ever finals berth.
Racing all weekend was streamed live and many alumni tuned in to watch their progress. On Friday morning they were in a heat that proved to
be, by far, the fastest of the day. The heat consisted of three varsity programs from
Fairfield (the regatta favorites and ultimate winners),
Oklahoma City, and
Duquesne. Fairfield led from the beginning
and won the heat. However, four crews battled it out for the next two qualifying spots and finished within 6 seconds of each other.
Case won the battle for the third and last qualifying spot over Oklahoma City by a scant 0.03 seconds!!! A BOW BALL!!! But once
all of the heats were completed and stacked up, Katie and Caitlin had the 6th fastest time overall from 28 teams.
Caitlin & Katie before their semi-final Photos •
Results
Since the results were so close, it took the officials over 30 minutes to post the results. The rowers and coaches sat in limbo not knowing if the weekend
was over or not. Alums hitting refresh on their computers saw the results and called to tell the team not to pack up just yet! It was off for a quick tour
of boathouse row, dinner and relaxation.
For the Saturday morning semi-final, the women drew three more varsity programs from Loyola Marymount,
Stetson, and Drexel.
However, based on heat times they stacked up with these crews quite favorably. Assuming everyone executed the semi the same as the heat Case would finish in second
place and garner a spot in the final. But on race day you never know what can happen, but the Case women showed poise and strength pulling off their 2nd place finish in another
close call versus Stetson. The Stetson crew pushed Case all the way down the course, but with the Florida team in Lane 2 and the Spartan in Lane 5 it was difficult
to tell who had the advantage. After another excruciating wait for the results, Case had pulled it out by 0.2 seconds -- making their total margin of victory
over two races less then one quarter of a second!
After the semi-final it was now re-hydrate, rest and prepare for the Saturday afternoon final. They qualified with the 6th fastest time in all of the semis and based on the
progression system drew lane 6. Not ideal.
The moderate weekend weather did not hold out for Katie & Caitlin's final -- rain greeted them at the start. The final played out as the heats and finals
indicated with Case finishing 6th in a gutsy race. They battled a strong crew from Georgia Tech next to them in Lane 5,
but just could not quite hang on finishing 2 seconds behind. Overall the crew finished 6th out of 28 teams and it by-far the best result ever for Case Crew.
This year's event was well attended by a number of current team members, alumni and both current coaches. Plus the number of alums watching the video
stream and posting on Facebook was the most ever. Sophomore Anna Czekaj drove to Philly with Katie and Caitlin to watch in person and provided the following
perspective from the race:
As the team's coxswain, I can honestly say that I have reached maximum adrenaline rush from the many close races we've had these past two years
(the ones where you win by a bow ball or lose by a stroke). I never would have guessed that I could get the same feeling for a race that I was
watching and not even in. This weekend's performance by Caitlin and Katie had me on my toes the entire time. From preparing for the race the day
before to discussing the game plan before launching, there was NEVER a dull moment where my heart wasn’t racing (and I wasn’t even competing!)
I guess you can say that Dad Vails is known for having this effect on people. Going on this trip with the pair gave me that missing feeling of recognition.
Granted, we are Case and we’ve grown to accept that people don’t always know about our school, but this past weekend our position for acknowledgement
was quite different. It was during the second race that I stood up and prepared myself to scream as loud as I could no matter how much it hurt.
I let out the first cheer calling for Katie and Caitlin to pull ahead after the 500 meter mark. I followed it by screaming a loud and proud “Let’s go Case!”
The best feeling was that the second I focused on the crowd’s cheering instead of my own, I heard people cheering for our boat. When I looked to see who the
mysterious voices belongs to, I was shocked to see it was from people I’ve never even met. Man, did it felt great!!
To be the first boat from Case to make it to the finals is quite the accomplishment. I have watched Katie and Caitlin from the start and they have not
only grown as pair partners but as friends as well. I can still remember when I dragged Caitlin to the Crew booth at the Student Activities Fair and
made her join the team with me. It’s crazy to think that she’s done so much in such a short span of time. As crew president, she really stepped up the
game and organized the team to a new dimension (Doug Brubaker, you have quite the shoes to fill next year). If it was going to be anyone that made it to the finals,
I’m BEYOND glad it was Katie and Caitlin. Their devotion, commitment, and passion toward crew and the team stand out with everything they do.
I’m so glad I was there to be part of the reward for their hard work.
May 12-13, 2011: Case Crew alumna Miranda Cullins and St. Ignatius alumnus Aaron Marcovy (former team coach & SARA Board member Tim Marcovy's son)
both raced in the National Selection Regatta II (NSR II) on Mercer Lake in New Jersey. Both Aaron and Miranda competed in the double sculls with partners
from USRowing. After a time trial on Thursday morning to seed lanes, Miranda and her partner Laura Nicholson finished third in their heat to qualify for the
semi-finals. Aaron and his double partner finished fourth in their Thursday heat to claim the last semi qualifying spot.
In the semi-finals on Friday Miranda and Laura finished one place out of qualifying position for the A-level final. Aaron and his partner also missed
the A final finishing 5th in their heat with only 3 to advance. Each crew lined up Saturday morning for the B-level final with each race streamed online.
Aaron and his partner were first up in the men's double. There was nothing in the race for the entire 2000m distance and they ended up in second (8th overall)
by only 0.21 seconds. Miranda was the next race down the course. After a strong start Miranda and Laura just couldn't quite hang onto the leader and
finished 5th (11th overall) and 1.5 seconds off the winners.
The National Selection Regattas help the coaches gage athlete progress at the beginning of the annual cycle, and the winners get funded to attend the
summer World Cup events in Europe. NSR II is generally used to select the doubles and pairs. Bigger, Olympic-class boats are chosen by the national team coaches.
Race results for the 2011 event can be found HERE.
Case Crew Brings Home 7 Medals from Charleston
April 23, 2011:Case Crew travelled down to Charleston, West Virginia once again to wrap up the season at the Governor’s Cup Regatta.
The team has been attending this race since its founding and is the traditional season-ending event. Only select crews then go onto
Dad Vails in Philadelphia in a couple weeks to race for the national championship.
Persistent rains this spring throughout West Virginia raised the Kanawha River to almost unsafe conditions, but luckily the regatta was not cancelled.
The day started with Coach Bob Gannon racing in his single ultimately finishing 5/6 against some strong collegiate rowers.
Thunderstorms approached the men’s pairs of Adam Wilson (stroke) & Nicholas Miller (bow) and Doug Brubaker (stroke) & Bob Gannon (bow)
as they headed out on the water. Determined to race, the official shortened the race to a 1000m and the experienced pair of Wilson and Miller
finished first and Brubaker and Gannon finished 4th of 4.
The men’s composite novice 8+ of Cleveland State and Case was ready to launch, but the thunderstorms took
command and the regatta was delayed for an hour to allow the weather to pass. Once racing resumed the novice men’s 8+ finished 4th of 4.
The varsity women’s 4+ comprised of Katie Puttmann (stroke), Mallory Miller (3), Ruth Dickey (2), Grace Eder (bow) with Anna Czekaj (cox) were up
next and finished in a strong 2nd out of 5 beating out the varsity-status crew from Eastern Michigan
but ultimately falling behind Penn State.
The Men’s Varsity 4+ of Brubaker (4), Wilson (3), Moss (2), Miller (1) and Czekaj (cox) rowed a strong race but under tough competition finished 6th/6.
The women’s pair of Caitlin Bowerman (stroke) and Katie Puttmann (bow) was excited to race future Vails competitors Penn State; however 20 minutes
before launching Penn State pulled out of the race. To provide competition Mallory Miller (S) and Coach Patty Wolford (B) jumped in the positive alpha pair
and provided some fun competition. Ultimately the experienced pair of Bowerman and Puttmann won the race. The Novice men’s and Women’s 4+s rowed hard
races but both finished 6th/6.
To create some strong competition, the Men’s Varsity fours from Case and CSU combined forces to form a Men’s Varsity 8+ combination.
Racing the Marcovy Resolute 8+, the men finished strong in 2nd of 6 in the 2000m race beating out fellow rivals John Carroll
and other strong teams such as West Virginia and Ohio University.
Turning right back up river the men entered the 500m dash. The race started slow with the men in 5th place. However, around the 350m mark the composite
boat picked up the power and started walking on the leading 4 boats to finish 3rd in the dash.
Anna Czekaj '13 getting tossed after the Mixed 8+ race!
Returning to the dock, the CSU men jumped out of the Marcovy and the Case Varsity Women hot seated in for the mixed 8+ race.
The mixed boat of Katie Puttmann (8) Caitlin Bowerman (7), Ruth Dickey (6), Mallory Miller (5), Adam Wilson (4), Doug Brubaker (3),
Matt Moss (2), and Nicholas Miller (1) with Anna Czekaj (cox) finished 1st to round out a good day of racing.
To celebrate the win, the Mixed 8+ took their coxswain down to river for a little swim before posing for the annual picture in front of the WV Capitol.
However, the fun day was not over yet... The Case vans and trailer started heading back to Cleveland only to be stopped on the freeway behind a fallen power line.
After half hour of no progress, the vans decided to cross the highway median and Coach Patty Wolford joined the team van to make back home to go on her honeymoon!
Bob Gannon and Nicholas Miller remained behind with the trailer for another 2 hours until the patrol officer allowed them to execute a 17 point turn with
the truck and trailer on a 2 lane freeway to get back to the on ramp and continue on to Cleveland.
Thanks to club president Caitlin Bowerman '13 for providing the race report.
Full results from this year's race can be found HERE (html).
Alumna Miranda Cullins Competes in National Selection Regatta I
April 21-22, 2011:Case Crew alumna and former coach Miranda Cullins competed this weekend at the
USRowing National Selection Regatta (NSR I) in Lake Mercer, New Jersey. The annual selection process
for the national team starts with NSR I and runs throughout the year with the fastest and best athletes garnering a seat at the World Championships
to be held in Bled, Slovenia. The Bled Worlds will be held from August 28 to September 4.
The NSR progression saw each sculler race on Thursday in a time trial (TT) format. The fastest 18 would then go into a heat & semi format, and Miranda placed 17th.
Those finishing outside of the top 18 were placed into D, E, etc. finals. Miranda's 17th position in the TT was just over 5% off the winning time -- improving on her 7%
margin from the 2010 NSR I finish.
Having qualified for the heats she now had to finish in the top four of a 6-boat side-by-side race on Lake Mercer to proceed to the semi-finals.
The heats took place on Thursday evening -- the same day as the TT. Miranda's sixth place finish in this heat qualified her for the "C" final on Friday where
she then finished in 5th place for 17th place overall.
The National Selection Regattas help the coaches gage athlete progress at the beginning of the annual cycle, and the winners get funded to attend the
summer World Cup events in Europe. NSR I is generally used to select the single scullers and the May NSR II selects the pairs & doubles. Bigger, Olympic
class boats are chosen by the national team coaches.
Race results for the 2011 event can be found HERE.
Strong Showing for Alumni at 2011 Alumni Regatta in Cleveland
April 9, 2011: Over 20 Case Crew alumni converged on Cleveland to race and hang out at Great Lakes Brewery during our 6th
annual alumni regatta. A number of Case Crew parents also were in attendance to watch their children row. Alumni and parents
came from as far away as Minnesota, Chicago, North Carolina, Baltimore, Boston and Philadelphia. The events keep getting better
year after year.
The day started out a quick boathouse tour and then all of the alums introduced themselves to the parents and rowers.
Then a little overview of the race format and onto the water! Seven races were held between alumni and current team members with winning
in four events. And of course, none of the events were stacked in the alumni's favor.
Alumni posing with the newly christened sagamore. From left to right: Chris Bowley, Nina Ma, Kate Menosky, Meg Grady, Lauren Boucher,
Patty Wolford, Cheryl Thompson, Rebecca Carter, Nate Uber, Chris Shoemaker, Doug Rathburn, Fraser Hewson, Tim Marcovy, Brian Chorney, Tom Hudak
The first race of the day was the men's pair -- a three abreast affair on a tight stretch of river under the red swing bridge. It ended up being
the longest event of the day at 1000m, and fitness played into the student's advantage. Nicholas Miller and Adam Wilson have been training and racing
the pair all spring, but an outside lane and some tough steering proved too much to counter the efforts of Doug Brubaker and assistant coach Bob Gannon.
The raced was Bob's first ever in the pair and he and Doug had just taken the boat out the first time that morning. Not to be outdone, Tim Marcovy
and Doug Rathburn had their practice row on the way to the start. After a bit of oar clashing through the tight stretch each crew took a wide birth
around the bend in front of the boathouse with Doug B. and Bob ultimately prevailing.
The middle of the day's programming was stacked with fours races. Alumni were given a crack at both the varsity and novice fours from both the men's
and women's sides. The first fours race had the alumni women's crew of Patty Wolford, Cheryl Thompson, Meg Grady, and Lauren Boucher with Nina Ma coxing
up against the Case novice women. With a solid stroke set be alumna and current head coach Patty Wolford, the alumni women looked comfortable in their
win over the novices.
Kate Menosky (cox), Patty Wolford (s), Cheryl Thompson (3), Meg Grady (2), and Lauren Boucher (b)
The alumni men proved dominate in the fours with most still either rowing or posting lots of meters on the erg. In different line-ups the alumni men
were able to prevail over the students in both races. Against the Case Crew varsity four the all-star line-up of Brian Chorney, Tom Hudak, Chris Bowley,
and Chris Shoemaker with Rebecca Carter coxing pulled away from the start and never looked back. Against the novices Tim Marcovy, Bob Gannon,
Brian Chorney, Nate Uber with Nina Ma coxing proved experience can trump desire on most days. The novice men's four from Case this spring had a couple
true novices and the crew looked good coming down the course. Hopefully the alumni regatta experience will show them what a lifetime sport rowing can be.
The most anticipated event of the day was the alumni women up against the Case varsity four. Much trash talking could be heard throughout the day
regarding experience and youth, but ultimately the crew that placed 2nd at URAs proved too strong for the alumni line-up of Patty Wolford, Cheryl
Thompson, Meg Grady, and Lauren Boucher with Katie Menosky steering.
Engine room of the alumni men's 8+: Chris Shoemaker (2), Chris Bowley (3), Tom Hudak (4), Fraser Hewson (5), Tim Marcovy (6), Brian Chorney (7)
For the last women's race of the morning, head coach Patty Wolford pulled in friend Kate Beckenbach into the pair to test their mettle against
2011 URA conference champs Katie Puttmann and Caitlin Bowerman. Kate B is an alumna of Case, but didn't row for the team. Hey, she's part of
the SARA family now... Kate and Patty tried valiantly to hang on to their younger rivals, but Katie and Caitlin's form proved formidable crossing
the finish nearly six seconds ahead.
Due to an unscheduled high school event also occurring at the boathouse, timing became tight near the end of the day. Therefore, we decided to
shorten the racing schedule and pit the alumni men in an 8+ against the mixed 8+ from Case. The student assured us this was a fast line-up
given the number of "true" novices on the team that started rowing a couple months prior. The mixed crew put up a fight with a great start,
but just could not hang with the alumni men after about 200m. The alumni men's 8+ has raced in roughly this line-up for a few years now
and all that practice must be paying off. Somehow in our mind's eye we were better than we ever were! ☺
After racing finished, the entire group gathered for a short shell christening and then the alumni convened the SARA annual membership meeting.
This spring SARA donated a brand new Peinert X25 single for lightweight women, and you can see more of the dedication
here
At the membership meeting the President and Treasurer gave their reports followed by
new business and fielding questions from the membership. Also at the meeting, Meg Grady (left) and Lauren Boucher (right), both class of 2009, were elected to
the SARA Board of Directors. If you would like to read minutes from the meeting please click
here. In general, if you would like to help please simply
consider updating your information, particularly your email address, and encouraging people you used to row with to stay in contact. Our email
list is deep, but it's still incomplete. So please send a note to your friends asking if they're getting the email updates.
The evening was capped off by alumni-student mixer at Great Lakes Brewery. Alums Eric Matyac and Jason King weren't able to make it to the racing,
but joined us in the evening to catch up. Eric also stepped up to sponsor a seat in the new four! The last piece of the
Alumni Victorious Campaign is now underway thanks to Eric's leadership.
This year's event was one of the most heavily photographed events in Case Crew's history. Thanks to Danette Bush, Anna Czekaj and Erynn Rathburn
for providing all of the photos. Please take a moment to view the photo album, and if you haven't done so put next year's event on your calendar!
Full results and lineups from this year's race can be found HERE.
April 3, 2011: Caitlin Bowerman and Katie Puttmann took home the gold in the varsity pair at this weekend's URA Championships. The annual race held
in Butler, Pennsylvania functions as the University Rowing Associations "unofficial" conference championships. The unofficial status does not mean the pace
of racing is off the mark. Winners of events at URAs often go on to the finals at Vails every year.
Katie and Caitlin's finish represents the first-ever conference
championship in any boat class for Case since the regatta was founded in 2004! Great job ladies!
The weather held out this year with almost no wind and temperatures in the 50's. A perfect day for sprint racing. Due to recent coaching changes
at a few of the UAA schools, Chicago & WashU did not attend. Rochester kept up their recent form and won every event entered on the men's and women's
side except for the women's pair won by Case. This stellar performance won Rochester the overall conference champion title.
The women's team wasn't done capturing medals after the pair. The varsity 4+ line up of Grace Eder (b), Ruth Dickey (2), Mallory Miller (3), Katie Puttmann (s)
& Anna Czekaj (cox) took home a silver medal behind Rochester and ahead of rivals Carnegie-Mellon. Then everyone jumped in an eight and took third behind
the varsity and JV line-ups from Rochester and beat a crew from New York University.
Nicholas Miller (b), Adam Wilson (2), Matt Moss (3), Doug Brubaker (s), and Anna Zekaj (cox) in the Men's Varsity 4+
The men's team struggled to find their form a bit at this year's race. The team size is a bit larger this year which enabled them to enter an eight for the first
time in ages. However, this depth includes a few true spring novices and this race was their first test off the home waters of the Cuyahoga. The early spring
experience in Butler will hopefully prove useful for the men as the season progresses.
Mallory Miller's mother was at the race and took hundreds of photos of all the crews -- mostly from the chase launch. Be sure to check them out!
Full results from this year's race can be found HERE (html).
JCU Wins Cleveland Collegiate Cup; Case Takes WV4+
March 26, 2011: The ninth annual race between Cleveland colleges was renamed the Cleveland Collegiate Regatta this year. The scrimmage
formerly known as the Home Schools Regatta featured Cleveland State,
John Carroll and Case Western Reserve racing down the winding
Cuyahoga River in a heat and final format. Seven races were run in fours and eights with JCU winning all races except the women's varsity
4+ that was won by Case. With such a dominating performance from John Carroll this year they took home the cup for the 5th time since 2003.
This year's installment of the regatta saw a heat and final setup to allow for maximum racing for the fastest crews. The heats were three abreast
500m dashes from through the Flats from NS1 to Nautica Pavilion. The top two boats from each heat then turned around and headed up river to race side-by-side for
1750m with the winner taking home a point for their team. Case took home a victory in the first race of the morning -- the women's Varsity 4+. However, the
rest of the morning belonged to John Carroll with them winning every other event -- 6 in total. Case took 2nd place in four of those six remaining races
for a strong performance overall.
Mallory Miller's mother was at the race and took hundreds of photos of all the crews. Be sure to check them out!
The race was held without incident, but the infamous Cleveland weather and Cuyahoga River conditions did its best to hamper racing.
The first race was at 8am with 22 degree weather (felt like 13). However, the sun was shining a bit and around 1pm the temperature rose to about 30 degrees
(felt like 23). There was a little bit of barge traffic and lots of debris, but no major delays to racing.
Caitlin, Katie, Ruth, Mallory, and Anna taking gold in the women's "A" final
Fresh Water Cleveland Article Features Case Crew President
March 24, 2011: A recent article on Fresh Water in Cleveland featured rowing at the
new Rivergate Park. The article also quoted current Case Crew president, Caitlin Bowerman, about what it's like to row on the Cuyahoga.
Many alums out there will identify with her comments regarding rowing past the lake freighters:
The other day we spent time waiting for the Pathfinder to go by. The first time you sit through that experience, it's a little scary.
Case misses Hammer Cup by 1 Point; Overall Series Now Tied
February 13, 2011:Case Crew missed defended their Hammer Cup title against
John Carroll by one point in the 2011 event.
The final tally had JCU with 128 points, Case with 127 points, and Cleveland State trailing with 96 points.
The challenge cup is in its 17th year, and Case is now tied with JCU at 8 apiece with CSU's lone win in 2009.
Team members took home medals in 6 of 7 events entered including the team relay. While an extremely strong performance overall, they were hampered
by injury and absence in a couple key events -- most notably the open men's category. The
new points system adopted by the coaches last
year rank all finish times against each other no matter the weight class or experience level. The points are awarded based on each person "beaten" in the stack.
With no entry in the open men category the team had a large hill to climb. Ultimately the entire team fell one point short in the bragging
rights battle for the Hammer Cup. However, the women
dominated and walked away with the women's team title with 104 points to JCU's 74 2nd place points.
The fastest women's time was posted by Katie Puttmann with 7:44.7, which garnered her a bronze medal. Not far behind was her fall
season pair partner Caitlin Bowerman with the time of 7:47.9. On the lightweight side, Mallory Miller posted a 8:13.8 to win her event.
The novice women's team also performed well with bronze medals for Rachel Wilson in the open novice event and Anise Grant in lightweight
novice race.
On the men's side, varsity lightweight rower missed out on bronze in his event by 7.5 seconds with a time of 7:20.8. In the lightweight
novice event Case Crew hit the trifecta taking home all three medals: John Enevoldsen gold, Mayank Saksena silver, and Jeffrey Chin bronze.
Due to the previously noted injuries and absences, coaches Patty Wolford and Bob Gannon were pressed into service for the 6-person relay.
As part of the relay each team member pulls 500m and then hands off the machine to the next person. This year Case took 2nd place behind
Cleveland State by less than 4 seconds.
Race results from the 2011 event can be found HERE.
A summary of results from all 17 years of the Hammer Cup can be found HERE.
Alumni Break 1 Million Meters for Second Straight Year
Rower
Meters
1
David Simpson
157,907
2
Bob Gannon
140,046
3
Evan Halprin
140,000
4
Craig Agricola
129,102
5
Tuck Pescosolido
105,000
6
Caitlin Bowerman
96,034
7
Tom Hudak
92,392
8
Doug Rathburn
64,373
9
Jason Kampmeyer
46,395
10
Anna Wieser
35,000
11
Chris Pfahl
30,606
12
Patty Wolford
25,000
13
Mallory Miller
23,439
14
Brian Chorney
22,500
15
Meg Grady
12,600
16
Jen Mohler
11,881
17
Nate Uber
10,000
Total
1,142,275
February 1, 2011: Seventeen alumni pitched in to row 1,142,275 meters in the annual C2 January Virtual Team Challenge
(JVTC).
For the challenge rowers had to row as many meters as possible between January 1 and January 31 then
log their daily meters using the Concept 2 Logbook. The results were then ranked against other teams.
The SARA team finished in 91st place out of 291 teams with each member averaging over 60,000m. Thank you to everyone that participated.
This year marked the second time a concerted effort was made to log meters for this challenge and the second time we bested our
URA rivals from the University of Chicago. We beat their alumni team, but
were passed by the students (a separate ranking group) who pulled 1.6 million meters. Rowers from WRRA only managed 381,215 meters,
but were hampered by no access to the boathouse ergs. CRF is still working on the occupancy permit for the new boathouse so a number
of their members could not post meters. Let's keep it going next year!
Plain Dealer Highlights Projects Totaling $2B in the Flats
January 30, 2011: An article in this morning's Plain Dealer
details over $2B in investment for the Flats along the Cuyahoga. Included in the plans are a casino, aquarium and commercial developments.
Also, mentioned in the article is the Cleveland Rowing Foundation's Rivergate Project.
January 29, 2011: Case Crew took a mix of current varsity and newly fresh novices to compete in the
Pittsburgh Indoor Sprints
and gage mid-winter fitness levels. In the individual events nine rowers took part. Katie Puttmann
finishing 8th in the Open Women's category and Jeffrey Chin finishing 7th in the Lightweight Novice Men
grouping took top honors for the team. Assistant Coach Bob Gannon also got into the act and pulled a 7:16.6 in the veteran
event for ages 50-59.
In the 6-person relay event, and event the Case team has historically done well in,
finished in third place out of nine teams. Second, third and fourth place in the relay were decided by less than a second with
Case edging out Duquesne by a tenth of a second. Great job team!
Case Women Take Bragging Rights in Head-to-head Challenge
Case & JCU Erg Challenge Participants
January 23, 2011: Case and John Carroll faced off on ergs for a mid-winter showdown. Borrowing from a similar event last winter,
the teams raced over 5,000 meters (women) and 6,000 meters (men) for a little friendly competition to break the winter training monotony.
The format of the race awarded one point for each rower you beat. Then the points were tallied to crown a winner overall and for the
men and women. The Case women and JCU men were the point winners with JCU capturing the overall crown.
With a format that awarded participation as well as speed, the Case women came on top posting second, third and fourth fastest times. Ruth
Dickey pulled a personal best over 5k and only missed the top spot by one second.
On the men's side, personal bests from a couple rowers were not quite fast enough to win over a quick squad from University Heights. The men's
squad was heavy with novices competing in their first ever erg competition. May it be the first of many... The
JCU men posted 4 times under 23 minutes for the 6k piece with the winner, Miles Nevin from JCU, pulling 22:19. Doug Brubaker led the Case
men with a time of 23 minutes flat.
The event is a fun tune up for both teams. Next up for Case is the Pittsburgh Indoor Sprints next weekend and then the Hammer Ergatta
on February 13. If you're around please go and cheer the students on!
2011 Dad Vail Women's Varsity Pair of Katie Puttmann '11 (bow) & Caitlin Bowerman '13 (stroke)
