Mid-Atlantic Rowing Conference Championships 2016

On April 30th, the team went to Lewisberry, PA to compete in the MARC Championship. We raced a Varsity 8+ that placed 4th out of 11 boats and a 2nd Varsity 8+ that placed 3rd out of 7 boats! We also placed 3rd overall in points.

2nd Varsity 8+

Rockett's Landing 2016

This past weekend, the crew club travelled to Richmond, VA to compete at Rockett's Landing. We raced two Varsity 8's, four Varsity 4's, a Novice 4, and a Coxswain 4. Congrats to both of our Varsity 8's, our Varsity 4 "A" boat, our Varsity 4 "C" boat, and our Coxswain 4 for all placing first in their races!

Coxswain 4+

Knecht Cup 2016

Last weekend, April 9-10, the club went up to Mercer Lake in West Windsor, NJ for the Knecht Cup Regatta. Over 70 schools came to compete. We raced a Varsity Eight, Club Eight, Varsity Four, Second Varsity Four, Club Four, and a Novice Four. Shout out to our Varsity and Second Varsity Fours for placing 2nd in both of their events!

Spring 2016 Schedule

2/13: Pentathlon - 6-10am - Field House

4/3: Occoquan Sprints - Fairfax Station, VA

4/8-4/10: Knecht Cup - West Windsor, NJ

4/23: Rockett's Landing - Richmond, VA

4/30: Mid-Atlantic Rowing Conference Championship - Lewisberry, PA

5/12-5/14: Dad Vail Regatta - Philadelphia, PA

5/26-5/29: ACRA Championships - Gainesville, GA

Crew Club Interest Meeting

Join the crew team for an interest meeting on January 28th from 12pm-2pm and 5pm-7pm in the RAC! NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY. For more information, email us at GeorgeMasonCrewClub@gmail.com.

Occoquan Chase 2015

Big thanks to all the Occoquan Chase competitors, volunteers, coaches, Power10 and Row2k Photography and to RONIN Racing.

You can find the race results here:
http://www.roninregistration.com/TimingResults.asp?p=default&pt=rowing&GroupID=196716

Here is the link for Power10 Photography:
https://power10photography.smugmug.com/Sports/Rowing/Occoquan-Chase-2015/

And here is the Row2k Photography:
http://www.row2k.com/gallery/gallery.cfm?action=gallery&dir=2015Fall/1011OccoquanChase&label=Occoquan%20Chase&hi=yes#.Vh0FL1UViko

Occoquan Challenge 2015

Excited to announce that every Mason rower, coxswain and even Coach Bob Spousta earned a first place medal at the Occoquan Challenge!

We are spending this week getting ready to host the Occoquan Chase! For information about this event, please check out our twitter page @GMUCrewClub

Twitter: https://twitter.com/gmucrewclub?lang=en

Ronin Racing: http://www.roninregistration.com/rowing/infox.asp?GroupID=196716&p=default&pt=rowing&InfoType=Register

New Member Information Fall 2015

New to GMU Crew? Here is everything you need to know to get started! 

Feel free to contact us at georgemasoncrewclub@gmail.com or via Facebook https://www.facebook.com/MasonCrew

Who are we? 

GMU 2015 Quad with their
ACRA 1st place medals!

So some background, we usually have 30-40 active members, and 2 coaches. Bob Spousta (Varsity) and Jesse Clark (Novice). We compete at many of the biggest collegiate regattas including the Head of the Charles, Aberdeen Dad Vail regatta and American Collegiate Rowing Association Championships and regularly place well. (Shout of to the 2015 quad for winning their event at ACRA!). Our shells are in great shape - we own 4 eights and 5 fours, including a Hudson 4 purchased last year. Within our club, men can either row or cox, women can only be coxswains. 

Tell me about practices!

We practice Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 2-4pm and Saturday morning 9-11am at Sandy Run Regional Park in Lorton, VA. We carpool to and from practice (takes about 20 minutes). We meet at the Shenandoah Parking Deck at 1:20 and return to campus in time for 4:30 classes. That means if your class finishes before 1:25, you will be able to make practice, just let someone know if you are cutting it close so we know to wait. 

What do I need to know as a frosh/novice?

A novice rower is someone who has not completed a year of rowing. Most college novice races are technically freshmen/novice, so we tend to group all the freshmen together whether you had high school experience or not. Every year, our novices come in with a wide range of experience and athletic ability- some rowed for 4 yrs of high school, others have never played an organized sport. No matter where you fall on the spectrum, we highly encourage you to come to practice for a day and try it out. Typically, novices are grouped in an 8 together for the first few weeks of the fall but more experienced novices may be pulled into "varsity" (non-freshmen) boats. 

When do we start!?

Our first practice will be Wednesday September 2nd from 2-4 pm in the erg room of the Field House. Wear gym shoes, shorts/spandex and bring a water bottle. Bring friends or people from your floor! We will go over erg basics, have a workout for experienced rowers, talk about how to get to practice on Friday and answer any questions you have. 

Anything else?

If you are planning on joining any Mason Club Sport, you will need a physical and proof of insurance. Be sure to bring the GMU physical form with you to your doctor. You can find that form here - https://recreation.gmu.edu/club-sports/download-waiver-forms/. You don't need this done for the first practice, but it will be required to practice after September 22nd. I recommend you go ahead and get this done now, especially if you aren't local. 

Other forms will be completed on www.imleagues.com. You can create an account (use your mason email) and request to join the crew team now, but these forms don't take very long so make the physical your priority!

Knecht Cup 2015

Congrats to our 2V4+ for placing first at the Knecht Cup, held last weekend on Mercer Lake. For a full results, see http://www.regattaworks.com/knecht/results.php?id=132

Stroke to Bow: Tim Arvin, Max Jones, Ryan Noel, Juan Paz.
Cox: Lauren Soriente

In other news, our new Hudson 4+ has official been named Sækonungar.

Here is the translation from Old Norse:
sækonungar (compd. of sær — "sea" + konungr — "king"; lit. "sea-kings", "rulers of the ocean"

Brian Hetrick applies name to our new boat!

Occoquan Sprints 2015

Video: Men's Varsity 8+ Finals

Cox: Lauren Soriente, 

Stroke to Bow: Tim Arvin, Max Jones, Will Meeker, Lucas Wilks, Sam Gallerano, Juan Paz, Ryan Noel, Billy Colbert

Congrats to all 29 GMU rowers and coxswains who raced Occoquan Sprints this weekend.
Results Summary:

Men's Varsity 8+, Men's Varsity 4+ and Men's Novice 4+ took first place. The Men's Lightweight 4+, Men's Second Varsity 8+ and Men's JV 8+ took second and the Men's Novice 8+ placed 3rd.

Here is the link to the complete RONIN Results page.

http://www.roninregistration.com/rowing/TimingResults.asp?p=default&pt=rowing&GroupId=181716

A big thanks to all of the volunteers who helped us to successfully host this regatta!

Men's Varsity 4+
Sam Gallerano, Billy Colbert, Kassidy Kenney, Will Meeker, Lucas Wilks and Bob Spousta

Men's Novice 4+
Taylor Henderson, Chase Lattimore. Kelsey Ciarocca, Will Hayes, Priit Grabbi

Occoquan Sprints Preview

Promising weekend forecast for the Occoquan Sprints to be held at Sandy Run Regional Park on Sunday March 29th! Here is the link to the event page on Ronin Racing if you are looking for the entries or schedule!

Link: Occoquan Sprints Home on Ronin Racing

First Practices on the Water

In celebration of our first three days of practice on the water, here is a look at the work our rowers did earlier this week to clear ice from around the docks at Sandy Run Boathouse so that we could get shells out.

Photo taken from the dock on Monday, March 9th

Priit, Will and Bob in a launch moving ice.

Look for more photos this week as we get ready to host Occoquan Sprints on Sunday, March 29th!

Updated Spring Schedule

Pentathlon 2015

GMU Men during the Pentathlon's 2k

We held our annual Pentathlon on Saturday January 24. Thanks to our alumni, GMU Women's Rowing and the GMU Army ROTC cadets for joining us!

GMU Women's Rowing completing their 2ks

Senior Chris Margopoulos during the quintuple jump

Spring Schedule!!!

Edit on Feb 23 -  An updated schedule has been posted. View at this link http://masoncrewclub.blogspot.com/2015/02/updated-spring-schedule.html

Head of the Charles Regatta 2014

George Mason Crew Club proudly participated in the annual HOCR in Boston - Cambridge, MA. The Men's Varsity 8+ finished 13th out of 47 crews entered in the Club Eight Event on Saturday, October 18th, 2014. 

The Crew Club was also excited to send a Men's Club 4+ for the first time to HOCR as well, finishing 20th out of 52 boats, with both boats qualifying for competition at HOCR next year. 

A weekend of great racing seen from all crews and competitors in Boston! 

This week Mason will be preparing to wrap up the fall season by competing in the annual Head of the Occoquan Regatta in Fairfax, VA. 

Men's Club 8+ from stroke to bow: Coxswain Lauren Soriente, Timothy Arvin, Billy Colbert, William Meeker, Max Jones, Sam Gallerano, Juan Paz-Rosario, Christopher Margopoulos, and Brian Hetrick. 

Men's Club 4+ from stroke to bow: Ryan Noel, Daniel Luongo, Andrew Price, Lucas Wilks, and coxswain Kassidy Kenney 

Champions of The Chase 2014

The GMU Crew Club hosted the annual Occoquan Chase Regatta in Fairfax, Virginia on October 12th and also had the pleasure of bringing home the title of "Champions of the Chase" in three events: Varsity 8+, Novice 4+, and Novice 8+. Great racing from all six Mason boats entered, and to all competitors! A big thank you to all of our wonderful volunteers as well, see everyone next year! 

The Varsity 8+ in a proud moment after winning their first place title in the Chase in over four years!
From stroke to bow: coxswain Lauren Soriente, Timothy Arvin, Billy Colbert, William Meeker, Max Jones, Sam Gallerano, Juan Paz-Rosario, Christopher Margopoulos, and Brian Hetrick. 

The Novice 4+ proudly modeling orange, from stroke to bow: Wesley Shaw, Priit Grabbi, Sean Huftles, William Hayes, and cox Caitlin Donohue

The Novice 8+ sporting their Champion of the Chase shirts after winning their afternoon event. The first GMU Novice 8+ to hold the Champion title in over four years! 

The Challenge Regatta 2014

The GMU Crew Club competed in The Challenge Regatta held on the Occoquan Reservoir in Fairfax, Virginia on Sunday, October 5th.

There were GMU four entries, including two Varsity 8+ boats and two Varsity 4+ boats.

The Varsity 8+ and Varsity 4+ both finished first, winning first place medals.

The Varsity 4+ with their first place medals. From left to right: Bill Colbert (3 seat), Juan Paz-Rosario (Bow), Timothy Arvin (Stroke), William Meeker (2 seat), and senior coxswain Amina Zeidan 

Fall 2014 Race Schedule

George Mason University Crew Club is excited to participate in the following Regattas, as well as host the annual Occoquan Chase Head Race Regatta. Dates for this fall are listed below:

The Challenge Regatta: Sunday, October 5th  (Fairfax, VA)
The Chase Regatta (GMU Hosted): Sunday, October 12th (Fairfax, VA)
The Head of the Charles Regatta: Saturday, October 18th (Boston-Cambridge, MA)
The Head of the Occoquan Regatta: Sunday, November 2nd (Fairfax, VA)

Information and updates about each regatta will be posted regularly on our Facebook page, http://www.facebook.com/MasonCrew, and results for each regatta will be uploaded here as well.

Parking updates will also be posted on Facebook and Twitter by the hosting club of each regatta on the Occoquan.

Good luck to everyone this season! See you on the water!

Interested in GMU Crew? Come out this Fall 2014!

The George Mason Crew Club is excited to kick off the 2014-2015 season in the next coming weeks. With school just around the corner, we encourage everyone interested in crew to come out during our Orientation and "Learn To Row" weeks! The first two weeks of school will include many social events and informative sessions about the team, so feel free to email us and come join us for all of the events! Remember that no experience is needed to join, and we encourage you to bring your friends!

"Orientation Week"
Monday (Aug 25): Recreation Sensation from 1pm to 5pm outside the Johnson Center

Wednesday (Aug 27): Indoor practice in the Field House from 2pm to 4pm (a great opportunity to meet the team and learn how to use an indoor rowing machine)

Friday (Aug 29): Varsity/Experienced rowers will row on the water from 2pm - 4pm and all interested newcomers will row indoors at the Field House with Assistant Coach Jesse Clark

Saturday (Aug 30): Practice on the water for all members from 9am to 11am (rides from campus will be provided from Shenandoah Parking Circle)

"Learn to Row Week"
Monday (Sept 1): LABOR DAY -- no "official" practice

Tuesday (Sept 2): Freshman Erg Competition in the Commons from 2pm-4pm & Team dinner and 1/2 priced burgers at Brion's Grille, 7pm! (10621 Braddock Road, inside University Mall)

Wednesday (Sept 3): Indoor practice at the Field House 2pm - 4pm

Thursday (Sept 4): Freshman Erg Competition and Ultimate Frisbee in President's Park from 2pm - 4pm

Friday (Sept 5): On the water practice from 2pm to 4pm for all members, meet at Shenandoah Parking Circle for rides by 1:30pm

Saturday (Sept 6): On the water practice from 2pm - 4pm for all members