University Rowing Association Championship Regatta

Lake Arthur • Moraine State Park • Pennsylvania

April 1, 2007

The race has been held on the Lake Arthur South Shore for the past three years. The venue provides a wide, straight 2k that's very sheltered. However, it's in a state park so we need to be careful to mind the site and there are no docks. It's cold in the spring and it rains a lot as you'll see from the photos here. Because of the rain, we didn't have anyone out in the launch taking photos like last year. So I walked around the trailer and spectator area and snapped a bunch of pics.

The large expanse of grass is perfect for a regatta with less than 10 teams. There's enough "beach" frontange to launch & recover quite a few boats at the same time.

Because it's a state park we can't install docks. So bring extra socks!

Rochester's men coming in from a tough race.

Coach Marcovy from CWRU debriefing his men's four after their race.

U. Chicago's tent.

WashU's trailer and makeshift, but effective, tent. It rained for the majority of the regatta, but it didn't slow them down any.

Tim, the head coach of Case, performed dockmaster duties.

Eric from Chicago manned the computer for the race results. My wife, Erynn, helped with everything else for the regatta making sure that none of forgot anything nor had to do without coffee and bagels. The regatta wife is the most under appreciated person on the planet. The regatta really would not have happened without her understanding, help and support. Thank you again!

This photo more than any other gives a hint of how rainy and miserable the day was. Racing was never in jeopardy and it was never too cold, but it wasn't enjoyable either. Here you can see Chris, the head women's coach at Case, manning the finish line air horn. She was the glue that held the finish together.

The man in the left orange coat is Will, head coach at Rochester, who was at the start all day. Ben from Carnegie-Mellon is in the orange coat to the right, and he coordinated all of the local arrangements like permits and facilities. I didn'd get any photos of the assistant coaches from both NYU (Renee & Melissa) and Chicago (Maris & Jeff) who worked the chase launches. Just because your photo isn't here doesn't mean that you efforts weren't appreciated.

A couple novices from Carnegie-Mellon helped blow up the buoys this year. Unlike last year, we had a properly equipped and functioning air compressor, but we thought we'd save more time by blowing up the small ones ourselves.

Blowing up buoys is fun! But not quite as fun getting them to the regatta site after their blown up.

I just liked this photo of Case's blades. If you'd like to see more go to OarSpotter.com

Every coxswain needed on of these or smokey would have got 'em!

The men's lightweight 4's after the race.

Jon from Carnegie-Mellon gave an inspiring dedication of the Jonathon Milikowsky Cup. He remembered his friend and team mate who died in June 2006 after dedicated service to the sport and his team. Carnegie-Mellon donated a cup in his honor to the fastest Men's Lightweight 4+ at the regatta an event Jonathan had won previously at the regatta.

Cameron, the WashU head coach, and Doug, the regatta organizer, with the team point trophies.

The WashU captains enjoying the spoils!

What everyone raced for!