Shout Out!

From: Bobby O'Keefe
A shout out for the Alumni Blog:

Sean Ellis O'Keefe was born
October 16th at 3:59AM (just in time for morning practice)
5 pounds 10 ounces (lightweight)
19 inches long
He may be small, but he's already challenged his older brother to a seat race.

Bobby

Alumni Rowing at The Charles

Not to take too much attention from the kiddes, but here is who else was there:

- Jordan Smith rowed in the Penn AC champ 8.
- Rob G. Canavan sculled down the course in the Masters Single.
- Jose Vosh represented in the Champ Single.
- Anne-Marie, Shelly, Schwegman, and Beth Goldstein (Burnham) tore it up in a lightweight 4. The tenacious four started off the line 13th, passed Cal Berkeley along with 2 other crews and finished 7th place out of 17th beating MIT, Radcliffe, Carnegie Mellon and others with Princeton only 5 seconds ahead of them.
- Sarah Kimbrough (Tourtellott), Joy Smith (Parrott) and Heidi Schafer (Schafer) rowed in the club 8

We ran into Jonathan Hehn - he works for the FAA and is currently stationed in the Everglades.
Justin Brinkworth, Suzanna Sayre, Melissa Hallow (Deen), Jim Kowalski, Steve Georgalis, Chris Houston, Jen Hanely and Kris Madia were all avid fans. It was quite a reunion, and Heidi orders out quite a lasagna.

For all results visit The HOCR official 2005 results page

For more information about the alumni womens lwt 4 (and for a good laugh) visit "Rowers...who also Blog"

ALUMNI Picnic!

So... our boathouse may not look like Harvard's boathouse... but it still holds a special place in all of our hearts. (And our Varsity Women look damn good rowing in front of it).

So, make sure you remember to come on out to good ole Roswell for the Alumni Picnic this Sunday at 2:30pm. Tell your old friends.

And NO! We don't care if you only rowed one semester or you're still around... Steve... We still want to see you! Come check out the new boats, the "shanty-town" look of our little area, and meet the new rowers & coaches.

Remember. Alumni Picnic. Sunday. 2:30. Roswell Boathouse. Did I mention there is free food? How about that there is a time change that day and you get an extra hour of sleep after that big party you are going to - so no excuses.

Did I say party? Oh my god, I think I did. In that case - come to mine. Saturday night. Here's the evite. Bring your friends. No GT crew event is good unless you're hungover. Am I right? (Sorry, no one under 21 is allowed in... so don't even think about it current GT Crew rowers).

Head of the Charles

Hello Alumni,

Here is a quick note on our performance this past weekend at the Head of the Charles - I'll send out another message a bit later with a bit more information about the team and where we are going this season...

First, the highlight of the race, was the performance of the men's Collegiate Eight taking SECOND place behind Trinity and ahead of programs like Michigan and FIT - last year's gold and silver medalists at Dad Vail!

The rest of the crews didn't fare as well with the Women's collegiate eight taking 46 out of 48 (thanks to an interference penalty), the Women's Club eight taking 40 out of 52 and the men's light eight bringing up the rear in that event. However, those finish results don't tell the whole story as 20 seconds (a turn here, a better stroke there) would have had any of these crews solidly in the middle of the pack. Parity is real in collegiate rowing. And so is youth on our squad - all but 2 of the women's squad is first year varsity. Most of the light eight is first year varsity as well (most of it is last year's silver medal frosh light eight). Bottom line: plenty of potential.

Stay tuned for more later including news on how you can help Georgia Tech Crew continue to make you proud!

Sincerely,
Ethan

WHOA!

Georgia Tech's Collegiate Men's 8+ just placed SECOND at the Head of the Charles! There were 41 boats entered in the race!

Correct me if I'm wrong - but I think this is the highest finish we've ever had at this race... am i right?

Join me in congratulating these rowers - as well as all the GT competitors this weekend. The varsity men & women were in Boston and the novice were in Knoxville.

I'll get more results up as soon as I can - I just received a phone call with this result.
cassi

(you can see real-time results on the hocr website).

new soundphiles.

Head of the Charles... Chas.

Head of the Tennessee... K-ville.

Head of the Charles

Want to know how your friends and Georgia Tech finish at the Charles exactly when the race ends? But you can't go to Boston (because you broke your ribs... or some other reason)? Well... have i got the answer for you!

GET THE RESULTS TEXT MESSAGED TO YOUR CELL PHONE!!!

Help Head Of The Charles Regatta test out a new way to send race results! Select the organization for which you would like to receive race results. Results for each crew event in which the organization finishes will be sent in a text message directly to your mobile phone after the end of the team's race. This option is not available for scullers in 2005.
SIGN UP HERE!

Ultimate! Oktoberfest style.

(the following was posted by Guery)

I know it's been a hot (without two tees) summer, but it's been entirely too long, meine kinder...

Ultimate frisbee
This Sunday - October 16th
3PM
Weather report be damned.

Jim "Long Ball" Kowalski will be there. Why won't you?

Alumni Picnic Details

2005 Alumni Picnic
Sunday, October 30, 2005 at 2:30 PM
GT Crew Boathouse

This picnic is to celebrate our wonderful Alumni. It is through the hard work of our Alumni that we have such an extraordinary standard of excellence.

The picnic will include great food, reminiscing, and of course, a chance for the alumni to get back into a boat and try to defend their titles as GT oarsmen/women.

Parents are welcome!!!

To RSVP and/or donate food, please contact:
Theresa

**Special!!**

Thanks to one of our alumni, we have found a SPECIAL treat for you! It's a recording by a few of our very own alumni, made a few years ago to PUMP UP the team. Can you remember who it is?? Listen up.

If you remember correctly, there was one made for each regatta. This one, titled: "Chattavegas" was meant to be for the regatta this past weekend, The Chattanooga Head Race. So, it's a bit late. But expect the other ones on the Wednesday before the regatta... if applicable.

By the way, the results for GT Crew at Chattavegas are up on our site.

Alumni Picnic and Newsletter

Keep an eye out for the newsletter. It should be arriving later this week.

Also, the Alumni Picnic is going to be held the Sunday of Homecoming Weekend, October 30^th. The newsletter includes the actual invitation. Hope you see you all there!

If you have any questions, email me!

Theresa
gtg551q@mail.gatech.edu