{"id":264,"date":"2012-10-24T13:10:45","date_gmt":"2012-10-24T17:10:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aig.alumni.virginia.edu\/virginiarowing\/?p=264"},"modified":"2022-07-19T15:45:03","modified_gmt":"2022-07-19T19:45:03","slug":"hotc2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aig.uvaalumni.org\/virginiarowing\/2012\/10\/24\/hotc2012\/","title":{"rendered":"Wahoos Have a Golden Weekend in Boston"},"content":{"rendered":"
October 20 – 21, 2012
\nBoston, MA<\/div>\n

Virginia Rowing left Boston with the best Head of the Charles results in program history this weekend. In all, 23 Virginia rowers returned to Charlottesville with gold medals dangling around their necks\u201414 from the men\u2019s team, 9 from the women\u2019s.<\/p>\n

The weekend\u2019s racing began with the men\u2019s alumni 8 starting near the back of a field of 44 crews. For more than two miles, they held off a 2009 Harvard crew that boasted, among others, a 2012 Olympic bronze medalist. The Virginia crew (C: Theresa Tratensek, 8: Robbie Schwieder, 7: Sean Fagan, 6: Geoff Evans, 5: Will Oliver, 4: Jack Higgins, 3: Nick Jablonski, 2: Lane Cobb, 1: Mark Bezold) finished an amazing 11th. They beat, among others, alumni crews from Michigan, Wisconsin, Princeton, and Columbia. Way to earn that post-race beer, guys!<\/p>\n

Speaking of alums, UVa\u2019s Matt Miller \u201911 had a truly impressive trip down the Charles. He competed in the Championship Doubles event, representing Potomac Boat Club. Matt and his partner Sam Stitt finished 2nd in a field that was heavily laden with Olympic medalists such as Olaf Tufte, Iztok Cop, Alan Campbell, Marcel Hacker, and others. Wow!<\/p>\n

Unlike last year\u2019s varsity 4, who won the Collegiate 4 event by a cavernous 45 seconds, this year\u2019s varsity 4 (C: Sarah Zillioux, 4: Ty Saitta, 3: Forrest Brown, 2: Gage Wells, 1: Will Courtney) made things more\u2026interesting. They nipped 2nd place Michigan by just 2\/10th of a second, thanks in very large part to a perfectly-steered course by Sarah Zillioux. UVa started at the front of the pack and were never challenged directly for the lead. They maintained a strong rhythm, knowing that somewhere behind them Michigan and others were fighting hard to make up ground. The guys showed conclusively that every single stroke counts!<\/p>\n

The varsity 8 (C: Katie Garrity, 8: Jon Furlong, 7: Ben Hammond, 6: Perry Cox, 5: Scott Stuard, 4: Peter Malm, 3: Steven Lee-Kramer, 2: Garrett Thomas, 1: Ed Crocker) flew to Boston determined to make the most of their Collegiate 8 race on Sunday. They began the race in 2nd position out of 37 crews.<\/p>\n

Virginia shot off the start and passed Williams before the end of the Powerhouse Stretch. Williams showed great sportsmanship by allowing Virginia to pass, but they certainly didn\u2019t roll over. With great determination, they chased the Hoos down the course, and the ensuing battle drove both boats to solid performances.<\/p>\n

Virginia pushed away from the field, finishing 14 seconds ahead of 2nd place Michigan, though a 10-second penalty (missed buoy) reduced the official margin to 4 seconds. It was Virginia\u2019s first-ever victory in an 8 at the Charles, and, as with the 4, set up Virginia and Michigan as the #1 and #2 bow numbers for next year\u2019s HOTC. It\u2019ll be a barn burner!<\/p>\n

The varsity lightweight 8 took to the course soon after the V8\u2019s race, marking the first time a UVa lightweight 8 has competed in the Head of the Charles in 30 years. The competition was absolutely cutthroat, with national teams and top-flight Eastern Sprints programs filling the ranks. UVa\u2019s rowing was far better than the result (17th out of 18 crews) would indicate. No tears, though. The athletes understand fully that that there\u2019s plenty of program building to be done in the years to come. It was a great first step.<\/p>\n

On a side note, former VRA head coach Will Oliver coached the M.I.T. Engineers to a fantastic 5th place finish in the lightweight event, beating, among others, Cornell, Navy, and Columbia. Nice job, Will!<\/p>\n

The UVa women were also at the regatta, and they TORE. IT. UP. Competing in the Championship 8 event, the varsity 8 finished 3rd, behind USRowing and the Women\u2019s Great Eight, made up of recent Olympic medalists from around the world. UVa beat THREE national team crews, and finished an amazing 25 seconds ahead of the next collegiate crew (Princeton). An incredible performance!<\/p>\n

In addition, UVa women\u2019s assistant coach Brett Sickler stroked the University of Michigan alumni 8. Michigan won the event (all right!), but beat the 2nd place UVa\u2019s alumni 8 in the process (boo!). Great job, Brett!<\/p>\n

GO HOOS!<\/p>\n

\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

October 20 – 21, 2012 Boston, MA Virginia Rowing left Boston with the best Head of the Charles results in program history this weekend. In all, 23 Virginia rowers returned to Charlottesville with gold medals dangling around their necks\u201414 from the men\u2019s team, 9 from the women\u2019s. The weekend\u2019s racing began with the men\u2019s alumni […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":95,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archive-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nWahoos Have a Golden Weekend in Boston - Virginia Rowing Association<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/aig.uvaalumni.org\/virginiarowing\/2012\/10\/24\/hotc2012\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Emma Farthing\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aig.uvaalumni.org\\\/virginiarowing\\\/2012\\\/10\\\/24\\\/hotc2012\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aig.uvaalumni.org\\\/virginiarowing\\\/2012\\\/10\\\/24\\\/hotc2012\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Emma Farthing\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aig.uvaalumni.org\\\/virginiarowing\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/760500f900b8053272a4da35caf8c920\"},\"headline\":\"Wahoos Have a Golden Weekend in Boston\",\"datePublished\":\"2012-10-24T17:10:45+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-07-19T19:45:03+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aig.uvaalumni.org\\\/virginiarowing\\\/2012\\\/10\\\/24\\\/hotc2012\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":674,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aig.uvaalumni.org\\\/virginiarowing\\\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Archive News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aig.uvaalumni.org\\\/virginiarowing\\\/2012\\\/10\\\/24\\\/hotc2012\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aig.uvaalumni.org\\\/virginiarowing\\\/2012\\\/10\\\/24\\\/hotc2012\\\/\",\"name\":\"Wahoos Have a Golden Weekend in Boston - Virginia Rowing Association\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aig.uvaalumni.org\\\/virginiarowing\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2012-10-24T17:10:45+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-07-19T19:45:03+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aig.uvaalumni.org\\\/virginiarowing\\\/2012\\\/10\\\/24\\\/hotc2012\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/aig.uvaalumni.org\\\/virginiarowing\\\/2012\\\/10\\\/24\\\/hotc2012\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aig.uvaalumni.org\\\/virginiarowing\\\/2012\\\/10\\\/24\\\/hotc2012\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aig.uvaalumni.org\\\/virginiarowing\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Wahoos Have a Golden Weekend in Boston\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aig.uvaalumni.org\\\/virginiarowing\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aig.uvaalumni.org\\\/virginiarowing\\\/\",\"name\":\"Virginia Rowing Association\",\"description\":\"at the University of Virginia\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aig.uvaalumni.org\\\/virginiarowing\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aig.uvaalumni.org\\\/virginiarowing\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aig.uvaalumni.org\\\/virginiarowing\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Virginia Rowing Association\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aig.uvaalumni.org\\\/virginiarowing\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aig.uvaalumni.org\\\/virginiarowing\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aig.uvaalumni.org\\\/virginiarowing\\\/files\\\/VRA-Logo_Updated_web-logo_cropped.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aig.uvaalumni.org\\\/virginiarowing\\\/files\\\/VRA-Logo_Updated_web-logo_cropped.png\",\"width\":322,\"height\":230,\"caption\":\"Virginia Rowing Association\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aig.uvaalumni.org\\\/virginiarowing\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aig.uvaalumni.org\\\/virginiarowing\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/760500f900b8053272a4da35caf8c920\",\"name\":\"Emma Farthing\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/29b54aa0e17b5841a80cb5f3bbcdfc626cdae8861e46bf84ef7e9c4927af2f20?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/29b54aa0e17b5841a80cb5f3bbcdfc626cdae8861e46bf84ef7e9c4927af2f20?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/29b54aa0e17b5841a80cb5f3bbcdfc626cdae8861e46bf84ef7e9c4927af2f20?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Emma Farthing\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aig.uvaalumni.org\\\/virginiarowing\\\/author\\\/bwt8ye\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Wahoos Have a Golden Weekend in Boston - Virginia Rowing Association","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/aig.uvaalumni.org\/virginiarowing\/2012\/10\/24\/hotc2012\/","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Emma Farthing","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/aig.uvaalumni.org\/virginiarowing\/2012\/10\/24\/hotc2012\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/aig.uvaalumni.org\/virginiarowing\/2012\/10\/24\/hotc2012\/"},"author":{"name":"Emma Farthing","@id":"https:\/\/aig.uvaalumni.org\/virginiarowing\/#\/schema\/person\/760500f900b8053272a4da35caf8c920"},"headline":"Wahoos Have a Golden Weekend in Boston","datePublished":"2012-10-24T17:10:45+00:00","dateModified":"2022-07-19T19:45:03+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/aig.uvaalumni.org\/virginiarowing\/2012\/10\/24\/hotc2012\/"},"wordCount":674,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/aig.uvaalumni.org\/virginiarowing\/#organization"},"articleSection":["Archive News"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/aig.uvaalumni.org\/virginiarowing\/2012\/10\/24\/hotc2012\/","url":"https:\/\/aig.uvaalumni.org\/virginiarowing\/2012\/10\/24\/hotc2012\/","name":"Wahoos Have a Golden Weekend in Boston - Virginia Rowing Association","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/aig.uvaalumni.org\/virginiarowing\/#website"},"datePublished":"2012-10-24T17:10:45+00:00","dateModified":"2022-07-19T19:45:03+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/aig.uvaalumni.org\/virginiarowing\/2012\/10\/24\/hotc2012\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/aig.uvaalumni.org\/virginiarowing\/2012\/10\/24\/hotc2012\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/aig.uvaalumni.org\/virginiarowing\/2012\/10\/24\/hotc2012\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/aig.uvaalumni.org\/virginiarowing\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Wahoos Have a Golden Weekend in Boston"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/aig.uvaalumni.org\/virginiarowing\/#website","url":"https:\/\/aig.uvaalumni.org\/virginiarowing\/","name":"Virginia Rowing Association","description":"at the University of Virginia","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/aig.uvaalumni.org\/virginiarowing\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/aig.uvaalumni.org\/virginiarowing\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/aig.uvaalumni.org\/virginiarowing\/#organization","name":"Virginia Rowing Association","url":"https:\/\/aig.uvaalumni.org\/virginiarowing\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/aig.uvaalumni.org\/virginiarowing\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/aig.uvaalumni.org\/virginiarowing\/files\/VRA-Logo_Updated_web-logo_cropped.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/aig.uvaalumni.org\/virginiarowing\/files\/VRA-Logo_Updated_web-logo_cropped.png","width":322,"height":230,"caption":"Virginia Rowing Association"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/aig.uvaalumni.org\/virginiarowing\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/aig.uvaalumni.org\/virginiarowing\/#\/schema\/person\/760500f900b8053272a4da35caf8c920","name":"Emma Farthing","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/29b54aa0e17b5841a80cb5f3bbcdfc626cdae8861e46bf84ef7e9c4927af2f20?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/29b54aa0e17b5841a80cb5f3bbcdfc626cdae8861e46bf84ef7e9c4927af2f20?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/29b54aa0e17b5841a80cb5f3bbcdfc626cdae8861e46bf84ef7e9c4927af2f20?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Emma Farthing"},"url":"https:\/\/aig.uvaalumni.org\/virginiarowing\/author\/bwt8ye\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aig.uvaalumni.org\/virginiarowing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aig.uvaalumni.org\/virginiarowing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aig.uvaalumni.org\/virginiarowing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aig.uvaalumni.org\/virginiarowing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/95"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aig.uvaalumni.org\/virginiarowing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=264"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/aig.uvaalumni.org\/virginiarowing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aig.uvaalumni.org\/virginiarowing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aig.uvaalumni.org\/virginiarowing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aig.uvaalumni.org\/virginiarowing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}