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(June 19) - The University of Mary Washington has named Andrew Carter its new head men's and women's rowing coach. Carter brings more than 20 years of coaching experience to the position, having served this season as assistant coach at Clemson University, and prior to that, having spent seven years as the head rowing coach at Bates College. "I'm very pleased to be taking the reigns from Phil (Schmehl)," said Carter. "Rowing at UMW has come a long way in a brief period of time, and building on that foundation is an exciting prospect." Washington College First Varsity Eight is 13th-Place Boat at NCAA's (May 30) - Washington College's first varsity eight finished 13th in the overall boat standings at the 2009 NCAA Division III Championships May 29th and 30th in Cherry Hill, N.J. The Shorewomen finished fourth in their heat and fifth in the petite qualifier before winning the third-level final. Washington College Receives At-Large Bid to NCAA Division III Championships (May 12) - Washington College's first varsity eight has been selected as one of the two at-large boats to compete at the 2009 NCAA Division III Championships May 29th and 30th in Cherry Hill, N.J. The Shorewomen's first varsity eight won the Mid-Atlantic Rowing Conference Varsity Eight Championship and did not lose to a single MARC opponent all season. 2009 MARC Award Winners & Medalists Photos
(April 30) - Special thanks to head Marietta women's coach Kelly Harris for providing photos of this year's MARC award winners and medalists, including the 2009 MARC All-Conference Team pictured above. Mary Washington Women, Men Win Overall MARC Championships (April 25) - Congratulations to the University of Mary Washington women's and men's rowing teams, both of which won their respective conference championships at the 2009 Mid-Atlantic Rowing Conference Championships held today at Gifford Pinchot Stat Park in York County, Pa. The Washington College women and Mary Washington men captured the varsity eight conference championships. Full results are available on the championships page. Congratulations are also in order for all of the 2009 MARC Award Winners, which were announced at today's regatta. Steve Perry of Johns Hopkins was named the Women's Coach of the Year by unanimous vote, while Washington College's John Leekley was named Men's Coach of the Year. Marietta Fourth in Women's Varsity Eight at SIRAs (April 19) - The Marietta College women's rowing advanced to the grand finals of the women's varsity eight, finishing fourth, at the 42nd annual Southern Intercollegiate Rowing Association (SIRA) Championship, this weekend. Other regattas this weekend included the Johns Hopkins Invitational, which featured three MARC schools. Washington College Wins Three Events at Knecht Cup (April 13) - Six MARC schools were in action at the annual Knecht Cup this past Friday and Saturday. Washington College's women won a pair of MARC-heavy events, finishing first in the Division III women's varsity eight and Division III women's second varsity eight. Mary Washington was second to the Shorewomen in both races. The Washington College men won the Division II/III men's varsity four, while Marietta's women captured the Division III women's varsity four. Mid-Atlantic Rowing Conference to be Well-Represented at Knecht Cup (April 9) - The annual Knecht Cup on New Jersey's Cooper River will be held this Friday and Saturday and six MARC schools - Bryn Mawr, Johns Hopkins, Marietta, Mary Washington, Rutgers-Camden, and Washington College - will be competing there. Four of the regatta's events will feature at least three MARC schools; on the men's side, Johns Hopkins, Rutgers-Camden, and Washington will be competing in the frosh/novice four and Division II/III varsity four heats, while both Division III varsity eight races on the women's side will be MARC-heavy. The Division III women's second varsity eight will be a race between Washington, Mary Washington, and Bryn Mawr, while Washington, Mary Washington, Bryn Mawr, Johns Hopkins, and Marietta fill five of the six spots in the Division III women's varsity eight race. Follow the races with REAL-TIME RESULTS. Mary Washington Women 2nd at Occoquan, F&M and Bryn Mawr Split Eights (April 6) - Mary Washington's women's varsity eight finished second to Division I George Mason at yesterday's Occoquan Sprints. Richard Stockton was second in its heat of the women's varsity four at the same regatta. Elsewhere yesterday, Franklin & Marshall's women and Bryn Mawr split a pair of races as the Diplomats won the varsity eight by 17 seconds over the Owls and the Owls won the second varsity eight by three seconds over the Diplomats. Saturday's MARC racing included wins by Washington College's women's varsity four and men's varsity four and varsity eight at a four-school regatta hosted by Philadelphia University and the Marietta Invitational. |
