Hoyas Win Seven Events at Jesuit Invitational to Open the Season


The Hoyas opened the 2006 spring season at the Seventh Jesuit Invitational Regatta on Saturday, March 18 on the Cooper River in Cherry Hill, N.J. This is the only event attended by all of the Georgetown crews during the spring racing season. The Hoya men took five of the six 2000m events, while the women posted two first place finishes.

In the men's varsity heavyweight eight, Georgetown crossed first in a time of 5:50.80, ahead of Holy Cross (5:55.55) and St. Joseph's (5:57.41). The Hoya varsity lightweight was fourth at 6:01.79. Georgetown was first in the second Varsity eight race with a time 6:02.70.

The Hoyas also won the varsity 4 at 7:03.93, almost 16 seconds ahead of St. Joseph's.

In the lone lightweight 8 race, the Georgetown varsity squad, in their second race of the day, rowed past St. Joseph's by just under nine seconds. Meanwhile, the Georgetown JV was fourth, 16.93 seconds behind the varsity.

Also having success for the men was the freshman boats. The Georgetown lightweights were first in the freshman eight at 5:57.26, edging St. Joseph's by just over a second and the Georgetown heavies by just under five seconds. In the second freshman 8 race, the Hoyas were second to the Hawks with a time of 5:45.07.

The Georgetown women were in first place in the varsity 4 and the lightweight 8. In the varsity 4, the Hoyas crossed in 7:28.78 for the victory by just under 14 seconds. Meanwhile, in the lightweight 8, Georgetown beat St. Joseph's by 23.91 seconds.

In the varsity 8 event, the varsity open weight crew finished second just under four second behind Boston College at 6:58.85. Also in that race, the varsity lightweight crew was fifth at 7:16.48.

Also competing for the Georgetown women was freshman 8 who were third at 7:26.36. Also, in the freshman 4, the A squad was third at 8:00.70, while the B crew was fourth 5.3 seconds behind their teammates.

Thank you to the parents and alumni who attended and contributed to the Jesuit Invitational.  Despite the wind and cold weather, there was a great turnout and some great rowing.  The spring racing schedule is now available on the web under the individual squads listed at the top of this page.  Please contact Carolyne Dilgard-Clark if you have any questions about future races at cdilgardclark@yahoo.com

GO HOYAS!

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