2009 MEDIA GUIDE General Info Press Information 2 Race Schedules 3 Statistics 5 History 6 FAQ’s 7 Race Specifications 10 Glossary of Terms 11 Reading Race Results 14 Race Info Race Previews 15 International Count 28 Crews Alphabetically 29 The Great Eight 34 Past Winners 35 Organization Info Charity Program 47 Regatta Sponsors 48 Spectator Venues 52 Directors 54 PRESS InfORmaTIOn Requesting Credentials Credentials for the 2009 Head Of The Charles® Regatta are available to all local and national print, radio, television and online media. To obtain credentials, contact Elevate Communications at 617-861-3654. Credentials and parking passes may be picked up MEDIA GUIDE 2009 on friday, October 16, between 12:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. (ET), 2 Saturday, October 17, between 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. and on ® Sunday, October 18 from 7:30 a.m. until the close of races, at the Cambridge Boat Club located at the intersection of memorial Drive and the Eliot Bridge in Cambridge. Media Center media headquarters for the 2009 Regatta will be the media Center at Cambridge Boat Club. The media Center is equipped with telephone lines, fax lines, and wireless & high-speed Internet access. The media Center will also accommodate interviews. at 45th Head Of The Charles 45th Head Of the conclusion of each day’s races, as available, race winners will be brought to the interview area for media access. Limited parking is available for daily print and television media (pass required). all television stations that will be bringing in satellite trucks should call Jim Connelly (office: 617-861-3654; cell: 617-733-9876) to arrange for vehicle access. Photographers Photographers wishing to obtain action shots on the racecourse will be accommodated in a media boat. The media boat will be restricted to designated sections of the course and cannot “race” to keep pace with competing boats. Please arrive at the media Center 60 minutes before you need to be on the water. Athlete Access Please talk to any of the HOCR Publicity Team members about gaining access to various athletes after completion of their events. 2009 HOCR PUBLICITY TEAM Jim Connelly 617-733-9876 mobile Bill fleming 781-393-1888 mobile ____________________________________________________ The 2009 Head Of The Charles Media Guide is a publication of Head Of The Charles® Regatta. RACE EVENTS Race SCHEDULE Saturday October 17, 2009 (7:45 AM – 5:00 PM) No. Category (Age) Men Women 1/2 Grand-master Singles (50+) 7:45 am 8:16 am 3/4 Senior master Singles (40+) 8:44 am 9:18 am MEDIA GUIDE 2009 5/6 Senior master Eights (50+) 9:29 am 9:46 am 7/8 Senior master fours (50+) 10:02 am 10:19 am ® 9/10 Senior master Doubles (50+) 10:37 am 10:54 am 11/12 Alumni Eights 11:15 am 11:30 am 13/14 Club Singles 11:45 am 12:06 am 15/16 Club fours 12:26 Pm 12:53 Pm 17/18 Club Eights 1:24 Pm 1:44 Pm 19/20 Master Doubles (40+) 2:04 Pm 2:18 Pm 21/22 Master fours (40+) 2:34 Pm 2:48 Pm 23/24 Master Eights (40+) 3:06 Pm 3:24 Pm The Charles 45th Head Of 25/26 Championship Doubles 3:43 Pm 3:57 Pm 27/28 Collegiate fours 4:15 Pm 4:31 Pm 29/30 Championship Singles 4:52 Pm 5:08 Pm DP/C Directors’ Parent/Child Doubles 5:24 Pm Dmix Directors’ mixed Doubles 5:43 Pm Sunday, October 18, 2008 (8:15 AM – 5:00 PM) No. Category (Age) Men Women 31/32 Senior-Veteran Singles (70+) 8:00 am 8:21 am 33/34 Veteran Singles (60+) 8:41 am 9:03 am 35/36 Youth Doubles 9:24 am 9:36 am Qmix Director’s Quad (mixed) 9:58 am 37/38 Youth fours 10:20 am 10:55 am 39/40 Youth Eights 11:33 am 12:06 am 41/42 Master Singles (30+) 12:40 Pm 12:59 Pm 43/44 Collegiate Eights 1:23 Pm 1:39 Pm QWom Director’s Quad (Women) 2:01 Pm 45/46 Lightweight Singles 2:15 Pm 2:30 Pm 47/48 Lightweight fours 2:27 Pm 2:57 Pm 49/50 Lightweight Eights 3:14 Pm 3:25 Pm 51/52 Championship fours 3:38 Pm 3:49 Pm Qmen Director’s Quad (men) 4:05 Pm 53/54 Championship Eights 4:18 Pm 4:33 Pm Award Ceremonies (All award ceremonies take place at the Rowing & Fitness EXPO) Events 1–28 Saturday, 6:00 Pm Events 29-42 Sunday, 3:00 Pm MEDIA GUIDE 2009 4 Events 43-52 Sunday, 6:00 Pm ® AWARDS AND TrophieS all race winners are presented with first place medals. Subsidiary medals are presented to runners up in all events based on the number of entrants (one per 10 entrants up to fifth place). In addition, the following trophies are awarded: Club Eights mcIntyre Cup (men) Club Singles Louis Hawes Cup (men), Peggy Hawes Cup 45th Head Of The Charles 45th Head Of (Women) Champ. Singles Curtis Trophy (men), Cambridge BC Plate (Women) Senior Veteran Singles Wade Trophy (men), Witte Trophy (Women) Veteran Singles Orlich Cup (men) Youth Fours Duncan Cup (men) Grand Master Singles mowatt Trophy (men) Lightweight Fours Coleman Cup (men), Cambridge Cup (Women) Lightweight Singles arlett Cup (men), Singer Cup (Women) Lightweight Eights Boston Herald Cup (men), Boston Cup (Women) Championship Doubles Cromwell Trophy (men), Swayze Cup (Women) Championship Fours Schaefer Cup (men), Barnes Plate (Women) Championship Eights Boston Globe Trophy (men), Governor’s Cup (Women) Pierson Cup (Top Collegiate Crew in Women’s Championship Eights) HOCR STaTISTICS 2009 SELECTED STATS Boats rowing: 1,884 (increase of 98 boats over 2008) People competing: 8,842 Volunteers helping: approximately 1,400 States represented: 36 MEDIA GUIDE 2009 5 Countries represented: 15 ® International entries: 215 boats (12% of all entries) Gender split: 46% women & 54% men Entries turned away: 30% turned away Course length: 3 miles (4,828 meters) all upstream fastest course time: 13:58.99 (1997 Championship Eights – men, US Rowing) 45th Head Of The Charles 45th Head Of Bridges to row under: 7 Race events: 59 Charity monies raised by entrants: $49,625 Spectators: 300,000 anticipated throughout the weekend age of oldest known rower: 83 (Dean Smith from Lone Tree, CO rowing for Rocky mountain Rowing Club in event #31 Senior- Veteran men’s Singles on Sunday at 8:00 am) age of youngest known rower: 14 (Isabella Hayward, rowing for Cape Cod Rowing in event #36 Youth Women’s four on Sunday at 10:55 am) Year of the first Head Of The Charles: 1965 (nearly 100 competitors, all singles) History Of THE REGaTTa The Head Of The Charles® Regatta, the world’s largest annual two-day rowing event, was first held on October 16, 1965. The race was established by Cambridge Boat Club members D’arcy macmahon, Howard mcIntyre, and Jack Vincent, with the assistance of Harvard University sculling instructor Ernest Arlett. Arlett proposed that a “head of the river” race, similar in tradition MEDIA GUIDE 2009 to races held in his native England, be held on the Charles River. There were nearly 100 single scullers competing in the first Head ® Of The Charles Regatta. Over the past 44 years, the Regatta has grown tremendously. Today, more than 8,800 rowers (close to 1,900 boats) from 600 universities, schools, and rowing clubs representing 16 nations compete in 59 different race events. With the generous support of our sponsors—such as andalucia, EmC—we produce a world- class event that attracts more than 300,000 spectators. The Head Of The Charles Regatta is managed by the members 45th Head Of The Charles 45th Head Of of the Cambridge Boat Club with assistance from more than 1,200 volunteers, numerous local schools and rowing clubs, and the massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR). The board of directors of the Cambridge Boat Club appoints three trustees to oversee the management of the race as well as the ten-member Race Committee that meets year-round to oversee the operational and logistical details of the event. In 1991, the trustees appointed frederick V. Schoch Executive Director of the Regatta, and he continues to spearhead the event. Schoch, a former secondary school English instructor and rowing coach for many years at Princeton, the U.S. Naval Academy and Georgetown, founded the Challenge of the Hudson regatta in New York. He also has been an active member of the U.S. Rowing National Team Coaching Staff. The Cambridge Boat Club, located at Gerry’s Landing in Cambridge mass., serves as headquarters for the event. It was established in 1909 for the purpose of encouraging boating and yachting, and as a place for social gatherings for its members. The club maintains an active membership of more than 300. fREQUEntly aSkED QUESTIOnS Where does the Head of the Charles start and finish? How long is it? The race starts near Boston University’s DeWolf Boathouse and finishes approximately 3-miles (4,828 meters) upstream at Herter Park (a/k/a artesani Park) on Soldier’s field Road in Brighton. MEDIA GUIDE 2009 What does a “Head” race mean? 7 ® Head races are a class of regattas generally three miles long, with boats racing against the clock. Winners of each race receive the honorary title of “Head of the River” or, in this case, “Head Of The Charles.” How does a boat win a Head race? Winners are determined by time.