Textile River Regatta
Lowell, Mass.

LOWELL, Mass. - In their first regatta of the season of the 2001-02 season, Bates rowng had an outstnading performance at the The Textile River Regatta. With over 2,500 competitors, the race has become a major event in US College Rowing. Over the last month, the team has been working to focus exclusively on technique and effective rowing, and the performance in Lowell showed the team's raw speed and talent.

In a deep field, Bates' varsity men's 8+ managed to bring home some hardware. Early in the day they raced many of their peer institutions, such as Trinity, Colby, and Wesleyan — along with Division I crews —to a first-place finish in the Men's Club 8+ event. In the Open Men's 8+ — a division consisting of crews at the pre-elite level — the Bobcats took an impressive third-place finish. The varsity women's team, in a field that is typically tight across the board, finished in the top one-third, showing their promise for this season. Last year the varsity women's program graduated three key team members.

"I see this next month as an opportunity to develop a young group of athletes both physically and technically," commented Bates head coach Andrew Carter. "The crew has tested the waters, so to speak, and their task now is to blend their intensity and race savvy with boat moving skills that serve them well next month at the Head-of-the-Charles in Boston."

RESULTS

MEN'S OPEN 8+
(Ben Reilly '02, Andy LaFontaine '03, Drew Walsh '03, Tim Talbot '04,
Jon Greer '04, Jeff Benecchi '02, John Bunce '02, Chal Congdon '03,
coxswain - Elizabeth Berkey '02)

1.  Riverside BC     17:58
2.  USMA             18:02
3.  BATES         18:11
4.  WPI              18:11
5.  Holy Cross       18:14
6.  WPI              18:15
7.  Colby            18:18
8.  Wesleyan         18:23
9.  Boston College   18:25
10. URI              18:34
11. Union BC         18:37
12. Holy Cross       18:37
13. Trinity          18:39
14. UNH              18:42
15. Williams         18:45
16. USMA             18:48
17. USCGA            18:49
18. Williams B       18:51
19. USCGA B          18:53
20. MIT              19:32

MEN CLUB EIGHT
(Ben Reilly '02, Andy LaFontaine '03, Drew Walsh '03, Tim Talbot '04,
Jon Greer '04, Jeff Benecchi '02, John Bunce '02, Chal Congdon '03,
coxswain - Elizabeth Berkey '02)

1.  BATES         17:42
2.  St. John's HS    18:25
3.  CRI              18:36
4.  WPI              18:46
5.  Saugatuck RA     18:50
6.  Wesleyan         18:53
7.  Colby            18:56
8.  WPI B            18:58
9.  UMass            19:09
10. Tufts            19:13
11. Wesleyan B       19:15
12. Holy Cross       19:16
13. CRI              19:20
14. URI              19:25
15. UVM              19:33
16. UNH              19:35
17. UMass            19:47
18. UMass Lowell     19:52
19. Holy Cross       19:54
20. Mass Maritime    19:57
21. Williams         19:58
22. Trinity          20:05
23. URI              20:05
24. MIT              20:06
25. Skidmore         20:15
26. CRI              20:47
27. WPI              21:05
28. USMMA            22:08
29. QRA              23:07
30. Lowell HS        23:22

MEN OPEN FOUR
(James Fischer '04, Nate McConarty '04, John VanNostrand '04, 
Peter Ryan '02, coxswain Catie Hickley '04)

1.  Gunnery School   19:14
2.  URI              20:15
3.  Bowdoin          20:18
4.  Williams         20:36
5.  USCGA            20:38
6.  USCGA            20:53
7.  USMA             21:00
8.  Williams         21:06
9.  Fairfield        21:08
10. Tufts            21:13
11. Boston College   21:22
12. Conn. College    21:24
13. Bowdoin          21:24
14. USMMA            21:36
15. Franklin Pierce  21:46
16. Conn. College    21:55
17. Blood Street Sculls  22:15
18. Bowdoin          22:33
19. Middlebury       22:39
20. USMMA            22:45
21. BATES         22:49
22. USCGA            22:57
23. Roger Williams   23:50
24. Manhattan Coll   23:51
25. Wesleyan         23:59


WOMEN OPEN EIGHT
(Caitlyn Shelley '04, Lindsay Fry '04, Shelby Graham '04, Lori Massa
'02, Anna Felton '04, Leana Nordstrom '03, Laurel Col '02, Laura Allen
'02, coxswain - Anna Christopher '02)

1.  Northeastern     19:39
2.  Riverside BC     19:44
3.  Boston College   19:51
4.  CRI              20:02
5.  USMA             20:13
6.  Northeastern     20:14
7.  Williams         20:18
8.  CRI              20:38
9.  Holy Cross       20:44
10. Colby            20:45
11. CRI              20:51
12. USMA             21:20
13. Fairfield        21:26
14. Boston College   21:27
15. BATES        22:04
16. USCGA            22:04
17. UNH              22:42
18. Holy Cross       25:11

WOMEN CLUB EIGHT
(Caitlyn Shelley '04, Lindsay Fry '04, Shelby Graham '04, Lori Massa
'02, Anna Felton '04, Leana Nordstrom '03, Laurel Col '02, Laura Allen
'02, coxswain - Anna Christopher '02)

1.  Holy Cross       20:26
2.  Williams         20:46
3.  USCGA            20:48
4.  WPI              20:48
5.  UMass            20:52
6.  Northeastern     20:55
7.  Wesleyan         21:03
8.  Colby            21:08
9.  Holy Cross       21:14
10. Northeastern     21:15
11. BATES         21:20
12. UVM              21:29
13. Middlebury       21:31
14. MIT              21:32
15. Mount Holyoke    21:34
16. CRI              21:34
17. Wesleyan         21:35
18. UNH              21:41
19. Mount Holyoke    21:42
20. Simmons          21:44
21. UNH              21:48
22. Blood Street Sculls  21:48
23. Riverside BC     21:54
24. WPI              22:07
25. USCGA            22:13
26. Tufts            22:16
27. Saugatuck RA     22:17
28. CRI              22:32
29. Trinity          22:42
30. Fairfield        22:44
31. Boston College   22:54
32. Tufts            23:08
33. CRI              23:19
34. Mount Holyoke    23:19
35. UVM              23:45
36. Cape Cod RA      23:56
37. MIT              24:21
38. Mass Maritime    24:51
39. UMass Lowell     25:07
40. Barnstable RC    25:33


WOMEN OPEN FOUR
(Andrea Noyes '04, Megan Price '04, Annie Taylor '04, Renee Blacken '04,
coxswain  Julia Judson-Rea '04)

1.  Northeastern
2.  CRI              22:16
3.  Bowdoin          22:39
4.  UMass            22:45
5.  Colby            22:49
6.  MIT              22:51
7.  USCGA            22:57
8.  UVM              23:13
9.  UMass            23:18
10. Franklin Pierce  23:34
11. Cape Cod RA      23:39
12. UMass            23:42
13. UMass            24:03
14. Trinity          24:04
15. Mass Maritime    24:09
16. MIT              24:12
17. BATES        24:37
18. Williams         24:44
19. UNH              24:50
20. CRI              24:58
21. UNH              24:59
22. Assumption       25:02
23. USMA             25:04
24. Fairfield        25:05
25. Bowdoin          25:17
26. CRI              25:45
27. Worcester State  25:46
28. Clark            25:55
29. Middlebury       26:17
30. Roger Williams   26:18
31. UNH              26:19
32. Mass Maritime    26:34
33. CRI              27:07
34. Barnstable RC    27:49
35. Mass Maritime    28:04
36. Clark            28:16
37. Roger Williams   30:56
38. Barnstable RC    31:56
39. Manhattan Coll   32:58

Note: The "Club" designation in two of the events refer to a
competitive status as defined by the Head of the Charles Organizing
Committee.  Most other head style races use this same classification.
The Club events are "limited to persons (including coxswains) who in any
sculling or sweep-oared event DID NOT:

   * Earn any Senior World Championship or Olympic gold/silver/bronze
     medal or a 1st place medal in any Championship (open) event of the
     Head Of The Charles ¨ regatta;
   * Compete in any Senior World Championships or Olympic Games since
     1995;
   * Earn a medal ('Special Medals' excepted) in the 2000 Head Of The
     Charles ¨ regatta,
   * In 2001, reach the quarter-finals of the Henley Royal or Henley
     Womenâs Regattas OR finish among the top six places in any national
     team trials, national or international championships (e.g. FISA
     World Cup, US Rowing national championships, Pan Ams, Lucerne, FISA
     Junior Worlds, Head Of The River, London, etc.), San Diego Crew
     Classic, EARC or EAWRC Sprints, PCRC, NCAA, PAC-10, IRA or Canadian
     Henley, OR finish among the top three places in the Dad Vail or
     Avaya Communication Collegiate Championships."