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Brown Crew Wins ECAC Turfer Award for Third Consecutive Year
8/17/2009 12:00:00 AM | Men's Crew
CAPE COD, Mass. - Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC)
Commissioner Rudy Keeling announced today that Brown University has
earned the 2009 ECAC Turfer Athletic Rowing Trophy. It is the third
consecutive year that the Bears have won the ECAC Turfer Athletic
Rowing Trophy.
The ECAC Turfer Athletic Rowing Trophy is given annually to the
ECAC college or university men's and women's rowing
programs that best demonstrate the core values of the ECAC
(tradition, diversity, and service), and the values of Turfer
Athletic (determination, perseverance, resilience, and commitment).
The award is based on the total overall performance of the
team's varsity, second varsity, and novice eights at the EARC
and EAWRC Sprints, including men's heavyweight and
lightweight entries, and women's open weight entries.
The Bears will receive the trophy on Tuesday, October 6, at the
ECAC Honors Luncheon presented by Jostens. The luncheon will be
held at The Resort and Conference Center at Hyannis, Massachusetts
during the 2009 ECAC Fall Convention and Trade Show. Previous
recipients include Harvard University/Radcliffe College (2002,
2004), Princeton University (2003, 2005), Trinity College (2006)
and Brown University (2007, 2008).
The Brown men's rowing team led by head coach Paul Cooke
turned in a completely dominating performance at the 64th Eastern
Association of Rowing Colleges (EARC) Sprints. The Bears won all
five events that they were entered in, and captured the overall
points trophy and the Ivy League title in the process. The league
championship is the second in a row for the Bears. In the novice
eight race, Harvard was nearly able to match Bruno's effort,
but came up just short, coming in .6 seconds behind. Brown finished
at 5:58.2 to take the Kenneth Burns Trophy, while the Crimson
crossed the line in 5:58.8. The Brown second varsity took the
Richard Glenden Cup with a time of 5:47.3, easily outdistancing
Wisconsin, who finished second in 5:51.3. The varsity eight race
was more dramatic as the Bears were down three seats to Harvard
with 400 meters to go. However, Brown managed to make a tremendous
sprint, suddenly taking seats on the Crimson with seemingly
remarkable ease. Brown went on to win by two seats, taking the
Worcester Cup with a time of 5:41.4, as Harvard finished a close
second at 5:42.6. Bruno then continued a remarkable season by
finishing third overall at the IRA National Championship, and was
the first East Coast team in both the Varsity 8 and team
standings.
At the 36th Eastern Association of Women's Rowing Colleges
(EAWRC) Sprints, the Brown women finished second in the team
standings behind only Yale. The day was highlighted by an
impressive win from the second varsity eight, which crossed the
line five seconds in front of the field. Brown's varsity
eight took fourth in an extremely tough final, while the novice
eight won a silver medal. The Bears showed the depth of the program
as all six of its entries advanced to the grand finals. In the
novice eight race, Brown found itself in third place coming into
the final 500 meters, trailing second place Cornell by half a
length. However, the Bears kicked in with a tremendous sprint,
taking seats back with each stroke, and managed to edge in front of
the Big Red just before the finish line to take second. Yale won
with a time of 6:42.6, while Brown and Cornell finished
neck-and-neck at 6:47.1 and 6:47.6. The Brown second varsity had a
much easier race, winning handily, as the boat crossed the line in
6:34.2. Yale held off a late charge from Radcliffe to finish second
at 6:39.7. In the varsity eight race, Brown was unable to push onto
the medal dock, finishing fourth in 6:26.9 after a solid sprint to
edge out Dartmouth. Yale won the race, finishing at 6:21.9.
Radcliffe was second at 6:22.8, while Princeton took third at
6:23.5. Brown continued to row well at the NCAA
Championships, finishing fifth overall among the most elite
competition in the country.
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About the ECAC®
The ECAC is the nation's largest athletic and the only
multi-divisional conference in the country with more than 300
Divisions I, II, and III colleges and universities. The ECAC
stretches from Maine to North Carolina and westerly to Illinois.
Established in 1938, the ECAC, a non-profit service organization,
sponsors nearly 100 championships in 37 men's and
women's sports and assigns more than 4,400 officials in 12
sports. The ECAC also administers nine affiliate sports
organizations and six playing leagues, and through the public
relations arm of the conference, more than 2,500 student-athletes
in 23 sports are recognized annually. Finally, the ECAC
serves as the primary conference for select members in the sports
of men's and women's ice hockey and men's
lacrosse.
For a link to the online release, please go
to:
http://www.ecac.org/news/08-09/2009_turfer
