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The Freshman/Novice Heavyweights placed first in their heat, semi-final, and final.

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For the first time in team history UD took home the Dr. Thomas Kerr Jr. Cup, which is awarded to the men's team with the most points at the end of the regatta. UD accumulated 29 points, ahead of Georgia Tech (20) and Purdue (18). UD is the only other club team besides Purdue to win the men's point championship in the history of the regatta.

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The men's crew team made university history this weekend, winning the point trophy in the 70th annual Dad Vail Regatta. The Hens are only the second club crew team to win the men's title at the collegiate regatta.

"This is considered one of the largest and top-most competitive regattas in the country for colleges," head coach Chuck Crawford said. "[The regatta] is open for college varsity programs and club programs and they are all competing against one another."

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Dad Vail Regatta Update

The University of Delaware Men's Crew got off to a strong start at the Dad Vail Regatta today with 4 boats advancing to Saturday's semi-finals.

The Varsity 8 placed second in their heat, 1.7 seconds off top seeded Purdue and .27 seconds ahead of third place San Diego in a close finish. UD posted the fourth fastest time of the Varsity 8 heats, behind Purdue, Temple and Colgate. In Saturday's 11:11 AM semi-final, UD will be in lane 2, with Boston College in lane 1, Purdue in lane 3, Colgate in lane 4, Minnesota in lane 5 and Florida in lane 6. The top two finishers advance to the Grand Final, while the third and fourth place finishers head to the Petite Final.

The Freshmen/Novice 4 placed first in their heat to advance to Saturday's 7:21 AM semi-final. UD finished ahead of UTC by 2.7 seconds in the heat. In the regatta's largest event, UD posted the third fastest time in the heats only behind Temple and Santa Clara. In the semi-final they race in lane 2, with Sonoma in lane 1, Fairfield in lane 3, Jacksonville in lane 4, Rollins in lane 5 and Iona in lane 6. The top two finishers advance to the Grand Final, while the third and fourth place finishers head to the Petite Final.

The Freshmen/Novice 8 finished first in their heat ahead of second place Marietta by 1.8 seconds. UD posted the third fastest time in the heats, only behind San Diego and Grand Valley. In Saturday's 7:57 AM semi-final they race in lane 3, with Drexel in lane 1, Lehigh in lane 2, Marietta in lane 5 and Johns Hopkins in lane 6. The top two finishers advance to the Grand Final.

The JV 8 finished first in their heat ahead of second place and top seeded St. Joseph's by 2.6 seconds. UD posted the top time in the JV 8 heats, ahead of other heat winners Temple, Grand Valley and Colgate. In Saturday's 9:11 AM semi-final UD will be in lane 3, with Maryland in lane 1, FIT in lane 2, Grand Valley in lane 4, Purdue in lane 5 and Minnesota in lane 6. The top three finishers advance to the Grand Finals.

UD Crew to Compete at 70th Dad Vail Regatta

On Friday May 9th and Saturday May 10th the University of Delaware Men's Crew will compete in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at the 70th Dad Vail Regatta. The regatta is the largest US collegiate regatta with over 120 colleges and universities from the United States and Canada competing. Last year UD posted 11th in the Varsity 8 race and 2nd in the Freshmen/Novice race.

Racing begins on Friday with the Varsity 4 at 7:00 AM. They will be in lane 2 with Marietta in lane 3, Duquesne in lane 4, Catholic in lane 5, United States Merchant Marine Academy in lane 6 and Brandeis in lane 1. The top two finishers in the race advance to Saturday's semi-final.

At 10:23 AM the Varsity 8 squares off against last year's winner Purdue in lane 3. UD is in lane 4, followed by San Diego in lane 2 Loyola in lane 5 and Binghamton in lane 6. The top two finishers advance to the semi-finals on Saturday while the 3rd and 4th place boats race again in the repachage.

At 12:27 PM the Freshmen/Novice 4 races in lane 4 against UTC in lane 3, Lowell in lane 2, Penn State in lane 1, Ohio in lane 5 and Milwaukee in lane 6. The top two finishers also advance to the Saturday semi-finals.

At 2:19 PM the Varsity Lightweight 4 races in lane 1 against Duquesne in lane 2, Georgia Tech in lane 3, Stetson in lane 4, North Carolina in lane 5 and Northwestern in lane 6. The top three finishers advance to Saturday's semi-finals.

At 3:29 PM the Freshmen/Novice 8 races in lane 3 against Marietta in lane 4, Rhode Island in lane 1, Milwaukee in lane 2 and Penn State in lane 5. The top 3 finishers advance to Saturday's semi-finals. UD's boat received the top seed in the event after a strong season.

In the final race for UD on Friday, the JV 8 races in lane 4 against St. Joseph's in lane 3, Rhode Island in lane 1, Bucknell in lane 2 and Army and lane 5. The top three finishers advance to Saturday's semi-finals.

The Freshmen/Novice Lightweight 8 and the Varsity Lightweight 8 do not compete until Saturday. The Varsity Lightweight 8 also received the top seed in their event and will race in Saturday's semi-finals while the Freshmen/Novice Lightweight 8s only has a grand final on Saturday at 1:35 PM.

UD Alumnus to compete in National Selection Regatta #2

Ivan Baldychev '06 will be competing in this upcoming weekend's National Selection Regatta #2. Baldychev was a standout oarsmen while at UD, leading the lightweight squad to national prominence. Last summer he made his first United States National team competing in the Lightweight Men's single, and finished 6th at the World Championships held in Munich, Germany. At the NSR #2 Baldychev will be competing in the Lightweight cox-less pair event.

At the first NSR, Balychev raced in the Men's Lightweight single event. He cruised to victory almost 3 seconds over the second place Dan Urevick-Ackelsberg, a member of the US Rowing Training Center . "I raced well at the first NSR," said Baldychev. "I'm currently training in Princeton in the Lightweight [pair without coxswain]. If I'm able to post good results this upcoming weekend, then I'll have to pull an adequate 2k erg test to be invited to the Olympic Selection Camp. That would be a great honor since only 8 lightweights are invited to the camp. My goal however is to make the Olympic Lightweight [cox-less four] at the camp."

Freshmen Lightweights Upset Navy in Annapolis

The lightweight squad traveled to Annapolis, Maryland this past weekend to compete against the United States Naval Academcy in an EARC race.

The Hens were victorious in the Freshmen 8 race. UD and Navy battled the length of the course, but they were able to cross the line 1.6 seconds over the Midshipmen. "I'm very excited with the results from this past weekend," Coach Joe Kleiman said. "I'm very proud of them in that they were able to keep their composure in the race up against a very tough Navy boat."

In the Hen's Varsity 8 race, Navy crossed the line in 6:07.6, with UD coming in second with 6:24.5. UD held contact with Navy until the midway point of the race, where Navy surged ahead.

In the JV 8 race Navy was again victorious over the Hens. The Midshipmen crossed the line in 6:12.8 followed by their 3V in 6:22.8 and UD in at 6:31.2. In the Varsity 4 race, Navy edged UD by 12.7 seconds.

In the Second Freshmen 8 race Navy crossed the line in 6:42.7 to UD's 6:54.9. The Hen's were able to hold off Navy's third novice crew by 2.5 seconds.

Hen's Freshmen 8 Victorious in Tennessee

The winning Freshman/Novice 8.

The entire Heavyweight squad traveled to Oak Ridge, Tennessee to compete in the Southern Intercollegiate Rowing Association Championship this past weekend.

Racing began Saturday, with the Freshmen 8 cruising to a victory in their heat to position themselves for the A/B semifinal later that day. The crew lead the field the entire race and crossed the line in 6:25.8, almost 7 seconds faster than second place Marietta College. In the Varsity 8's heat, they led to almost the half way mark where Grand Valley State and Georgia Tech were able to pull even and ahead. With 500 meters to go the Varsity 8 charged through Georgia Tech and held contact with the Grand Valley crew to finish in 2nd place, 1.7 seconds off Grand Valley and 3.8 ahead of Georgia Tech.

In the Saturday semifinal racing, the Freshmen 8 once again led the entire race and was victorious. They crossed the line in 6:15.9, 7.33 seconds ahead of second place Grand Valley to land the top seed for the Grand Final. The JV8 drew a tough semifinal and found themselves in 5th place with 500 meters left in the race. However, the JV's sprint was impressive and they were able to walk through Georgia Tech and Emory in the last part of the race to finish 3rd and land a spot in the Grand Final. The Varsity 8 also had a slow start to their semifinal and found themselves in 5th place at 1500 meters left. The crew was able to move back on the field and remained in 3rd place throughout the bulk of the race, exchanging leads with Florida Tech for the 3rd and final spot to the Grand Final. However in the last 100 meters FIT pulled even and ahead to claim the last spot, putting UD in the Petite Final.

Sunday racing began with the Freshmen 8 claiming the SIRA championship. They found themselves in 2nd place off the start of the race behind Virginia, but were able to move through the field and held a comfortable margin for the remainder of the race. UD crossed the line in 6:14.7, 4.67 seconds ahead of second place Virginia and 5.4 seconds ahead of 3rd place Georgia Tech. "I'm very proud of our eight," Coach Joe Kleiman said. "Now our focus for the crew shifts to preparation for the upcoming Dad Vail Regatta."

The JV8 placed 6th in their Grand Final behind St. Joseph's, Temple, UVA, Jacksonville and Purdue. The crew battled with Purdue for 5th place until the midway point where the Boilermakers were able to push ahead. "The JV had a tough race, but they are a young crew so they still have plenty of room to improve upon the SIRA results," Kleiman said.

In the Varsity 8 Petite Final, the Hen's found themselves in third place at the 500 mark behind Georgia Tech and St. Joseph's. At the 1000 meter mark they were able to pull through St. Joe's and regain contact with Georgia Tech, however GT was able to hold off the UD sprint to cross the line in first with 6:12.60 to UD's 6:13.68.