Silver for Mastracci in the Women's 8

Natalie Mastracci '13 and the Canadian women's eight finished second in their final at the World Rowing Championships, 2.83 seconds behind the United States.

Rowing Canada's coverage touched on the disappointment in a story entitled "Second, Again."

“We all believed right to the line that there was a possibility that we could do it,” said Mastracci, while simultaneously smiling and wiping away tears. “We are going to go back to the drawing board and keep training, that’s what we do. We don’t give up.”

See the results on worldrowing.com.

Read the Rowing Canada story here.

 

Silver Medal for Gennaro at World Championships

Mike Gennaro '11 and his US straight four took the silver medal and, as the commentators said, "challenged the British bid for domination." (The British were the prohibitive favorites going into the race.) Results are posted at worldrowing.com.

Before the race, Gennaro posted on Facebook: "Racing in the A Final of the World Championships tomorrow against the Netherlands, Great Britain, Australia, Greece, and Canada. We race at 2:33pm local time, 8:33 EST. Live video can be found atwww.worldrowing.com. I don't really know how to explain my gratitude and appreciation towards everyone who supports my teammates and I and what we do. It's an extremely long year for such a short race, and I wouldn't be able to do this without everyone's support. I love my parents, siblings, family, my Syracuse family ‪#‎OrangeNation‬, Prep family, teammates and coaches past and present, the WFR boys. Thank you so much."

Mastracci's eight moves on to the final

Rowing Canada Aviron reports the Canadian women's eight, including Natalie Mastracci '13, has a goal "to unseat the Americans, who have been the dominant crew in this boat class for the better part of the last decade."

Mastracci and her teammates will appear in the final of the 2014 World Rowing Championships in Amsterdam. How did they do in comparison with the Americans?

Rowing Canada Aviron coverage

row2k.com coverage

Scroll to "The Tuesday Races That Were Raced on Wednesday."

 

Mastracci's Heat Delayed

SU alum Natalie Mastracci '13 reports: "Tried to race our heat today but got postponed by some unfair winds! We'll now race Thursday at 1:53pm Amsterdam time (7:53am in the Cuse!)"

The down time gave her an opportunity: "When your race gets cancelled it's time for... ALS Ice Bucket Challenge: Amsterdam edition!"

Gennaro's US 4 to Semis at World Championships

SU alum Mike Gennaro '11's four emerged from a photo finish in its heat on Sunday with a berth in the semi-finals of the 2014 World Rowing Championships in Amsterdam. According to row2k.com, the difference in times among the top three finishers was .64 seconds.

"You want to be in a close race, you want to test your speed, test your poise, your composure," Gennaro said. "We don't get to do that this often. It was good, and it was fun."

 

Read more on row2k.com.

 

Gennaro and Mastracci Medal at World Cup II

Syracuse alums Mike Gennaro '11 and Natalie Mastracci '13 were on the podium at the the World Rowing Cup II in Lake Aiguebelette, France. 

After an injury in the US men's eight, Gennaro stepped in and helped row the American eight to gold, taking the lead right from the start in the final and leading over the entire 2,000-meter course, beating second-place Great Britain by a second and a half and third-place Belarus by 2.5 ticks. 

The American M4- then put in a gutsy effort, with Gennaro doubling up and another member of the crew racing ill, the USA four raced in the second position up until the final 500 meters when they were passed by Australia. Great Britain won the race, with the Aussies second and the USA third.

Mastracci rowed the seven seat of the Canadian women's eight, which won the silver in a time of 6:05.82. The US won in a time of 6:04.77, and Great Britain finished third in a time of 6:11.39.

Mastracci also raced in the Canadian women’s pair with Susanne Grainger. After reaching the podium in World Cup I, they finished out of the medals.

The January Orange Oar Is Here

John Nicholson's LetterWinner of Distinction award...Fall Recap....Quotes from the Captains...Florida Training Trip Recap...Profile of Jennifer Sacheck-Ward...Guest column from Tom Darling...and more

Click here to go to the online version.

And don't miss the bonus items from the John Nicholson story:

--John's remarks when he spoke on behalf of the other award recipients--humor, rowing's life lessons and heartfelt gratitude.

--A nice video profile of John.

 

--One of John's former students, 

 

SU Women Win Two at the Foot of the Charles

The Syracuse University women's rowing team won the Varsity 8 and Varsity 4 events at the Foot of the Charles Saturday.

Syracuse's 3V won the eight event in a time of 13:17.3. URI finished second in 13:42.8, and Syracuse B finished third in 13:46.4.

All the Syracuse entries in the four finished in the top 10. Syracuse A won in 13:38.6, and Syracuse B finished third in 13:50.1.  Syracuse D (14:02.3) nosed out Syracuse C (14:03.1) for sixth place.

All the results can be found at row2k.com.

SU Women Win the Single and Pair

The Syracuse University women's rowing team posted first-place finishes in the single and pair at the inaugural Collegiate Small Boat Championship this weekend on Mercer Lake.

Senior Rebecca Soja won the single in 8:08.3 over Annaliese Ionson of Princeton (8:13.54). row2k.com included Soja in its recap of the race. Go to the story and scroll down to the "Single" sub-head.

Junior Sienna DeSantis and freshman Ailish Tinney won the B pair final in a time of 8:02.6. Penn finished second in 8:04.79, and Radcliffe finished third in 8:07.4.

Syracuse also recorded second place finishes in the A final of the pair and the B final of the single.

Results are available from row2k.com.

Syracuse is one of the founding members of the regatta, along with Radcliffe, Northeastern, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and Virginia.  

Coach Justin Moore is excited about the influence this race will have on sculling within college rowing. “I just think sculling is such an incredible skill for all athletes,” Moore said. “It’s a great way to learn about boat moving."


Official Results from the Head of the Genesee

For the second year in a row, Syracuse women's rowing opened its fall racing season by recording victories in every event it was entered in at the Head of the Genesee in Rochester on Saturday.

 Read more on suathletics.com.

 Syracuse men's rowing began its fall racing season on Saturday at the Head of the Genesee in Rochester, recording second, fifth and sixth-place finishes in the open eight vs. crews from Brown.

Read more on suathletics.com.