Select Crew
News & Photos

2003

Coaches
Women: Solange Rousset (W-L)
Men: Ro Ralph (TCW)
Program Coordinator: Mike Penn (TCW)

 

The Occoquan Chase
The women rowed a great race, finishing with a time of 16:52, just four seconds behind NVRA's "A" boat at 16:48. Thompson Boat Center "A" finished in 16:36. The fourth place time was 17:14. The ODBC men finished as follows: The "A" boat came in third with a time of 14:34. The "B" boat was right behind with a time of 14:48.

The Head of the Schuylkill
The Old Dominion Boat Club crew made a stronge showing in the youth eight category. ODBC men's A boat finished an impressive 6th place out of 70 entries in a time of 13:12.66. The B boat wasn't far behind, finishing in 10th place, at 13:21.12. Long Island's Chaminade HS, which was the top high school boat at the Head of the Charles, cruised into first place with a time of 12:58.57. Thompson's Boat Club was second. The ODBC women also had a good day, crossing the line with the 8th fastest time out of 58 entries. Norwalk River Rowing Assn was the winner with a time of 14:18.61 and the ODBC ladies arrived at 15:22.19. TBC ladies finished in silver like their counterparts. Northern Virginia RC crews were farther back. The crews of the ODBC eights are posted on the ODBC page. Congrats to the crews and coaches Solange Rousset and Ro Ralph.

The Head of the Occoquan
The ODBC crews finished the 2003 fall season on a strong note by medaling at HOTO. The women silvered behind Thompson's Boat Center with a time of 17:28. Eighteen female crews competed from Pittsburgh, Baltimore and the Washington area. The guys "A" boat came home in 15 minutes even and 7 seconds behind winner TBC "A." The ODBC "B" guys weren't far behind, finishing fourth in 15:41 out of the twelve entries. If you compare the times of the ODBC "A" boats with the men's and women's club eight events, in which many college crews compete, you would see the ODBC boats besting the winning times there. The ODBC guys would have been 4th in the championship eight event. Too bad the season has to end!

Congratulations to the rowers and coaches of the 2003 ODBC Select Crew team!