The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
Rowing preview: Head of the Colorado and Princeton Chase
10.25.2007 | Rowing
Texas at the Head of the Colorado
When: Saturday, Oct. 27, All Day
Where: Austin, Texas (Lady Bird Lake)
Host: Austin Rowing Club
Texas at the Princeton Chase
When: Sunday, Oct. 28, All Day
Where: Princeton, N.J. (Carnegie Lake)
Host: Princeton University
- Head coach Carie Graves and the Texas Rowing team takes to the waters of Lady Bird Lake for their first home rowing event of the 2007-08 rowing season. The Longhorns will also enter an eight boat in the Princeton Chase. Texas will feature a varsity eight boat, pairs boats, two novice eights and a novice four in the Head of the Colorado (aka The Pumpkinhead of the Colorado).
- The Head of the Colorado is a 5,000 meter head-race held annually on the last Saturday of October, and is currently in its 25th year. The Regatta offers events for the following boat types; singles, doubles, quads, pairs, coxed fours and eights in the following categories; open, masters, juniors, novice, and recreational. In 2005, "The Pumpkinhead" introduced its new Seven Bridges course. The course begins at the Rowing Dock, just west of the Mopac Expressway Bridge and travels through all seven bridges on Town Lake.
- The Princeton three-mile Chase is an invitational head-race hosted by the Princeton University crew coaching staff for varsity men and women collegiate crews. The head race will feature races for Lightweight Women, Open Women, Lightweight Men, Heavyweight Men and a small boats event competing over a distance of 2-3/4 miles.
- Texas opened the 2007 fall season at the Head of the Oklahoma (Oct. 13), claiming three top five finishes in the women's pair. The pair of sophomore Nancy Arrington and senior Emilie Sallee posted a time of 18:17.655 to take second place in the women's pair, crossing the finish behind Australia, which recorded a time of 16:54.884.
- At the Head of the Oklahoma, the Longhorns' first varsity eight of coxswain Mary Cait McPherson, stroke Luise Fleischhauer, Arrington, Vander Maarel, Callie Mattrisch, Bartz, Lovric, Janss and Sallee claimed a fifth-place finish in the women's collegiate eight-plus race. Texas' first eight crossed the finish in 15.27.215, while the third eight finished eighth (15.46.299) and the second eight finished 14th (16:36.839).
- The Longhorns return several rowers who rowed in Texas' top eight boat in 2006. Junior port Luise Fleischhauer earned CRCA All-South Region accolades as a sophomore and returns this season after anchoring the stroke seat last season. Sophomore starboard Nancy Arrington returns after an impressive freshman campaign in which she rowed every single race in the top boat. Senior port Alex Janss has one year of varsity first eight rowing under her belt and she will strengthen the UT lineup after rowing in the top boat in seven-of-nine races last season. Sophomore starboard Callie Mattrisch has shined for the Longhorns so far this fall after coaching at the Milwaukee rowing club this past summer.
- Texas welcomes a talented class of freshman rowers to this year's squad, including port Jennifer Vander Maarel, port Jelena Zunic and starboard Tajana Lovric. Vander Maarel comes from a tight-knit rowing environment at St. Catharine's Rowing Club in Ontario, Canada. Lovric and Zunic both come to Texas from strong rowing families in Zagreb, Croatia.
- The Head of the Colorado will mark the first event of the season for the Texas Novice Rowing team.
