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Head of the Hooch
Rowing preview: Head of the Hooch
10.30.2013 | Rowing
Longhorns wrap up their fall season at the annual two-day regatta in Chattanooga.
WHAT: Texas completes its fall season this weekend at the annual Head of the Hooch.
WHEN/WHERE:
Saturday-Sunday, Nov. 2-3
Tennessee River at Ross' Landing Park – Chattanooga, Tenn.
REGATTA WEB SITE: CLICK HERE
RESULTS: CLICK HERE
MORE ON THE HEAD OF THE HOOCH: First contested in 1981, the Head of the Hooch features a 3.1-mile (5 km) course. The Atlanta Rowing Club organized the initial regatta, and the event was contested annually on the Chattahoochee River in Roswell, Ga., from 1981 through 1996.
From 1997-2004, the regatta relocated to the rowing venue constructed in Gainesville, Ga., for the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. The regatta relocated to Ross' Landing Park on the Tennessee River in Chattanooga in 2005 to accommodate the annual increase in regatta entries. The regatta hosts over 6,000 rowers and 15,000 spectators each year.
LAST YEAR AT THE HEAD OF THE HOOCH: Texas posted top-five finishes in the championship 4+, championship 8+ and the novice 8+ on day one of the 2012 Head of the Hooch. Texas added five top-10 finishes on day two of the 2012 Head of the Hooch.
LAST REGATTAS: UT claimed the open 8+ and the novice-2 8+ last Saturday (Oct. 26) at the Head of the Colorado on Austin's Lady Bird Lake. Texas added a top-15 showing on Sunday (Oct. 27) at the Princeton Chase in New Jersey.
TEXAS ENTRIES (lineups HERE)
Saturday, Nov. 2 (all times Central)
11:25 a.m. - Women's Championship 8+ (2 boats)
1:31 p.m. - Women's College & Club Novice 8+ (2 boats)
4:06 p.m. - Women's Championship 4+ [Row for the Cure] (2 boats)
Sunday, Nov. 3
11:08 a.m. - Women's Open 8+ (5 boats)