Word: coachly
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...lightweight men’s crew captain Jeff Overington. “I started rowing in ninth grade because a few of my friends were doing it, and they needed a fourth guy to row a four,” Overington said. “We had a great coach and won all of our races, so I decided to stick with it.” Early success in crew, along with good friends and coaches, have kept the Kingston, Ontario native hooked on rowing as he heads into his eighth year with the sport. “The guys...
...gold. The team was just four seconds short of third, ending the crew’s six-year run of medaling.Last spring, the program fell to a sixth- place finish, as Wisconsin regained its national championship crown.In order to respond, the crew will look to its new varsity coach, Heather Cartwright, to pull the Black and White out of limbo.And from all accounts, the crew is ready to do just that.“[Cartwright] has a very structured team, and the experience to back that up,” lightweight captain Rebekah Kharrazi said. “We have...
...community is probably not a good idea.”The final Harvard grad to take to the waters in Beijing was another Radcliffe oarswoman, Michelle Guerette ’02. She came from behind to take silver in the women’s single sculls final, having been coached by another Harvard affiliate—lightweight men’s coach Charley Butt.“I was really impressed by Michelle Guerette’s race the day before [ours],” Howard said. “It was such a great race to watch...
...we’re doing, set the stage for the next year,” Kharrazi said. “We want to be better than we have [been] in the past and keep going.”Kharrazi will serve as the lone captain for new coach Heather Cartwright’s lightweight squad. A four-year rower, Kharrazi has the experience and skill the coach was looking for when she took the Radcliffe job. “She has a maturity and a composure, a love of rowing, and enthusiasm to include everyone. She displays everything I would...
...similarly spectacular style, with victories at Eastern Sprints and the Harvard-Yale Regatta, a semifinal place in Henley Royal Regatta’s Temple Cup, and a third-place finish at IRAs to very strong California and Washington teams.“Bill [Manning] is a really good coach, and he was able to keep us in line and keep us in the right mentality throughout the season,” said sophomore Benjamin French, who stroked the first freshman boat to success last year.“Sprints finals were kind of an epic moment, just in terms...