We entered nine crews and all nine placed. Again the MN4+ crew won, continuing a winning streak from the second regatta of the season. This regatta featured a perpetual trophy for each event. The Men's novice four trophy is called the "Botanical Bailer" and was first won by a BSCHS crew in 2005 While we couldn't quite manage any other first place finishes, we finished a very competitive second in six other events.
Norfolk Collegiate won the overall points trophy, the "Tin Bucket" by accumulating 47 points in 9 events for an average of 5.22 points/event. And even though we beat Academy in head-to-head competition in 5 of 8 events, they edged us in the points per event calculation 4.91 to 4.88. Cape Henry finished fourth and Broadwater finished fifth. Trinity did not compete in enough events to qualify. The inter-team competition was very close. For example, if we beat NoCo in any two additional events (say the V4 events) then in addition to winning two more event trophies we would have won the regatta overall, with a 5.13 average to NoCo's 5.0 average.
A reasonable goal for next year is to compete in all the sweep events (M & W Lt4s and all the 8 events.) Below are some shots taken by the Longhorns. Enjoy.
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