2008 Woodie Awards
2k test men rowers' strength on Main erg
Kathleen Radebaugh '08
Issue date: 2/7/07 Section: Sports
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It is still a little bit too cold for Saint Joseph's University rowers to start sweeping on the Schulykill, but that doesn't keep them from competiting.
This past Saturday, seven rowers from the men's rowing team participated in the Main Line Slide ergometer race.
The competition held at Villanova University, featured one event, a 2k test.
Two thousand meters is the length of spring races for collegiate rowers. Rowers usually race in an eight or four. This 2k, however, is strictly the rower against the machine. Success or failure lies strictly on one poor soul.
Hawk rower Adam Stoll won the Lightweight Men's event with a time of 6:29.4. Stoll, a junior and member of last year's Varsity Lightweight 8, pulled his personal best.
Only trailing Stoll by five seconds, one stroke behind, was senior rower Steve Ramsey. Ramsey finished third with a time of 6:34.3 in the Lightweight Men's event.
Junior teammate Marc Malott finished fourth, 6:44.7)
In the Heavyweight division, four Saint Joseph's rowers competed: junior Gavin Adams, senior captain Alex DiBiasi, Wayne Zimmer, and Jeff Schaetzle.
Adams, a member of the 2006 2nd Varsity 8, finished the 2k in 6:13, claiming third place overall. DiBiasi claimed fifth place, 6:25.5, despite fighting an illness all week. Zimmer took sixth place (6:26.6) and Schaetzle finished eighth (6:28.2).
Many rowers dread erging a 2k test, because it is one of the hardest workouts, yet it is vital to the strength of the team to build endurance and confidence in one's strokes.
Many say ergs sink in the river, but having competitive erg times, like these seven Hawk oarsmen, will give the team the confidence and strength needed to do well on the river.
Shortly, the men will launch on their home course, the Schuylkill to prepare for their first race for the spring 2007 season on March 17 in Camden, NJ on the Cooper River.
This past Saturday, seven rowers from the men's rowing team participated in the Main Line Slide ergometer race.
The competition held at Villanova University, featured one event, a 2k test.
Two thousand meters is the length of spring races for collegiate rowers. Rowers usually race in an eight or four. This 2k, however, is strictly the rower against the machine. Success or failure lies strictly on one poor soul.
Hawk rower Adam Stoll won the Lightweight Men's event with a time of 6:29.4. Stoll, a junior and member of last year's Varsity Lightweight 8, pulled his personal best.
Only trailing Stoll by five seconds, one stroke behind, was senior rower Steve Ramsey. Ramsey finished third with a time of 6:34.3 in the Lightweight Men's event.
Junior teammate Marc Malott finished fourth, 6:44.7)
In the Heavyweight division, four Saint Joseph's rowers competed: junior Gavin Adams, senior captain Alex DiBiasi, Wayne Zimmer, and Jeff Schaetzle.
Adams, a member of the 2006 2nd Varsity 8, finished the 2k in 6:13, claiming third place overall. DiBiasi claimed fifth place, 6:25.5, despite fighting an illness all week. Zimmer took sixth place (6:26.6) and Schaetzle finished eighth (6:28.2).
Many rowers dread erging a 2k test, because it is one of the hardest workouts, yet it is vital to the strength of the team to build endurance and confidence in one's strokes.
Many say ergs sink in the river, but having competitive erg times, like these seven Hawk oarsmen, will give the team the confidence and strength needed to do well on the river.
Shortly, the men will launch on their home course, the Schuylkill to prepare for their first race for the spring 2007 season on March 17 in Camden, NJ on the Cooper River.
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