Regatta Recap
Head of the Passaic
October 15, 2011
| The Tenth Annual Head of the Passaic took place on October 15th this year.The regatta is a ~2.5 mile head race on the Passaic River. For 2011 the course was slightly modified: the start is just half a mile downstream of Nereid Boat Club and the finish roughly 1.5 miles downstream from PRRA. The course is challenging with two bridges, two docks, and tidal currents. |
This year saw record participation: HOPR 2011 included 235 entries from 33 clubs with a total of 777 participants (150 more than last year). The most competitive events included the Mens Youth 8+ and Mens Youth 4+, both with 21 teams competing.
Don Bosco Crew entered a Novice 8+ and four JV/Varsity Fours+.
Results of the Men’s Youth Four+ are as follows:
Don Bosco A: 16:40.46 5th place
Cox: M Cleary; Stroke D Cleary, D Palotta, C Neville; bow C Russo
Narrative: Good race for the conditions, including high winds and very choppy water; managed to maintain a good set. Passed St. Peter’s out of the gate; closed a significant gap with Viking (ultimate 2nd place finisher) .
Right behind the DBP A boat was DBP D, earning 6th place with a time of 16:50.11
Line up: M. McEachern at stroke, P. Festa, M. Dwyer and A. Wunsch at bow. Cox’ed by Cormac Malley, normally a sculler in his first outing at cox.
Today marked the lineup’s second outing together in a brand new Resolute boat, named Commander 9775, and a switch to sweeping from sculling in their previous race.
The conditions proved challenging but the rowers persevered and were gratified that they passed 3 boats and caught up to a huge cluster of boats during the final stretch
The DBP B boat earned 10th place with a time of 17:35.53. Lineup included T. Biby at stroke, M. Sadowski, P. Getsos, B. Mistretta and D. Galimi at cox.
Finally, the DBP C boat , with M.Pepe at stroke earned 14th place with a time of 18:35.72.
| DBP’s Novice 8+ had a very good first outing, competing against a diverse field which included high school teams from Greenwich, Kearney and St. Peter’s Prep, club teams such as Mt. Lakes and Port Rowing, and college novices from NYU.Lineup included : Stroke J. Perez, T Dwyer, J Mosca, C Walker, J Schepis, T. Faenza, J Buda and M Muniz.
The Novice 8+ earned a 6th place finish out of 13 boats, with a time of 20:08.86. |
