Colby Men’s varsity 4 boat sixth at Head of the Charles

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — The Colby College men’s varsity 4 finished in sixth place out of 46 crews in collegiate 4 racing at the Head of the Charles Regatta on Saturday and Sunday.

The crew of Allyson Redhunt (coxswain), Ethan Ashley, Liam Rex, Dan Spellman, and Fred Bower have had a solid fall season of rowing. The crew finished in a time of 17 minutes, 36.978 seconds.

While the men’s varsity 8 did not row this weekend, Colby was represented well. Pete Morelli ’02 teamed with Sean Wolf to win the men’s master 2 event in 18:05.578 in a field of 19 boats.

 

Colby head coach Stew Stokes and his crew finished in 10th place (17:20.755) out of 56 boats in the men’s senior master 8 event. David Muller P’17 also competed in the men’s senior master 8 and was 22nd in 17:36.263.

 

Colby graduates Jill Howell ’12 (coxswain), David Jensen ’12, Spencer Crim ’09, George Iverson ’15, Tim Roberts ’05, Noah Teachey ’13, current assistant coach Andrew Wall ’12, Will Brewer ’11, and Tim Corkum ’11 finished in 53rd place (18:22.099) in the men’s alumni 8 race.

 

David Watson ’15 had success with his crew by taking 12th (15:51.217) out of 40 boats in the men’s club 8 race.

 

In the men’s master 4 event, Sam Gray ’05 and his crew took 14th place (18:55.94) and Ken Dupuis ’94 was a place back in 15th (19:05.345).

Men’s crew 4 boat wins at regatta

LOWELL, Mass. — The Colby College varsity 4 club boat won in a field of 16 boats at the Textile River Regatta on the Merrimack River on Sunday.

The crew of Tomotaka Cho (coxswain), Liam Rex (4 spot), Ethan Ashley (3), Robbi Melvin (2), and Dan Spellman (1) had a time of 22 minutes, 22.801 seconds.

 

The Colby men’s club 8 boat took seventh place out of 14 boats in 20:50.403. Cho was the coxswain for Christian Papadellis (8), Will Gross (7), Don Whitcraft (6), Ben Swift (5), Tim Ryan (4), Makoto Kinoshita (3), Sam Subbukumar (2), and Paul Dougherty (1).

ROWING: A Moment to Celebrate in the Face of a Life Struggle

Ed Moran

LONDON – Margot Shumway had a lot to celebrate today.

Not the least of which was advancing to the final in the women’s double sculls at the 2012 Olympic Games with her teammate Sarah Trowbridge (Guilford, Conn.), or the birthday she has coming up in two days.

One of the biggest reasons Shumway, 32, of Westlake, Ohio, had to be thankful for, was that her mother, Julia, was here to see her achieve a dream. Julia Shumway, 63, was diagnosed with lung cancer two years ago, and is in the middle of a second-round of chemotherapy.

And so, only minutes after climbing out of their boat, both Shumway and Trowbridge walked immediately to the friends and family section and gave Margot’s mother a long three-way hug.

“It is hard and it isn’t,” Shumway said later, while glancing back at her mother who was wearing a pink scarf and sitting in a wheel chair surrounded by family.

“It was definitely harder when she was first diagnosed, because it was just such an unknown,” she said. “But it’s been two years now, she was off chemo for a full year, but she’s back on it now to she if she can keep everything at bay for a little longer.

“Just look at her. She’s in London in the middle of chemo and just fighting through it, so I’m proud of her, and it’s tough, but my whole family is here and nothing could be better than that,” she said.

“Instead of focusing on worrying, I focus on celebrating the moment and what we have and that’s something I definitely take from my mom, because she is just so thankful that she is here and healthy and with all of her children and her husband and celebrating this awesome experience.”