Southside Smackdown 2019

To spice up our winter training, on Saturday Feb. 9th we took a short journey north to Gage Park in the Southside of Chicago. There we got to compete in multiple erging competitions against Purdue, CTC, Sweep and Sculls, LPBC, ROW, and CRF.

Everyone on the team rowed a 2,000m race to kick off the day. Just about everyone hit a PR (personal record). John Fitzgerald ('22) finished first place in the Men's Collegiate Lightweight 2k category. Jo Hannah Sage ('20) finished first as well in the Women's Collegiate Open Weight 2k category.

After the 2k races were finished, multiple team members rowed in team relay races. We had athletes in the Men's Open 4x250m, Women's Open 4x250m, Women's Open 2x1000m, Men's Open 2x1000m, and the Mixed Open 4x1000m on sliders.

Overall, it was a great day of racing. Congratulations to everyone who competed and a big thank you to Chicago Training Center (CTC) for hosting this event.

Below is a link to the official results. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1cIAqOKaeaazpiJ8SxiVlwbx3Fke3W84tRjSRuaoIGts/edit#gid=1657610320