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MARIST TO HOST QUADRICENTENNIAL POUGHKEEPSIE REGATTA SATURDAY
POUGHKEEPSIE -
The Marist College rowing teams, led by director of rowing Tom Sanford and men's varsity head coach Sean Clarke, will host the Quadricentennial Poughkeepsie Regatta this Saturday, October 3, at 9 a.m. at Longview Park on the college's Hudson River Valley campus.
Five original and current stewards will return to the race, which is a reenactment of the Poughkeepsie Regatta, the Intercollegiate Rowing Association national championship race held in Poughkeepsie from 1895 to 1949. The stewards include: Columbia, Cornell, Navy, Pennsylvania and Syracuse. Army, Marist and Vassar will also compete in the races as crews from the Hudson River Valley.
The day will begin at 8 a.m., with a coaches' and coxswains' meeting. The crews will launch at 8:30 a.m., and the three-race slate will kickoff at 9 a.m. The first race contested will be the Women's 8, with seven crews competing. They are Columbia, Cornell, Pennsylvania, Syracuse, Army, Marist and Vassar. The second race will be the Lightweight Men's crews with four boats in the race. They are Cornell, Navy, Pennsylvania and Marist 2V. The final race of the day will be the Heavyweight Men's race with five crews racing. They are Columbia, Cornell, Army, Marist and Vassar.
Following the final race an awards ceremony will honor all the participants in front of Marist's historic Cornell Boathouse.
Video from the 1947 and 1948 Poughkeepsie Regattas has been placed online by the Marist Athletics Department at
http://goredfoxes.cstv.com/sports/m-crew/spec-rel/092909aaa.html.
The races are part of the celebration of the quadricentennial of Henry Hudson's sail up the river that now bears his name, and the opening of the Walkway Over the Hudson, the former Poughkeepsie-Highland railroad bridge, which opens Saturday as the world's longest and highest pedestrian walkway.
For further information, call the Marist College Office of Public Affairs at (845) 575-3174.
