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JVTC 2010 Wrap-up

February 7, 2010 · Leave a Comment

So this year we had a total of 15 hard working participants who together rowed 1,230,579 meters! In all our team placed 94th out of 315 groups. Special props goes to Matt “Old Man River” Healy who blew all us younguns away with 325,235 meters and Albert “The Running Man” Bowers with 225,232 meters. I followed with a respectable 161,987 meters and dark-horse contender JJ Schrader clinched the fourth position with 137,200 meters.

It was an admirable effort from everyone. Sadly though we were unable to beat the Case Crew Alumni led by one of our own, the indefatigable Doug Rathburn. Next time everyone needs to start training by September to make sure we’re all in shape to beat them in the 2011 JVTC!

The complete list of participants included:

Matt Healy
Albert Bowers
Chris Noto
JJ Schrader
Ngiste Abebe
Memuna Khan
Sunit Singh
Patrick McElhone
Melissa Schwarz
Gregory Prince
Jeffrey Hreben
Susan Liebell
Miles Betley
Ann Marie Gawel
Andrea Chen

Awesome job everyone! I know some of you have not stepped on an erg in a while. Thanks to everyone for another successful team challenge.

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One million meters!

January 28, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Will lasers fit on a boat?

We have once again passed the one million meter mark! Currently standing at 1,013,358 meters. There are only 4 days left in the challenge, so keep up the good work everyone. Let’s squeeze out a few more meters from these old legs!

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The alumni site is dead…long live the alumni site!

January 21, 2010 · Leave a Comment

The original alumni website, hosted through my graduate department’s server, has finally been erased after nearly eight years of faithful service.

[sheds single tear]

I suppose it had to happen eventually, but it is sad to see an old friend go. Once I get around to it, I’ll figure out a way to get more pictures up and some of the information that was still residing on the old site.

If you have any suggestions for things to add to this site, let me know. Otherwise, keep erging!

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JVTC Update #2

January 20, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Over two weeks down and over 700,000 meters so far! This leaves just 11 days to break 1 million. Let’s keep up the good work everyone!

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JVTC update

January 11, 2010 · Leave a Comment

So far the alumni have logged over 400K as of this morning! We’re well on our way to breaking the 1 million meter mark. Heck, maybe we should go for 2 this year!
There’s still time to join and be a part of this event. If you have joined, start logging those meters!

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