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Date: June 30, 2005
Contact: Bill Sodoma

 

Men's crew competes in England at Henley Royal Regatta

HENLEY-ON-THAMES, England --- The Colby College men's crew advanced at the Henley Royal Regatta for the first time ever during Wednesday's opening round competition and then lost during the second round on Thursday.

Colby's varsity 8 started the Temple Challenge Cup regatta with a victory over Isis, the jayvee boat for Oxford University. The Mules covered the 2,112-meter course in six minutes, 45 seconds to defeat the Oxford boat by one-half length. Colby's time was second best of the day behind Manchester University's clocking of 6:43.

In Thursday's second round, University of West England's varsity 8 boat finished with a time of 6:56 to defeat Colby by just over one length.

Colby's crew included: coxswain Michelle Easton '08 (Andover, Mass.), Ted Farwell '05 (Madison, Wisc.), Jon Ferris '07 (Pittsford, N.Y.), Rob Zondervan '07 (Claremont, Calif.), Tim Roberts '05 (Schuylerville, N.Y.), Nathaniel Hulme '05 (Framingham, Mass.), Stephen Whelpley '05 (Mequon, Wisc.), Kevin Selby '05 (Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada) and Wally Sedgewick '08 (Washington, D.C.).

The Temple Challenge Cup was instituted in 1990 at the Henley Royal Regatta for boats of single colleges, of smaller college boat clubs and for schools unable to enter the Princess Elizabeth Challenge Cup by reason of age.

Colby's second varsity 8 boat also made the trip to England and just missed qualifying for the Temple Challenge Cup.

The Colby men last competed at the Henley Royal Regatta in 2000. The Colby women's crew, the 2003 NCAA Division III champions, competed at the event in 2000 and 2004.