Greetings Again USC Men’s Crew Supporters,
The USC Men’s Crew wrapped up their racing season this past weekend at the PAC-10 Championships, on Lake Natoma in Rancho Cordova (Sacramento), CA.

It was a weekend and race day marked by incredible heat, the hottest of the year, topping out at 105F, and the most intense racing the PAC-10 Men’s teams have seen in years.

The USC Men’s Crew Varsity 8 finished off their season of racing with their best race. The boat raced with more rhythm, length, and presence than it had all year. Moving up one place from last year’s PAC-10 performance, the Varsity finished sixth out of seven, and closed the gap to UCLA by 6 seconds. A proud final performance. The race was rowed by Cox - Drew Moxon; Stroke - Collin Evans; 7 - Ryan Hasvold; 6 - Kellen Proctor; 5 - Taylor Coats; 4 - Trent Oliver; 3 - Chris Mora; 2 - Russ Neldam; Bow - Kevin Stanek. The Varsity 8 Race Results:
1 - CALIFORNIA - 5.41.9
2 - STANFORD - 5.42.2
3 - WASHINGTON - 5.44.1
4 - OREGON ST. - 6.04.6
5 - UCLA - 6.12.0
6 - USC - 6.17.0
7 - WASHINGTON ST. - 6.20.5 Read more »

Hello All USC Men’s Crew Supporters,

The USC Men’s Crew 2009 End of the Year Banquet was a grand ceremony. A wonderful chance for the Men’s Crew parents, alumni, friends, and athletes to celebrate and thank the students and supporters who have given their time, energy, and many gifts. The evening was hosted at the Ports-o-Call Restaurant, and saw a great celebration with the help of the world renowned USC Marching Band!

A special thank you also goes out to Sue Cook and Mike Cook. Sue did a wonderful job organizing the banquet and putting together the beautiful centerpieces. Mike was a great MC for the evening, and kept everyone laughing and on their guard. Thank you both very much.

The SPRINT to the Banquet was an outstanding campaign, raising $15,000 for the USC Men’s Crew! Thank you to all who gave.

The Banquet’s Major awards were bestowed on Four Year student-athletes Kevin Stanek, Lee McAuliffe, Taylor Coats, and Jon Brown; who were honored with a commemorative oar-blade for their incredible commitment and sacrifice for the Men’s Crew and the University of Southern California.
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Greetings All,

The USC Men’s Crew ‘SPRINT to the Banquet’ is in its final hours, but there is still time to finish off our competition in the closing moments of the race. The finish line is in sight and the crowd is roaring! Can you help us fight off the Golden Bears and ensure victory with just one powerful stroke? (One stroke= $100)

To date, the SPRINT has brought in a total of $11,730 in just over a week! A fantastic effort by the supporters of the USC Men’s Crew. The campaign has recently been aided by some great contributions from:

Frank and Andrea Oliver - $100
Daniel Friedman - $250

Thank you all very much!

In other news, the USC Men’s Crew will be competing at the PAC-10 Championship, on Lake Natoma, Rancho Cordova, California this coming Sunday, May 17, 2009. The Crew will be competing in two categories, the Men’s Varsity 8 at 3:00PM and the Men’s Novice 8 at 1:50PM. For more information about the PAC-10 Championship, please download our PAC-10 Itinerary or visit the PAC-10 Championship website.

Lastly, for those supporters attending the end of the year banquet this evening, it begins at 6:30PM with Cocktails, followed by Dinner and Awards at 7:00PM. The banquet is being held at:

Ports-o-Call Restaurant
76 Berth #P
San Pedro, CA 90731

Again thank you to all of our generous ‘SPRINT to the Banquet’ contributors. The USC Men’s Crew is grateful for your gifts.

See you tonight!

Here is a downloadable version of the USC Men’s Crew PAC-10 Championship Directions and Itinerary:

USCMensCrew-PAC-10-Itinerary

Please press on link above, you will be redirected to a new page, then press the link again to download.

Greetings USC Men’s Crew Supporters!

Our ‘SPRINT to the May 14th Banquet’ capital campaign has been an exciting race. We set a goal of matching a $5,000 donation from ZipZap Inc., and have raised $6,380 over the course of our week email campaign (each stroke is worth $100).

This puts the Trojans in a position to win the race and break into open water inside the last 500 meters!
Let’s not settle for a close win. Help the Men’s Crew continue to walk away from the Golden Bears with your contribution. Join the Crew, take the rate up as we SPRINT TO THE BANQUET. Let’s bring the Trojans a finishing flourish and collect victory for USC by trying to reach $15,000! Read more »

Hello All,

Good evening Trojans, here is an update on the “Spring to the Banquet”

We received a $1000 donation from the Stanek family and a $500 donation from the Proctor’s! Light and quick; we are out of the blocks with a good start! Those pesky Cal Bears are putting up a good fight, but the Trojans are out on top.

But the race is not over!

Tomorrow we hope to make a move toward the thousand meter mark and that is when every rower begins to feel the pain. We are in this for the long haul and need your help!

Send in your donations now and we will win the race!

Sincerely,
Adam Fish
USC Crew Captain ‘06-’08

All,

Here is a re-broadcast of an e-mail that should be reaching all of your inboxes by this evening:

Good afternoon Trojan Friends and Family,

Thanks so much for all of your support this year, especially to those who have very generously contributed to the Founder’s Fund. We have raised over $145,000 so far this year in total giving, despite the economic climate, and we are not done yet! Our fiscal year closes June 30 and we will have more updates as we go along.

To those who haven’t had the chance to give yet, here’s an opportunity!

We have are happy to announce a challenge proposed by one of our Board Members who has agreed to put up a $5,000 matching contribution on behalf of his new company, ZipZap, to kick off the First Annual “Sprint to the Banquet” … We have one week to match it, or lose it!

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Thank you for visiting the updated website for the USC Men’s Crew

Take a moment and take a look through the updated website, read through our latest posts, and enter your information into our Parent or Alumni Contact forms.  The Crew hopes the updated site will be a great place for athletes, parents, alumni, recruits, and friends to learn about crew news and events. We hope it will serve as a great asset to the team and especially its supporters. Check back frequently to see our most up to date site content.  Please be patient as we continue to archive older photos and older news items.

We would also like to invite you to be a part of the website experience, by registering with the website (by pressing the ‘Register’ button on the left hand sidebar). This will allow you to gain access to website dashboard, and will provide the Men’s Crew with a great opportunity to ask for your own news or editorial submissions to the website.
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The end of the year banquet is coming up soon!

Please join the USC Men’s Crew, Parents, Alumni, and Friends
to honor the great student-athletes of the USC Men’s Crew.

If you would like to attend the banquet, please RSVP to this email, by phone  (949-677-6355) or email to Coach Chapman (mtchapma@usc.edu) by May 7th. Invitations are going out by mail next week, but if you RSVP to this email, we can save on postage.