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Social Media Connections
World Championships, Sarasota, Florida September 24 – October 1, 2017 Let’s Get Social...
ONE OF SARA’S MEMBERSHIP GOALS FOR 2019 IS TO INCREASE THEIR PRESENCE ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
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SARA’s primary communication goal is to increase our presence on social media. Our emerging generation of athletes and their families, as well as friends and supporters of Syracuse Rowing are connecting on social media more and more.
SARA’s presence there will help us achieve our membership theme of “staying connected, reconnecting … and cherishing memories!”
You can connect with SARA on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter to receive timely information such as getting directions to races, race reports and host tent information. You can also make connections with your teammates in advance of your attendance at a race or a SARA-hosted event. And you can make professional connections on LinkedIn.
When was the last time that you visited the SARA YouTube Channel? On YouTube.com, Type in: “SU Alumni Rowing Archives” in the serach box and view many uploaded videos.
See you there!
In March 2020, the NCAA voted to grant springsport athletes an additional year of eligibility due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
For the Syracuse Women’s Rowing team, this ruling allowed three members of the Class of 2020 to study and compete for an additional year at Syracuse.
Of those three, two are from Australia.
Maddy Horridge and Lucy Pearce never questioned whether they would come back to Syracuse if they were given the chance.
Lucy Pearce was in the middle of an at-home cycling workout on Zwift when Head Coach Luke McGee called her to deliver the news.
“My entire body filled with pure joy and of course I rang my other graduating seniors, now fifth years, to share our happiness. The next thing I realized was that 3 hours of calling family and teammates had passed and I had set new records for both power and time on Zwift,” Pearce said.
Both Horridge and Pearce recalled the ‘unfinished business’ they had in Syracuse, and the emotions that came with the cancellation of the 2020 season, as they decided to return for another year.
The team was gearing up for an annual springbreak training trip in Clemson when the NCAA announced the cancellation of spring sport championships, and thus, the end of our 2020 racing season.
Within days, Horridge and Pearce were flying home to Australia. ^ Maddy Horridge smiling mid-practice.
“I was very sad to have left the team in the way we did. It was very abrupt and quick and because everything happened so quickly, I was in shock for brief period of time. I didn’t want to go home,” Horridge said.
Pearce recalled the moment the Class of 2020 heard of the NCAA’s decision to cancel spring sport championships.
“We just fell silent with severe disbelief that our four years together had just ended. We all knew that this pandemic is bigger than all of us, but it really was tough to know that we wouldn’t cross that finish line together ever again,” Pearce said.
^ Lucy Pearce during practice pieces on Onondaga Lake.
These emotions made coming back to campus and rowing on the Onondaga that much more meaningful for Pearce and Horridge, who described the moment as “surreal” and admitted that it gave them goosebumps.
^ Maddy Horridge and Lucy Pearce at the 2019 Head of the Charles Regatta. As the team looks towards the 2021 racing season, Horridge and Pearce will not soon forget what it took to get them to this moment.
“To me, pushing off the dock together with my teammates will be the epitome of success amidst this pandemic,” Pearce said.
– Orange Oar Correspondent Louise C. Rath.
^ Fall 2020, Lucy Pearce and roommates. Top L-R: Rachel Pierce, Christie Castorino, Lily Moffly, Josie Kiesel. Bottom L-R: Helena O’Donnell, Hudson Moffly (dog), Lucy Pearce.
< Maddy’s Pod: After a Saturday morning practice. Clockwise from top: Louise Rath, Meg Varcoe, Alena Criss, Luisa Gathmann, Maddy Holzman-Klima, Maddy Horridge, Phoebe Robinson, Kamile Kralikaite, Ellen Pozzi.
2020 Virtual E@Ten Eyck
Date October 17, 2020
2020 Virtual E@Ten Eyck Hosts
Pete Hilgartner 1984 Claudia DeSimone Lucey 1984
Analytics
Registered 164 Alums 117 Parents 28 Other 19 U.S. States 25
Global Nations
Germany Netherlands New Zealand Norway Ontario, Canada Queensland Sweden Australia
Honorees - Women’s 2020 Seniors (*5th Year)
Kate Aemisegger Sarah Crummey Madison Falzon Madeleine Holzman-Klima* Madeleine Horridge* Hailey Hudson Lucy Pearce* Ellen Pozzi Tara Ryan
Honorees - Men’s 2020 Seniors (*5th Year)
Andrew Cummings* Brennan Finley Declan Fischback* Ken Hubbard* Pieter Kerpestein Alex Manfredi* Alex Ormsby Silviu Tudor Ian Ustanik Luka Vrbaski*
Class Range 1954 < xxx > 2020
Sponsor Many thanks to Ken Hutton!
Women’s 8 Boat Dedication
Donor Susan Church Andersson, 1984 Name No Brakes
Program One Hour Zoom SARA President Joe Paduda SU Athletic Director John Wildhack Coaches Presentations Live Coaches Q&As Jay Greytok w/ “Boost the ’Cuse” Report
Men’s 8 Boat Dedication
Donor Anonymous Name Professor Jesse Burkhead
< Women’s 2021 Captains: Megan Varcoe (left), Josie Kiesel (right).
< Men’s 2021 Captains: Jakob Andersen (left), Cameron Grimm (right)
2021 E@Ten Eyck Vision & Call
For 2021 E@Ten Eyck we are continuing to target the fall. We have five people who volunteered to be part of the 2021 E@Ten Eyck planning committee and we are looking for more.
If you would like to volunteer to help continue the fabulous tradition of SU’s Evenings @ Ten Eyck, please contact Peter or Pam.
And please continue to monitor communication from SARA.
– Pam Carey Schrock via e-mail to the
