On Saturday, June 6, the classes will get a chance to practice on the Charles, between 8 AM and 10 AM in practice slots as arranged with the coaches.
The Race
During the Reunion, June 7, 2015 alumni will compete by reunion class to claim first, second, and third place medals. In the previous Reunion Row in 2010, '00/'05 finished 4th with a time of 1:10.1. '60 finished 3rd with a time of 1:16.5. '65 finished second with a time of 1:11.3. '85 finished first with a time of 0:59.4. For details see elsewhere on this site. The competition begins at 7:30 a.m.
The Challenge
The Row consists of two heats, a qualifying heat and a final heat, using eight-man shells. Both heats begin at the near side of the Harvard Bridge and end at the far side of the boathouse pier. All boats compete with a handicap of 1.5 seconds for every five years out.
We expect at least one boat each for ‘60 thru ‘10. Earlier classes do not row, but are encouraged to organize to cheer and/or organize a class crew luncheon. Some classes will try to field separate lightweight and heavyweight boats. Others may have separate men’s and women’s boats. There will be one or more "pickup" eights for 5 years classes without multiples of 9 folks present. There will also be "pickup" eights for non-reunion alums that want to row.
We encourage all alums to attend regardless of their graduation year and regardless of whether they are capable of going out in an eight. Let’s see if we can break the record turnout of thirteen boats in 2005.
Get Psyched!
Brad Layton '92 leads the 2007 MIT Reunion Row attendees in the MIT Fight Song
At this time we are recruiting reunion row captains who will help organize each class Please contact me, Ron Young, if you would like to know more about what this task involves. I have posted a toolkit of advice.
They can then start planning boat-seating assignments. If there is interest, the reunion row captain could incorporate a practice row and/or crew luncheon.
We expect to have practice row opportunities on Saturday morning before the Row, possibly from 7am - 8:15am and from 8:15am - 9:30am, scheduled on a first-come-first-served basis, or from 7-10am in 45 minute practices. Boats and time slots are in short supply, so the advantage is to the best organized. Most winning crews had participated in practices.
Reunion Row Captains (from last time; please contact [email protected] to update)
