SECOND ANNUAL STANFORD HENLEY REGATTA
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STANFORD HENLEY PREVIEW
From John Pojednic, Assistant Coach for Stanford Men’s Rowing
We’ve made a commitment to capping off each fall quarter with a “Henley Style” pairs event at Redwood Shores. The main thing to know is that this is a really cool event! One of our goals as a team is to maximize the Redwood Shores Lagoon as a resource that amounts to a measurable competitive advantage. Very few of our competitors have access to a body of water like RWS, particularly through the winter training phase where grit applied over time amounts to raw boatspeed. We row and race the 1x, 2–, and 8+ consistently at RWS with the intent to ensure that our athletes and crews are intimately familiar with every meter of the racecourse. The neutrality of conditions on that course also allows us to collect meaningful data including but not limited to boatspeed and meters per stroke based on GPS, and wattage, slip, wash and arc angles as measured by our in–boat telemetry systems. From training cycle to training cycle, this information is helpful to adaptation of training loads, coaching individual athletes, and crew selection. Over time, this helps us to keep each of our athletes on a 4–year development trajectory.
For Stanford Henley, pairings are self–selected by the oarsmen based on a ranking system that considers individual performance over the course of the fall quarter. The ranking system gives equal weight to the results of a 6k erg test, a 2k erg test, a 2km 1x time trial, and a 6km 2–time trial. The top ranked oarsman gets first pick of a pair partner, the next ranked oarsman gets 2nd pick, etc.
The team will arrive at RWS on Saturday, 12/14, at 0830. The overall event will amount to 4 x 2000m raced in the 2-. The event will begin with a 2km time trial with the top 8 pairs from the TT moving into a Henley Style bracket that will be constructed off TT times. From there, we will complete both winners’ and losers’ brackets through the Quarterfinal, Semifinal, and Final rounds of racing.
J.F. Fetter (USA) and P.E. Wolfensberger (SUI)
E. Donovan–Davies (GBR) and T.O.J. Corbett (GBR)
W.D.A. Fulford (GBR) and H.B. Harvey (GBR)
M.PN. Ericson (NZL) and C.S. Griffin (GBR/USA)
A.J.B. Scott (GBR) and S.S. Audley–Williams (GBR)
A.D–B. Richez (USA/FRA) and M. Shakespeare (GBR)
J.M.P. Pullinger (GBR) and L. Hainlein (GER)
A.J. Orio (USA) and T.M.I. Herzog (USA)
G. George (USA) and C.D. Vachris (USA)
C.G. Berwick (USA) and J. Griffin (USA)
This event s super–spectator friendly and we plan on this becoming an annual event, so please mark your future calendars!
