This past weekend the top men's and women's eights were privileged
with the opportunity to travel to Chattanooga, Tennessee for the 26th
annual Head of the Hooch regatta. The Hooch is second largest regatta
in the nation with more than 10,000 coaches, rowers, family members and
regatta spectators filling the waterfront viewing area. There were
nearly 1,300 boats entered and over 5,000 rowers competing in this
year's two-day head race, including the US Men's National Team.

Grand Valley Crew's faced stiff competition against many of the
nation's top squads, but did not walk away empty-handed. The women
finished an impressive 12th place in the championship eight, finishing
just seconds behind top scholarship boats. The women's club four
earned a bronze medal in their event. The men took home a silver medal
from the championship eight, finishing just behind Georgia Tech's
Crew and trailed the national team by only one minute. They were
presented their medals and personally congratulated the US National
Team. The men's championship fours raced to a remarkable 1st and 4th
place finish in their events. The mixed four took home a gold from
their race as well.

The Grand Valley Lakers sent their Lightweight team to represent at The
Heritage Fall Classic this weekend. The Lightweight team came away with
a 3rd, 2nd and 1st place, sneaking in just behind Wisconsin's LWT 4
for 2nd and 3rd, and beating MSU in the LWT 8 race for 1st place.

This weekend proved to be an exciting closure to what has been a very
successful fall season. The Laker Navy is looking forward to getting
stronger and faster this winter, so their spring season can be filled
with even more successes.