- Aberdeen Dad Vail Regatta
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The Aberdeen Dad Vail Regatta[1] is the largest regular intercollegiate rowing event in the USA,[2] drawing over a hundred colleges and universities from North America. The event has been held annually on the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, since 1953. Briefly in late 2009, it was planned that the regatta would be held in Rumson, New Jersey in 2010.[3] The event has since been announced as returning to Philadelphia.[4][5]The purposes of the Dad Vail Rowing Association are: "to perpetuate the 'Dad' Vail tradition, foster and encourage intercollegiate rowing among colleges new to the sport, and promote schedules for member schools."
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Origin of the name "Dad Vail"
The regatta was named after Harry Emerson "Dad" Vail, for his years of coaching at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
The story of the Dad Vail Regatta, and of the Rowing Association, begins with two men, "Rusty" Callow, then coach at the University of Pennsylvania, who came up with the idea, and Lev Brett, who made the idea a reality.
Callow originated the idea of promoting competition among colleges struggling to found rowing programs. These included schools too small to hope to ever compete in major races and larger institutions not yet ready for such competition. In order to create competition, Rusty created a trophy as the competition prize, in 1934, which was named in honor of Vail.
Since then, the name "Dad" Vail has become one and the same with the race. Vail's passion for rowing helped form the modern-day Dad Vail Regatta and motivate the multitudes of colleges to come compete.
History of the regatta
The first race, before the formation of the Dad Vail Rowing Association, was held in 1934 with "Rusty" and the University of Pennsylvania as hosts. Marietta College, coached by Ellis MacDonald won the first leg on the new trophy by finishing second to a Penn sub-varsity boat, which was an added entry. Rutgers, coached by Ned Ten Eyck, was third and Manhattan College, coached by "Skippy" Walz was fourth.
The race in 1935 was at Marietta. With the addition of Rollins College and Wisconsin, the order at the finish of the race was: Rutgers, Penn, Marietta, Wisconsin, Manhattan, and Rollins. There was no race held in 1937. In both 1936 and 1938, only Rutgers and Manhattan competed on the Harlem. Rutgers won both times. In February 1939, a meeting was held and the Dad Vail Rowing Association was formed in order to help promote the race and encourage schools to compete.
The growth of the regatta is pointed out by the following statistics: in the first association regatta, seven colleges sent seven varsity crews to Red Bank. At Philadelphia in 1961, twenty colleges sent forty crews to compete in varsity, JV, and freshman races. Currently, over a hundred colleges and universities from the United States and Canada compete, making the Dad Vail Regatta the largest collegiate regatta in the United States and bringing thousands of student athletes to Philadelphia.
Women competed for the first time in 1976.[citation needed]
The Dad Vail entered its 70th year in 2008.
Winners of select events
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Men's HW 8+ Men's LW 8+ Men's JV 8+ Men's Frosh 8+ Men's FLW 8+ Women's HW 8+ Women's LW 8+ 2010 Brock Mercyhurst Drexel St. Joseph's Michigan St. Sacramento State UMass 2009 Michigan Delaware Temple Michigan MSOE Grand Valley Bucknell 2008 Purdue Fordham Grand Valley Delaware Delaware California-Davis Central Florida 2007 Purdue[6] Georgia Tech[6] Temple Bucknell Florida Tech Purdue[6] Ohio State[6] 2006 Marietta[7][8] Georgia Tech[7] Temple St. Joseph's St. Joseph's Saint Joseph's[7] Dayton[7] 2005 Michigan[9] Boston College[9] St. Joseph's Purdue St. Joseph's U. Connecticut[9] Dayton[9] 2004 Temple[10] Boston College[10] Temple Marietta[8] St. Joseph's Sacramento State [10] Purdue[10] 2003 Temple[11] Delaware[11] Temple St. Joseph's St. Joseph's Massachusetts [11] Bucknell[11] 2002 Dowling[12] Fordham[12] Marietta[8] Marietta[8] Massachusetts[12] Delaware[12] 2001 Temple[13] Villanova[13] Temple Marietta[8] Santa Clara Boston College[13] Delaware[13] 2000 Temple[14] Purdue[14] RIT Villanova Georgia Tech Villanova[14] Massachusetts [14] 1999 Temple[15] Saint Joseph's[15] RIT Villanova Georgia Tech Villanova[15] Delaware[15] 1998 Temple[16] Florida Tech[16] Temple Purdue[16] Villanova Purdue[16] Villanova[16] 1997 Temple[17] Saint Joseph's[17] Drexel Drexel Purdue Western Ontario[17] Villanova[17] 1996 Temple 1995 Temple SUNY Buffalo Central Florida 1994 Temple Marietta[8] Central Florida 1993 Temple 1992 Temple Navy[18] Navy[18] 1991 Temple Rochester Marietta[8] Central Florida 1990 Temple 1989 Temple Georgetown Western Ontario 1988 Florida Tech Massachusetts Central Florida 1987 Temple 1986 Temple 1985 Temple 1984 Temple 1983 Temple[19] Marietta[8] 1982 Florida Tech 1981 Coast Guard Trinity College Trinity College 1980 Massachusetts Trinity College Trinity College 1979 Coast Guard Ithaca[20] 1978 Marietta[8] Wesleyan University 1977 1976 Coast Guard Marietta[8] Marietta[8] Ithaca[20] 1975 Coast Guard -- -- 1974 Massachusetts -- Massachusetts Marietta 1973 Massachusetts Marietta[8] Marietta[8] Marietta[8] 1972 -- Marietta[8] -- 1971 Georgetown Marietta[8] Marietta[8] Marietta[8] 1970 St. Joseph's[21] -- -- 1969 Georgetown -- Marietta[8] Marietta[8] 1968 Georgetown -- Marietta[8] Marietta[8] 1967 Marietta[22][8] -- Marietta[8] 1966 Marietta[8] -- Marietta[8] Marietta[8] 1965 Northeastern[23] -- Northeastern Northeastern 1964 Georgetown[22] -- Marietta 1963 Marietta[22][8] -- -- 1962 Georgetown[22] -- -- 1961 Brown[22] -- -- 1960 Brown[22] -- -- 1959 Brown[24] -- -- 1958 La Salle[25] -- -- 1957 La Salle[25] -- -- 1956 La Salle[25] -- -- 1955 Dartmouth[24] -- -- 1954 Dartmouth[24] -- -- 1953 La Salle[25] -- -- 1952 La Salle[25] -- -- 1951 La Salle[25] -- -- 1950 -- -- 1949 -- -- 1948 Boston U. -- -- 1947 Boston U. -- -- 1946 -- -- 1945 -- -- 1944 -- -- 1943 -- -- 1942 -- -- 1941 -- -- 1940 -- -- 1939 Marietta[8] -- -- 1938 Rutgers -- -- 1936 Rutgers -- -- 1935 Rutgers -- -- 1934 Marietta[8] -- -- See also
References
- ^ A stroke of Philly pride spurs Scottish firm to back Dad Vail, Philadelphia Daily News.
- ^ Official Dad Vail Regatta site
- ^ Barned-Smith, St. John (November 17, 2009). "Dad Vail race relocating to N.J., at least for 2010". Philadelphia Daily News. http://www.philly.com/dailynews/local/70258912.html. Retrieved November 17, 2009.[dead link]
- ^ "It's Official: Dad Vail Will Return In 2010". Philadelphia Daily News. December 17, 2009. http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/cityhall/Its_Official_Dad_Vail_Will_Return_In_2010.html. Retrieved December 17, 2009.
- ^ Dad Vail. Accessed December 17, 2009.
- ^ a b c d Dad Vail Official Website, 2007 results
- ^ a b c d Dad Vail Official Website, 2006 results
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad "Marietta Dad Vail Champions". http://pioneers.marietta.edu/sports/2010/3/25/MCREW_DadVail_History.aspx?path=mcrew&tab=historyandrecords.
- ^ a b c d Dad Vail Official Website, 2005 results
- ^ a b c d Dad Vail Official Website, 2004 results
- ^ a b c d Dad Vail Official Website, 2003 results
- ^ a b c d Dad Vail Official Website, 2002 results
- ^ a b c d Dad Vail Official Website, 2001 results
- ^ a b c d Dad Vail Official Website, 2000 results
- ^ a b c d Dad Vail Official Website, 1999 results
- ^ a b c d e Dad Vail Official Website, 1998 results
- ^ a b c d Dad Vail Official Website, 1997 results
- ^ a b U.S. Naval Academy
- ^ Dad Vail Regatta: 1983 Championship Revisited
- ^ a b Ithaca University Crew History
- ^ St. Joseph's University Rowing Team History
- ^ a b c d e f BoathouseRow.org, pt. 5
- ^ Northeastern University Men's Crew History
- ^ a b c BoathouseRow.org, pt. 4
- ^ a b c d e f LaSalle University Alumni
External links
Categories:- Recurring sporting events established in 1953
- 1953 establishments in the United States
- College rowing in the United States
- Sports in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Rowing regattas
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