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The Thomas Eakins Head of the Schuylkill Regatta (also known as the HOSR or the HOS) is a rowing race held annually during the last weekend in October on the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [3] The HOSR is the final race in the Fall Fury series, which includes the Head of the Ohio and the Head of the Connecticut. [4]
Like most similar regattas, each event begins with a time trial, similar to a head race, with results being determined by who has the fastest time. The starting order is based on the finish order from the previous year's regatta. The fastest crews in each time trial advance to the semi-final round. Semi-finals begin later on the first day and ...
This heat-rep-final, six-lane, 2,000 meter format continues today. [ 3 ] Since the 1920s, when the West Coast crews—notably California and Washington —began to attend and regularly win, the Intercollegiate Rowing Association's championship (known as the IRA) has been considered the national championship for collegiate rowing.
The Head of the Charles Regatta, also known as HOCR, is a rowing head race held on the penultimate complete weekend of October (i.e., on the Friday that falls between the 16th and the 22nd of the month, and on the Saturday and Sunday immediately afterwards) each year on the Charles River, which separates Boston and Cambridge, Massachusetts ...
Over the past four major Schuylkill County amateur tournaments, there has been a first-time county champion. 2022 match-play tournament — Jason Troutman, first-time champion 2022 medal-play ...
Oct. 17—FOUNTAIN SPRINGS — Ghosh Orthodontics Field at Spartan Stadium was a colorful assembly of band uniforms, flags and batons on Saturday as 16 regional marching bands took part in an ...
Sep. 23—SCHUYLKILL HAVEN — Tamaqua's boys' cross country team has been building toward a day like Saturday for three seasons. As freshmen and sophomores, the Blue Raiders ran in the middle of ...
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.