The Michigan Daily - Thursday, October 17, 1996 - 11A ¢ -- .r . s 'M' crew looks to chuck Charles By Fred Unk For the Daily The Michigan team competing in front of the largest crowd this weekend won't be the football team. The women's crew team will race Sunday in front of 250,000 people at the 32nd annual Head of the Charles Regatta in Boston. The Wolverines will be joined on the three-mile course by 4,500 rowers representing over 40 universities. "(The Head of the Charles) is proba- bly the most well known regatta in the country" Michigan coach Mark Rothstein said. "The (U.S.) national teams will be there as well as the top col- legiate crews, so it's a very competitive race" Despite the name, in a "head" race, boats do not race head-to-head. Instead, the start is staggered and boats race against the clock. The boat completing the course in the shortest amount of time is awarded the honorary title "Head of the Charles." Michigan, which will send only one boat to this weekend's race, will be com- peting only in the most prestigious championship eight. The Wolverines are coming off a strong showing two weeks ago at the Head of the Ohio Regatta in Pittsburgh. In the championship eight, the Wolverines finished third. With the stiff competition at the Head of the Charles, however, Michigan is unlikely to finish as high this week. "Given the level of competition, I'd be happy with a top-20 finish (out of 44 teams)," Rothstein said. Meanwhile, the Michigan men's crew team will take on intra-state rivals Grand Valley State and Michigan State on Sunday at the Head of the Grand in Lansing. Like the women's team, the focus of the fall season for the men is to improve and to get ready for their main season ih the spring. "The fall is an important time for guys to get better at rowing," men's coach Gregg Hartsuff said. In terms of its effect on the team's suq- cess this season, Hartsuff described the race as "meaningless:' As a competition against the only other collegiate crews in Michigan, however, the race takes on some importance. "It's about state supremacy" third- year rower Bill Belknap said. "Any time Michigan faces Michigan State, it mat- ters." Michigan will enter three eights in th,e Head of the Grand, and Hartsuff hopes that Michigan can sweep the top three spots. "Our goal is to finish 1-2-3," Hartsuff said. "Whether we can do it, I donut know, but that's our goal." IM 11lIAllllll I IIMIII 1220 S. University e , 665-7777 RESTAURANT SPORTS SAN a FILE PHOTO/Daily Going against the Green The Michigan women's swimming team will open its season against Intrastate and ig Tn rival Michigan State on Saturday at Canham Natatorium. The Wolverines haven't had much trouble with the Spartans in the put, and after performing well at NCAAS last year, they don't expect anything less than a big victory. 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