SPORTS NOTEBOOK: Crew excels at Marathon

Fourteen Rice rowers participated in the Marathon "World" Championships in Natchitoches, and all came home with silver medals, including Coach Hannes Hofer, who rowed in the singles event.

A mixed novice eight, consisting of Heather Chambers, Amy Chang, Dan Newman, Matt Wood, Pat Conant, Carl Williams, Susan Hickman and Kathryn Gibson, beat Loyola University and Texas A&M University-Galveston to take second place behind Tulane.

The men's four of Joe Goetz, Herman Yue, Jameson James, Justin Gullingsrud and coxswain Adam Cohen finished the 26-mile race in 3:45.30.

This first ever marathon row by Rice rowers turned out to be quite a grueling experience because a cold front just blew through the area.

"We don't train for long races, so our silver performance is a great surprise and a great way to finish off the fall season," Cohen said.

This item appeared in the Sports section of the November 17, 1995 issue.

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