With
a team consisting mostly of new faces and no returning paddlers
from 2002, Clemson’s Concrete Canoe Team finished fourth at
the 16th annual National Concrete Canoe Competition (NCCC), hosted
by Drexel University. While Clemson had captured three of the previous
four national titles heading into the 2003 competition, a change
in the NCCC rules limiting participation to a maximum of three years
(as one of the 10 registered participants), combined with a ban
on graduate students, created an unexpected loss of key personnel.
Undeterred, those affected members hit the recruiting trail and
landed a very talented crew of student-athletes who managed to win
three races and finish second in the other two! Given its lack of
national experience, this team performed extremely well.
While
a fourth-place finish was quite good for 2003, expectations for
next year will be high as this team returns all but one member.
3CT
for 2003 includes (top row left to right) Kyle Farley, Ben Williams,
Hayes Jones, Scott Horton, Matt Goodner; (bottom, left to right)
Josh Grein, Serji Amirkhanian (faculty advisor), October McConnell,
Ashley Stamps, Chrissy Sloyer, John Bauknight, Seth Dean.
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With
a team consisting mostly of new faces and no returning paddlers
from 2002, Clemson’s Concrete Canoe Team finished fourth at
the 16th annual National Concrete Canoe Competition (NCCC), hosted
by Drexel University. While Clemson had captured three of the previous
four national titles heading into the 2003 competition, a change
in the NCCC rules limiting participation to a maximum of three years
(as one of the 10 registered participants), combined with a ban
on graduate students, created an unexpected loss of key personnel.
Undeterred, those affected members hit the recruiting trail and
landed a very talented crew of student-athletes who managed to win
three races and finish second in the other two! Given its lack of
national experience, this team performed extremely well. 