Congratulations to the 2011 Team Champions:

• Brown - Division I (Watch the finish of this race at YouTube)
• Western Washington - Division II
• Williams - Division III

These notes are in reverse chronological order.

May 29, 9:00 - Weather is cool and calm. The water is flat.
00:14 - It has been raining off and on since about 5pm. Today's forecast is clear with 10-15 mph winds.

May 28, 11:55 - Team points system described.
00:53 - Spares Pairs results updated with finish line photos.

May 27, 9:00 - Cal was relegated then later recinded, restoring Cal to its first place finish in race 8.
3:06 - The crews are racing into a moderate headwind, but the water is calm.
11:30 - There is a bit of a headwind at the 500m mark.
10:55 - The offical results of race 8 has been updated.
10:04 - A cross wind has is picking up, blowing from lane 1 to lane 6, but the water is calm.
9:19 - The wind has been picking up and they have been starting the boats with countdown starts.
8:00 - The weather is calm.

NCAA Championships Selection announcements: Division I, Division II and Division III.

Visit the NCAA web site for official information and Row2K for commentary and analysis.

Schedule and Results

The Course

Lake Natoma is located in the metropolitan Sacramento area [ Google Maps ], near the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains. It is fed by the snow melt by the American River and is a year-round, multi-use recreational area.

The race course is a world-class facility for rowing, kayaking, canoeing, and other water sports. The facility is run by the Sacramento State Aquatic Center and the California State Parks and Recreation.

About JAMCO Race Bulletins

Unofficial Times — JAMCO takes its own finishing times and those are the first finishing times to appear on JAMCO's real time race result pages. Those pages are marked "unofficial" because the Regatta Committee is also taking finishing times, and its times are the "official" times. The Regatta Committee provides JAMCO with its "official" times after the races are over, and JAMCO then enters the "official" times on its reports. Therefore, there may be a considerable delay in replacing the "unofficial" times with "official" times, but the order of finish should not change."

Color Coding — Real time movements by crews during each 500 meter interval are highlighted by different colors. Gold (yellow) crews are closing on the leader in the current 500. Silver (light blue) crews are closing on the second place crew, but falling further behind the leader. Bronze (orange) crews are closing on the third place crew, but falling further behind the leader and the second place crews. White crews are falling further behind all three leading crews. Quite often, when a crew turns gold, it takes the lead in the next 500.

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Automatic Refresh — During the race, JAMCO updates race results every 500m. JAMCO web pages showing real-time results are designed to automatically reload or refresh every 30 seconds. If you are viewing a race in progress and the page does not automatically reload, please press the "Refresh" or "Reload" button on your browser.

Team JAMCO

JAMCO is completely run by volunteers, for the benefit of the rowing community.

On Friday, we were assisted by: Camille, Deborah, Dennis, Patty and Todd. Saturday: Camille, Deborah, Hanna and Mary. Sunday: Deborah, Dennis, Elizabeth and Patty. Thank you.

Special thanks to Cindi and Brian of the Sac State Aquatic Center, and Dave Lee.

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