Gov. Patrick Honors Newton Olympian Gevvie Stone
Stone, who grew up in Newton, competed in the women's single sculls rowing event during the Summer 2012 Olympics in London. Stone finished seventh overall.
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Newton Native Wins Fourth Head of the Charles Title
Olympian Gevvie Stone competed in the women's championship singles event and the women's championship eights.
Fresh off her run in this summer's 2012 London Olympics, Newton native Gevvie Stone has earned her fourth Head of the Charles title. Stone, 27, finished first in the women's championship singles event during the 48th annual Head of the Charles Regatta on Saturday, Oct. 20. She beat out 19 other rowers for a time of 16:11. This is the fourth time Stone has won the title in the women's championship singles; she also finished first in 2011, 2010 and 2008. During her Olympic run this summer, Stone finished seventh in the women's single sculls event. Stone also took second place in the Head of the Charles women's championship eights with her teammates from the Cambridge Boat Club. For Stone, rowing runs in the family. Her parents, Gregg …
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Saturday, October 20, 2012
Head of the Charles 2012: Schedule, Parking, Traffic Information
Find out what you need to know about the 2012 Head of the Charles regatta in Boston Oct. 20-21.
The Charles River and its surrounding banks and bridges will be overflowing this weekend with hundreds of thousands of athletes, coaches, fans and spectators watching the 2012 Head of the Charles Regatta. The annual regatta, the largest of its kind in the country, is put on each year by the Cambridge Boat Club. The event draws as many as 300,000 to the banks of the Charles River each year, from the starting line near the Boston University Bridge to the finish line near Harvard Square. Newton native Gevvie Stone, who competed in the 2012 London Summer Olympics, will be one of the rowers in this weekend's Head of the Charles. Stone competed in the women's single scullsevent this summer and finished seventh overall. This weekend, Stone …
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Thursday, October 18, 2012
2012 Head of the Charles Coming this Weekend
Newton native and Olympian Gevvie Stone will be rowing in the women's championship singles and the women's championship eights.
The Head of the Charles rowing regatta is coming this weekend, which means 9,000 competitors and about 300,000 spectators will be in and around the Charles River in Cambridge and Brighton. Started in 1965, the race attracts racers in high school and college, all the way to rowers in their 60s and 70s. The course follows the curves of the Charles River for about 3 miles from the Boston University Boathouse, past Harvard University and ending at Herter Park in Brighton. The boats must navigate under five bridges along the way. Newton native Gevvie Stone, who competed in the 2012 London Summer Olympics, will be one of the rowers in this weekend's Head of the Charles. Stone competed in the women's single sculls event this summer and finished …
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Saturday, August 4, 2012
UPDATED: Newton Olympian Gevvie Stone Wins Final "B" in Women's Single Sculls
After being knocked out of the medal race, Stone came back to show everyone what she's made of.
Updated 11:09 a.m. with reaction from Stone It may not have been a medal race, but this morning's "B" final was Gevvie Stone's last chance to make a statement at the 2012 London Olympics. And Stone did exactly that. After just missing out on the medal race, Stone, a Newton Centre native, crossed the finish line first in her women's single sculls final today. She finishes the London Olympics in seventh place overall. “It was a great race. I wanted to come out here and put all the pieces together, row well. I was fortunate to be in lane six and I just put my race together," Stone said in a statement after the race. "I was right with everyone at the 500, which is something I have never done internationally and I just said go with it, long …
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Thursday, August 2, 2012
UPDATED: Newton's Gevvie Stone Moves on to Olympic Finals
Stone finished fourth in her semifinal race this morning, but no longer has a shot at an Olympic medal.
Updated 5:27 p.m. with a reaction from Stone: In a statement issued to Newton Patch Thursday afternoon, Stone admitted she could have rowed more effectively, but is excited for her final on Saturday: “I wanted to go out there and have the race of my life and make the top three. It’s a really fast field and I hoped to go out and catch (Emma Twigg from New Zealand.) She’s fast and I didn’t handle the conditions as well as I could have and I went out there and I did fight and I did think I could have rowed possibly more effectively," Stone said. “But I put my heart out there and I want to go out there in the B final and have the race of my life," she continued. Posted earlier: Although she managed to recover from her slow starts in the past…
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Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Gevvie Stone: A Good Race, But There's More Work to Be Done
Newton Olympian Gevvie Stone finished second in her quarterfinal race Tuesday morning at Eton Dorney Rowing Centre in England. Here's what she had to say about her race.
It may not have been the best start to an Olympic quarterfinal race, but Gevvie Stone got the job done. "I was definitely in a bad position, I’d say, coming across the first 500 metres. I glanced across them and I could just see people up on me on the right side of the course and I thought, 'I’ve got to make the most of this next 500 (metres),'" Stone said in an emailed statement Tuesday morning. "And at the 1000 (metre) I took another glance and I misjudged who was who, thinking that (Sanita Puspure of Ireland) was the El Salvadorian and that Frida (Svensson of Sweden) was Sanita." "I thought. Oh crap, I need to beat that girl, so over the next 500 (metres) I was thinking I need to finish third, I need to beat that girl," Stone continued…
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Newton's Gevvie Stone Finishes Second in Olympic Quarterfinal Race
Stone will move on to the semifinal races on Thurs., August 2 and still has a chance at a medal.
Two races down, two to go. Newton Centre native Gevvie Stone rowed hard this morning to finish second (out of five) in her quarterfinal race for the women's single sculls. The second place finish ranks Stone sixth overall and she will compete in the top two semifinal races on Thurs., August 2 (semifinal A/B). If she is one of the top three boats to finish in her semifinal, she will move on to the top final for a chance at a medal. Stone crossed the finish line in 7.39.67, a slightly slower time from her race in the heats on Saturday. She finished just behind four-time Olympian Miroslava Knapkova of the Czech Republic. You can catch recaps of today's quarterfinal race online or on NBC (Channel 7) from 11:15 to 11:45 a.m. or 2:15 to 2:40 p.…
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Monday, July 30, 2012
Newton's Gevvie Stone Reacts to First Olympic Race
Stone competed in the women's single sculls heats on Saturday at Eton Dorney Rowing Center.
As many people here in the U.S. were settling down into their Saturday morning cup of coffee, Newton Olympian Gevvie Stone was rowing through her first Olympic race. Stone, who is competing in the women's single sculls event, placed third in her heat with a time of 7:33.68. The time qualified her for a spot in the event quarterfinals. In an email statement sent to Newton Patch Sunday, Stone said her race was "good, not great" but recognized that the two rowers who finished ahead of her, Ekaterina Karsten (Belarus) and Julia Levina (Russia), are "experienced and respected" women in the sport. "I had a clean, decent race with a strong middle 1,000 (meters)...Now, I'm starting to think about the Tuesday quarterfinal and how to go even …
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Saturday, July 28, 2012
UPDATED: Newton's Gevvie Stone Heads to Olympic Rowing Quarterfinals
Stone placed third in her heat Saturday in England.
Updated 7/29, 2 p.m. Newton Olympian Gevvie Stone sent Newton Patch the following statement about yesterday's heats and her performance at Eton Dorney: The race was good, not great. I had a clean, decent race with a strong middle 1,000 (meters). The women I lost to (Karsten and Levin) are both experienced, respected women in the sport. Now, I'm starting to think about the Tuesday quarterfinal and how to go even faster. I have four races down the Olympic course, and I want the next three to be great. Outside my performance, it was a fabulous day to race at Eton Dorney. Beautiful weather, a nice tailwind, and an incredible crowd. I could hear cheering from the 100-meter mark as people stood along the banks, and the roar into the grandstands…
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Brian Reynolds
2:58 pm on Thursday, October 25, 2012
We here you! We did a beta test this year of using the GPS in iPhones in the boats to track the boats in realtime down the course. There is a web page that allowed people to follow along in realtime. When we integrate it with the timing system, we'll output the timing information as well. The web page looked good on computers and iPads. It was viewable on iPhones, but needs some work to really … more ›