2009 Boat Race Crews Announced

- 19 Mar 2009

The crews for this year's Boat Race - which will be screened live on ITV1 - have been announced.

Five Olympians are included in the Oxford team, making them the favourites on paper.

But Cambridge coach Chris Nilsson, who took charge of New Zealand's Olympic squad in Beijing, said: "We're up against a much stronger boat. But I still believe we can win."

Oxford coach Sean Bowden said: "I believe we have one of the strongest Oxford crews in years.

"We have a technically strong and experienced crew but we still recognise the challenge that Cambridge represent."

Boat Race crews:
Oxford: Michal Plotkowiak, Colin Smith, Alex Hearne, Ben Harrison, Sjoerd Hamburger, Tom Solesbury, George Bridgewater, Ante Kusurin, cox: Colin Groshong

Cambridge: Rob Weitemeyer, Henry Pelly, Deaglan McEachern, Peter Marsland, Ryan Monaghan, Hardy Cubasch, Tom Ransley, Silas Stafford, cox: Rebecca Dowbiggin

Reserve crews:
Goldie (Cambridge): James Strawson, Dan O'Shaughnessy, Code Sternal, John Clay, Shane O'Mara, Joel Jennings, George Nash, Fred Gill, cox: Helen Hodges

Isis (Oxford): Mike Valli, Douglas Bruce, Tim Farquharson, Alec Dent, David Hopper, Justin Stangel, Colin Keogh, Martin Walsh, cox: Adam Barhamand

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