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Inaugural IUPUI Regatta

Summary	The Inaugural IUPUI Regatta on the canal in downtown Indianapolis included 48 teams of students, faculty, staff and alumni.
Photographed	Sep 19, 2009
Photographer	John Gentry & Brian Drumm
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Volunteers place graphics on canoes
Regatta volunteers prepare for the event.
Awards for each member on the winning team.
Students from
The national anthem is performed by staff member Sharon Holland.
Teams compete in heat 1, which includes a few capsized canoes.
Teams are neck and neck in the canal
Rubber ducks for sale, for the rubber duck race held between heats.
Teams in heat 2 collide seconds into the race.
48 teams of students, alumni, faculty and staff compete in the regatta.
The Admiral Spruance basin on the north end of the canal serves as the start/finish area.
Kids hang out at the canal.
Kayak-based refs watched for rules infractions.
An IUPUI swimmer helped rubber ducks move toward the finish line in the duck race.
Teams pose before the final heat.
Canoes bottleneck at the beginning of the race.
Students chat with IUPUI Chancellor Charles Bantz at the regatta.
Teams vie for position as they approach the relay switchoff.
Teams take off from the starting line.
Live music entertains the crowd throughout the day.
Canoers head towards the finish line after the switch.
A team departs the switch-off location.