Powerhouse Timing Named Official Timer of ECAC® Rowing.
Release Date: 3/14/2007

CAPE COD, Mass. – Director of Rowing of the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC®) Gary Caldwell announced today that the Conference has reached an agreement with Powerhouse Timing to supply timing software and management for the 2007 ECAC Rowing Series. This agreement names Powerhouse Timing as “The Official Timer of the ECAC Rowing Series”. The ECAC Rowing Series includes the NERC, New England Four's, ECAC/Metro Championships, ECAC/NIRC, EAWRC, EARC, and IRA National Championships, as well as onsite management for the Patriot League, Big East, and Patriot Challenge.

Powerhouse Timing was founded in 2002 to provide professional timing software and services to the Rowing community. Powerhouse Timing is also the Official Timer of USRowing which includes the Youth National Championships, Club National Championships, National Championships, Masters National Championships, National Selection Regattas and U.S. National Team Trials.

“We welcome Powerhouse Timing to the ECAC Rowing community and look forward to a mutually-beneficial and long-lasting partnership with them,” said Caldwell. “Jason Moody and the Powerhouse team have the technical expertise and a passion for the sport of rowing that transfers to the professionalism of their end product.”

“We are very excited that the ECAC has selected Powerhouse as the exclusive timing services provider for its annual Rowing Series ”, said Jason Moody, President/CEO of Powerhouse Timing. “We recognize the Series as one of the premier venues for collegiate rowing and look forward to working with the ECAC on such a prestigious stage.”

The ECAC Corporate Partner Program is dedicated to developing relationships with commercial entities that are committed to the mission of the ECAC, support the ideals of intercollegiate athletics, value the pursuit of excellence on and off the field of play, and serve the needs of the ECAC membership. The Corporate Partner Program offers a wide range of marketing opportunities, including, but not limited to, championship naming rights, entitlement rights to student-athlete recognition programs, and official supplier designations.

About PowerHouseTiming
Powerhouse Timing is the industry's leading innovator of software and technology to make rowing regattas easier to operate and results more accurate. Powerhouse Timing's premier services assure a higher standard of race management.

About the ECAC®
The ECAC is the nation's largest athletic and the only multi-divisional conference with 320 Divisions I, II, and III colleges and universities from Maine to North Carolina and westerly to Illinois. Established in 1938, the ECAC, a non-profit service organization, sponsors 98 championships in 37 men's and women's sports, assigns more than 6,000 officials in 15 sports, administers 10 affiliate sports organizations and six playing leagues and recognizes more than 4,000 student-athletes in 21 sports through the public relations arm of the Conference. The ECAC serves as the primary conference for select members in the sports of men's and women's ice hockey, men's lacrosse, men's gymnastics, wrestling, fencing and rowing.

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