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...Crew, first and foremost, is a sport about the team. But every so often on the Charles River for the Radcliffe heavyweights, there emerges a star. A few years ago this was Caryn Davies ’05, who led the heavyweights to a national championship in 2003 and earned silver in the 2004 Olympic eight, but now there is a new standout on the river for the Black and White—U23 world champion junior Esther Lofgren.Following in Davies’ footsteps, Lofgren joined the United States’ U23 national team over the past summer to compete...
...lightweight coach Cecile Tucker says. “I think the team, the new varsity rowers, everyone is doing a great job of stepping up in the program and improving the squad.”Yet everything always comes back to reclaiming that national championship that has eluded the crew since 1997. But what is most difficult for the squad to swallow is not just this lack of championships, but how close the team has come. As the silvers and bronzes build up, the hope for gold, in many ways, is appearing farther and farther out of reach.Last season provides...
...rowing might never have even crossed his mind.“I started rowing in ninth grade because I tried out for JV football as a 135-pounder,” Benkreira says.In a sport largely confined to elite private institutions, Wilson fielded the only public high school crew program in all of Washington, D.C., an area dominated by St. Alban’s and St. Andrew’s.When Benkreira first laced into his foot stretchers, Wilson’s program was barely on its feet. “When I first joined the team, it was actually kind...
...Radcliffe a season ago.“These previous novices have the steepest learning curves,” Kharrazi says. “So we expect them to maybe make the eight in the future—a huge step.”With such a deep squad, the crew is aiming high once again this season. Just two seasons ago, Radcliffe had only seven varsity lightweights ready for fall competition. Greater numbers last year—when Radcliffe dominated the early part of the 2006 season, securing a No. 1 national ranking—and this fall bode well...
...Commenting on the reasoning behind the switch, the pair emphasize that crew is not so much about individuals as how the whole boat rows together. It was, however, a season far different from 2005, which featured steady lineups throughout the dual and championship runs...