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...Kummer also shoulders responsibility for providing a soundtrack to the team’s ergometer workouts, ensuring that throughout practice, the stereo never ceases to kick out jams that are “diverse, much like locker room odors,” in his own words. Indoor practices are marked by Metallica, sprinkled with techno and, naturally for one who “come[s] to the Newell Boathouse bearing wit and wisdom that’s been smoke-cured in the Bluegrass state,” garnished with Waylon Jennings and Patsy Cline.While duty compels a captain to energize...

Author: By Samuel C. Scott, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Kummer Metes Out Justice | 10/22/2004 | See Source »

...More than anything, one of the important aspects of my job is to make sure that people don’t get too fired up too soon,” Kummer said. “I keep in check some of the braver young bucks. Hubris is something that has to be kept in check, and sometimes hubris merits a bath in the Charles River...

Author: By Samuel C. Scott, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Kummer Metes Out Justice | 10/22/2004 | See Source »

...Kummer earned the right to dunk his teammates and monopolize the stereo. A rower since his freshman year of high school, he rowed in the first freshman lightweight boat his first year with the Crimson, placing fourth in the lightweight-four at the Head of the Charles and in the Eastern Sprints. In the fall of his sophomore year, he placed second in the Head of the Charles in the lightweight-eight; in the spring, his lights won a national championship and made the quarterfinals in the Henley Royal Regatta. Last year, Kummer’s varsity lights finished sixth...

Author: By Samuel C. Scott, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Kummer Metes Out Justice | 10/22/2004 | See Source »

...It’s good because as a freshman and as a sophomore, both of those seasons I would consider extremely successful at a personal level. I had something to prove then and I have something to prove now,” Kummer said. “That’s added a new edge to our training. That being said, as a senior, it’s a time I feel personally to have a lot of fun with rowing and have a lot of fun racing, because obviously it’s the last year...

Author: By Samuel C. Scott, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Kummer Metes Out Justice | 10/22/2004 | See Source »

...works hard but has fun doing it and makes everyone around him have fun doing it,” said captain Patrick Haas, who has rowed with Kummer since high school. “He’s practically a captain, but his major thing is giving everything a lighter side...

Author: By Samuel C. Scott, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Kummer Metes Out Justice | 10/22/2004 | See Source »

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