Word: oarsman
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...Even boat racing involves short, three-minute races between pairs of boats, with one oarsman being exchanged with another in the other boat after the completion of the first piece to see which lineup has better results...
...someone who almost never picked up an oar in the first place, Mansour Benkreira has made quite a name for himself in the Newell Boathouse.Benkreira, a senior oarsman for the varsity lightweights, is now an indispensable component of the Harvard varsity. But had things gone differently in his freshman year at Woodrow Wilson High School in Washington, D.C., 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...
...silver medal at Eastern Sprints and grabbed a bronze at IRas in 2006.And she did it in just one year.Starting off her freshman season stroking for the varsity eight, Kharrazi rowed in the lead position throughout the spring—a tremendous feat for a first-year Radcliffe oarsman and only duplicated recently by last year’s co-captain, Sarah Bates ’06, who was the varsity stroke as a freshman in 2002.But when she first headed down to Weld Boathouse, Kharrazi knew she had a big adjustment to make.“The transition...
...Kitovitz started rowing at school in England, in order to “avoid cricket” and “get stronger and fitter for rugby,” but Stegmaier, from the plains of Iowa, is a rather more surprising oarsman...
What goads them? What makes former Harvard Oarsman Tiff Wood keep training into his 30s? Why does onetime Yale Rower John Biglow ignore severe back pain to continue his training? Why is Brad Lewis, a brooding Californian, so determined to beat the Ivy Leaguers at their own sport? Certainly it is not money, and surely it is not fame. Halberstam, who took the time to get to know the oarsmen in their boats and onshore, offers some provocative answers. They are not likely to make the sport or the sportsmen popular, but they provide valuable insights into the psychology...