Word: rower
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...native Canada, was up to the challenge on the Charles.“Playing hockey, I always prided myself on being very hard-working, and that’s definitely something that comes in very handy in rowing,” Wintner said. “Being a successful rower consists of mastering one motion by doing it thousands of times a day, trying to perfect it, and the other part of it is trying to improve your fitness. What in other sports is constituted as punishment—in rowing, it’s practice.”After...
...heavyweight varsity eight in the last three. In 1989, she was a member of the undefeated eight that won Eastern Sprints and attained All-Ivy League status in the process.Tucker has been a staple at Weld Boathouse for years a fundamental force in Radcliffe history as a rower and a coach. The question now becomes what will happen without her.Stevens, who is set to replace Tucker until June, is excited and prepared for the task.“It’s an incredibly strong program,” Stevens says. “I’m very pleased...
...Strecker, two captains who have taken two very different roads to get there.Demers, in only her fourth year of competitive rowing, has progressed up the ranks rapidly. A former swimmer, Demers suffered an injury before her senior year of high school. Motivated by her uncle and parents, all former rowers, Demers left the pool and jumped into the river to row her senior year at Andover. That summer she competed for the junior national team. To say she is a natural is an understatement.“[My uncle] had me get on a ergometer, and it turned...
...apply with Gen Y. Friendship is such a strong motivator for them that Gen Y workers will choose a job just to be with their friends. Boston-based Gentle Giant Moving once hired an entire athletic team. "It looked like a great work environment because of the people," says rower Niles Kuronen, 26. "It was huge to be able to work with friends." It feels normal for Gen Y employees to check in by BlackBerry all weekend as long as they have flexibility during the week. Sun Microsystem's telecommuting program, for example, has kicked into high gear in response...
...bittersweet way to end,” said Adomanis, who is a member of the Crimson editorial board. “Every kid, when they show up to college to be a rower, envisions themselves on the winner’s dock. But it was a good year and it was a fun year. We had a lot of chemistry together...