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...Parker is more than just a great rowing coach. He has been there himself, straining on the water for precious seconds. Parker was a distinguished rower, winning the American single scull championship in 1959 and 1960 and the single scull gold medal at the Pan Am Games in 1960. That same year, Parker finished fifth at the Olympics in Rome...
...think I look back most fondly at the victory in the Adams Cup when I was rowing for the University of Pennsylvania as a sophomore," says Parker, recalling his favorite memory as a rower. "That year, we beat a Navy crew that had gone undefeated for four straight years and it sent a message to everyone that we were a fast crew...
...hours a day in devoted practice, preparing to honorably represent Harvard at an upcoming concerto competition. An Undergraduate Council committee head stays up all night drafting a proposal. A student chooses to stay in on a Friday night, to use the extra time to write an "A" paper. A rower gets up at 6:30 a.m. to do hills before breakfast. All of these decisions are admirable, and stir a sense of self-pride in those who choose to make them. But one is not better than another...
...because I like to stay in shape. I am a rower, not an aerobics nut. I am a member of Harvard crew, not of some fitness club that happens to emphasize crew-related exercises...
...Northeastern hates Radcliffe and we knew they wanted us, but we felt we could work through them," said three-year varsity rower Jillian Buriak...