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...Making matters worse, early ads featured Jarvik rowing on a serene lake, but Jarvik, according to colleagues, does not row. The segments apparently featured a body double, a photographer and avid rower who wrote about his experience subbing for Jarvik in a newsletter published by his Washington rowing club...
...rowing teams from the universities of Cambridge and Oxford against each other along a four-mile stretch of London's River Thames, is the most famous, most watched rowing race in the world. In April, when Cambridge staged an amazing come-from-behind win, one of the victorious rowers was Dan O'Shaughnessy, a brash Canadian who initially didn't make the coaches' cut. O'Shaughnessy's a strong rower, but in this sport, synchronization is key, and his technique didn't quite mesh with the Cambridge rowing style. Still, his clowning good nature made him popular with the team...
...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...
...role differential between coxswains and oarsmen on a crew. Like football coaches, coxswains receive the ceremonial bath of victory—a subtle but powerful tradition that sets coxswains apart as special and indispensable members of any championship crew.It is easy to see the distinction between coxswains and rowers. Even the untrained eye, unfamiliar with the intricacies of boats and power 10s and stroke ratings, will note the overwhelming difference in size between coxswains and the rowers they urge forward throughout a 2,000-meter race.But coxswains are misunderstood by those who only casually watch boats rowing...