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When Karen Spencer first arrived in Cambridge, she wasn't sure Radcliffe had a crew. She began rowing freshman year to stay in shape for basketball, and hasn't stopped since...
...cold, gray day in February, and the Radcliffe heavies must face the grim weight circuits, tanks, and ergometers. The crew knows the workouts will get harder, longer. A subdued atmosphere bred by depression engulfs the boathouse, until co-captains Kelly Ronan and Karen Spencer trade quips, start laughing, and the crew loosens...
Sunday, the Radcliffe heavyweights will travel to New Preston, Conn., to race in the Eastern Sprints Championship, culminating the career of the senior rower extraordinaire. Soon after the race, Spencer will compete for a position on the National Olympic squad as one of two college oarswomen invited to the trials...
...fell in love with crew the first day I did it. There are very few situations where you have to work with people. You're forced to put aside personal feelings and say to yourself, 'I have to work with these eight people.' It's a great, collective feeling," Spencer says as the reflects on the peculiar lure of crew...
Aside from basketball, Spencer played field hockey, volleyball and softball in high school, as well as enjoying singing and drama. Then came crew, and that overwhelming collective feeling. "The neatest thing about it is you don't compete with anyone in the boat. We either all win or we all lose," she says...