Word: spencers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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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...
...brace herself for the Sprints, Spencer will go through a psyching process. She will remind herself of the undefeated heavy boat's strength and determination. "Then I'll tell myself that it's only 1500 meters, only six minutes of my life, that we can kill ourselves for six minutes. I'm certain we can win," she says...
Beneath the engaging charm and cheery exterior lies a host of deep-seated beliefs Spencer is modest to the point of resenting publicity; and the unselfish nature which manifests itself in dedication to the Radcliffe crew spills over into other activities as well. As chairman of the Dunster House Committee, a member of the Alumni Relations Committee, and undergraduate representative to the Standing Committee on Athletics, Spencer has concerned herself primarily with the needs of others...