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...quite a different squad after a long cold winter of training inside. What also brings about a gradual refinement of the team dynamic is the annual graduation of a senior class and the influx of a new freshman class. These changes have profound effects on a team in a sport with such a communal nature, as boats change annually with the departure of some oarswomen and the arrival of others. Lineups for the Head of the Charles are not finalized until the last days of the week before the Regatta, as sophomores get used to the varsity program.Nonetheless, the team...
...couldn’t resist the call of the Charles.Hailing from Ithaca, N.Y., and Philadelphia, Penn., respectively—the homes of lightweight crew powerhouses Cornell and Penn—Mulcahy and Young have long been exposed to top-notch crews.By living in places where crew was a prominent sport, the two benefited from great coaching and plenty of local competition when they were rowing in high school.“Some of the high school boats that come from smaller programs in less crew-centered areas only have a couple chances to race at the national big regattas?...
...crew.A former Canadian hockey star and standout all-around athlete, senior Anton Wintner competed in rugby, track, football, basketball, lacrosse, and hockey before he even got to college. But when Wintner arrived at Harvard, it was time to pick up an oar.“Rowing was one sport I had never done,” Wintner said. “I came to Harvard, and the only sports you could just pick up and walk on to were basically track and rowing. I decided that I had a little bit better of a physique for rowing than for running...
After a big win, they are rewarded with an involuntary dip into New England’s spring waters—waters not yet warm in late May and early June, waters still chilled by the schizophrenic weather that marks racing season from beginning to end.It is perhaps the sports tradition most similar to dousing a coach with Gatorade after a huge victory, but few coaches weigh under 125 pounds and are flung with ease into the icy depths of Lake Quinsigamond. But coxswains won’t complain about that. Their job is endlessly stressful and rife, perhaps, with...
...sport where races are won by tenths of a second, winning by more than 10 seconds, let alone by a half a minute, is exceedingly rare...