More ACRA Rowing stuff
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nwhikerThe cox, Sam, made this video. It's pretty cool, and a really fun view of what happens in the boat.
Some photos taken -don't quite know by who, probably parents who went to TN?- during and after the race. If you look at Perry (with the baseball cap) and compare him size-wise to the other guys, you'll see what he'd love to always row as a lightweight rather than 6ft4-220lb monsters, as he'll say.
The two boats, the varsity 4 standing and the lw 4 below, they also place 3rd the previous day.
About the lw 4. Perry had been asking for a lw4 since he joined the team, and the coaches always said no. They got a new coach just a few months back and he decided that yes, they'd have a lw 4. They sent that boat to WIRAS a few weeks back and Perry was grumbly at not being in it. Basically, he did make the lw4 go faster, BUT the gain for the varsity 4 when he was in it was too much to let him race in the lw 4. (*) The V4 placed 4th at WIRAS, the lw 4 got the gold. Not salty at all, said Perry. I'm glad both boats placed here. (*) It's a matter of getting the fastest varsity boat that one can, I think.
Some photos taken -don't quite know by who, probably parents who went to TN?- during and after the race. If you look at Perry (with the baseball cap) and compare him size-wise to the other guys, you'll see what he'd love to always row as a lightweight rather than 6ft4-220lb monsters, as he'll say.
The two boats, the varsity 4 standing and the lw 4 below, they also place 3rd the previous day.
About the lw 4. Perry had been asking for a lw4 since he joined the team, and the coaches always said no. They got a new coach just a few months back and he decided that yes, they'd have a lw 4. They sent that boat to WIRAS a few weeks back and Perry was grumbly at not being in it. Basically, he did make the lw4 go faster, BUT the gain for the varsity 4 when he was in it was too much to let him race in the lw 4. (*) The V4 placed 4th at WIRAS, the lw 4 got the gold. Not salty at all, said Perry. I'm glad both boats placed here. (*) It's a matter of getting the fastest varsity boat that one can, I think.
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