{"id":2082,"date":"2020-03-24T11:53:09","date_gmt":"2020-03-24T16:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/crew\/?p=2082"},"modified":"2020-03-24T11:53:09","modified_gmt":"2020-03-24T16:53:09","slug":"covid-ends-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/crew\/news\/covid-ends-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Together: Bowdoin Ends Spring Season"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\tSUMMERTON, South Carolina \u2013\u2013\u00a0Together.\u00a0Bowdoin Rowing’s spring 2020 season ended early following the College’s announcement<\/a> that it would close for the remainder of the semester due to COVID-19.<\/p>\n

While our season was cut short, Bowdoin Rowing was so incredibly lucky to be able to spend the final moments of the spring season together at Camp Bob. We filled our last few days with lots of joy and, of course, rowing.<\/p>\n

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Crews launch for a sunrise row.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Our crews condensed a whole season of racing with plenty of speed into the final days. The annual scrimmage included our fellow campers from Wentworth, the University of Rhode Island, the University of Pittsburgh, and Carnegie Mellon University. The Polar Bears were competitive in both the 8s and 4s, and the men\u2019s varsity four set a new course record.<\/p>\n

The team also made the most of the time off the water. The last four days included an ice cream social, team talent show, karaoke night, dodgeball tournament, capture the flag, bonfire, and finding the secret to speed going down Camp Bob\u2019s waterslide. The night before Coach Welling and the loaded trailer drove off towards Maine, the coaches put together a wonderful spring banquet on the banks of the Wyboo to celebrate each other and to honor our seniors.<\/p>\n

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Seniors pose for a Class of 2020 “graduation” photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The week in South Carolina was truly a gift. We are so sad that we will not be starting our days on the New Meadows this spring, but we know that this extraordinary and resilient group will continue to adapt, train, take our connections to a \u201cdigital level,\u201d and celebrate our incredible seniors over the next two months.<\/p>\n

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Crews practice at sunrise.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cBeing together as a team felt tremendously important, and we feel lucky to have had this one week to row together, laugh together, cry together, and enjoy the camaraderie that defines this program\u2019s motto: have fun and go fast,\u201d Coach Welling said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am so grateful that Bowdoin Rowing was able to have this week together,\u201d Coach Hills added. \u201cI don’t think any other team at Bowdoin, or anywhere else for that matter, was in such a tight-knit and fun environment, all day, every day, for their final week of this season. In the grand scheme of things during this crazy time, that was a gift. We will treasure the memories.\u201d<\/p>\n

To everyone in the Bowdoin Rowing family\u2013\u2013our teammates, friends, alumni, and supporters\u2013\u2013stay safe and healthy. Take care of each other. And until next time: Let\u2019s Go Black!<\/em><\/p>\n

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Shells raft up during our last full fleet row.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Find more coverage of our travels on our Instagram @BowdoinRowing<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SUMMERTON, South Carolina \u2013\u2013\u00a0Together.\u00a0Bowdoin Rowing’s spring 2020 season ended early following the College’s announcement that it would close for the remainder of the semester due to COVID-19. While our season was cut short, Bowdoin Rowing was so incredibly lucky to be able to spend the final moments of the spring season together at Camp Bob. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2082","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news","7":"entry"},"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Gianni Jannke '20","author_link":"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/crew\/author\/gnjannke\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/crew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2082","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/crew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/crew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/crew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/crew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2082"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/crew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2082\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/crew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/crew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/crew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}