{"id":2135,"date":"2020-05-20T20:06:49","date_gmt":"2020-05-21T01:06:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/crew\/?p=2135"},"modified":"2020-05-20T20:06:49","modified_gmt":"2020-05-21T01:06:49","slug":"year-review-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/students.bowdoin.edu\/crew\/news\/year-review-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"A Year for the History Books: 2019-2020 in Review"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The 2019-2020 Bowdoin Rowing team poses for a picture on the docks at Camp Bob in March 2020.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

BRUNSWICK, Maine \u2013\u2013 As the 2019-2020 school year comes to an end, we at Bowdoin Rowing are reflecting on some of our fondest memories together. While many aspects of this past year were obviously highly unusual, others came as no surprise\u2013\u2013success on the water, valued time with one another, and the chance to create a new home for many new members to the Bowdoin Rowing Family.<\/p>\n

Fall Highlights<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Bowdoin Rowing reached several milestones during the fall 2019 season. Our roster grew to 80 athletes for the first time; a record 30 novices took to the water every afternoon; our endowment broke the $2 million mark; nine Bowdoin boats raced at the Head of the Charles; and the learn-to-rows raced just two weeks into their first season.<\/p>\n

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Head of the Charles podium in 2019 \u2013\u2013 Coach Welling, Andy Bolender ’21, Walter Gadsby ’20, Jack Tarlton ’20, Matt Donnelly ’22, Kenny Lamm ’20, and Coach Hills<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

There are not many teams at Bowdoin that allow athletes to compete only a few weeks after taking up a sport for the first time. On a beautiful Saturday in September, our entire team\u2013\u2013including novices in their third week\u2013\u2013launched on the Androscoggin River for the Cow Island Classic. There is no greater joy than welcoming new athletes to the sport and watching them return from the course grinning ear to ear.<\/p>\n

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A crew passes under the bridge at the Cow Island Classic in fall 2019.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

At the Head of the Charles in October, the team had a rewarding end to a fun season. The men\u2019s first varsity four finished in 4th place out of 40 in the Collegiate Men\u2019s Four event\u2013\u2013the top east coast crew and NESCAC program.<\/p>\n

The Bowdoin Rowing Family also made the most of every opportunity together off the water. We enjoyed several outings: sailing with Ry and Tom, apple picking at Rocky Ridge Orchard, bowling at Yankee Lanes, hiking at Mount Megunticook, spontaneous dance parties, movie nights and so much more.<\/p>\n

Read the full fall recap here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Assistant Coach Ry Hills Reflects on an Unusual Spring<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Our sense of normalcy was shattered in the wake of the College\u2019s closure during Camp Bob. We were so incredibly lucky to have had that time together. In the weeks since, the team has transitioned to online activities and workouts. Nevertheless, it\u2019s impossible not to reflect on what could have been.<\/p>\n

Read the full review of Camp Bob here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

May 9th and 10th, the Dad Vail Regatta would have marked the end of our regular season. Exams are now officially over and we are currently in the middle of Senior Week, or what would have been Senior Week. The quad was supposed to be bustling with graduation set-up and excitement, and two of our men\u2019s boats would have been training for the Henley Royal Regatta.<\/p>\n

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Sunrise during a fall 2019 practice.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Perhaps there is no reason to point out all these \u201cnon-events,\u201d except to say that in all of our minds, these have all been, and continue to be, big events. This past spring, on Tuesdays, many of us would check the weather for the upcoming race venue. On many mornings at 6:00AM we would consider all the layers we\u2019d be wearing if we were on the water. (It was a very chilly and snowy spring.) On Thursdays we would think about how to rejigger the load of 50+ oars and riggers onto the trailer. On race days we would contemplate the headwind we would have been racing in, and I, for one, could actually conjure up some race-day butterflies. On Dad Vail weekend, Doug and I talked about the race strategy we\u2019d have used for the heats on Friday. We would have told the team to put it all out there, to save nothing for tomorrow, because we knew that Saturday\u2019s wind and weather predictions were atrocious! Who knows if Saturday\u2019s racing would have been cancelled, but our times would have put us in the medals because our crews would have been kick-ass fast!<\/p>\n

In the absence of real regattas, so many of our team members held true to their training schedules. Our living rooms, hallways and basements, hiking trails, back yards, garages, and decks were all used for gyms and training venues. We stayed in touch and got to know the Zoom backdrops in each other\u2019s houses. Our \u201cCore O\u2019Clock\u201d workouts every Tuesday and Thursday turned into awesome results for those who attended, coaches included. Our three Zoom cooking events produced yummy and envious results.<\/p>\n

On Saturday, May 2nd, the weekend of the New England Rowing Championships, four members of our men\u2019s team took it upon themselves to rearrange the Bowdoin Rowing 2k Leaderboard. In a Zoom-coordinated event, Manlio Calentti, Evan Albers, Cameron Snow, and Walter Gadsby all pulled PR\u2019s, each well below 6:30. Calentti broke the College record for the second time this spring!<\/p>\n

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Participants in the first annual Henry Zietlow Memorial Ergathon gather in February 2020.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On May 17th we held our first\u2013\u2013and hopefully last\u2013\u2013Zoom banquet. Some of us dressed in our banquet finest, at least from the waist up! We celebrated the team as a whole, as well as a few individuals who earned special and fun awards during this WFH (Workout From Home) spring season. Most importantly, we celebrated our seniors and were captivated by their words of wisdom about their time with Bowdoin Rowing. It was as uplifting as one can imagine, and it goes without saying that we will miss them all. Thank you seniors! We wish you our very best and look forward to a massive Class of 2020 celebration in the spring of 2021.<\/p>\n

Bowdoin Rowing Class of 2020 \u2013\u2013 Four Years on the Water, Forever on the Team<\/em><\/p>\n

Itza Bonilla Hernandez
\nManlio Calentti
\nCole Crawford
\nMichael Donnelly
\nWalter Gadsby
\nAllie Gross
\nGianni Jannke
\nKenny Lamm
\nSteven Miyawaki
\nFaria Nasruddin
\nJake Readinger
\nJulie Scholes
\nJack Tarlton\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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