First Wins of the Season

Post # 125

What's so bad about being at the boathouse at 6:15 am on a Sunday? Not much, when you have flat water, a rising sun, and you're launching for a rowing race on your home water. Artemis had just that this morning for their second race of the season. The boys' quad, single, and four all logged their first wins of the season, and it was awesome! The girls won a whole bunch of events too. There is a real feeling of excitement and improvement building at this club, and today showed that. We're slowly coming together even more as a team and the tough practices are starting to pay off on race day.

Boys quad with a dominating lead

Boys four after their win

Girls quad

I couldn't be more proud of the entire team - boys and girls - on their performances today. They were really aggressive on the water and so supportive of each other and helpful off the water.

Go Artemis!

Racing Begins for Artemis

Post # 124

Last Saturday marked the first race of the season for Artemis Rowing, and our team did great. The guys raced in lots of different events and many of them raced twice. By the end of the day, everyone was exhausted and we had some awesome results: the 8th grade/frosh 8 notched a 3rd place finish in a field of 11 boats and the quad also got 3rd.

Love this shot of my 8th grade/frosh 8. Such characters!

The quad launching for their race

My favorite part of the day was watching each one of them come off the water after each race. They were ecstatic. Nothin' like the nerves and thrill of racing to make you feel alive.

The team is really starting to come into their own and we're bonding more and more as racing kicks into gear. We're working harder than ever at practice to prep for the rest of the spring season, which culminates in the regional championship in early May. It's so fun and rewarding for me to see these kids learn to love a sport that I also love so much.