Alcalá 1991

Crew

QI rew, or rowing, has seen an Increase In interest In the past few years. Each boat can hold two, four, six, or eight people. Some are designed to hold an additional crewman, the coxswain. The coxswain steers the boat and gives commands to direct the timing of the oar strokes. Racing boats are lighter and fas– ter than ordinary rowboats and are called shells. There are var– ious sizes and shapes of a shell. A single shell may weight .30 pounds or less. An eight shell may be 60 feet long, 2 feet wide, and weigh about 285 pounds. The unique part of the sport is the people. Waking up early in the morning to train for an event that lasts approximately 7 minutes

over a distance of 2000 meters takes a lot of patience. Training for crew takes a tremendous amount of physical endurance. They train both on land and on water to build this endurance. Their land training consists of run– ning, weight-training, and climb– Ing bleacher stairs. They also spend time on the ergometer, a stationary rowing machine, which helps them with technique and timing. After training, they have a short preseason in the fall. This con– sists of local meets and traveling to other schools. The regular sea– son follows the same format, Just that they race in the spring. At this time, little information is available for crew. We wish them the best of luck during their season.

Being In sync Is the key to being a fast boat.

These

two ladies crew members show by their faces how much they like early momlngsl

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