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Important
upcoming events:
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Hoover Invitational, April 19th:
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU to all parents
that volunteered for the Hoover Invitational!!! It was a challenging
day, but everyone fought off fatigue and cold and worked to ensure a
successful regatta. This was the biggest regatta ever. We had
numerous compliments from other coaches and teams on how friendly and
helpful the volunteers were. We could not have pulled this off
without each and every one of you. We are very grateful for your
support and volunteerism!
Matt & Trish
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Midwest Championships: Midwest
Championships will be our overnighter (May 17 & 18). Midwest is held
at the same venue (Lake Harsha) as the Cincy Invitational.
It is advisable for parents to secure hotel
reservations early. The rowers rooms are taken care of by the club.
Here is the hotel info:
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We have made a change in the hotel location for
the team on the weekend of the Midwest overnight, Saturday, May 17, 2008.
The team and coaches will be staying at:
Hilton Garden Inn
Cincinnati Northeast
6288 Tri Ridge Blvd.
Loveland, Ohio 45140
Direct Line: 513-576-6999 (note- new number. We previously had fax
number here)
This hotel is a little longer drive to East Fork, but the accommodations
should be better suited for the team.
A evening meal on Saturday, May 17, 2008 at the hotel will be provided for the team.
Parents will be on their own for this evening.
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For new rowers/parents: Midwest Championships is a
two day regatta. Heats & Reps (repechage which is like a semi final) are
run on Saturday and finals on Sunday. It will be two full days of
racing. The varsity races have an A, B and C final. Novice races are
heats and A final only. Some of the races are final only (if
there are less than 7 entries).
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The sanctioned overnight is Saturday. The club
pays for the hotel room and dinner for the rowers on Saturday night. Many
families opt to drive down and stay over Friday night. They do so on
their own. Beware of giving another rower a ride on Friday unless
you plan on that rower staying in your hotel room!
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Transportation: If anyone needs a ride
to the Midwest Championships, they MUST contact Mrs. Hoyles by this
Sunday so that she can assist them in obtaining a ride. Contact
info:
shoyles@columbus.rr.com or 766-6671 (home) or 592-0326
(cell). Rowers must give Mrs. Hoyles their parents name and phone
number in the email and mention which squad (ie novice men, varsity women,
etc.) that they row with. Rowers are not permitted to drive themselves to
regattas!
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Please go to
www.regattacentral.com - regattas - Midwest Junior Championships - info
packet for schedule info. The schedule on Sunday is different than
the Saturday Schedule.
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The coach/cox meeting is at 6:30am Saturday. Racing
will begin at 8:00am, but is subject to be earlier once the heat sheet are
posted. Stay tuned...
No Cut-No Tryouts policy:
Ever wonder why we have a no-cut, no-tryout policy?
Rowing comps.
Because obese kids lose weight and skinny kids gain muscle mass.
Everyone gets better.
New Parents: please click on 'Useful
Documents' to the left for information on crew and regattas.
DAILY
UPDATE
Friday
5-9-2008
Thursday
5-8-2008
Tuesday
5-6-2008
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Parents: I know your kids come home at night
telling "stories" of the grueling workouts, the slave-driving coaches,
high expectations, etc, etc. Well a photo is worth a thousand
words. The truth lies here:
CrewFrisbee That is what we really do at crew.
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Monday
5-5-2008
Wednesday
4-30-2008:
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Makeups: Several people have missed
practice and are required to do 10,000 meter make ups. The erg
location will be open this Sunday and next Sunday from 4-5pm (sharp).
Bring a water bottle. 10,000 Erg makeups are mandatory for anyone
missing practice.
Friday
4-25-2008:
Wednesday
4-23-2008:
Thursday
4-17-2008:
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Please join Andy Davis and Allison Sobiech for
their dual National Letter of Intent signing on Monday, April 21st at
2:30 at Westerville North HS. Allison and Andy will both be
attending and rowing for Jacksonville University, FL.
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A reminder: Erin Radigan's signing with Stanford is
at 2:30 p.m. at Westerville Central High School's library today.
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Brian Ruh takes the record for least hours of
uninterrupted sleep. He arrived home on Saturday night, hit the sack, but
was soon awakened by his mother-- the basement was flooding with sewer. We
won't discuss the cleanup efforts.
\Monday
4-14-2008
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Erin Radigan will be signing with Stanford on Tuesday
at 2:30 p.m. at Westerville Central High School's library. All are invited
to attend. Lynn Radigan will be bringing carbohydrates in the
interest of replenishing glycogen stores in muscle tissue prior to
practice (what was called "refreshments" in the old days).
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Quote of the week: The Radeckis have
triplet boys, perhaps 4 yrs old. The boys ask, "When
is the next 'Crew party' with all that food?", asking about
the next regatta. That is one way to attract siblings to a regatta.
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I am researching the longest anyone slept after the Cinci Invite. While Trish and I could have slept long past our
appointed normal waking hour, the dogs had other ideas for us. If you
think you have a record, submit it to
mchasemd@medtuity.com.
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Nick Saul reports 13 hours, but he "could've slept
longer except for church.." I'm glad to hear you didn't sleep
through church.
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Danielle Durbin reports 12 hours but admits that as a
coxswain, she feels certain some of the guys probably slept longer.
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For that person asking if getting up to empty one's
bladder invalidates the total hours slept, the answer is "no". That is
allowed. Now if you get up, go to church and promptly fall back to
sleep, don't include the time sleeping in church.
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The "least number of uninterrupted hours of sleep
award" has to go to Austin Hoyle ("Dublin"). He got up at 12:30 a.m. to
deliver papers.
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Big Mac (McKenna Cimperman) slept from 10p.m. 'til
noon on Sunday-- 14 hours for a coxswain! And she resisted getting
up. Once up, her parents report that she wouldn't talk to anyone for
an hour.
Photo
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I think we greatly underestimate the stress induced
among coxswains: Courtney (men's heavy V8) reports sleeping from 10:30
p.m. until 1:00 p.m. for a grand total of 14.5 hours. I just have
one question to ask: How is it that we can't be on the water for longer
than 2 hours before a potty break is needed BUT you can sleep that
long?!!!
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There were numerous parents taking photos at the
awards stand. If you have a good photo, please send it (them) to me
at mchasemd@medtuity.com.
Thanks kindly.
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I was cleaning out old photos from my digital camera. No matter how chilly
the last 5 weeks have been, it's better than being back on our ergs!
here
Friday
4-11-2008
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Great job novi in backing into the starting
platforms, aligning your boats and doing your starts. And varsity men and
those two wonderful coxswains of the other gender), thank you for giving
them a "real start atmosphere". Remember, always go between the
finish line buoys, not outside of the course at the finish! To put in all
that hard work only to miss the actual finish line would be a shame.
(For parents, that would be like running a mile run, but instead of going
through the finish line on the track, you veer off to the grassy area at
the last moment. Yes, it happened).
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No rowing tonight. Parents, we loaded the
trailer last night because there were predictions of winds to 40mph gusts
+ thunderstorms tonight during boat loading. I really didn't want
kids on the steel trailer acting like lightning rods at the high point of
ground where are racks are located. Thus, we loaded the trailer last
night.
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Last year the Cincinnati Invitational was cancelled
halfway through due to hypothermia. In my humble opinion, it needed
to be cancelled because kids were underdressed and becoming hypothermic.
What could have been avoided was the "under-dressed" aspect of the events.
Teams were going to the finish line, with temperatures in the forties,
with rain, in uni's and tee-shirts without other protection.
Westerville kids, throwing dress style to the wind, went bundled up like
the homeless on a cold winter's day. Remember novi (the pleural of novice
at WCrew), this ain't no beauty pageant. Dress for the wind and rain. Once
locked in at the start, you can shed some of that excess clothing.
Be assured, there will be warmer days to come this spring,
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Here's another point to remember: our bodies
are highly dependent on enzymes for all of our physiological
processes. Enzymes are like grease on an axle-- they greatly
speed the chemical processes used to convert food to energy. If you heat
the body just 4-5 degrees, its energy output doubles. Why? Because enzymes
are highly temperature dependent. The opposite works as well-- lower
the body temp and everything comes to a grinding halt. So if I can't
convince you that being stylish on the starting line is not important,
perhaps you will succumb to the argument that physiologic processes are.
With all the meters that you row, losing because your body temp is 96
degrees at the start is, well, a waste. Dress warmly. Wear a nylon outer
layer to shed water and wind. I'll be just as happy if they announce that
"homeless team in lane 5" instead of Westerville Crew.
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Remember, once at the site, you go immediately to the
trailer and unload. Do not go to the team tent for shelter from the
rain or to search for food.
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Parents: This rule is hard and fast...and well
recognized by experienced rowers and families-- The kids don't leave the
event until excused to do so. IE, until the trailer is fully loaded
and I announce "Get outta Dodge". There is no doubt in my experience
that there are more "important family events requiring us to leave early"
when it is cold and your kids have not made it into finals than when it is
warm and your rower is slated to do well in finals. With 90 kids and
180 or so parents, its really hard to believe that we once had to enlist
another team to help us load the trailer so many parents left early.
Thursday
4-10-2008
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All Novice boats + Women's 3rd V8 and Men's 3rd
V4: You will be doing starts tonight using starting platforms. Here's
the format. Varsity men- listen up because you'll be instrumental in this!
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Varsity men- you'll be off the water tonight and
responsible for setup and running of the workout
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We will move the third dock to the entrance of the
cove. Use cement block anchors. Good anchoring rope is in the shed (bottom
shelf immediately inside the door).
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Include two starting platforms on the dock. They will
require anchor screws & drill. Get them from Matt.
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The two novice men's boats, the two novice women's
eights, and the 3rd V4/3rd women's V8 will each start and race as pairs.
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You will back into the race platforms. Each boat will
have have 2 and 3 seat scull for alignment.
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A men's varsity member will act as starter.
Another, in a launch, will act as aligner, and another as course marshal.
A coach can call the finish.
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Use a flag/megaphone combination as starter. Make it
real.
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Any varsity men able to arrive a bit early, we'll
setup the dock but it should not take long. Another can set up the finish
flags. We will race toward the Hoover Grill.
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This will be followed by boat loading promptly at
6:00 p.m. We will need at least 3 eights derigged by 6:00 p.m. to speed
the process. PLEASE REPORT ANY broken equipment, torn shoes, missing
bolts, lost rowers, malfunctioning cox boxes, etc before we get on the
water. Telling me that your skeg is missing and 5-seat's rigger is broken
and at the bottom of Hoover after the trailer is loaded will result in a
sure death-sentence-by-jumpies.
Wednesday
4-09-2008
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Novices: Please purchase a pair of spandex
shorts for the regatta this weekend. You will be given a
Westerville Crew t-shirt to compete in. Spandex shorts can be
found inexpensively at Target or Kohls. They can also be found at Dicks.
No one should show up to row in basketball type shorts (though you can
wear them over your spandex, then take them off as you are getting ready
to race)!
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Updated: Here are the people that will not be permitted to
row on Saturday if their online waivers are not completed. Patrick
Donovan, Gabby Morbitzer, Natalie
Wilson, Steven Wilson.
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Here are the instructions for doing the online
waiver: Athletes: go to
https://www.regattacentral.com/athletes/ where you can enter
your Roster Code QC-576448 and submit your waiver. IMPORTANT: Waivers
must be submitted by the athlete or their legal guardian. (Coaches are
not permitted to submit a waiver on a rower's behalf)
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How does this process work? When an athlete enters
your Roster Code and their last name the system will attempt to locate
their record in your roster. If it is located they'll be prompted to
submit their waiver and receive their free, non-privileged USRowing
Membership ID (Required beginning in 2008 for all USRowing-registered
regattas) If you already have an individual USRA number (ie if you rowed
at Nationals last year), choose to enter that number so that a
non-privileged number will not be assigned to you.
Tuesday
4-08-2008
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Yeargermeister's Signing: Chris Yeager
is signing with Cal Berkeley tomorrow (Wed) at 2:30 p.m. in the
Westerville North commons area. Everyone is encouraged to attend.
Chris's pictorial success story is told here:
Chris (JV)
Chris (1st Varsity)
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Theft Alert: There was theft from a rower's
car on Saturday at the JCC. Two teens were spotted on the property on
both Friday and Monday. They were confronted by a parent last night.
Despite being told that they were on private property and to leave,
their response was, "Chill out! We're exploring.". No doubt these
are National Merit Scholars on a quest to find hidden oil reserves in
the shale at the end of the cove and save our country from shackles of
Saudi oil purchases.
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Nevertheless, if you spot them, call the Franklin
County Sheriff's Dept central dispatch at 462-3333. (Put that
number in your cell now!!). Both Franklin County Sheriff's office
and Blendon Township have jurisdiction over the area. The closest unit
will respond but that will be settled by Central Dispatch.
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Fortunately, the parents involved last night had
the wherewithall to take down the license plates of three cars in the
Columbus park's parking lot and those have been provided to the
Sheriff's Dept. The deputy I talked with last night had just cruised the
area but a car in the lot is hardly worthy of suspicion. We have to
provide that to the police. He assured me that he would be very
happy to respond.
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Rowers- Lock you car doors. If you make it
easy 'pickins' for thieves, they will simply return until the easy 'pickins'
are gone. This happened at Hoover Yacht Club week after week
because sailors always left their wallets in their cars. Finally
the thief was caught using a stolen credit card at a local convenience
store.
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It is just plain dumb to provide dishonest people
with incentive and temptation. Let's nip it in the bud.
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Novice Parents: I got a call last night from a
novice parent regarding the coxswains meeting at 6:30 a.m. She was
wondering about the location. It was a good question.
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The "coxswains' meeting" is held at the regatta
site and is hosted by the LOC (local organizing committee) and the USRA
(United States Rowing Association) officials at the start of every
regatta. The coaches and coxswains attend the meeting. The LOC and
officials review the race course, any hazards, the staging area, the
type of start, course markings, protesting results, etc. This is an
informational and safety meeting for those steering the boats.
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Boat loading and unloading: The trailer is
usually loaded the night before a regatta. We have a large trailer
and must take lots of boats. At the beginning of the season,
loading the trailer may take 1.5 hours. That's because we usually take
the opportunity to do a safety check of each boat, replace worn shoes
(stretchers), secure loose fittings, etc. By the end of the season, it's
accomplished in under 1 hr.
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Boat unloading is shorter-- usually about 30
minutes or so. We unload the trailer and put the riggers back on the
boats. This is done at the regatta and on the Monday evening after
the regatta, in preparation for practice.
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When we do "boat loading" on Friday, we sometimes
try to get it done early enough to allow Trish and I time to get to the
regatta site that night. The problem with pulling a 10,000 lb
trailer is that it is slow going. If you're late leaving, you can
speed, for example. We cannot.
Monday
4-07-2008
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Low and Slow video- varsity men HW and LW eights
rowing a "low and slow" rating of 12 during Saturday's workout. They
were racing the women's boats in the background and the women were
allowed a higher rating.
LowAndSlowAt12spm
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Referred to as the "teenage look" (that special
"eyes rolling toward the sky from one of the guys" look), they are
instructed to save that look for more important stuff, like when a
parent instructs them to clean up the dog dodo in the back yard, or to
put dirty undergarments into the wash-- the stuff of far greater import
than instructions to rotate early. I've tried to capture such a
look on film....I almost captured Jake's "I'm disgusted with you" look
GimmeThatLookAgain
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Third varsity four. Note the buoy falling out of
the sky and nearly hitting them.
video
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Third varsity four- Try to get to workout early
enough to review films today.
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CREW APPAREL: Don't forget to
mail your apparel orders to Tina Shirey by today! If you leave your
order in the JCC mailbox (by the shed!) please put it in an envelope
separate from your crew forms and fees and mark it with "apparel" or
Tina's name on the outside. You can also bring it to Tina's house (7884
Danbridge Way, 43082) . We have to
have all forms by Monday so we can place the order Tuesday. I will
order a few extra t-shirts in various sizes, but if you think you want
something to wear or give your rower this season, it's best to order it
now and not hope I will have it later!
ALSO, we have enough interest in the
Gore-Tex jackets now to place an order. Tina will contact those who
expressed interest. If you would like a jacket, please let Tina know
ASAP! These are not ordered from Sullivan's and take longer to
receive. The sooner we can place the order, the sooner your rowers will
be wearing their jacket this season. Email Tina at:
dtshi@insight.rr.com
Tuesday
4-01-2008
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Varsity men's eights: If both boats are
assembled by 4:30, we'll start practice then. Otherwise, at the normally
scheduled time of 5:15.
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All other boats at normal times.
Tuesday
4-01-2008
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Weather update: Bring your running
shoes, just incase the wind is too high to row.
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Varsity women only: Erg testing at the Power Shack at
5:15 sharp!
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Varsity men- watch these two videos. Study your
stroke. Look at your hand path during the recovery, the quickness of your
catch, the length of your stroke, how well you get your legs down, whether
you have early back opening, etc, etc. One video is with the lights
closer and the next with the heavies closer. Both are at race pace.
Video 1
Video 2
Monday
3-31-2008
Saturday
3-29-2008
Friday
3-28-2008
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Tonight's
workout: It will be cold so dress appropriately
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Varsity men: Hands on at 4:15 (we will be
rowing 4s if sufficient coxswains; ie Ethan and Cookie talk)
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Varsity women: Hands on at 4:30 sharp!
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All Novices: Hands on at 5:15
Wednesday
3-26-2008
Tuesday
3-25-2008
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Weather Update: All rowers: wear
your running shoes tonight. The winds are very high.
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Novices will probably be rowing in the cove. Arrive
at 5:15. Wear your running shoes JUST IN CASE.
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Varsity/JV M&W will be running steps. Arrive at 5:15.
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Row2k's Editors Choice for video this
week goes to Westerville Crew's view of a start from the coxswain's seat.
Video was done by Danyell, the light's cox.
Video link
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Apparel (jackets): We have one order for the
Supplex jackets. We need a minimum of two before we can place the
order. If anyone would like to order a Supplex jacket for $135,
please contact Tina Shirey
dtshi@insight.rr.com
. We now have enough orders to place the Gore-Tex jacket order!
Monday
3-24-2008
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Apparel: Today is the deadline for all
apparel orders!
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Fees and Forms: Fees and Forms
were all due on Friday. If you have not turned ion BOTH the fees and
Forms, please turn them in tonight!
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Weather: The weather looks good
for rowing tonight. Tomorrow's prediction is calling for high wind.
Varsity only: be prepared to talk to coaches tonight about a morning
practice on Tuesday. Novices: stay tuned; we will update for novices later
(regarding Tuesday's practice).
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Steve Kelly's Letter to the Editor was published in
the Sunday Dispatch
letter It is concise and to the point....just what the Dispatch
editors like. Thank you Steve.
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If anyone is keeping score, we could have worked out
Saturday a.m. The weather predictions were sufficiently bad
(freezing temps, rain/snow mix), that rather wait until Saturday a.m. to
cancel, we cancelled on Friday night. If there is another marginal
Saturday, we'll wait until Saturday morning to cancel. It distresses me to
miss a day on the water.
Saturday
3-22-2008
Friday
3-21-2008
- The Hoover Invitational will be a great event this spring.
- Here's a story from 3-years ago in the Harvard Crimson about a
ragtag Midwestern rowing team: called
CJRC. They'll be at the Hoover.
- Another scheduled to attend is
New Trier
High School, one of the fastest scholastic rowing teams in the
country.
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Scottie Baker called me. After practice he
went to the Westerville Public Library to study. After studying in an idle
state for a few hours, his legs were so sore from crew, that as he exited
down the front steps, he was forced to shift his weight from side to side
to ease his discomfort. While Scottie looks like an average teen
photo (the one with the
dreadlocks, not the crew-cut) for us ordinary folks, but to an
observant officer of the law, he seemed, well, a wee bit tipsy.
Scottie promptly produced his ID when ordered by the officer. As the
officer studied it for clues, Scottie tried to explain away his antalgic
gait as caused by Westerville Crew's 22,000 meter workouts. The
officer smiled broadly and promptly ran Scottie's ID.
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Lynn Radigan sent Trish and me a nice note and several
links regarding athletic scholarships:
NYTimesArticle1
NYTimesArticle2 The several editorial comments I would add are
this:
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Rowing is different-- There are fewer HS rowing teams
than high school baseball teams, just as there are fewer HS hockey teams
than baseball teams. As the second article noted, college hockey
scholarships are the largest at > $20,000
average. As the sidebar article shows, there are over 4000 HS girls
participating in ice hockey and 423 scholarships are awarded. In rowing,
2359 girls particpate and 2,295 recive a scholarship. (First, the number
is wrong. We don't, for example, in the 600 girls that will participate in
the Hoover Invitational, have 25% of all HS female rowers in the country
at our regatta). Still, the number shows a nearly one-for-one HS
rower--college scholarship ratio. Though we've had two calls in two years
from college coaches asking "Do you have anyone left" (for a women's
scholarship), what they are really asking, anyone left with the potential
to row in college. That requires a good erg score.
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Among men, there are no rowing scholarships shown and
that is because these numbers are NCAA-provided numbers. There is no
men's rowing in the NCAA. The Cal's and other schools offering men's
scholarships do not go into these figures.
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If, as a parent, you believe your son or daughter has
potential for a scholarship, then start the conversation with us early
because it is during a rower's junior year that they must show potential.
That is when the interest starts.
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If your son or daughter is a freshman, now is the
time to work on the GPA. It cannot be an after-thought. A gifted athlete's
potential for scholarship falls if a college coach finds them unlikely to
finish college.
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Failure to receive an athletic scholarship is not the
end of the road. I received a nice note last week from a senior's mother.
Her son was recruited by the rowing coach but received a very nice
scholastic scholarship. Did the rowing coach' sway the admission
committee? I would like to think so.
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Grants and Loans- You know in your heart you want
your son or daughter to complete college and you know in your heart that
money is very tight. Do not underestimate the help that grants and
loans can provide and do not underestimate the resources of a college that
wants your child to attend that institution.
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Athletic scholarships are a two-way street. A highly
recruited rower can have his/her fortunes reversed by failure to improve,
just as the non-recruited rowers can become scholarship material as they
improve in college.
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The cost of high school sports can be greater than
the athletic scholarship potential. As one father noted in the NYTimes
article:
- To quote: "Their father, Chris Taylor, said he once calculated what
he spent on the boys’ soccer careers. “Ten thousand per kid per year is
not an unreasonable estimate,” he said. “But we never looked at it as a
financial transaction. You are misguided if you do it for that reason.
You cannot recoup what you put in if you think of it that way. It was
their passion — still is — and we wanted to indulge that.
- So when Westerville Crew has father's repair day, hosts another
regatta, or requests help on another project, keep in mind that
Westerville Crew dues are low because parent's provide so much help, the
Board members contribute their time, and the coaches are all volunteer.
Help when you can.
- The saddest quote in the second article is at the end and reinforces
the notion that kids should row for the love to the sport, not because
they believe it will be their ride to college:
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Quote: "Pat Taylor, who started playing soccer at 4, said it took
him about a month to accept that his dream of playing varsity soccer
on scholarship in college would not happen. He looks back fondly on
his youth career but also wishes he knew at the start what he knows
now about the process.
“The whole thing really is a crapshoot, but no one ever says that
out loud,” he said. “On every team I played on, every single person
there thought for sure that they would play in college. I thought so,
too. Just by the numbers, it’s completely unrealistic.
“And if I had it to do over, I would have skipped a practice every
now and then to go to a concert or a movie with my friends. I missed
out on a lot of things for soccer. I wish I could have some of that
time back.”
Thurs 3-20-2008
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REMINDER: Fees and forms are due tomorrow!
Apparel orders are due on Monday. Thank you
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Weather update: Wear your running shoes
tonight. There is a good chance that we will combine running and
rowing in the cove. It is very windy right now. If the wind
dies down by 5:00, no problem - otherwise, we will do running and rowing.
Varsity Men and Women: No running at 4:30 today as we will get enough
running in during practice.
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On the way to the PowerShack, I was behind an
old beater pickup truck in frustratingly slow traffic. A sticker on
its bumper read: "Your body is a temple; mine is an amusement park".
Conspicuously hanging from the rearview mirror was a blue handicap parking
permit. I guess his roller coaster came off the track.
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For those writing me about the Apache/IIS combination
of web services running on the same server, I received some really good
info. We have more propeller heads in the crowd than I thought. The
resolution appears to lie in all of those suggestions plus getting a new
IP address for WestervilleCrew. Because it will take some time to
propagate the new IP thru the name servers of the WWW, hopefully I can do
that on Sunday (pending the assignment of a new IP address).
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We should be rowing tonight! I must say, the
rowers did a great job of listening last night during film review and
several commented on how the visual feedback provided insight. We ended
with a little story telling about Nationals from some varsity members. In
the old days, we rewarded them with about 16 large pizzas, but these days,
we're more attuned to their dietary needs.....yea, that's it. It has
nothing to do with inflation, that gas costs the club > $100 per week, and
that gravel truck runs > $300 per load.
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Kroger Cards: Just a reminder: If you would
like to purchase a Kroger card for $5, Trish has them available at
practice. Then, please remember to reload!!! Westerville Crew gets
5% of all the money reloaded on the cards. You can do it at the
register (you don't have to go to customer service). You DO need to
have the clerk add money onto the card BEFORE they scan your groceries.
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Online Waivers: If any rowers have an existing
USRA number (from Nationals) and can't seem to locate it, contact Trish
(who has a list of all the numbers).
Wednesday
3-19-2008
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Weather: Weather
conditions are not conducive to rowing, with falling temperatures and
wind. Tonight's workout will be film review at the Power Shack location
from 5:15 - 6:15 (sharp!). This is for all squads and it is
mandatory!. Please turn off all cell phones at the door.
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Video: No, not a video of rowers.
Instead a mother singing to William Tell Overture with the link provided
by Craig Hoyles. It'll bring a smile to all you parents. For a
rowing coach, I would just change a couple of lines: "Please don't drop
you shoulders at the catch. Slow you slide. Talk nice to your
coxswain....What have I ever taught you..."
Link
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Online Waivers: Please remember to do the
online waiver as soon as possible! Here are the instructions:
1) Log on to
https://www.regattacentral.com/athletes/
2) Type in the Roster Code: QC-576448 and the athlete's last name.
3)The athlete's name will be listed - click on the name
4)You will be asked: Do you have a current or previous individual USRowing
Membership ID? If you have been to Nationals and have an individual USRA
number, click 'Yes', then you will prompted to enter the number.
Most of the rowers will click 'No'.
5)You will next be prompted to fill in demographic info, then click
'Accept and Submit'. That is all that needs to be done regarding
regatta waivers. Your waivers will be effective for one year.
IMPORTANT: Waivers must be submitted by the athlete (if they are 18 or
older) or their legal guardian. (Coaches are not permitted to submit a
waiver on a rower's behalf)
Tuesday
3-18-2008
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Apparel: Please don't put apparel order forms
and checks in the same envelopes as the crew forms and check. If you want
to put it in the mailbox at the JCC instead of mailing it to Tina Shirey
that is fine. Please just put "apparel order" on the outside of the
envelope. Reminder: Order forms are due by next Monday (something
to keep in mind if people are going on vacation!).
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Weather: The weather looks
promising for rowing today. We are watching the radar closely.
We will have an update at 4:00. If conditions deteriorate we will
erg. Right now we are scheduled to row.
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3:30 Weather update: If there is not another
update at 4:00, then keep with the following plan: Workout on the
water. The discussion on NOAA regarding the weather is that the
storm system is to our south, as it has remained most of the day, and
seems pretty well stuck there. It will push somewhat northward, but the
thunder/lightening is well south of us on the storm's southern edge (ie,
100 miles to the south). We may get some rain, but it looks no worse
than that until well after workout. Trish and I have the radar on our cell
phones and we shall both be at the JCC shortly after 4:00.
Monday 3-17-2008
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Another letter to the editor of
the Dispatch by Mark Rowland (online edition)
letter
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Are there any propeller-head
parents out there? I'm a computer nerd but I hit a snag in something that
I don't usually work with. I redesigned the Crew website using
Joomla and Joomla requires WAMP. (I wanted a database-based website which
could be edited by others without giving god-privileges to our server).
Easy enough so far. I have a computer running WAMP with the whole redesign
but when I put it on our server, Apache and IIS (which we use at Medtuity)
cannot compete for the same port 80. One has to go. So I thought I could
redirect the westervillecrew-directed HTTP requests to the other computer
running WAMP, but IIS doesn't play nice on redirects, it seems. So, anyone
with familiarity with Apache and IIS?
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On a better note, Brian Saul took
some more pics and a video of the novices late last week:
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The first Patagonia order is in
and currently being embroidered.
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Regarding Friday evening and rain,
I wish to remind novices that workouts are not optional based on your
dislike for rain. The head coaches decide whether we have workouts. If we
have workout, you are responsible for being there. Yes, we do workout in
the rain. If you truly believe that the weather represents a hazard,
then have your parent call your coach, or better, wear appropriate
clothing. If you don't have appropriate clothing, do what the varsity
members: go "thrifting"-- it's cheap. An example of one of our
varsity members who went thrifting for a hat and workout pants follows
Ethan.
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Waivers: Please
don't forget to do the online waivers! Here is the info for
submitting an online waiver: Annual Waiver Submittal Instructions
Instructions
1. Instruct the athletes to go to
https://www.regattacentral.com/athletes/ where they can enter
your Roster Code and submit their waiver.
2. Roster Code QC-576448 with all athletes who will be included in entries
you submit using this RegattaCentral account.
How does this process work?
1. When an athlete enters your Roster Code and their last name the system
will attempt to locate their record in your roster. If it is located
they'll be prompted to submit their waiver and receive their free,
non-privileged USRowing Membership ID (Required beginning in 2008 for all
USRowing-registered regattas) If you already have a number from USRA, (ie,
attended Nationals): click that option, and type in the number so that you
aren't assigned a non-privileged number
Friday late-
Sat a.m.
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No practice
Saturday due to weather forecast and fog. As I was leaving Hoover at
7:30 p.m., the fog was settling in. By midnight, it was pea soup.
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More Letters to the Editor of the
Dispatch: (online version)
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Courtney Chicone, March
11th:
letter
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Lynn Radigan (Eris's mother),
March 13th:
letter
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Matt Chase, March 13th:
letter
Friday, March
14th:
Due to
school concert conflicts, we will have abbreviated schedules tonight only
for the following squads:
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NOVICE WOMEN:
Practice tonight will be from
5:15 sharp to 6:30.
We will be on the
water at 515, so arrive accordingly!
Also, Please email Michelle
MRossi@centurysurety.com
with any and all conflicts for the entire season by Sunday March
16th!
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Varsity Women will practice tonight from 4:15 - 6:00.
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Novice Men: Normal practice time (5:15 - 7:15 at
Hoover)
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New: Varsity Men: practice time 4:15 - 5:30
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ALL ROWERS: Wear your rain
gear tonight!
Thursday, March
13th:
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The weather forecast looks good for tonight. A
bit windy, but rowable.
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Varsity women will be running tonight. Please
arrive at 4:30 sharp!
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All other crews will have hands on at 5:15 (ie,
at the boat racks, ready to go at 5:15. If it is 5:05 and you are in the
parking lot, run.
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Photo by way of Jake's dad:
Early season row.
Lightweights: Andy and Brendon please note your lack of backsplash. Also,
please note how you have more blade showing. Bring you hands up into the
catch; don't "go flat" until the last second.
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Parents: Usually there are many RAAs (random
acts of aggravation) during the first few days of crew. For example, a
motor that worked perfectly last week or even yesterday, gives up the
ghost. Kids who extol the virtues of rowing one day, don't appear the
next. I love my 1964 Massey Ferguson tractor. While it belches smoke like
bunch of 1960's hippies at Woodstock, it is a trusted member of our
family. It broke a 3-point hitch part yesterday while moving snow. Despite
these RAAs, we had lots of smiling kids and coaches last night. The water
was flat, the temperature perfect for varsity members putting out 200,000
BTUs/hr, the novices are improving, and the snow is melting. Life is
good.
Wednesday March
12th:
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Read carefully:
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All rowers are expected to report to the JCC
tonight for rowing, but......
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The sun is out, the wind is calm, the snow is
melting. Life is good. Nevertheless, we still have a parking problem due
to snow banks. I will endeavor to clear more snow and make more room. If I
am not successful, then we will put an update on the web by 4:00 p.m. SO
LOOK HERE AGAIN AT 4:00. If there is no update, when we are on for
tonight.
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ALL PARENTS DROPPING OFF ROWERS: we are going to try
something new. Success has a 1000 fathers and failure is an orphan.
Hopefully, we can all take some credit if this works: If you are dropping
off a rower, do not turn left at the second blue gate (the one that points
you toward the barn), but instead go straight to the turn-around beyond
the tennis court. Drop your rower off there. The reason? It's too crowded
in the parking lot, there is not much room for turning around, and the
kids don't help when they park as close to the turnaround area of as they
can. So in an attempt to reduce congestion, for those dropping off kids,
drive straight back and turn at the dumpsters. For pickups, I would
like the same format but picking up kids often means waiting and there is
not lots of turn-around room if cars are parked there. So give me your
feedback on picking up kids and any suggestions at the parents meeting
tonight.
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Novice clothing- It will be about 10 degrees cooler
tonight than last week. Keep that in mind when preparing for crew. It's
easier to shed clothing out on the water than to knit clothing from kelp--
ie, bring it in the first place.
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Parent's Meeting tonight 7:30
Westerville North Commons (cafeteria). They last 1 hour and we are
actually good about sticking to that hour.
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The news of the day: Chuck Yeager (big Chris
Yeagermeister's dad) responded to the Dispatch's uninformed letter last
week..
Link Thank you kindly for setting the record straight.
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Other news and commentary: There is an article
in the Dispatch today that reports how sexual allegations against trusted
individuals (coaches, teachers, ministers) can tear a community apart.
Recent charges brought against Dublin and Arlington coaches and an area
minister highlight the concern. My response to this is that Westerville
Crew is a group sport and virtually everything we do involves, at a
minimum, at least a boat of 9 kids. Let me make it clear to rowers,
parents and coaches: At no time do we expect a rower to be alone with a
coach. The operating word here is "expect". For example,
coaches are not to give private rowing lessons, kids are not to be dropped
off alone (ie, with no other cars in the parking lot), or to meet with any
coach alone. If, as a parent, you arrive earliest to crew and your car is
the lone car in the parking lot, stay with your child until at least
another rower arrives. If there are only two kids left in the parking lot
and you arrive to pick up your child, I request that you stay until
the last parent arrives. When I'm leaving and I find a lone rower in
the lot, I give them a ride to the end of the driveway and wait at the
intersection of Walnut for his/her parent to arrive. There is a bright
street light there, there is traffic, and it is how I would have wanted a
coach to react when my kids rowed. Still, it is better to have three
people there (a parent and two kids, awaiting the arrival of another
parent) and so I ask parents for this assistance. As for
overnighters, we have four kids per room and strict rules + supervision.
There is never a need to a rower to go to a coach's house. As for
erging makeups, there will be no special hours. Arrive when others
arrive and spend your time on the erg while others are socializing. As for
meetings concerning scholarships or other matters that might be considered
"one-on-one" meetings, they will be with a parent present. (Trish and I
have those meetings and they are usually over coffee at a local restaurant
or off to the side during a regatta-- They are public). If you have
a concern, voice it at the parent's meeting tonight. We welcome your
input.
Tuesday March
11th:
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Read carefully:
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Varsity men and women are on the water tonight.
Novices are off tonight. No erging.
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One exception- Those 4 experienced novice men
who rowed in the 3rd V8 last week-- come tonight!
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Novice Note: The wind is a bit high, the
temperature a bit low, and there is still constricted parking due to snow.
The good news: I spent until 9:30 last night plowing snow and we've
made some headway in the parking lot and driveway. Hopefully Mother Nature
will do the rest over the next couple of days as temperatures are forecast
to rise. This is a tough time of year, at least for another 10 days or so.
I hope all boats can be on the water on Wed.
Monday March
10th:
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Read Carefully:
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Varsity men's heavy and light eights will be
rowing. I will get there at 4:15 to shovel off the docks and shovel
out the launch. Any help will be appreciated. Bring a snow shovel if you
come early. Hands on at 5:00 p.m.
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All others are to report to PowerShack for
erging, including VM third boat, all novices, and all women.
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This format (varsity men only) was chosen because the
snow is high, some cars may get stuck, and parents don't need the
frustration. With a smaller group, all males (except coxes), and almost
all are able to drive, if someone gets stuck, no big deal...plenty of muscles
to move cars. We will discover tonight how passable the driveway is. Trish
and I both drove it yesterday and packed down the snow quite a bit but we
both have 4-wheel (yes, even that little Honda).
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Parents Meeting: The Parent Meeting had
been rescheduled for Wednesday, March 12, 7:30 - 8:30pm at the Westerville
North Commons (cafeteria). There is a power outage at the school
today.
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Varsity men and Women: We will be placing the
unitard order this week. If you have moved up to varsity/JV and do not
have a uni, you must order one. Varsity men: please email Trish
tchase@medtuity.com, the
following measurements: Height, weight, chest and waist (in inches). Varsity women will be measured at erging tonight.
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Practice schedule for the spring season (on water)
will be Monday thru Friday 5:15 - 7:15pm and Sat morning from 8:00 -
10:15.
Friday March
7th:
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We are canceling erging tonight because of the snow
storm. We don't want our rowers and parents driving in these conditions.
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The weather forecast for next week looks good.
We are planning on rowing Monday, but please check the website by 4:00 to
be sure. If there is no update, we will be rowing.
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All rowers planning on rowing this season should
be at practice on Monday. If you are unable to be there, you must
email Trish at tchase@medtuity.com;
otherwise, we will remove your name from the roster.
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Rowers: If you haven't purchased a pair of wool
socks yet, DO IT! Talk to any rower that was wearing wool
socks last week and they will tell you that their feet stayed warm.
One of them even had sandals on! Buy at least one pair of wool socks
(check the label to make sure the socks are primarily made of wool)! We
also noticed a number of rowers without hats yesterday. Hats will
help retain the body's heat.
Thursday
March 6th (late):
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Tonight's workout was the first for the novices.
While a bit chilly, the water was flat, the kids looked happy, and the
aroma wafting from the Hoover Grill was pleasurable as usual. We have
several photos:
photo1
photo2
photo3
photo4 from
Brian Saul, Nick's dad. Brian also provided a video clip. This clip
is taken within the their first 45 minutes of their first day in a boat.
While not a pretty looking crew to the casual observer (yet), they did an
extraordinary job in such a short period.
video clip
Thursday
March 6th:
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Today's Letters to the Editor in the Dispatch
had a particularly ill-informed comment on school funding inequities and
just to prove it, that Westerville North has a crew team that other
schools cannot afford.
Link We have written a rebuttal to clarify all the important
items (no school funding, volunteer organization, kids from many high
schools, parent and community participation to allow Westerville Crew to
be successful, etc). Hopefully it gets published as today's printed
letter was particularly unfounded. Of course, it would be great to
have some of our kids get involved in letter writing. Keep it short and
sweet (something I am incapable of doing) and email it to:
letters@Dispatch.com. And
remember, the rest of the world cares about punctuation, spelling, and
sentence structure.
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Last night's row: It was a great row.
The water, while not flat, was better than usual. Nobody got cold except
one underdressed coxswain. Personally, I had to take off my hat and gloves
from too much warmth. There was one casualty- Sarah took a
tumble off the dock and into the frigid waters to Hoover. The
right-hand dock was ill-placed with the water so high and so as the kids
turned a 60-foot rowing shell to get onto the dock, poor Sarah was swept
off the dock. Snow on the dock contributed to it as well.
Link to Sarah just before
the big splash.
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We expect to have all novices at workout
tonight. It helps that it is 10 degrees warmer. Still, wear
sufficient clothing, especially a nylon jacket and pants. Remember,
clothing can be removed in the boat but cannot magically appear there if
never worn. Wear gloves and a hat. They are really simple to remove
and put back on. They require little storage room and protect that which
feels the coldest. Wear a double pair of socks (or at least one
thick pair of wool socks). The gloves should not be thick. Y' gotta feel
the oar handle. Still, look for an update at 4:00 o'clock. If no
update, then crew is on.
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Novice rowers' parents: The first week
of crew for a novice rower is, well, chaotic. On the first night, there
are always some rowers who arrive late because parents could not find the
JCC. There are those who signed up but decided against crew but lack
the manners to send us a note to inform us. There are those who
appear who never signed up. The first few nights are truly like herding
cats. Despite this, we have experience in handling it and we'll get
through it. After a week, things become less chaotic as kids learn
to row, get assigned to a seat in a known boat, and know the drill.
Keep in mind also that boats are divisible by eight rowers-- that is,
there are eight seats in an "eight". That means that 10 rowers
cannot fit into the boat and that means, in the case of not exactly 16 or
24 or 32 novices, some kids will either wait on the dock or ride in a
coach's launch tonight. To solve this problem, we take several steps. The
last to arrive, for example, stands the greatest chance of sitting out. We
reward punctuality. If a rower is out of a boat tonight, he/she will not
be out tomorrow evening. The harshest step is to put someone on a
waiting list because we simply have no room. Being on a waiting list
is usually short lived because someone will likely leave crew for some
reason. I cannot remember anyone on a waiting list for longer than a week
or two, but this is the largest group we've had.
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When to be there: New parents: have your
kids there by about 4:35-4:45. We need all kids at the boat racks by
5:00. That's "hands on" meaning that the varsity squads are putting their
hands on the boat, lifting it off the rack by 5:00 and 15 seconds. All the
varsity boats are on the water by about 5:07. It will take novices
much longer initially.
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What will we do with new rowers: We'll
count 'em up, divide 'em up, and get them on the water. There will
be one coach per boat. The first step is to have the kids lay their blades
flat on the water, sit up straight, arms straight and legs straight.
Called "The Position", it will take about 10 minutes to teach that, but it
is the position that they will resume after each stroke. Then we
teach them to bend their knees/straighten their knees while keeping their
arms straight and oar flat on the water. That takes another 10 minutes.
Then we teach cocked wrist/flat wrist. That takes another 10
minutes. All the while, we are combining each of these. After 30
minutes, they will be rowing. Maybe we can get a film for the web
tomorrow.
Wednesday
March 5th:
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Varsity only (that includes JV) will be rowing
tonight. IT IS VERY COLD. Dress appropriately
-especially coxswains! Novices get the night off. Plan on 'hands on' at 5:00
sharp! Neal Lauren of the Dispatch will be there taking pictures of rowers
launching their boats in the snow.
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The 4 experienced novice men + cox with whom I
discussed this last night, you will have practice today.
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We are going to 'test the waters' tonight to see if
it is feasible for the novices to row on Thursday.
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All rowers: please check the website on Thursday
between 3 & 4pm to see if we will be rowing or erging. We are
concerned about the prediction of rain tomorrow.
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The location for the Parent Meeting has been set.
It will be at Westerville North HS 'commons' on Monday March 10th at
7:30pm.
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FAQs: A very nice novice mother wrote with a
question and comment. The question was "What about shoes- I noticed you
have a rule that shoes are not to be left on the dock. So what do
the kids wear in the boat?":
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Actually there are shoes
in each boat firmly attached to the boat. Called "foot stretchers" or
"stretchers", these shoes are attached to the boat so that when the
kids push hard, their feet are locked into the boat. So the kids
remove their shoes when they get into the boat and "tie in", as we
say. Actually, there are no shoelaces nowadays, but instead, there
are velcro quick releases so that in the case of a mishap, kids don't
have to untie some knot that they inadvertently tied with laces. They
should take their shoes in the boat with them. Also, wear socks. The
stretchers in the boat are like bowling shoes you rent at the bowling
alley-- been used by many people before you.
The mother also noted that she may have to arm wrestle her son to wear
appropriate clothing:
If a novice arrives
underdressed, I will appropriately punish his bad behavior. Punishment
is typically in the form of "jumpies", usually around 50 of them.
Though not as bad as let's say, waterboarding or being forced to put
out the trash in the middle of American Idol, it's sufficient
punishment to get the attention of the kids without offending too many
parents.
Another mother asked about the novice designation:
All new rowers are in the
"novice" category for their first year of rowing. Novices only
row against other novices in competition. The other category is
"varsity". After your first year, you move up to varsity. In
both the novice and varsity levels, we have the "first boat", "second
boat" and hopefully, a "third boat". The first boat represents the
fastest boat that Westerville Crew can muster. The second boat,
at least for Westerville Crew, is usually the lightweight boat. The
third boat is usually made up of rowers who recently moved up from the
novice category and aspire to be in the lightweight or first varsity
eight.
Tuesday
March 4th:
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Rigging boats: Good job on unloading the
trailer and emptying the barn. Trish and I commented to one another (and
the dogs) what a great job everyone did yesterday evening. I want to
extend some special thanks to Jimmy, Steve and Ethan for coming early to
help with the dirty work (about 4 truckloads of trash/debris that we
disposed of).
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Weather Forecast: Today's forecast for the
next two days looks like we may have varsity boats on the water. This is a
preliminary assessment and tomorrow's update will be the final word. Due
to the weather predictions, my thoughts are that novices may not row
tomorrow. Here are my thoughts regarding novices and rowing in the cold:
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Novices will wear a hoodie because its cooler looking
than some nylon jacket from the '60's. Hoodies absorb water like a sponge
and will predispose a rower to hypothermia. Nylon sheds water and wind.
Nylon is obviously the better choice, and so novices select the hoodie.
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Novices have often not yet invested in wind pants
(thin nylon sports pants). All rowers do eventually.
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Novices will wear shorts when the temperature is in
the 30's and 40's. Novices are, for the most part, devoid of a normal
thermoregulatory mechanism in their brainstem. Well, I'll amend that:
They have the thermoregulatory system and it functions just fine except
their higher brain centers (the cortices) override those brainstem
messages (that which enabled mammals to live all these millennia) and
supplants those messages to wear warm clothing with, "Warning- you will
not look cool to the girls unless you wear shorts, flipflops, and a tee
shirt". As we mature, of course, we tend to overcome these messages
to conform to some arbitrary social dress code. Hence, I can wear black
socks when I erg with nary a thought about popularity.
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Novices don't drive and we have no boathouse.
If a novice rower becomes wet and must wait 30 minutes for their ride,
that novice will get really cold.
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Novice parents succumb to the demands of a
thoughtless kid and allow them to come improperly prepared. I love
parents who lay down the law. I will interject that those many kids
who we've had over the years who are/were members of Boy Scouts, y'all
know how to dress.....you've been there....done that. Brian Ruh is a great
example.
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Novices don't yet know how to row and so they cannot
row far. They will be lucky to get 5000 meters in on the first
night. The varsity, on the other hand, will be rowing to Canada (our
expression of for a long row...bring your passports...pack a PB
sandwich...sort of thing). They burn lots more calories and generate lots
more heat. Usually they're half naked by the time we get to the turn and
they have shedded several layers. Varsity rowers simply generate more
heat.
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Now for the mathematics: volume increases at the rate
of a cube and surface area at the rate of a square. That means bigger kids
have less surface area-to-volume and lose less body heat for their size.
I guess that's one reason why fat people sweat more but I've been
politically incorrect enough today...so skip that thought.
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A final thought for any novices reading this: The
varsity members actually go to thrift stores to find rowing gear. They
call it "Thrifting" for short and they do it in groups. They believe it is
cool to get warm stuff at a discount. So if you feel uncomfortable
dressing warmly, get some friends together and go thrifting.
So, I will quiz the kids tonight about how prepared
they are and I will post anew tomorrow on our plans. At this point, it
looks like varsity boats on the water tomorrow and novices will be off.
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Parents- tonight we will again show the Rowing Safety
video created by the United States Rowing Association (USRA). Care
to quiz your kids? Ask, "If there is a mishap and the boat capsizes,
do you swim to shore or stay with the boat?" The answer is "Stay
with the boat.". If they cannot answer it properly, keep them home!
Monday March
3rd:
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Boat Rigging today: All rowers to meet at the
JCC (see Directions hyperlink on left for new rowers). We will be rigging
the boats, unloading the trailer and moving boats from the barn.
Expect to be there from 5:00-6:30. Please wear rain gear, not rowing
apparel. It will be muddy. Flipflops are probably not appropriate
footwear today as we'll be carrying boats from the barn.
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Today is the final day for signup for Westerville
Crew. If you have an interest in rowing and have not been to erging,
please arrive tonight. Be sure to find Matt or Trish and introduce
yourself.
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By this afternoon, the ice may or may not be melted
on Hoover. We hope to be rowing this week, but it will depend upon
the weather. New rowers: If you have not yet acquired some sort nylon
outerwear (jacket, pants) that will offer some protection against the rain
and wind, today is a good day to do it. Remember, the "hoodies" that
have become popular among kids are the worst wear for rowing, the reason
being that they absorb water like a sponge, and we row on water. There is
always some splashing, waves or water dripping off the boat when it is
carried overhead. Please, for these cold days of later winter and
early spring, get yourself a nylon outer layer.
Wednesday
Feb 27th:
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There is regular erging tonight. There is NO
ERGING Thursday or Friday
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Today is the last day to turn in orders for
Patagonia apparel. Please turn in your order form and check to Trish
by tonight if you would like to order.
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The order form for Patagonia base-layer type
clothing. This is optional. Patagonia gives Westerville Crew a very
good deal on their apparel. This is good stuff!
PatagoniaForm-2.pdf
(Please note- we have extended the deadline to Feb 28th)
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We HIGHLY recommend thin wool gloves, a wool
hat and definitely wool so |