Fall season ended with Blue Crew’s championship sweep of the
7 Sister’s Regatta last Saturday, October 29th. We are incredibly proud of all of our
rowers, as this is the third year in a row that Wellesley has taken the 7
Sisters plate back home with us!
We can’t believe the season went by so fast! But we definitely packed a whole lot of
good work into it. As our previous
blog posts describe, we had across the board strong finishes at the Snake
Regatta (the first of the season) with our 1st Varsity Boat taking
second place. Next, our 2 entries
at Head of the Charles left tons of crews in their wake, and finally we
sprinted to the finish line of our season with a 7 Sisters sweep!
Watching our first varsity boat pass every single other
boat, walking through 2 boats in the last minutes of the race was
phenomenal! I was just sitting
there in bow seat of my boat, getting ready to dock, you know, taking the
occasional stroke so our coxswain could get pointed, and I could not believe my
eyes as the blur of blue just kept steadily walking on through the other
crews. If it had been possible to
jump up and down in a boat, we would have been one unset boat! But instead we just kept our screams
going as we watched our powerful 1V fly across the finish line! So. Awesome. Nice rowing, Ladies!
So, here we are, end of the season. Time to relax, spend time with friends,
maybe go into Boston, maybe not be so sore all the time… oh, wait, what’s
that? A winter training plan that
starts just as strong as we ended last week? Yup, that’s what that is…
Well, our team worked together, cheered each other on, and
helped each other out as we started our first, oh-so-fun, week of indoor
training. For now, we’re keeping
our eye on the prize and staying focused on our goals. But, oh man, we wish we were still on
that dirty water….
And we know the Charles probably misses us to, so we decided
to write it a little note:
Dear Charles River,
We miss you already.
Have fun freezing over soon, and get ready for some of the fastest
Wellesley boats ever come spring season.
See you in March 2012.
So much Love,
Blue Crew
Carly Abarbanel '12
