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Crew: A Quintessential Part of Anniversary Weekend
ATHLETICS
by Jana F. Brown
Alumni crews from 1953, 1963, 1978,
2003, and 2008, along with several mixed
crews, graced Turkey Pond on Saturday,
June 1, some returning to the sport for the
first time in many years, others (cliché
alert) testing the waters for the first time,
and some making rowing look (again . . .)
just like getting back on a bike.
Shattuck ruled the 141st Annual Boat
Races, sweeping all five club races to win
the Majority Cup. The winning club later
raised its blue and white oars up the
flagpole in the center of campus. Rowers
pushed through the water in the heat of
Anniversary Saturday, with temperatures
reaching into the mid-90s. This year, the
Shattuck second boys joined the first and
third boys and the first and second Shat-
tuck girls to achieve the sweep, much to
the delight of the alumni donning the club’s
signature dark blue. The Shattuck first
girls crew won by open water, with a time
of 5:35.5, which was only one second off
the course record, set last year by Halcyon’s
first girls.
The Form of 1978 was well represent-
ed, with two alumni crews taking to the
water. Standing with fellow Halcyon Edith
Farwell ’78 and Shattuck Kevin Foley ’78,
Form of 1978 coxswain Ted Ehrard still
had a smile on his face, despite the news
that Shattuck had won the day.
“It’s actually the highlight for me of
every Anniversary Weekend to get out on
the water again – I’ve looked forward to
it for five years,” said Ehrard. “I think the
boat races are just the quintessential part
of Anniversary Weekend. The whole
pomp and circumstance around it with
the rowers going back on the horse carts
to the flagpole ceremony; to be a part of it
as alumni is just fantastic.”
PETER FINGER
PETER FINGER
PETER FINGER
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