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TechnographReady 'oar' not, new club team takes to the water
By Erica Magda
Posted: 5/4/07 Section: Sports
Within its first year, Walch said the team has already had much success, finding dedicated members without any prior experience, and already succeeding in competitive tournaments.
At its first tournament, a men's team won a race and the eight-man team lost by only milliseconds against much more experienced teams.
"I couldn't have asked for a better year," Walsh said, who only expected the team to get a practice schedule underway.
At their last practice this Thursday night, the Illini invited new people to come out and row in hopes of recruiting them for next year's team.
Current members drove people who were interested to the lake and taught them about their team and the technicalities of rowing.
"It's awesome," said newbie Stacy Alikakos, junior in LAS, wading out of the water after her first time rowing. "I definitely didn't have the rhythm and its counter-intuitive with your arms (but) I'm coming back."
Walsh thought the recruits performed well in practice.
"There's a lot to learn; they learned a lot in the five or six strokes that they took," he said.
"Maybe we're the rowing equivalent of 'Cool Runnings' or something," Walsh added, "trying to start a team in the middle of central Illinois where you have to drive forever to find a lake in the middle of the corn fields, but it worked."
At its first tournament, a men's team won a race and the eight-man team lost by only milliseconds against much more experienced teams.
"I couldn't have asked for a better year," Walsh said, who only expected the team to get a practice schedule underway.
At their last practice this Thursday night, the Illini invited new people to come out and row in hopes of recruiting them for next year's team.
Current members drove people who were interested to the lake and taught them about their team and the technicalities of rowing.
"It's awesome," said newbie Stacy Alikakos, junior in LAS, wading out of the water after her first time rowing. "I definitely didn't have the rhythm and its counter-intuitive with your arms (but) I'm coming back."
Walsh thought the recruits performed well in practice.
"There's a lot to learn; they learned a lot in the five or six strokes that they took," he said.
"Maybe we're the rowing equivalent of 'Cool Runnings' or something," Walsh added, "trying to start a team in the middle of central Illinois where you have to drive forever to find a lake in the middle of the corn fields, but it worked."
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Jerome (Jake) Bloom
posted 5/04/07 @ 12:29 PM CST
Hey Crew
Great to read and see your enjoyment of working hard
at being a teamon land and in water.
may you
keep your
oars in time
pulling together
the boat steady
in line straight
fast to finish
the old boatman,Jake
European Cruises
posted 11/20/08 @ 8:48 AM CST
I have also been there and the show they provided us with was absolutely great. I can't wait for the next competition like this one or even a better one. (Continued…)
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