“You had to give yourself up to it spiritually; you had to surrender yourself absolutely to it. When you were done and walked away from the boat, you had to feel that you had left a piece of yourself behind in it forever, a bit of your heart... And a lot of life is like that too, the parts that really matter anyway.”
-George Yeoman Pocock
Freshman Year (2016-2017)
Summary
Freshmen year was my novice year of rowing. Coming into a team with such high level of athletes and talent proved difficult. However my mental strength and persistence pushed me to the top of my class. I was the only athlete to row in the Freshmen 8+ every race of the year.
Achievements
- Rowed in the winning Men's 2nd Varsity 8+ at the Husky Open
- Rowed in the winning Men's Freshman 8+ against Wisconsin and Stanford at the Stanford Invitational
- Rowed in the Men's Freshman 8+ against Cal
- Rowed in the winning Men's Collegiate Freshman/3V8+ in the Windermere Cup
- Rowed the Men's Freshmen 8+ at the Pac-12 Championships
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Sophomore Year (2017-2018)
Summary
Moving from the freshmen team to the varsity was more difficult than I could ever of imagined. I barely made it past team tryouts in September and early October at the beginning of the year. I soon found myself toward the bottom of the team struggling to keep myself together. This difficulty would persist through my Juniour year.
Achievements
- Earned Academic All-Pac-12 honorable mention
- Named to the IRA All-Academic team
- Rowed in the winning Second Freshman/Combo 8+ at the Husky Open
- Rowed in the Fourth Varsity 8+ in the win Oregon State; also rowed in C Varsity 4+ vs. OSU
- Rowed in the Fourth Varsity 8+ on Opening Day
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Juniour Year (2018-2019)
Summary
It felt like not much changed from sophomore to juniour year. Tryouts went very similar to the year before. Throughout the year I was struggling to make changes and improve my standng on the team. I still enjoyed it Rowing in the Husky Open was on of the highlights of my juniour year. We were the fourth boat pinned up head to head against the F 8+. That race I rowed better than I ever had raced before. I felt connection and I felt dangerous. A glimpse into what Senior year would bring.
Achievements
- Earned second-team Academic All-Pac-12
- Rowed in the Third Varsity 8+ that won the Collegiate Men's Third Varsity Eight at Husky Open
- Rowed in the Fourth Varsity 8+ that won the Collegiate Open 8+ on Opening Day
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Senior Year (2019-2020)
Summary
To say that the 2020 rowing season was the year that never was discredits the amazing work and effort put in by everyone on the team. Training 6 months to have our season canceled because of COVID-19 was a bummer, but I saw some amazing things happen on our team both individually and as a whole. As a team, we were on the warpath. Charging toward the racing season with passion and zeal ready to give whatever was required of ourselves to push boatspeed to the absolute limit. The team attitude was positive. On a personal level, I saw myself make huge strides throughout the year. I took probably the best strokes of my life on the last day of practice. Making it to Winter camp at the end of Autumn for the first time and really seeing myself competing for seats in the upper echelons of the team made the year exciting and made rowing more fun than I could imagine. Whether or not my rowing career ended on that beautiful rainy day on Lake Washington is still to be determined, but I will never regret my decision to come to Washington and tryout for the rowiwng team. The team has changed my life and for that I have to say: THANK YOU WASHINGTON.
Achievements
- Winner of the 2019 Washington Rowing Triathlon
- Rowed in the UW third varsity eight that won its race at the 2019 Head of the Lake
- Set fastest time of the day for B pair matrix in Chula Vista with pair partner Carsten Rossen