Wednesday, October 7, 2015

Crew Slew!

By: Arune Vickneswaran

      Kicking off with fall sports, the crew team of Mystic Valley has been practicing rigorously from four to six in the afternoon. If you do not know, the crew team specializes in rowing boats and to test their skill against other crew teams. The crew matches are called crew meets.


      “No one wins in a crew meet, they just participate,” said freshman Colby Orton. Although their meets have not been advertised as much as other sports, watching them is very memorable.
      One memorable event that occurred was that one of Mystic Valley crew canoes sank in the chilling water. “The waves that hit the boat were four feet tall, and an ambulance had to pick me up shortly after,” said freshman Allen St. Claire.

      Though that event occurred, Allan and the other crew rowers are doing just fine.  Besides, both Allan and Colby also implied that the rest of their meets went well.

      On October 18 some crew members participated in the Head of the Charles Regatta, an event that occurs each year. This race is one of the major crew races around the world. The racers in the regatta were seniors Amy Nguyen, Kyle Manley, Jack Callanan, Jimmy Sickler and Gaetano Cerundolo. The Mystic Valley racers placed 64 out of 84 boats.

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