During the months of October and November, Alex is extremely busy with rowing. The fall season training is intense! This year Alex is a junior which means he has great chances each time to row in the Triangle Rowing Club Varsity boat.
Alex loves rowing. Rowing is TOUGH. But Alex is tough too and he is literally built for rowing.
For someone like Alex, having a team and especially working together as a boat is what it's all about.
He works hard, gets along with everyone and is just a fun guy to have around!
The season usually starts out at High Point, NC, a little over an hour away from us.
Then they have a regatta in Oak Ridge, TN where they go on a team bus (Alex's favorite part).
Robert is usually our regatta parent. He helps with grilling and knows a lot of other rowers' parents. Here is their team as of Fall 2021.
Here is a picture of Head of the South in Augusta, GA where Alex won two races!
More crew pictures. They won in Mens 4+ and Mixed 4+. Alex had to row over 30K that day and had to hotseat for all of his races so he had zero rest at all on land.
They also went to Chattanooga, TN.
To be honest, it's hard to tell what regatta what pictures are from!!!
These I know where from Chattanooga because they were taken from the bridge.
It's probably my favorite venue!
One of the exciting parts of the Fall 2021 season was that Alex's boat qualified for the Head of Charles in Boston, the biggest regatta in the world!
So Robert and Alex flew to Boston and had an adventure of their own.
Robert also explored some bits of Harvard.
And since Alex didn't race on Saturday, they walked around downtown as well as Little Italy.
We are definitely going back to Boston as the boys secured a spot in the 2022 regatta too!
The Donkey Statue by the Old City Hall.
This definitely felt like a charming European city.
And this is the TRC boys in the boat in Boston.
And they did great! This regatta is HUGE!!!
And a few more pictures of this beautiful sport.
Alex is doing a great job being part of the crew. Until recently, rowing in college was still something he was considering but somehow he decided not to pursue it after high school. Men's Rowing is actually not an NCAA sport, but Women's is. There is no money in rowing, unfortunately, so no scholarships really. Alex has a lot of choices to make and a lot of work ahead of him applying to different universities. No matter what, rowing is fantastic for him! I am so glad that he found it for himself and that he is happy doing it.
Lyana.
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