Actually, the rowing fall season was on the Charles River. This sean, Emily was always on 4+ and also had chances on single.
Emily started her rowing fall season at the CRI Invitational on the Charles River. I felt that all A teams in New England areas came to this even as a warm-up for HOCR in October. As a result, Greenwich A, B, C and D boats swept the Women Jr 4+,
In the second Regatta on Merrimack River, BAB won back and took Silver in Women Jr 4+, 1.4 seconds slower than the Gold.
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| Oct 6 Lowell, MA: Women Jr 4+ surpassing the opponent |
One week before HOCR, she attended the Head of Quinobequin (Head of Q), juniors-only, singles-only time-trial-format (“head race”) event on the Charles River. We were really proud of her No 5 in U17 using her excellent and skillful rowing technique. It is absolutely a thing for a girl of 5’4” in the rowing world.
Head of the Charles (HOCR) 2024 is absolutely highlighted in the fall every year. Emily and her teammates placed 23rd among 90 boats and left a ticket for the team next year. Again, Emily told me they absolutely were not at good status on that day, including the mechanical failure in Cox’s speaker, and should perform better! However, having a chance to compete in HOCR is already a sort of honor and extremely valuable opportunity, along with roughly 12,000 athletes, including 300 Olympians from around the world—100 fresh off the Paris Games 2024.
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| Women Youth 4+ passing by Eliot Bridge, 2024 HOCR |
The fall season concluded in Head of Fall in Saratoga, NY. This time, I drove Emily and another two rowers to Saratoga after they finished the SAT at Chelmsford, MA. The round trip was ~400 miles. The wind was crazy strong Although the girls did not get the lacquered fish heads (the Gold medals), the team still enjoyed the tradition of Secret Santa and various costume themes in Head of Fish.
Rowing Fall season ended with Alice’s first regatta and Emily’s Varsity team’s full endeavor. Challenges will continue, but hard work with the team always wins.
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