Crew: Abundance of New Members Lead to Successful Team

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Members of the crew team practice in an eight boat at a recent practice on the Malden River. Photo by Amanda Moraes.

Casey Lyons

With the amount of new and returning crew members this spring their future looks bright for the season. The crew team has a lot of new members than they last year. They look forward to training everyone and to future races. There are 64 members this year and it is the “most in five years since [she] has been coaching,” stated coach Shauna Campbell.

Although having a lot of members can get hectic, the team has managed to figure out a way to organize how they practice. They have tried different ways to organize practices to see which one helps everyone get the same amount of training. So far they have decided to divide practice into two sessions so that everyone can get the help they need. “We do not want the team too separate,” stated  Campbell. So they try to get the team together as much as possible.

Crew may seem simple but it really is not. Many new members are not used to the amount of work the crew team puts into practices and are trying to accommodate to their new schedule. The team is working on improving team effort. Some members need to put in all their effort to make sure that the team is improving so that they know they are prepared. The boys team also wants to maintain their Greater Boston League title and the boys varsity team want to qualify for finals and states. Whereas the girls want to start getting on the map and start building a strong team to be able to compete.

But in order to make a sport fun for everybody they need to make sure everyone feels safe and comfortable. “Especially with the several new members we have this season, it is not easy to detect discomfort and insecurity in a team member,” stated senior captain Manny Martinez.

The varsity team and coaches are trying to make the environment enjoyable and exciting for everyone. They want to make sure everyone is comfortable. “[Crew] is really fun and different,” exclaimed Campbell.

The crew team is happy and excited to work with all the new members and hopes that it will be a great season with all the effort and hard work everyone can contribute to the team.

Roster

Becky Broomstein
Robyn Farrell
Bestine Cong
Meagan Sullivan
Amanda De Moraes
Alana Burdine
Cassandra Jimenez
Catalina Arredondo
Ashley Paniagua
Claudia Baptista
Julie Lam
Devon Moran
Ghita Jaouhari
Jessica Vieira
Katie Troung
Keirra Sweeney
Lesley Ta
Nicole Santorelli
Sabrina Giuliano
Samantha Kiernan
Sammantha Dorazio
Stephanie Silva
Jessica McLeod
Doris Zegarra
Emmanuel Martinez
Alan Nie
Andrew Araiza
Jason Drapinski
Igor Alves
Kelvin Nguyen
Darrell Workman
Tsz Fung Lau
Chris Lee
Daniel Doza
Daniel McClenthen
Eric Chen
Eric Weng
Ivan Williams
James Hickey
Jonathan Drapinski
Kevin Almonacid
Kevin Bui
Ledoux Musasa
Long Nguyen
Mohamed Anwar
Noah Chau
Phong Chu
Sebastian Patino
Steven Angulo
Tristar To
Tyler Zeng
Keith Rachels
Sebastien Percy
Angelica Cranberry
Carol Lam
Mikaela Cassie
Angelica Brewer
John Dovan
Danielle Musasa
John Hastings
Yanet Villanueva
John Du
Tenzin Paljor

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