HOCR Saturday: Heavy Hitters, Back-of-the-Packers & Alumni Magic – Head Of The Charles Regatta coverage

“I feel everyone races themselves a bit bit,” mentioned Ladies’s 40+ Singles winner Shannon Kaplan, who completed second behind Stone, however first in her class. “It’s extremely laborious, you begin to damage and you must type of dig in. It has been a tough 12 months, I had some well being points early on. So I used to be simply tremendous pleased to be on the market this 12 months. It was enjoyable having Gevvie within the subject, I noticed her for a bit little bit of the race, after which I might hear her being introduced, so I knew she was nonetheless there.”

For a lot of masters scullers within the doubles, a lot of the enjoyment of racing got here from the bond with their companions.

“It is simply very nice to have the ability to to develop with Kelly [Salchow-MacArthur], whom I’ve rowed with so many instances,” mentioned long-time nationwide workforce veteran Hilary Gehman, who reunited along with her 2004 Athens Olympic teammate for at present’s row. “The Athens hat was our workforce uniform at present!”

“We had been saying we’re nonetheless in a position to entry 100% of our health, however our health is way decrease. I have not seen Kelly in a pair years, truly 2017 was the final time we rowed collectively for varied causes, but it surely’s nice to be again rowing along with her.”

Hilary Gehman and Kelly Salchow-MacArthur

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