Definite highlight of the day was the championship banquet held at the Crowne Plaza with a keynote address by Leslie Gudel, a Philadelphia-area sportscaster. Pretty amazing that her rowing experience 20 years ago still rings true to so many of the athletes from today. Pretty amazing too that the Crowne Plaza was able to process, I mean feed that number of athletes in only 75 minutes. Efficiency rules!
NCAA gifts this year - iPod Shuffles! Big round of applause to whomever made that decision. The jury is out on whether they are superior to the Nike sunglasses from last year though.
Racing begins tomorrow at 8:15 AM for our II eight racing in the 2nd heat and at 8:30 AM for our I eight racing in the 3rd heat. Winner goes to the grand final directly, second and third place to the grand qualifiers, and the remaining crews to the petite qualifier.
Let's get it on!
