No less Mighty without blades

It was glorious, but not as glorious as we'd hoped. We didn't bump on Saturday. Which means we didn't get "blades" - awarded to boats who bump all four days. We were SO close. BUT, we rowed like never before. We rowed long and strong, we rowed past where we thought we could row, we were gaining on the boats in front of us the whole time. The three boats consecutively ahead of us bumped out, and we were gaining on a boat four places ahead of us! Its amazing that afterward, we were wishing for the race to be longer (!) because we would have caught them (Lincoln). We rowed our hearts out, and we didn't get bumped, so due to our performance over the four days we moved three places up in the division. And, we are the highest rated 2nd VIII on the river. Most colleges have two womens and two mens boats, so its not even as though we stack the odds in our favor - this would only be the case if we had four women's eights. So, we did well for the boat club, and we rowed well. The Mighty 2nd VIII proved itself this week.

Congrats to our 1st VIII who won blades, second year in a row. This, combined with the 2nd VIII achievements speak really well for the boat club, who before last year hadn't won blades in over 20 years! So, we tried our best, we had a good season, and we had fun (especially when the race was over)! Bring on summer eights - the next race.