Mitchell Opatowsky '15 slowly turns his head to face an alarm clock on his bed stand. The flashing LED display reads 5:45 AM, and a startled Opatowsky leaps out of bed. Snatching his Jesuit Crew tank top and shorts from his closet, he races out of the house, grabbing a Clif Bar on the way. He jumps into his...
Racing shells barrel down the racecourse, one after another, propelled by crews of dedicated oarsmen. The fall head race for a crew team entails far more than a "beat the crew next to you" racing experience. It is a race against the clock, an all-out internal brawl with one collective objective: pass the crew ahead of you or be...
After a successful indoor SWEAT earlier this month, the Rangers are back on the water to test out their boat-racing skills.
Jesuit Crew traveled to Austin Sunday (2/9) to participate in the Carson Smith Memorial Regatta. Founded last year in remembrance of Carson Smith, a varsity rower and member of the Texas Rowing Center, the regatta is a tribute to...
Although the creek running behind Jesuit hardly constitutes a major body of water, hundreds of rowers descended on the Terry Center on a chilly Saturday morning for the annual Jesuit S.W.E.A.T. regatta.
The SouthWest Ergometer Amateur Tournament, which took place on February 4th, featured 34 of the region's best crew clubs, as over 500 student athletes competed to post the...
On the weekend of November 3-4, the Jesuit Crew wrapped up their fall season in Chattanooga, Tennessee at the Head of the Hooch Regatta. One of the largest regattas of the year, the Head of the Hooch hosts more than 2,000 boats from over 200 teams. Competing in the Varsity 8, Varsity 4, Lightweight 8, and Novice 8, Jesuit...
Over Christmas break, the crew team did not take any time away from training, although most of their training and practice had to be done on their own. Faced yet again with the challenge of separation, the team came up with a training plan to challenge rowers of all skill levels. The challenge was to complete 250,000 meters of...
A small bead of sweat rolls down the arm of the rower as he pushes and pulls in perfect harmony with his teammates. Physical exhaustion plagues each rower as the end of the race nears, challenging each of them to continue going all out until the finish. The Rangers' boat soars past the finish line, and as usual, is one...
"As soon as you hear that buzzer, all bets are off and all the sound around you fades away. All you can hear is the sound of your own heart beat and heavy breathing, and when that last 500 meters is coming, you start the 40 story plummet straight into hell. I got 1st in my division and I...
