With the fall comes the beginning of another rowing season for the Wayland-Weston boys crew team.
With the fall comes the beginning of another rowing season for the Wayland-Weston boys crew team. Looking to build on the recent success of the past several years, the program begins its 11th season with a clean slate and a reputation to continue building.
On Sunday, the W-W varsity boys participated in the annual ``Rumble on the River'' fundraiser, hosted by Community Rowing, Inc. of Boston. This was an event that pitted W-W against CRI head-to-head in a 1200-meter sprint race (which is usually characteristic of the spring season).
This race only included the first varsity boats and was a fun way for members of both teams to get back into racing before the start of the fall head racing season.
The W-W boat, with stroke Jonathan Heinlein, Jason Nazarian, Kep Edwards, Ryan Leddy, Brandon Blaesser, Henry Gula, James Sykes, Nick Kossack, and coxswain Johnny Saylor had a messy race, beginning when they clashed oars with CRI early in the race.
W-W took a lead through the middle of the race, but fell behind and finished in second place, just behind CRI.
W-W will get to work over the next few weeks, trying to find the extra strength and speed necessary to beat CRI at races such as the Textile Regatta in Lowell and the prestigious Head of the Charles Regatta in mid-October.