Rowing has competed in two events so far, and will be back in action on March 31 at the Barry Dual. The team is defending their title as conference champion and has won the conference four of the last five years.
Head coach, Mary Lenington, acknowledged that winning another conference championship would be an excellent accomplishment. However, she wants the team to just focus on improving every day.
“[The most important goal] is being strong as a team. Depth is an important goal. Having everybody accountable and focused every day, that was a goal the team set, which was to be better every single day,” said Lenington.
Senior rower, Emma Jordan, has won conference twice since she’s been on the team. She said the team has performed well and has shown a great deal of potential.
“I felt like this year has been the year where everyone’s shown the most heart. I feel the most like a team this year,” said Jordan.
With this being her first year in charge of the program, Lenington said the team has embraced her coaching style.
She said there have been many changes and the team has handled those changes well. Lenington said she’s looking forward to seeing each player grow stronger physically and mentally.
“We’re looking forward to building a strong team,” said Lenington. “What we’re really looking forward to in the season is being as deep as we can, and race as many races as we can to get us further along the path.”
Besides attending the races, Lenington said the best way for the NSU community to show their support for the team is by talking to the rowers about the sport.
She said, “I think that one of the best ways people can show support for rowing, other than attending races, is just being interested and engaging with a rower, not being too intimidated to ask a question about a sport that they don’t know.”
