Crew

Rower Natasha Fredrick warms up by urging, a machine used the simulate the natural motion of rowing a boat, before helping her team mate drop their boat into the Willamette River during their March 27th practice.

The Novice Women's team at Lake Oswego Rowing Club works together to move their boat from the boat house, to the water.

Izzy Bowman directs her team in executing a safe entry to the water. Bowman is the cox-an, the team mate who sits at the front of the boat and yells out stroke counts and keeps the team in rhythm. She is one of the most important members of the team.

Alexa English helps her team mates strap down the paddles into their 8 person boat. The 8 person boat is the most common event in regattas, rowing competitions.

The Novice Women's team pushes off from the dock and prepare to start their rowing warm up. The warm up is a very important event before competition or practice. Due to the extreme stamina and strength required to compete in rowing, strains or pulls in muscles are common.

The 8 person boat listens for their warm up set from Bowman. As a cox-an, she is also in charge in making sure everyone is warm and ready for the race.

The first 4 rowers in the 8 person boat lean forward to begin their stroke. When the paddles enter the water, it is called the catch.

The girls keep in sync by listening to their cox-an. She yells rhythm counts into a microphone so everyone in the boat, even those in the way back, can hear her counts and keep in sync with the rest of the team.