First Day of Races - 2000m

Hello all!

What an exciting day!

Our crew was up against 20 other women's crews and we placed 4th in the overall standings.

Our girls were a little disappointed, but we were up against some really good teams... so we really shouldn't be complaining! Fourth in the world is not so bad... really! First place went to the Chinese National Team (they had a stroke rate twice as fast as the hammerheads - just to give you an idea), Second place went to our biggest competition - the Montreal Women's Team and third place went to Cascades.

During the race, our boat was hit twice by two other boats from behind, nearly knocking out some of our girls. The commentator couldn't stop raving about how fabulous our start was and our last 400m was a fantastic finish. All in all, we raced well... and Andrew was proud.

Tomorrow will be a new day.. and a new race. We're prepared, we're pumped... we're getting a medal dangit!