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Zevi Metal : Getting Off the Sideline and Onto the Field

By Zevi M. Gutfreund, Crimson Staff Writer

We advanced to the final heat on May 9, but we weren't as successful. Damon was promoted to Kirkland's first B-League boat, which left us in need of a stroke seat. We found a replacement and rowed the race, but we finished dead last. PfoHo avenged our victory in the consolation heat, placing way ahead of us.

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Losing was disappointing, and even slightly humiliating. But I'm not ashamed. I rowed this spring because, after four years of going to varsity games as a reporter and public-address announcer, I had to see what it was like to be an athlete. Sure, practice wasn't every day, but there were plenty of memories. Jumping into the Charles River was a little disgusting, but there were a few other moments that aren't suitable for publication. And we may have lost the final heat, but I'll always remember the repechage.

I hope this is how all the graduating athletes feel about their Harvard sports careers. There are so many great things about sports that reporters ignore -- the friendships, the long hours of practice and team meetings, the road trips. I'm glad I finally experienced those things in intramural crew this spring, because I was never able to incorporate them into my stories.

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