Issue date: 2/9/10 Section: Sports

In order to achieve their goals this season, the rowing program are looking to certain individuals to really step up "we have two seniors who are doing a great job in terms of leadership and they are working really hard with one of them coming back from surgery, Natalie (Chaiser) and Megan (Kim) are just doing a good job at being seniors," said Gartin.

"With the sophomores I have seen a lot of good work by the two women who last year were in the four, Jessie (Sutter) and Claire (Kurlycheck) are really setting the standard and pushing themselves, they have high expectations for themselves more than anything else and that's really driving them forwarded." added Gartin.

Gartin also reserved praise for the junior class "they are showing some signs of real leadership and I am really confident about how things are going to step into with those guys next year."

"There are several juniors where you may be physically faster than they are but you are not going to out work them, they will do everything they can to bury you, you may win but it wont be for the sheer lack of not trying, they will out work you with Sam (Moriarty), Ashley (Lofria), Elizabeth (Hurley), Marissa (Stickles) and Liz (Seminario)," added Gartin.

"The freshman are coming in strong also, in terms of the depth and breadth of our freshman class, this is definitely one of the top freshman classes we have every brought in, if not the top," stated Gartin.

In terms of the Sharks competition this season the teams to beat are going to be "within the conference, Barry and FIT are definitely going to be there and I am not discounting Rollins and nationally its going to be Dowling, Philadelphia and Western Washington is the king of the hill," added Gartin.

"They have won the national championship so many times it has finally become disgusting, we will live vicariously through somebody else if that's the only way they get beat," added Gartin.

The Sharks will begin the defense of their conference and national championships in the Spring Break race held at Winter Park on Mar, 13.

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