When I found rowing this year, I knew it was different. For much of my life, I had bounced from sport to sport, never doing great at anything, I tried soccer, basketball, tennis and cross-country, and was never skilled enough to really go anywhere with it. However, this was not my experience with rowing. After my first practice in September, I immediately fell in love with the sport, and knew that this could be my sport as opposed to just a sport. I do the most I can to translate this into success both on the lake and in practice.