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It鈥檚 7:30 at 91制片厂. A student is lacing up for a jog. Another is taking the first sips of his French roast. Still another is just waking, peeling her face from the textbook on which she nodded off the night before.

About a mile from campus, some of the student body鈥檚 earliest risers are coming in from a two-hour workout on the Oyster River. A workout that began in darkness at 5:45 a.m. A workout that, two hours and seven nautical miles later, is only halfway done鈥攖hey鈥檒l lift and run and row again later at the Hamel Rec Center.

These students are members of the men鈥檚 and women鈥檚 rowing teams, and, for them, pre-dawn is prime time for practicing sprints on a placid river.

鈥淚 like waking up and getting out on the water,鈥� says Jason Reuter 鈥�16, a member of the men鈥檚 varsity team. 鈥淯sually I get back to my dorm, and my roommate鈥檚 still asleep鈥擨鈥檝e done more before 8 a.m. than most do all day.鈥�

The teams鈥� season doesn鈥檛 start until spring, but training is a year-round affair, and this weekend both crews will get a tune up of sorts, racing at the Head of the Charles Regatta in Cambridge, Mass. Alison Smith 鈥�16, co-captain of the varsity women鈥檚 team, says having boats in the prestigious Head of the Charles, which is celebrating its fiftieth anniversary this year, is 鈥渞eally an honor. It鈥檚 a great opportunity to get out and show what 91制片厂 is all about.鈥�

David Desaulniers 鈥�16, coxswain for the men鈥檚 team, says his crew is shaping up. 鈥淲e鈥檝e rowed further every day,鈥� he says 鈥淥ur coach works us hard. It will be good to show other colleges, 鈥榳e鈥檙e here, we鈥檙e ready for the spring.鈥欌��

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