May 2024
Every year, our coaches would gather the team and deliver a speech emphasizing that state championships are just as crucial as prom. They would then urge the team to wrap up the festivities early and head home.
Why? Because our school prom day has always been on the same weekend as the state championships.
This year it was my turn to listen to the same advice both from my parents and coaches. Luckily I am going to prom with one of my teammates. We both will be racing on Saturday before prom and will also have races on Sunday early morning so neither of us would be leaving the other behind in order to get enough sleep.
On Saturday I woke up at 6am, spent a full day at the regatta, and came home to quickly dress up for prom. At night I got back about 11pm, to wake up again at 6am for another day of racing.
Berk @Nisky 