Every year, the Hammer Award goes to the teammate who’s smashed through all the challenges – whether it’s mastering new positions in the sculling team or making the most improvement throughout the year.
The coaches all agree on who deserves the award, and the winners are announced at the end of the year.
I was awarded the 2024 Boys Varsity Team Hammer. It may look like a plain old hammer, and it is, but to us it’s a symbol of hard work and dedication. It’s those early morning practices at 6 am, those late-night sessions that don’t end until 6:30 pm. It’s all the calluses and blisters on my hands. It’s for cutting my 2K time down by 35 seconds to 7:10.
Berk @Nisky 