After dealing with knee injuries all throughout high school, I decided to try out rowing after my friends who rowed mentioned it was low impact on your knees. I joined the team as a Novice last fall, and I'm glad I listened to my friends, because rowing with UNC has been a formative experience in college. Last year was a year of firsts, getting to experience the grind of 5k season in Chattanooga and Charlottesville, and the exhilaration of 2k season in D.C. and Oak Ridge. This year, I'm looking forward to traveling to Boston and Vero Beach and hoping to get some medals come spring. Because we are a club team, the university does not provide us with all the funding necessary for full operations. For our Ergathon we will be rowing a rowing machine for 24 hrs straight (in 30 minute shifts) from midnight on October 14th to midnight of the 15th, and would love your support! Rowing is a very fun and demanding team sport but equipment and travel for regattas and training is not cheap. We are soliciting donations to help us maintain our boats and enable us to fund training trips and regattas for the entire year. Your help means a lot to us. Thank you!