Naperville North alumnus Adam Barhamand reached the peak of collegiate rowing this summer when his Wisconsin Badgers went undefeated and captured the national championship on June 7.
Thanks to a great photo from the championship celebration, Barhamand landed on the cover of Rowing News after he splashed down in the Cooper River in Camden, N.J.
"It's pretty awesome because that magazine, they cover international rowing," Barhamand said. "It's a U.S. magazine, but they don't really devote a ton of time in there to collegiate rowing. ... If you open that magazine, there is maybe, maybe a page about us at IRA, the national championships. So I think it was just the fact that the picture is pretty cool."
Throwing the coxswain into the water after a big win is a rowing tradition. Thanks to an undefeated season that included winning the Eastern Sprints overall team title for the first time since 1946, Barhamand's crew had some practice before nationals. So when the Badgers got to Jersey, they had this toss Adam into the river thing down pat.
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