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The Daily OrangeMROW | O'Shaughnessy uses experience with Canadian team to help SU
By Matt Levin
Posted: 5/10/06, 7:45 PM EST Section: Sports
The overall experience was something O'Shaughnessy will never forget, but the end result, O'Shaughnessy said, made him feel angrier than he ever felt before in his life. Yet, he contends this anger is what motivates him to make the Canadian National Team next year. Moreover, the experience in Japan helped prepare him mentally and physically for the SU rowing season.
"Dan brings credibility in a sense of, 'Hey, we can do this thing,'" SU men's rowing head coach Dave Reischman said. "Dan sat down and talked to me after he got back from the world championships and said, 'Hey, it's my senior year and I want to accomplish something this year.' He's always keeping the guys on track."
O'Shaughnessy certainly has been a leader this year as one of four seniors on the men's rowing team. The SU men's varsity eight is off to a 4-0 start, and Saturday will be their final race before Eastern Sprints, the rowing equivalent to the conference championships. The team hopes this weekend it can complete its undefeated season and carry its momentum into Eastern Sprints.
Naturally, rowing with Canada's best constantly occupies the back of his mind. He plans to be back in Canada trying out for the national team again as soon as the SU rowing season ends.
This year his family has added a little more pressure on O'Shaughnessy. It has already bought tickets to England, the site of this year's rowing world championships. Although the family plans to vacation there whether O'Shaughnessy is rowing for Canada or not, they hope the premature travel plans will create another incentive for O'Shaughnessy to succeed in making the team.
"We're already going to England this summer," O'Shaughnessy's brother, Ben O'Shaughnessy, said. "I don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing for Dan, but he's really competitive so this should just make him more determined."
"Dan brings credibility in a sense of, 'Hey, we can do this thing,'" SU men's rowing head coach Dave Reischman said. "Dan sat down and talked to me after he got back from the world championships and said, 'Hey, it's my senior year and I want to accomplish something this year.' He's always keeping the guys on track."
O'Shaughnessy certainly has been a leader this year as one of four seniors on the men's rowing team. The SU men's varsity eight is off to a 4-0 start, and Saturday will be their final race before Eastern Sprints, the rowing equivalent to the conference championships. The team hopes this weekend it can complete its undefeated season and carry its momentum into Eastern Sprints.
Naturally, rowing with Canada's best constantly occupies the back of his mind. He plans to be back in Canada trying out for the national team again as soon as the SU rowing season ends.
This year his family has added a little more pressure on O'Shaughnessy. It has already bought tickets to England, the site of this year's rowing world championships. Although the family plans to vacation there whether O'Shaughnessy is rowing for Canada or not, they hope the premature travel plans will create another incentive for O'Shaughnessy to succeed in making the team.
"We're already going to England this summer," O'Shaughnessy's brother, Ben O'Shaughnessy, said. "I don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing for Dan, but he's really competitive so this should just make him more determined."
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