A great piece in the SF Chronicle about a kid I used to work with. He's the second one I know who went into rowing. I'm so glad Brandon's doing well. He had a tough road in dance.
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Cal rower's roots are in ballet
Michelle Smith, Chronicle Staff Writer
Friday, May 16, 2008
Cal men's crew coach Steve Gladstone has witnessed athletes of nearly every ilk make the transition to rowing over the years - cross-country skiers, swimmers, wrestlers, tight ends from the football team.
But Brandon Shald was a first.
"Never encountered a dancer before," Gladstone said.
Shald's path to his current place in the Bears' varsity-eight boat - preparing for this weekend's Pac-10 Championships at Lake Natoma in Sacramento - is not a tale of years of hard work and dedication to his sport. Instead, it was years of hard work and dedication to something else, followed by a willingness to say "Sure, why not?"
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