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Jim Purvis set a personal best with a 6:14.7 and broke the RIT men’s 2k record.” Coach Bodenstedt added, “ I am confident that Jim will be our first guy under 6:00 minutes during his career. He’s already shooting for a 6:05 by the end of this season.” Other PR’s were set and oarsmen ,Jim Purvis is raising the bar and leading the way.

Coach Jim Bodenstedt commented after the race, “Compared to last year when we raced Mercyhurst, I really felt we were race ready and primed to win. All week we prepared ourselves mentally. The guys even put up photos in the boathouse of last year’s race as a reminder of how badly Mercyhurst trounced them last April. We won this weekend because our goal this year has been to practice harder than hard. Everyone works hard at this level. We have made a commitment to ourselves and to the program that we will come to practice with the will to practice to win. Racing tells us how well we’re doing. So far, so good, but it’s always one race at a time.”