Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Featured Alumni Rower | Alex Voigt











Nickname: Mostly just Voigt, though Nick Erickson once called me "Stallion" after an erg workout. That was pretty cool.
Year: 2004-2008
Hometown: Sartell, MN
Major: Mass Communication with a Print Journalism emphasis
Years on the team: 2004-2008, men's captain sophomore and junior years.




Favorite Erg Piece:
--Pyramids where we'd do 500m, 1,000m, 1,5000m, 2,000m, 1,500m, 1,000m and 500m. That always beat me up pretty well. I also remember Erg Baseball being "fun."

Favorite Cox'n Calls:
--Anytime Tattoo (Jason Briant) yelled "Drive!" during a race.

Favorite Rowing Memory:
--Hard to narrow it down to just one, but a few come to mind....
**Mixed open 4 at 2006 Quad Cities with Alissa, Maggie, Simpson and myself rowing and Kimmay coxing. Amazing row from everyone involved and I recall we took first by like 30 seconds or so. Plus any race that involves throwing Kim in the water afterward is a good race indeed.
**Setting a 2K PR and finishing second at the 2006 Twin Cities Indoor Rowing Championship two days after spraining my ankle.
**Flipping a racing single at spring break freshman year and getting the fire department called on me.
**Any crew social gathering that involved the words "hot seat" or "OLSCM."
**Any practice that didn't involve virtual rowing

What would be in the greatest ice cream sundae? (What would it consist of?):
--Bacon. The rest of the ingredients are less important.

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