Romi Hardin '21 Recruiting Profile

 Throughout my athletic career, I’ve participated in various sports and competed competitively in dance, however, I was introduced to rowing in the beginning of my junior year and I knew I was meant to be a part of this sport. I was aware of my decision and was soon enough engulfed by a new competitive atmosphere, a new form of pain, and a familiarity of numerous hours of practice. When I first walked into the boathouse, I saw the varsity and junior varsity rowers and, by competitive nature, was eager to get to their level. As if the coaches were able to see this desire, I had the opportunity to train with the varsity rowers within my first three weeks of rowing and have been training with junior varsity and sometimes varsity from then on. My eagerness has influenced me greatly throughout my short period of rowing and I constantly push myself to work hard every practice. I am very persistent and passionate and know there’s always room for growth, especially since I am still pretty new to the sport and believe that rowing at a collegiate level will give me an experience like no other. Currently, I am focused on improving my erg times and will only be satisfied once I have reached my goal. Once I have achieved that goal, I will set new goals for myself as I continue to grow and improve as an athlete.  

 Throughout my high school career, I have been a part of the rigorous International Baccalaureate program, requiring me to take both AP and IB classes. Coming from advanced courses in middle school and dancing almost 6 hours a day, I learned the importance of time management and personally, I enjoyed it because it allowed me to do what I loved while maintaining good grades. During the early years of middle school, I began to love medicine. I was introduced to many of my friend’s parents and have had the opportunity to observe multiple surgeries, which has given me insight into the operating room and deepened my interest in studying medicine, physiology, and biology. In addition to school, rowing, and visiting the O.R, I also volunteer weekly and am part of multiple clubs in my school. At school I am on the board for the National German Honor Society and am the vice president of the Jewish Student Union, which also requires my participation and dedication. I volunteer every Sunday at the Jewish Community Center in this program called Tzofim. In my freshman year I helped to open a new chapter called Shevet Barak, adding on to the 25 chapters in America and 180 in Israel. It took two long years to get our chapter ready, but now we have participants from grades 4-11. I am the counselor of multiple 7^th graders, and I am grateful to have this position which also requires a lot of my time and dedication. Although this may all seem overwhelming, I am thrilled to be in the position I am in and love to test my limits. I am eager to see the opportunities and challenges I will face, both in academics and rowing during my college years.