Photo of the week

-- Steve McCrank

THOUGHTS FROM THE SCENE: It was 7 a.m. and I was pounding cups of

coffee, hoping the caffeine could alleviate my head cold and clear the

Nyquil-induced haze my brain was stuck in. I was not feeling good at all

and this was not helped by the fact that I was about to shoot crew. Crew

is difficult to shoot because it is hard to get a good vantage point, as

the race is far from shore. I was able to hop onto a boat to get closer,

but, after two hours of shooting I feared all of my photos were going to

look the same. Not a problem if they only needed one photo; but I knew

the sports editor would want to fill a whole page.Orange Coast College

had racked-up a number of victories in the morning’s races, so I hung

around on the pier, hoping there would be a celebration. But it was

pretty low-key as the teams were washing and drying their boats. I was

about to leave when I heard cheering from the boat house. The men’s

varsity team had coxswain Sam Yost on their shoulders and were parading

him back to the pier. With a heave and a ho, Yost went into the drink and

I finally had a photo I was happy with.