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Bruno Catch Up: Camila Meyer-Bosse, Women’s Crew
5/14/2021 9:52:00 AM | Women's Crew
Brown University athletics will be recognizing its spring senior student-athletes throughout the months of March, April, May, and June. Senior student-athletes will be featured during the week on Brownbears.com and various social media platforms.
Name: Camila Meyer-Bosse
Hometown: Westport, Conn.
Sport: Women's Crew
Concentration: Education Studies
Accolades: Earned a bronze medal with the third varsity eight at the Ivy League Championship in 2018 … Gained a silver medal with the third varsity eight at the Ivy League Championship in 2019.
Accomplishment you are most proud of:
The accomplishment that I am most proud of in my time as a Brown student-athlete would have to be getting back into the boathouse this semester with my team. Being able to go into the boathouse that had once been so taken for granted may seem like a random and insignificant experience, yet after spending almost a year having to train on our own, being able to walk back into the boathouse, sit down on the erg, and start doing pieces again with my teammates and coaches watching behind us was honestly a pretty surreal experience. I really think that my teammates and I were able to jump back into such intense practices again because of how hard we all worked during our time outside of the boathouse to stay in shape and keep up the hard work on our own. It took all of us to maintain our intense spirits during this hard time and I think it really confirmed that we are such a united, intense, and gritty team. I am so grateful to be a part of a team as resilient as Brown Women's Crew.
Favorite experience as a Brown student-athlete:
To be honest, picking one experience as my favorite seems pretty impossible when it comes to my time as a Brown Women's Crew team member. There are so many small and big moments I could talk about that have made the last four years the best ones of my life, yet one small recurring moment that always stands out to me is the weight circuit that my team normally does at the end of our Saturday practice. Our team works hard throughout the week and are put to the test every day at practice. Yet, when Saturday comes around, it is significant because we all know that our Saturday morning practice is the last one of the week. We launch and row on the water and end practice with a 30 minute weight circuit. Though we're all extremely mentally and physically exhausted, we are reminded to "empty our tank" in the last 30 minutes of our work week. There's no feeling that really compares to cheering one another on while simultaneously putting out the last bits of energy we have to end the week strong. The circuit room at the boathouse is filled with sweat and exhaustion, yet the palpable energy radiating off of all of us as we enter the last minutes of the week push us all to work the hardest we possibly can, and bring us closer together as a team.
The best part of being on your team is:
I could go through a long list of all of the best parts of being a BWC team member, but I would have to say it's the people that make BWC what we prove to be every day. Every member of our team is 100% dedicated to the sport and to each other and I honestly would trust any member of the team with anything. There's an unspoken personality trait that goes into being a part of BWC. We are all so different; we study different things, have different senses of humor, have different strengths and weaknesses, yet when it comes to our team, we are all always prepared to give the most we can in order to make our team better. When deciding where I wanted to row in college, I looked at a lot of schools, but during my official at Brown, it became pretty evident that Brown was where I wanted to be. Every woman that goes through our team contributes something different, and for four years, they put the team before themselves. We are supportive of one another, we work hard together, and we all work hard to give the most we can to our team. Rowing is certainly a sport where you must work together with others, and there's nothing quite like the feeling of finishing an erg with the person next to you or crossing the finish line first with a boat that you've trained with for hours on end. There's simply no team like ours, and I could never have enough great things to say about having a family in Brown Women's Crew.
Most memorable contest:
My most memorable race was my sophomore year race against Yale. Yale is a team that we have always had a competitive relationship with, and one where you never know who will take the win in a race. My freshman year, my boat had lost to Yale in our first dual against them, so taking the line against them again my sophomore year was a really scary experience. I remember sitting at the start line, trying to patiently await the start, but feeling like I was going to throw up. For me, there's no feeling as scary as sitting at the start line for a race, and this race was no different, if not more scary. But the amazing thing about racing is that when the flag goes down and the race starts, all the nerves vanish and the strength and aggression within you completely takes over. A few hundred meters into the race, we started to pull away from Yale and were able to completely walk away from them. As I saw myself moving past each person in their boat, seat by seat, I remembered every erg, every practice, every push up that my teammates and I did in order to get to where we were in that race. All of the hard work that we put in together was clear as we walked through their boat. I could see my coaches following our race in a launch behind us, and as they watched us cross the finish line first, I felt so proud that they could see all of our hard work pay off. I looked towards my coxswain and behind me to the rest of the boat, none of us could really talk as we were all heaving for breath, yet messy high fives and taps on one another's backs signified the work we put in together to get to where we were right in that exact moment.
Name: Camila Meyer-Bosse
Hometown: Westport, Conn.
Sport: Women's Crew
Concentration: Education Studies
Accolades: Earned a bronze medal with the third varsity eight at the Ivy League Championship in 2018 … Gained a silver medal with the third varsity eight at the Ivy League Championship in 2019.
Accomplishment you are most proud of:
The accomplishment that I am most proud of in my time as a Brown student-athlete would have to be getting back into the boathouse this semester with my team. Being able to go into the boathouse that had once been so taken for granted may seem like a random and insignificant experience, yet after spending almost a year having to train on our own, being able to walk back into the boathouse, sit down on the erg, and start doing pieces again with my teammates and coaches watching behind us was honestly a pretty surreal experience. I really think that my teammates and I were able to jump back into such intense practices again because of how hard we all worked during our time outside of the boathouse to stay in shape and keep up the hard work on our own. It took all of us to maintain our intense spirits during this hard time and I think it really confirmed that we are such a united, intense, and gritty team. I am so grateful to be a part of a team as resilient as Brown Women's Crew.
Favorite experience as a Brown student-athlete:
To be honest, picking one experience as my favorite seems pretty impossible when it comes to my time as a Brown Women's Crew team member. There are so many small and big moments I could talk about that have made the last four years the best ones of my life, yet one small recurring moment that always stands out to me is the weight circuit that my team normally does at the end of our Saturday practice. Our team works hard throughout the week and are put to the test every day at practice. Yet, when Saturday comes around, it is significant because we all know that our Saturday morning practice is the last one of the week. We launch and row on the water and end practice with a 30 minute weight circuit. Though we're all extremely mentally and physically exhausted, we are reminded to "empty our tank" in the last 30 minutes of our work week. There's no feeling that really compares to cheering one another on while simultaneously putting out the last bits of energy we have to end the week strong. The circuit room at the boathouse is filled with sweat and exhaustion, yet the palpable energy radiating off of all of us as we enter the last minutes of the week push us all to work the hardest we possibly can, and bring us closer together as a team.
The best part of being on your team is:
I could go through a long list of all of the best parts of being a BWC team member, but I would have to say it's the people that make BWC what we prove to be every day. Every member of our team is 100% dedicated to the sport and to each other and I honestly would trust any member of the team with anything. There's an unspoken personality trait that goes into being a part of BWC. We are all so different; we study different things, have different senses of humor, have different strengths and weaknesses, yet when it comes to our team, we are all always prepared to give the most we can in order to make our team better. When deciding where I wanted to row in college, I looked at a lot of schools, but during my official at Brown, it became pretty evident that Brown was where I wanted to be. Every woman that goes through our team contributes something different, and for four years, they put the team before themselves. We are supportive of one another, we work hard together, and we all work hard to give the most we can to our team. Rowing is certainly a sport where you must work together with others, and there's nothing quite like the feeling of finishing an erg with the person next to you or crossing the finish line first with a boat that you've trained with for hours on end. There's simply no team like ours, and I could never have enough great things to say about having a family in Brown Women's Crew.
Most memorable contest:
My most memorable race was my sophomore year race against Yale. Yale is a team that we have always had a competitive relationship with, and one where you never know who will take the win in a race. My freshman year, my boat had lost to Yale in our first dual against them, so taking the line against them again my sophomore year was a really scary experience. I remember sitting at the start line, trying to patiently await the start, but feeling like I was going to throw up. For me, there's no feeling as scary as sitting at the start line for a race, and this race was no different, if not more scary. But the amazing thing about racing is that when the flag goes down and the race starts, all the nerves vanish and the strength and aggression within you completely takes over. A few hundred meters into the race, we started to pull away from Yale and were able to completely walk away from them. As I saw myself moving past each person in their boat, seat by seat, I remembered every erg, every practice, every push up that my teammates and I did in order to get to where we were in that race. All of the hard work that we put in together was clear as we walked through their boat. I could see my coaches following our race in a launch behind us, and as they watched us cross the finish line first, I felt so proud that they could see all of our hard work pay off. I looked towards my coxswain and behind me to the rest of the boat, none of us could really talk as we were all heaving for breath, yet messy high fives and taps on one another's backs signified the work we put in together to get to where we were right in that exact moment.
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