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26 | August 18, 2016 | The glencoe anchor sports<br />
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Athlete of the Week<br />
10 Questions<br />
with Katie Lowenbaum<br />
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The rising New Trier<br />
senior comes from an experienced<br />
sailing family.<br />
Do you have any<br />
superstitions before a<br />
regatta?<br />
I have two life jackets<br />
that I have to wear. If I do<br />
bad in one life jacket, then<br />
I switch to the other one.<br />
Sometimes I’ll do better<br />
with one at one regatta and<br />
then wear it at the next<br />
one, thinking it’s special<br />
and then if I don’t do well<br />
I go back to my other one.<br />
What’s something<br />
people don’t know<br />
about you?<br />
To tell you the truth, it’s<br />
probably that I sail. My<br />
good friends know I sail<br />
but other than them, probably<br />
most people don’t. At<br />
New Trier, sailing isn’t that<br />
prominent so it’s not like<br />
a lot of people come out<br />
and watch us compete and<br />
it’s a club sport so it’s not<br />
considered a top sport.<br />
What song or artist are<br />
you ashamed of liking?<br />
I used to be ashamed<br />
of liking Drake because<br />
everyone made fun of him,<br />
but now I have no shame<br />
at all. I listen to pretty<br />
mainstream music so I<br />
can’t really say anything is<br />
worthy of being ashamed<br />
about.<br />
What is your favorite<br />
team?<br />
It’s probably the Blackhawks<br />
but I don’t really<br />
watch a lot of sports on<br />
TV. It’s always nice to<br />
see the local teams win<br />
though.<br />
Why did you choose<br />
sailing?<br />
I’ve grown up around<br />
boats all my life. I have a<br />
waterskiing boat and my<br />
mom’s whole side of the<br />
family has always been<br />
sailing. When it came<br />
down to freshman year, I<br />
was playing lacrosse but it<br />
wasn’t really for me. My<br />
mom and dad suggested<br />
I try out for sailing and<br />
I’m so happy that I did.<br />
It was this whole world I<br />
didn’t know existed and<br />
ever since I started racing<br />
competitively I fell in love<br />
with it.<br />
What do you like best<br />
about sailing?<br />
I like how you utilize<br />
both strategy and physical<br />
tools. That’s something<br />
most people would be<br />
shocked to find out, that<br />
there’s a physical aspect to<br />
it. It’s probably one of the<br />
harder sports because you<br />
have to do both the physical<br />
and strategical tools.<br />
You have to know what<br />
you’re going up against<br />
and plan everything out.<br />
If you could play<br />
another sport, what<br />
would it be?<br />
I’d probably say lacrosse.<br />
I played it growing up and<br />
did it my freshman year.<br />
They’re really good too so<br />
that’d be a lot of fun.<br />
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What’s the best part<br />
about being a New<br />
Trier athlete?<br />
It’s got to be the prestige.<br />
New Trier is so good<br />
at so many things and<br />
everyone knows about<br />
the school. Sailing isn’t<br />
a “normal” sport at New<br />
Trier because it’s a club<br />
sport but it’s still cool to<br />
have that New Trier name<br />
associated with your sport.<br />
Is sailing something<br />
you want to continue<br />
after New Trier?<br />
I don’t think I’m going<br />
to continue in college but<br />
sailing is something that<br />
you can continue for the<br />
rest of your life. You can<br />
do it as you get older and<br />
I’m going to do it for the<br />
rest of my life.<br />
What’s the hardest<br />
part about sailing?<br />
One is that people<br />
don’t realize it’s hard. It’s<br />
frustrating when you tell<br />
your friends how hard it<br />
was and they make fun<br />
of you and laugh at you<br />
because they don’t realize<br />
it’s a sport. Also, that<br />
it’s an individual sport.<br />
Most teams you’re getting<br />
coached from the sidelines<br />
and getting subbed in and<br />
out but when you’re in<br />
the water, it’s just the two<br />
of you for the entire race.<br />
You’re forced to make decisions<br />
for the two of you.<br />
Everything riding on you<br />
and you don’t get help or<br />
timeouts during the race.<br />
Interview by Sports Editor<br />
Michael Wojtychiw
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