get motivated by the cox but in pairs there's just the two of you. I think it's more challenging. If you're having a good day, it shows. If you're having a bad day, it shows too. In eights, you can hide a bit if things aren't going well." Ketcheson is the first of her family to take up rowing, although _her father has since joined the QRCs recreational program. She says the atmosphere and support | at the club were crucial in her I development. "The QRC isn't a big club and I think that has a lot to do with it," she says. "Athletes get a lot of indi- vidual attention. At a lot of big clubs you can get lost. Some are like rowing factories. At the QRC it's like a family. You know every- one. You're all out there together in a community of rowing." Ketcheson is the daughter of Charlie and Carolyn Ketcheson of Belleville. She has a sister, Jessie, 22, and a brother, Aaron, 20. The 2000 winner of the Robin- son-Kelleher Memorial Award for Belleville Athlete of the Year was hockey goaltender Andrew Ray- croft. He is currently playing in the Boston Bruins farm system. Ketcheson's parents will accept the award on her behalf at a spe- cial ceremony prior to an upcom- ing Belleville Bulls home game at Yardmen Arena. r Leah Ketcheson, shown above during a training session on the Bay o PHOTO COURTESY OF QUINTE ROWING ClUB f Quinte, is the 2001 winner of the Robinson-Kelleher Memorial Award as Belleville's Athlete of the Year. Leah Ketcheson named Belleville's Athlete of the Year rts U 2