Caitlin Sweeny leans in Saturday to talk to teammate Grace Tetrealt before their race at RiverFest 2022 in Lewiston. Many of the junior racers had written playful phrases on their bodies to psych each other up.

Graham Bayburr sits in the stern of his rolling shell Saturday as he gets ready to row with his brother, Stuart, behind him, at RiverFest 2022 on the docks at Simard-Payne Memorial Park in Lewiston.

Grace Tetrealt, left, and Caitlin Sweeny make the sharp turn Saturday at the bottom of the RiverFest 2022 course on the Androscoggin River. The course is particularly narrow for a rowing regatta, making the turn at the end exciting and unique in the rowing community.

Caitlin Sweeny waits for the call to bring her rowing shell down to the docks to put into the river Saturday during RiverFest 2022. Other competitors, weary from battling the current in the Androscoggin River, make their way back up the hill to Simard-Payne Memorial Park in Lewiston.