Last Updated: January 24, 2018 by ritnppa

Picture of the Week: Jan. 23, 2018

Congratulations to the winners of this week’s Picture of the Week! Boris Shirman won 1st place, Ashley Crichton won 2nd place, Traci Westcott won 3rd place and Evan Maloney and Eakin Howard both won Honorable Mention! Congratulations to all!

First Place: Boris Shirman

Michael Joseph Bentley, 6, lays down on his horse during a therapeutic riding lesson at the EquiCenter in Rush, N.Y. on Dec. 6, 2017.

Second Place: Ashley Crichton

A surfer takes a wave in at Steamers Lane in Santa Cruz, California on Dec. 26, 2017. Steamers Lane is a world-renowned surf break along the California coast.

Third Place: Traci Wescott

Kailee Kwiecien, 6 screams in discomfort as her nurse accesses her catheter port to administer chemotherapy. “It depends on who’s accessing her if it’s a nurse she’s familiar with, she’s fine. If it’s someone new, she freaks out. You can tell in her body language how itÕs going to go before it even happens,” Catherine says.

Honorable Mention: Evan Maloney

Boris Shapiro leads Moran Mizrahi in a fast-paced swing dance during the weekly Groove Juice Swing Lindy Hop at the Historic German House in Rochester, N.Y. on Dec. 6, 2017. Boris tries to attend the weekly dance night every week, where experienced dancers and new learners of all ages are welcome. He started dancing as a young boy in Russia and said he once won a twenty-four-hour dance competition while in college there. Moran only started dancing when she came to Rochester from Israel last year to complete her postdoctoral research in Psychology. “With some people, you never know what they will dance like by looking at them. I thought I was going to faint dancing with Boris, we were going so fast,” she said.

Honorable Mention: Eakin Howard

RIT’s Matt Anderson (44) barely stays inbounds as he wrestles St. John Fisher College’s Tyler Farrell (5) for the ball. RIT Men’s Basketball lost to St. John Fisher College 81-67 on Dec. 9, 2017 in Clark Gymnasium in Henrietta, N.Y.

Category: Photo of the Week