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Joel Furtek and Canisius College Rowing

Joel Furtek and Canisius College Rowing

Nate Rooks
November 21, 2015

Canisius College, located in Buffalo, NY, is a unique college. Buffalo was once a booming city due to industrialization and its location on the Erie Canal. However, Buffalo’s population declined in the 1970s as heavy industry shut...

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Willem Jan De Widt and The Dutch Jr. M8+

Willem Jan De Widt and The Dutch Jr. M8+

Ryan Sparks
November 5, 2015

This is an interview with Willem Jan De Widt, the coach for the Dutch Jr. M8+ that won the recent junior world champs in Rio. Please find the timecode mark-up for the interview below, however clicking on them will open a new window in...

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Sculpting Your College List

Sculpting Your College List

Nate Rooks
October 20, 2015

One of our junior Sparks clients recently came back from a week filled with three unofficial visits and was having a hard time figuring out how to proceed with all of the new information he’d learned. First of all,...

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So You Want To Be A Rowing Coach?

So You Want To Be A Rowing Coach?

Patrick Rufo
October 16, 2015

What goes into being a rowing coach? During your rowing career you accumulated a lot of knowledge and observed how some of the top coaches plied their trade. After a few “ah ha” moments and collecting medals, you decided that...

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