Looking back on the 2012 Olympic experience, I initially think of the past four years. In the fall of 2008, I began training with a small group of guys in Princeton, New Jersey attempting to make the US National Team. A few rowed in Beijing and a...

"[At Stanford]", Women's Head Coach Yaz Farooq explains, "the standard of excellence in both academics and athletics attracts the best of the best. One in seven students at Stanford is a varsity student athlete. It's a high...

As coxswains, we are constantly being evaluated by coaches, rowers, and other coxswains. The frustration is that the rubric by which we are being evaluated is inconsistent, even down to each individual rower in our boat. If...

What kind of school offers a lightweight rower the opportunity to compete for a collegiate National Championship? The most common answer would be a school in the EARC Sprints League, however there are opportunities outside the EARC, and more...

This summer, I decided to think outside the box. What if we could coach only coxswains directly on the water for a week or so? I'm not talking about minimally involving the rowers; I'm talking about not coaching...

A member of the West Coast Conference, Loyola Marymount Women's Rowing team has been overlooked when it comes to the powerhouse programs in Los Angeles. Historically, USC and UCLA are the most successful squads, however, conference expansion and...

Oklahoma City University Men's and Women's Rowing are revolutionizing the collegiate rowing tradition in the United States. Established as a Varsity program in 2004, OCU Rowing has developed into the only US collegiate program that offers...

With the approval of two separate $6,000,000 facilities for its women's rowing program, the University of Oklahoma demonstrates it is serious about its women's rowing program. The $12M will go to an on campus facility with rowing tanks,...

Frank Biller, Head Coach of Men's Rowing at the University of Virginia, describes the Thomas Temple Allan Boathouse as a "super-club" on the banks of the Rivanna Reservoir. "The men's program is a club, and the women's...

Rowing on the waters of the Susquehanna River, Bucknell University Men's Crew has quietly built themselves into a top 25 rowing program in the United States. A member of the Patriot League, Bucknell's speed has increased significantly in the...

Williamstown, MA – Having placed two eights in the Division III NCAA Grand Final over the last five years, the Williams College Women's program is no stranger to success. Some of the responsibility for that success could be placed on the...

Zach Johnson heads up the University of California at San Diego's Men's Rowing team, one of the nation's few Division II men's rowing teams. "Division II rowing really functions the same as Division I; we abide by all the same...