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Preparing & Steering: Head of the Charles
Fall racing is my favorite time of year. Instead of getting just five and a half minutes of racing, we get to race much longer distances. This allows us coxswains to use more calls where we really get to work strategy in a much more significant...
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Commit Now or Don't Come
It’s been an interesting recruiting season for us at Sparks. We work with kids to help them identify what they connect with in the sport and establish how they would like to grow so they might determine a good selection in terms of...
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Patrick Sweeney & KSU Women's Rowing
Last season Kansas State was about a boat length away from their first NCAA berth, finishing 3 seconds behind Oklahoma at the Conference USA Championships in the V8+. Their 3th place showing left them just shy of qualifying. The Wildcats also took...
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Mike Irwin & Saint Joseph's Men's Rowing
PHILIDELPHIA - Throughout the SJU campus you’ll see banners that say “Magis.” Magis is the Jesuit educational model to “live greater,” and it means to act not just for yourself but for others. The team studies and rows...
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