Located about 5 miles from the Schuylkill River and the soon to be completely renovated East Park Canoe House, Temple University is in the heart of Philadelphia, PA. With over 125 majors offered, Temple students come from all over the...

This article was co-authored by Nate Rooks and Mike Hughes. As a rower, it’s easy to blame a single event--a bad seat race or bad erg text--for what boat you end up in. For coaches who make the lineups, it’s a complicated and...

Lee just turned 16 and is ready for her first car. She finished Driver’s Ed, nailed her DMV tests, and has a bank account padded by summers of lifeguarding and landscaping. Lee knows the name Mercedes is well-established and

Head Coach Andrew Carter is in his third season at the helm of the University of Iowa Women’s Rowing Program. He’s seen a great deal of progress since his arrival and is particularly proud of the advance of the past six months....

by Nate Rooks A typical high school team might row 10k to 15k on a good day, even 20k on a long day. As I covered in our article about finding the balance between being a student and athlete, college rowing brings more...

by Patrick Rufo My wife and I have been a fan of the reality show Survivor for a long time. As reality show junkies, we enjoy watching the drama unfold each week. During the recent finale, the contestants were going through another...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

by Nate Rooks As a former rower, coach, and recruiter at Stanford University, one of the top recruit questions I received was, “how do rowers balance school and rowing… and maybe have a life too?” From my time...

Lowell, Massachusetts is located 40 minutes northwest of Boston in what is considered the birthplace of the industrial revolution. UMass Lowell is a leader in the 5 campus University of Massachusetts system. At 156th, UMass Lowell is the second...