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Commentary
- Sunrise, Sunset: Solstice 101 for Rowers
Solstice occurs today at 11:22 Universal Time - but that doesn't mean that the sun rises earlier tomorrow - From Philly to Nashville
In which John tours Nashville, and takes a row on Johnny Cash's lake - The Sport of Rowing: Ch. 112-115: The Rosenberg Style
Peter Mallory brings us the next four chapters from The Sport of Rowing: Chapter 112: The Rosenberg Style; Chapter 113: The Flip Side of Modern Orthodoxy; Chapter 114: Decline; Chapter 115: The Continuing Impact of
Modern Orthodox Technique - The Sport of Rowing: Ch. 109-111: Rosenberg's Crews 1964-1974
Peter Mallory brings us the next three chapters from The Sport of Rowing: Chapter 109: Rosenberg’s 1964 Crew; Chapter 110: Hough and Johnson; and Chapter 111: Rosenberg’s 1974 Crew - '8+' Documentary: The 2 Seat
Part 2 of this documentary on How the Rowing 8 Works deals with the 2 seat and the small boat, the Pair Without Coxswain, and we follow the journey of the Australian Men's Pair to the top. Here the big regattas are seen ~ the World Rowing Championships ~ including Eton '06, Munich '07 and culminates at the Beijing Olympics and the Final of the Men's Pair with Australia's Duncan Free and Drew Ginn winning the Gold Medal. - Winter Rowing...A Cautionary Tale
One winter’s morn the cry went out,
“This morning we will row!” - I Bought Myself an Erg for Christmas
'Twas the night before Christmas and all through he house
Not a creature was stirring, except for a spouse - November Reader Polls
row2k is now accepting nominations for two upcoming reader polls. - Resolve
A poem by Carole Luke for Ted Nash - My Coxswain Tells Me
Words by Tom Boyd. Inspired in part by the music and cadence to Nettie Moore, by Bob Dylan - Umbrellas and Pink W's: Seattle's Opening Day Regatta
Rainy (surprise) weather and a conflict with the WIRA Regatta this weekend kept the size of the usual Opening Day throng down in the mere thousands, but the fans and crews that did make it out to the Montlake Cut for the annual regatta, party and boat parade put on a stellar show nonetheless. - Brown Cup Boat Race
The Gorge Waterway is becoming a favored course for UBC having won on it in each of the last 5 meetings with UVic between the Head of the Gorge and Brown Cup races. - Destination Spring Break: Oak Ridge
The pilgrimage to Melton Hill Lake in Oak Ridge, Tennessee made sense for crews across the country this year. As the northern-most of the southern-ish training locales, many teams rolled into town a few hours earlier than expected, followed the plentiful signs to the venue, and still had time for the Waffle House after unloading the trailer. - The Truth about Age Handicaps
According to Carlo Zezza's research, existing age handicaps favor older rowers - more than their decline in performance. - kid2k
Numbers: 20.5", 6lb 14 oz., 7.35 millimoles - San Diego: Facts and Future
Another SDCC hits the books - Rowers Ride Out Frances
Report from FIT, north of the eye, Saturday morning, 7am - Worlds Trials, Final Three
Rich Montgomery and Sarah Hirst take trials; Rich takes a swim in celebration - Worlds Trials, Final Two
Light singles headed for third final - Support the US Women's National Team
Support the US Women's Olympic rowers - First NSR Completed
Open singles eligible for trials, other crews advance to final selection - NSR Opens Olympic Rowing Season
- Blood, Sweat and Cheers
- Windermere Crew Classic Day One
Five Crews Still Undefeated - The Other Boat Race, 2004
- Windermere Collegiate Crew Classic Preview
- Best and Worst of 2003
The best and worst, most and least, in rowing in 2003. - Letter from A Rower in Iraq
- Open Ocean Update, 11/6/03
- Garnjost Earns Shiebler Award
- Rowing Readies for Isabel
- Windermere Cup Challenge USA and Canada match race quotes
- Dealing with the Devil?
In the annual fight between Dark and Light, of Surrey against Middlesex, Oxford against Cambridge, the battle behind the scenes, is the love-hate relationship that mainstream rowing holds with the boat race... - Test PDF feature
This is a test of the PDF file features tool.
row2k Interviews
- row2k Interview - Virginia's Jonathan Furlong
row2k wraps our series of spring collegiate preview features with an interview with Virginia senior oarsman Jonathan Furlong. Furlong is a fifth year senior who took off last year to make the USA U23 squad and is now back back in the boat for UVa for one last run. - row2k Interview - Stanford Lightweight Alex Cours
This week, row2k features Stanford senior lightweight rower Alex Cours. Cours has been a apart of six consecutive national championship crews and talks with row2k about common threads between each and what her plans for the future are. (Editor's note - Alex is also featured in one of row2k's most viewed videos) - row2k Interview - Northeastern's Amanda Brem
This week row2k features Northeastern senior Amanda Brem. Brem started rowing as a novice (on an ultimatum) and is now stroking the Huskies' Varsity 8. - row2k Interview - Cornell's Solveig Imsdahl
This week's row2k Interview is with Cornell senior rower Solveig Imsdahl. Imsdahl was raised and learned to row in Germany and has spent the past two summers sculling on the USA U-23 team. - row2k Interview - Dartmouth Lightweight Ryan Archer
This week row2k features Dartmouth senior lightweight rower Ryan Archer. Archer was diagnosed with cancer in high school and has since made a full recovery to help the Big Green. - row2k Interview - Philadelphia's Mary Costello
This week's row2k Interview is with junior rower Mary Costello. Costello found the sport after serving a four-year enlistment in the Air Force as a Medical Technician and now uses her training to help propel the Philadelphia University women's rowing team. - row2k Interview - Georgetown's Henry Hoffstot
row2k brings you a bonus interview this week, featuring Georgetown senior oarsman Henry Hoffstot. Hoffstot is in his third campaign as team captain and is looking forward to his best season as a Hoya this spring. - row2k Interview - Wisconsin's Gillian Lapadat
This week row2k chat's with Wisconsin senior lightweight Gillian Lapadat; a former gymnast turned Badger rower. Find out how she got her start in the sport and how rowing and gymnastics are similar and different. - row2k Interview - Louisville's Hannah Ritter
This week's row2k Interview is with Louisville junior Hannah Ritter; a ballerina in high school who chose to go to college and row instead of joining the circus. - row2k Interview: Eric Schmidt and the Land Rower
Rowing in desert? Eric Schmidt built the Land Rower for exhibition at the 2012 Burning Man. Check out this week's row2k Interview for details. - row2k Interview: Meredith Apfelbaum of the film Backwards
With the wide release of the movie 'Backwards' this weekend, row2k brings you another interview with one of the rowers from the film, Meredith Apfelbaum. Apfelbaum was an experienced rower who learned how to act for the film. - row2k Interview - Sarah Megan Thomas, from BACKWARDS
This week's row2k Interview is with Sarah Megan Thomas, Executive
Producer (and writer, and star) of the upcoming 'sports romance' film BACKWARDS, shot on location in Philadelphia. - row2k Interview - Saint Mary's Deanna Estes
This week's row2k Interview chats with St Mary's senior Deanna Estes, who went from competitive cheerleading to college rugby before finally finding her way to a novice practice as a sophomore; in a week, she was hooked on rowing. Now a captain, Deanna and the Gaels are gearing up for this week's San Diego Crew Classic. - row2k Interview - Iona's Kyle Daly
This week's row2k Interview checks in with Iona senior Kyle Daly, who has big goals for himself and the Gaels this spring, now that he has finally bested a knee problem that confounded 6 doctors and took a cadaver and a machine 'worse than an erg' to set straight, literally. - row2k Interview - Virginia's Martie Kuzzy
Virginia senior Martie Kuzzy has won gold at Junior Worlds, raced at U23s, and helped put the Hoos over the top at the NCAAs. She's come a long way from Nordic skiing--the sport that took her brother to the Olympics--and tells row2k that rowing and family have taught her how success is sweeter when shared. - row2k Interview - Dartmouth's Michael Odokara-Okigbo
This week row2k brings you an interview with Dartmouth senior heavyweight rower Michael Odokara-Okigbo. When he's not rowing, Michael sings in Dartmouth's a cappella group, the Dartmouth Aires, and the group just recently finished as runner up on the NBC show The Sing Off. - row2k Interview - UK Blogger Anna Railton
This week, row2k brings you a quick email interview with UK Blogger Anna Railton on her viral (and hilarious) blog post- Rowing: The Rules. - row2k Interview - UCLA's Jessica McGuire
This week's row2k Interview is with UCLA rower Jessica McGuire. We chatted with Jessica on how she got her start as a novice at UCLA, and how she beat a teratoma tumor growing in her left lung. Read below for all the mind-boggling details. - row2k Interview - Georgetown's Erin Landy
This week's row2k Interview is with Georgetown lightweight rower Erin Landy and covers, among other things, her realization that pilates might not trump erging, her recent audition with the Blueman Group, and her personal experiences with tigers' blood. - row2k Interview - Old Dominion's Shannon Huff
row2k's third installment in our 2012 College Preview interviews is with Old Dominion Freshman Shannon Huff. We talked with Huff about how she found her way to ODU from Victoria, Canada; her experience being a Torchbearer for the 2012 Olympics; and much more! - row2k Interview - Princeton's Ian Silveira
This week's 2012 College Preview interview is with Princeton heavyweight senior Ian Silveira. row2k chats with Silveira about his time on the USA Junior and U23 squads and how those experiences will help him lead the Tigers in 2012. - row2k Interview - Virginia's Forrest Brown
row2k starts off our 2012 collegiate previews featuring an interview with Virginia Freshmen rower Forrest Brown. Forrest raced in the St. Andrew's crew that made the PE Final at last year's Henley Royal Regatta and is now bringing his leadership and experience to the UVa novice squad. - row2k Interview - Stesha Carlé
This week's row2k Interview is with Stesha Carlé of the silver medal winning USA W4x. Stesha shares with us how a bikini helped to get her start in rowing, her take on sweeping vs. sculling, what really happened on the Fun Bob, and more. - row2k Interview - Dan Walsh
This week's row2k interview is with 2008 Olympic bronze medalist Dan Walsh from the USA M8+. We chat with Dan about the 2011 men's eight, racing in the Olympics, starting up a business, and more. - row2k Interview - Megan Kalmoe and The List
This week's row2k interview goes behind the scenes with American Sculler and Blogger Megan Kalmoe on the making of the 2011 List and the impact it has had on her since it's release. - row2k Interview - Margot Shumway
Beijing Olympian Margot Shumway was the US sculler in 2009 and she is back to racing the single at the Pan Am Games in Mexico this week. - row2k Interview - Megan Walsh
2009 Worlds medalist Megan Walsh is looking to wrap up 2011 with a strong, two-event performance at the Pan Am Games later this week - row2k Interview - Tom Paradiso Part II
In part II of this week's row2k Interview, Tom Paradiso talks about returning to chase a spot in London, the task of qualifying US lightweight boats for the Olympics, and what motivates him this time around -- plus some thoughts on his most instructive races. - row2k Interview - Tom Paradiso Part I
This week's two-part row2k Interview caught up with USA Lightweight Tom Paradiso at the Oklahoma City Training Center, where he is prepping for Pan Am competition in the light double and men's quad. In Part I, Tom talks about training for the Pan Am's, his plans for next year, and how some occasional training at the office turned into a bid to return to the Olympics. - row2k Interview - Canada's Scott Frandsen
Two time Olympian Scott Frandsen of the Canadian M2- is in the midst of a comeback to rowing following his retirement following his silver medal in Beijing. This week's row2k Interview talks with him about his most memorable races, the pair's final in Bled, and what he did with his spare time during retirement. - row2k Interview - Canadian LW Tim Myers on Team C2 100k World Record Attempt
On Wednesday, March 30 a group of Canadian lightweight men will attempt to break the world record for team 100k on the erg. row2k chatted with one of the athletes, Tim Myers, on why they are attempting this record and what they've been doing to prepare themselves for it. - row2k Interview - Alvin Felman
This week's row2k Interview is with 82 year old Alvin Feldman. Alvin rowed for the University of South Florida at the Sarasota Invitional, and unofficially became the oldest athlete to compete in an athletic event for a recognized university. - row2k Interview - Princeton's Caroline Clark
This week's college preview interview is with Princeton senior lightweight Caroline Clark. row2k chats with Caroline on being a lightweight rower at Princeton and about the challenges of competitive rowing while being legally deaf. - row2k Interview - Radcliffe's Lizzy Bates
This week's college preview interview is with Radcliffe senior lightweight Lizzy Bates. row2k chats with Bates about being from a rowing family, racing on the U23 team, and what she loves about the sport. - row2k Interview - Clemson's Liz Robb
This week's college preview interview is with Clemson senior Liz Robb. In addition to being an integral part of Clemson's recent success, Robb has been a part of the USA U23 team and talks with row2k about rowing Clemson and perservering through injury and family tragedy. - row2k Interview - Washington's Ty Otto
This week's spring collegiate preview interview is with Washington senior Ty Otto. Otto raced in the 2010 Husky V8+ and USA U23 M8+ and talks about rowing at UW, goals for his senior year, and the Huskies rivalry with Cal. - row2k Interview - Navy's Alex Lizotte
row2k kicks off our spring collegiate preview with the story of Navy sophomore Alex Lizotte. Lizotte was diagnosed with cancer during race season last spring, and has not only made a full recovery but raced in Navy's Varsity 8+ this fall. - row2k Interview - Canada's Kevin Light: Part III
row2k concludes its three-part interview with Canada's Kevin Light. Light was a member of the Canadian men's eight from 2002 to 2008. In Part III of the feature, Kevin talks about his 2010 season and about his love for photography and video production. - row2k Interview - Canada's Kevin Light: Part II
This week's interview is a multi-part feature with Canada's Kevin Light. Light was a member of the Canadian men's eight from 2002 to 2008. In Part II of the feature, row2k chats with Kevin about the eight's approach for Beijing and his most vivid memories of the 2008 Olympics. - row2k Interview - Canada's Kevin Light: Part I
This week's interview is a multi-part feature with Canada's Kevin Light. Light was a member of the Canadian men's eight from 2002 to 2008. In today's feature, row2k chats with Kevin about his Athens experience. - row2k Interview - New Zealand's Hamish Bond
This week's row2k Interview is with New Zealand sweep rower Hamish Bond. Hamish has stroked the Kiwi men's pair to an unbeaten record in international competition the past two years and talks with row2k about what it takes to win at that level and what it was like racing a World Championships on home water. - row2k Interview - USA Lightweight Kristin Hedstrom
This week's row2k Interview is USA Lightweight sculler Kristin Hedstrom. Hedstrom won silver in the LW4x last month at the World Champs as part of the Bellingham Bandits, and chats with row2k about racing in New Zealand with the Bandits, her most memorable races, and how she got her start in sculling. - row2k Interview: HOCR Director Fred Schoch
Everyone knows what Fred Schoch and his team at the Head Of The Charles do in October, but it is what happens the rest of the year that makes it all happen - row2k Interview - Cal's Kara Kohler
Cal rower Kara Kohler just completed an amazing novice year of rowing that saw her go from taking her first strokes ever, to making Cal's top-ranked Varsity 8 and winning a Pac-10 title, to winning a U23 World Championship in the USA W8+ in July. How did Kara find rowing and what was 2010 like for the now sophomore? - row2k Interview - Canadian U23 Lightweight Patricia Obee
19 year old lightweight Patricia Obee has had a busy 2010 so far. Last spring, as a freshmen at Oregon State, she set the freshmen 6k record and raced in the team's Varsity 8+. Then during the summer, Obee raced in the Canadian U23 LW2x and W8+, winning bronze in the eight as an emergency alternate. - row2k Interview - Sarah Zelenka
Sarah Zelenka is a newcomer to the US women's senior national team, but she's already made a name for herself in 2010. Hailing from club program Grand Valley State, Zelenka won two golds at the Lucerne World Cup: a dominating win in the W4- and a come from behind win in the W8+. - row2k Interview - Virginia's Jennifer Cromwell
Virginia's Jennifer Cromwell grew up in a very athletic family and found rowing during high school in Seattle. She has spent the last three seasons stroking the UVa Varsity 8+, and is looking to cap her career in style this spring. The Cavalier senior is the subject of this week's row2k Interview. - row2k Interview - HS junior Carolyn Schneller
High school junior Carolyn Schneller has quickly found success in rowing, finishing second overall in the Junior Women's event at last month's C.R.A.S.H.-B.s. She was the fastest American in the event, representing Western Albemarle; a new program in Virginia. row2k sat down with Carolyn for a quick chat about how she got started in rowing and what her future plans in the sport are. - row2k Interview - Williams' Lindsay Olsen
Alaskan native Lindsay Olsen starting rowing last year as a novice on the Williams women's team. She missed being on the water of her father's fishing boat so decided to give it a try and so far it has stuck. Olsen is the subject of row2k's latest collegiate interview. - row2k Interview - Yale's Alice Henly
This week's row2k interview is with Yale senior Alice Henly. Henly has had a busy three and a half years since enrolling in New Haven; including winning two NCAA championships in the Varsity 8, as well as a win at the 2009 Henley Women's Regatta. This past December, she had the chance to attend the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Denmark. - row2k Interview - Michigan State's Monique Carter
row2k's latest Interview is with Michigan State Junior Monique Carter. Carter learned to row as part of Row New York's first class and after four years with them, earned her way on to Michigan State's women team. row2k talked with her about her high school program and what it took to make the Spartan Varsity 8 as a sophomore. - row2k Interview - Yale Heavyweight Antonio Sirianni
row2k's collegiate preview continues this week, with an interview with Yale senior Antonio Sirianni. Sirianni raced his first race in the Bulldog Varsity this past fall, but his path to Yale's top boat hasn't been the typical road. Antonio began his collegiate rowing career on Yale's Lightweight squad and has gradually worked his way up from the Lightweight 2F to the Heavyweight V8. - row2k Interview - Dartmouth's Tanner Mathison
row2k kicks off our coverage of the 2010 Collegiate racing season with an interview with Dartmouth junior Tanner Mathison. Mathison's father Ralph was a former rower and coach and passed away when Tanner was a boy. In the past two years since Tanner discovered rowing, he's built a connection with his father through the shared experience of the sport. - row2k Interview - Greg Hughes on House, MD
row2k got a quick interview with new Princeton Heavyweight coach Greg Hughes on his brief acting stint in the opening credits of the TV show, House, MD. - row2k Interview - Ocean Rower James Ketchell and his Boat 'Speedo'
James Ketchell is taking on the Atlantic Ocean next month in the 2009 version of the Atlantic Rowing Race. In row2k's first Ocean Rowing feature, we chat with James about some of the challenges of rowing the Atlantic, and some of the hurdles he's had to overcome to get to where is is today. - row2k interview - Ellen Kennelly
Ellen Kennelly is a ten-time Head of the Charles champion in the Women's Club, Masters and Senior-Masters Single, and an accomplished artist. Following the installation of her breathtaking work "Endurance" at Harvard's Weld Boathouse early this fall, row2k caught up with Kennelly on the process of creating the piece. - row2k Interview - Mara Allen
Recent Cal-Berkeley grad Mara Allen has always found a way to be successful at things from the get go, and that has never been more evident than the summer of 2009. Mara made her first Senior national team at the age of 22, and then won a World Championship as the 2-seat of the USA Women's 8+. - row2k Interview - Kady Glessner
A quick row2k interview with recent Northeastern graduate Kady Glessner, who went from rookie on the US Senior team in 2009, to stroking the women's eight to a world championship. - row2k Interview - Warren Anderson of the 'Great Eight'
Curious what it was like rowing in the Great Eight? American single sculler Warren Anderson shared his thoughts with row2k following his weekend with the crew at the 45th Head of the Charles Regatta. - row2k Interview - Robert Hannah 100k World Record Attempt
Ever wonder what a 100k erg test feels like at world record pace? row2k sat down with OSU junior Robert Hannah after he unofficially broke his age group record last month to see how the 100k compares to other tests. - row2k Interview - Princeton Lightweight Tom Paulett
Tom Paulett just finished his senior year as a Princeton lightweight. Paulett sat 5-seat in their Varsity 8 and the crew went undefeated over the year, winning the Head of the Charles, Eastern Sprints, IRA's, and the Temple Cup at the Henley Royal Regatta. row2k sat down with Paulett for a quick interview to get his thoughts on the season and his plans for the future. - row2k Interview - Leeanne Crain
Crain's Sooners have now just completed their first season of competition, and row2k has the exclusive on some of the challenges of starting a Division I program from scratch. - row2k Interview - Ron Chen
Respected rowing referee Ron Chen has umpired at arguably every major championship in North America, and arguably the world, with frequent appearances at World Championship regattas, as well as the Olympics. In his "off" time, Chen has also had a career as a respected lawyer, and in January of 2006 was named the New Jersey Public Advocate. - row2k Interview - Michelle Guerette
USA's single sculler Michelle Guerette has come a long ways since her days at Radcliffe. After racing in the quad in Athens, she quickly rose to be one of the top scullers in the world; finishing third in the single at the 2005 and 2007 World Championships. In 2008, she climbed the ladder even futher winning the silver at the Beijing Olympics. - row2k Interview - Cameron Winklevoss
Cameron Winklevoss had a busy 2008. He and his twin brother Tyler raced as the USA M2- in the Olympics, finishing an impressive sixth place. He also settled a lawsuit with Facebook on the grounds that Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg copied their idea in 2004. - row2k Interview - Lindsay Meyer
In 2008, nineteen year old Lindsay Meyer made her first U.S. Senior National team boat, racing in the Women's 4x at the Beijing Olympics. Lindsay's crew placed fifth in the event and this past fall she enrolled as freshmen at Stanford University. - row2k Interview - Australia's Drew Ginn
Drew Ginn burst onto the international rowing scene in 1996, winning Olympic gold as part of the Australia's Oarsome Foursome. He has since followed that up with two more Olympic gold medals in the men's pair in 2004 and 2008; as well as winning five world championships. Ginn missed the Sydney Olympics with a back injury and was almost knocked out of Beijing after rupturing a disc at the start of the regatta. - row2k Interview: Chris Clark
Wisconsin men's coach Chris Clark shares his thoughts on men's rowing and the NCAA, as well some of the factors that help build the 2008 IRA champion Varsity 8 - The Muffelman Response
Matt Muffelman was the inspiration for Chris Mare's now famous tattoo that was featured as the row2k Photo of the Day on Monday, January 26. What does Matt think about all this? - The Tom Weil Collection
Thomas Weil's rowing collection, split between the Mystic Seaport Museum, the River and Rowing Museum in Henley and his private collection. - Tom Weil Q&A
Mystic Seaport Museum received a substantial collection of rowing artifacts from Thomas Eliot Weil, who lives in Woodbridge, Conn., but has a long and storied career both on and off the water. - Matthias Siejkowski
The original Hammer on what it takes to row a 1:24.2 for 2k
Power 10: Ten Questions
row2k Book exclusives
- Book Excerpt: from 'Pieces of Eight' by Chris Dodd
The recent North Korean flag mix-up on the eve of the London 2012 Games reminded rowing historian and journalist Christopher Dodd of a similar flap at the start of the 1975 Rowing World Championships, which he recounted in his book, 'Pieces of Eight.' - Book Review: 'Pieces of Eight' by Chris Dodd
Chris Dodd’s new rowing history “Pieces of Eight,” which focuses on the short, but eventful and successful Bob Janousek era in Great Britain from 1970 – 1976 is an engaging history of a critical point in British rowing history where that nation's rowing culture was turned towards a new, modern approach to rowing internationally. - A Big Book of Bruno
Anyone who has spent a significant amount of time on a rowing team will appreciate the animus behind the newly revised edition of the 2009 book "Ever True: The History of Brown Crew." - Book Review: Racing Yesterday, by Andy Baxter
If life is about the journey and not the destination, Andy Baxter and Stephen Kiesling are experts at life. They have journeyed on a rough path (or water) and both, in their own time and style, have written about it. - Book Review: David & James Livingston's 'Blood over Water' -- Blues Brothers
There are brothers in arms, and then there are brothers that will do (almost) anything to beat each other. David & James Livingston's book "Blood over Water" tells a gripping story about the latter. - Rowing and the Art of the Social Network - Part IV: The Actors Arrive
When they finally started to row all eight and wind up into their first power ten, a big smile broke across his Armie face. "Damn. This is fun!" he shouted. - Conn Findlay: Conn is Conn - Part II
Peter Mallory brings us Part II in another chapter in his book in Progress, Different Strokes, a comprehensive history on the sport of rowing. - Conn Findlay: Conn is Conn - Part I
Peter Mallory brings another chapter in his book in Progress, Different Strokes, a comprehensive history on the sport of rowing. - Book Excerpt: The Sultan's Helmsman
An excerpt from The Sultan's Helmsman, the new novel by Believers in the Stern columnist Rob Colburn - Yale Versus Cornell and Navy During the Mid-1950s - Part V
Peter Mallory brings us the final installment in another chapter in his book on the Evolution of the Rowing Stroke. The story of three truly great American collegiate crews in 1956; Yale, Cornell, and Navy and their battle for the right to represent the US in the '56 Melbourne Olympics. - Yale Versus Cornell and Navy During the Mid-1950s - Part IV
Peter Mallory brings us Part IV in another chapter in his book on the Evolution of the Rowing Stroke. The story of three truly great American collegiate crews in 1956; Yale, Cornell, and Navy and their battle for the right to represent the US in the '56 Melbourne Olympics. - Yale Versus Cornell and Navy During the Mid-1950s - Part III
Peter Mallory brings us Part III in another chapter in his book on the Evolution of the Rowing Stroke. The story of three truly great American collegiate crews in 1956; Yale, Cornell, and Navy and their battle for the right to represent the US in the '56 Melbourne Olympics. - Yale Versus Cornell and Navy During the Mid-1950s - Part II
Peter Mallory brings us Part II in another chapter in his book on the Evolution of the Rowing Stroke. The story of three truly great American collegiate crews in 1956; Yale, Cornell, and Navy and their battle for the right to represent the US in the '56 Melbourne Olympics. - Yale Versus Cornell and Navy During the Mid-1950s - Part I
Peter Mallory brings us another chapter in his book on the Evolution of the Rowing Stroke. The story of three truly great American collegiate crews in 1956; Yale, Cornell, and Navy and their battle for the right to represent the US in the '56 Melbourne Olympics. - Ernestine Bayer: Mother of U.S. Women's Rowing
Two excerpts from Lew Cuyler's authorized biography of Ernestine Bayer
row2k Book exclusives:
Rowing Against the Current - On Learning to Scull at Forty, by Barry Strauss.
The Red Rose Crew, A True Story of Winning, Women, and the Water, by Dan Boyne
Seat With A View: Inside the 1996 U.S. Olympic Men's Crew, by Steve Segaloff
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row2k Exclusives
- Crew of the Week - 2013
Did your crew or a crew you know of have a great race over the weekend? Nominate them for row2k's "Crew of the Week" poll. - Coxswains: Professional Voice Users
No matter how we try to define what a coxswain does, it always involves something along the lines of "yelling at people." So just like rowers take care of their knees, backs, wrists, and shoulders, coxswains must also take care of their voices. - row2k Spring Collegiate Preview - Bucknell's Victoria Kielty Part II
row2k kicks off our 2013 Spring Collegiate preview with the story of Australian Victoria Kielty of Bucknell. Part I of her story is about how she got her start in rowing in Australia, found her way to Bucknell, and ultimately fractured three vertebrae in her neck during her freshmen year. Part II focuses on how she made her recovery and is back rowing for the Bison. - row2k Spring Collegiate Preview - Bucknell's Victoria Kielty Part I
row2k kicks off our 2013 Spring Collegiate preview with the story of Australian Victoria Kielty of Bucknell. Part I of her story is about how she got her start in rowing in Australia, found her way to Bucknell, and ultimately fractured three vertebrae in her neck during her freshmen year. Check back on Thursday for Part II on how she made her recovery and is back rowing for the Bison. - Photo Poll - 'Photo of the Day' of 2012
Vote now for your favorite Photo of the Day from 2012. Thanks for all your great submissions! - Coming Home
Heading home. I could hardly believe it. Once I had the “home” concept imbedded in my mind, I had no time for nostalgia. I was on a mission, and the weather was cooperating, making it all the more important for me to Get. It. Done. - Ultimate Erg Playlist - Volume II
row2k's back with Volume II of our ultimate erg playlist just in time to get you that extra speed for CRASH-B's. - Racing the Great Course at Long Beach
Unwittingly, I was about to bookend my trip with a final race in Long Beach, having started the trip by racing at the Head of the Schuylkill in Philly. - Newport Beach: I Shall Return
Southern California is really weird. Okay, maybe it’s just that I’m a Bostonian, with New England Yankee roots going back hundreds of years. But I think that the combination of all that perfect weather and all that money makes for a rather lost culture. - Back in SoCal
I spent the next few days in Oakland, resting, recuperating, doing laundry, and trying to figure out my next move. My stated goal of this trip was to go to Seattle, a place I’ve always wanted to visit. I have lots of rowing friends there, and I wanted to see one of the great cities – and rowing cities – in the country. - The Epic Ocean Row
“You MUST row in the bay out of Sausalito Rowing Center – you can row under the Golden Gate Bridge!!” Well, that was all I needed to hear. - Glenwood Springs, Colorado
This trip has taken a physical toll on me, for sure. I still haven’t shaken the Cough From Hell that I picked up somewhere between New Orleans and San Antonio, and eating almost every meal from a restaurant hasn’t done my body much good either. Plus all the driving, but I wouldn’t change any of it for all the tea in China. - 2012 Crew of the Year
Did your crew or a crew you know of have a year of unprecedented success in 2012? Nominate them for row2k's "2012 Crew of the Year" poll. - Ultimate Erg Playlist - Volume I
Here's row2k's list of the top 15 erg songs for your ultimate erg playlist. We received so many great entries that we will be running Volume II in January, so check back for more! - California Coast - Part I
Driving up the California coast was a big part of me wanting to do this, and I am still blown away by what I saw. - California Coast - Part II
My friend Randy called me and urged me to take it slow and soak it in, which was good advice and easy to follow - Hanging with Xeno in Hollywood
After arriving in California, I made my way to the Newport Aquatic Center, having received a welcoming message on Facebook from the legendary Xeno Muller - Ultimate Erg Playlist
Erg season is officially here and row2k is compiling the ultimate erg playlist for winter. - Coughing My Way to California
In which John does "manage to get my sick, sorry a55 up to Austin to row" - Boat on the Bayou
I definitely made a geographic leap yesterday, crossing the wide Mississippi and arriving in New Orleans. - Destination: Destin
Speed traps, underwater burrs, pelicans, and rooms with a view - how's the camping going? - From Hard Labor Creek to the Intracoastal Waterway
Excerpt three of John Tracey's road trip across the country with his single. - Contemplating An Epic Journey
John Tracey sets off to cross the country with a single and a song - 2012 USRowing Fan's Choice Awards - National Team Rower of the Year
While USRowing maintains a strong and long tradition of rewarding excellence in rowing, 2012 marks the second year that the rowing community will be invited to participate by nominating and voting for their favorite athletes and coaches of the year through the second annual USRowing "Fan's Choice" Awards. Vote now! - 2012 USRowing Fan's Choice Awards - Masters Rower of the Year
While USRowing maintains a strong and long tradition of rewarding excellence in rowing, 2012 marks the second year that the rowing community will be invited to participate by nominating and voting for their favorite athletes and coaches of the year through the second annual USRowing "Fan's Choice" Awards. Vote now! - 2012 USRowing Fan's Choice Awards - Junior Rower of the Year
While USRowing maintains a strong and long tradition of rewarding excellence in rowing, 2012 marks the second year that the rowing community will be invited to participate by nominating and voting for their favorite athletes and coaches of the year through the second annual USRowing "Fan's Choice" Awards. Vote now! - 2012 USRowing Fan's Choice Awards - Collegiate Rower of the Year
While USRowing maintains a strong and long tradition of rewarding excellence in rowing, 2012 marks the second year that the rowing community will be invited to participate by nominating and voting for their favorite athletes and coaches of the year through the second annual USRowing "Fan's Choice" Awards. Vote now! - 2012 USRowing Fan's Choice Awards - Junior Coach of the Year
While USRowing maintains a strong and long tradition of rewarding excellence in rowing, 2012 marks the second year that the rowing community will be invited to participate by nominating and voting for their favorite athletes and coaches of the year through the second annual USRowing "Fan's Choice" Awards. Vote now! - 2012 USRowing Fan's Choice Awards - Collegiate Coach of the Year
While USRowing maintains a strong and long tradition of rewarding excellence in rowing, 2012 marks the second year that the rowing community will be invited to participate by nominating and voting for their favorite athletes and coaches of the year through the second annual USRowing "Fan's Choice" Awards. Vote now! - 2012 USRowing Fan's Choice Awards - Masters Coach of the Year
While USRowing maintains a strong and long tradition of rewarding excellence in rowing, 2012 marks the second year that the rowing community will be invited to participate by nominating and voting for their favorite athletes and coaches of the year through the second annual USRowing "Fan's Choice" Awards. Vote now! - 2012 USRowing Fan's Choice Awards
Co-sponsored by row2k Media, USRowing Fan's Choice Awards will be given to a 'Rower of the Year' in the junior, collegiate, masters and national team categories and a 'Coach of the Year' in the junior, collegiate and masters category. - row2k Interview: Alexandra Metz of the film Backwards
Interview with actress Alexandra Metz, who learned how to row to star in the new film Backwards - row2k poll: Who made the best Viral Video?
Lots of teams got into the "Call me Maybe/Music video" act during the spring of 2012, with SMU "advancing" as far as the "Today Show;" which team made the best one? - 1932 Olympic Rowing Tryout flyer
On the eve of NSR II in Chula Vista, this 1932 Olympic Rowing Tryout announcement is how it was done 80 years ago. - Crew of the Week - 2012
Did your crew or a crew you know of have a great race over the weekend? Nominate them for row2k's "Crew of the Week" poll. - Photo Poll - Favorite 2012 CRASH-B Photo
Vote now for your favorite image from row2k's coverage of the 2012 C.R.A.S.H.-B. Sprints! - Photo Poll - 'Photo of the Day' of 2011
Results of the poll for favorite Photo of the Day from 2011; thank you for all the great submissions! - Photo Poll - No Shave November
Vote now for best rowing 'No-Shave November. - 2011 Crew of the Year
Did your crew or a crew you know of have a year of unprecedented success in 2011? Nominate them for row2k's "2011 Crew of the Year" poll. - Photo Poll - Best Moustache
Vote now for best rowing moustache! - Photo Poll: Movember Moustaches
row2k is now accepting nominations for our first Movember moustache photo poll! - River Rowing & the Water Under the Bridge
River Rowing, in Nyack, NY, trains in the shadows of the massive, soon-to-be-replaced Tappan Zee Bridge--and the big bridge project looming over them could be a huge problem or set them up as a permanent fixture on the Hudson River. - 2011 USRowing Fan's Choice Awards
While USRowing maintains a strong and long tradition of rewarding excellence in rowing, 2011 marks the first time that the rowing community will be invited to participate by nominating and voting on their favorite athletes and coaches of the year through the inaugural USRowing "Fan's Choice" Awards. - The Sport of Rowing: Chapters 155-156; Mike Teti and the US Men's Eight, 1997-2004
Peter Mallory brings you the next couple chapters (55 pages) from The Sport of Rowing: Ch 155. Mike Teti Begins a Journey; 156. Mike Teti Completes the Journey. - The Sport of Rowing: The University of Washington Dynasty
Peter Mallory brings us the next block of chapters from The Sport of Rowing: Ch. 44. Hiram Conibear; Ch. 45. George and Dick Pocock; Ch. 46. The Conibear Stroke; Ch. 47. The Ernest Barry Stroke; Ch. 48. The Birth of Modern Orthodox Technique; Ch. 49. George Pocock.s Greatest Contribution; Ch. 50. Migration of the Conibear Stroke - '8+' Documentary: The Coxswain
The Coxswain is the most multi-skilled member of the rowing 8 and needs to juggle encouragement, motivation and advice and have authority in the land of the giants. In this sequence we see the coxswains expertise tested in the famous 'Head of the
Yarra' marathon. - The Sport of Rowing: Ch. 36-43: Ellis Ward and Charles Courtney
Peter Mallory brings us the next block of chapters from The Sport of Rowing: Chapter 36 - 1897-1900 Poughkeepsie Regattas; Chapter 37 - Ellis Ward Goes to Henley; Chapter 38 - History’s First Significant Rowing Force Curve Experiment; Chapter 39 - Courtney’s Mature Technique; Chapter 40 - Charles Courtney: R.I.P.; Chapter 41 - The Ten Eycks of Syracuse; Chapter 42 - Yale Enters the 20th Century; Chapter 43 - Harvard Goes to Henley - The Sport of Rowing: Ch. 27-35: American Collegiate Rowing Takes Shape
Peter Mallory brings us the next block of chapters from The Sport of Rowing: Chapter 27 - Bob Cook; Chapter 28 - American Collegiate Rowing Takes Shape; Chapter 29 - Foxey Bancroft; Chapter 30 - Columbia Goes to Henley; Chapter 31 - The Rise of the American Professional Coach; Chapter 32 - Charles Courtney Goes to Henley; Chapter 33 - Courtney Responds to British Criticism; Chapter 34 - Bob Cook Returns to England; Chapter 35 - The 1897 Cornell-Harvard-Yale Race - '8+' Documentary: Stroke Seat
The Stroke of the rowing 8 is all things to all rowers and not only has to lead the crew and set an example bending the oar and producing a puddle, but also needs to work in with the Coxswain to keep the whole crew thinking and motivated, which is a big task for any rower. - '8+' Documentary: 7 Seat
The 7 Seat is all about rhythm and length and 7 must keep up the pace set by Stroke and support the Stroke in the decision-making on the water; they're at the business-end of the crew and the boat has to run well and be happy. In this part we also see the premiere blue-ribbon event in Australia for Men's 8, The King's Cup, and the ongoing duel for supremacy between Victoria and New South Wales. - '8+' Documentary: 6 Seat
The 6 Seat rower is regularly the tallest, fittest and most skillful member of an 8. In this sequence we see the Australian Women's 8 training in Canberra and then compete in the Final of the Women's 8 event at the Beijing Olympics.... up against the mighty USA machine who seem to be made up of eight 6 seat-type rowers. - The Sport of Rowing: Ch. 107-108: Allen Rosenberg, Counterrevolutionary; Modern Orthodox Technique
Chapter 107: Allen Rosenberg, Counterrevolutionary:
Roots – Tibor Machán – Dietrich Rose – 1964 Olympics; Chapter 108: Modern Orthodox Technique: Rationale – Theory versus Practice - '8+' Documentary: 5 Seat
The 5 seat rower is right in the middle of the 8 and is quite often the heaviest and strongest in the crew and if he's nimble and fit he can be worth his weight in Gold. In this section we see the 2007 World Rowing Championships in Munich and learn about the Yarra River, Melbourne. - The Sport of Rowing: Chapter 103 - The Legend Grows
This week’s excerpt from Peter Mallory's extraordinary work-in-progress on the history of rowing follows Harry Parker’s career into the 1970s and describes some of his influence on other programs in the United States. - '8+' Documentary: 4 Seat
The 4 seat sweeper in the 8 leads the bow end rowers and as quiet achievers are vital to a successful and happy crew. 4 is the lucky number when it comes to Australian medal hunting; be it 4 rowers or 4 oars. In this part we see the Men's Double Scull and the Men's Four without coxswain compete at the Beijing Olympics. - The Sport of Rowing: Chapter 102: Harvard Goes to the Olympics
An epic 37-page chapter from Peter Mallory's extraordinary work-in-progress on the history of rowing covering the great Harvard crews of the mid-60s through the 1968 Olympics - '8+' Documentary: 3 Seat
The 3 Seat rower is quite often considered to be the least best rower ~ technique-wise ~ of the engine room of a sweep-oared 8. So this film explores the various exercises a crew can do to improve their style. There are no less than 15 different exercises that are performed by the Scotch College boys 1st 8 in training for the Elizabeth Cup at Royal Henley and the Australian Women's 8 in training for the Beijing Olympics. - The Sport of Rowing: Parker vs Rosenberg; The Evolution of Harry Parker
Peter Mallory presents the latest chapter in his extraordinary work-in-progress on the history of rowing; this week: Chapter 100: Parker vs. Rosenberg; and Chapter 101: The Evolution of Harry Parker - Crew of the Week - 2011
Did your crew or a crew you know of have a great race over the weekend? Nominate them for row2k's "Crew of the Week" poll. - '8+' Documentary: Bow Seat
Each seat in the sweep-oared 8 has a different role and character and this feature length documentary explores their responsibilities. '8+' is a breezy, informative and entertaining 9 part film ~ from the Bow seat then all the way along to the Stroke and Coxswain ~ that can be enjoyed by non-rowers, but more importantly by the most enthusiastic and active scullers and rowers of all ages. - Rowing with Volcanoes
When I told my friends that I was traveling to Antigua this winter, they “oohed” and “ahhed” and immediately conjured up visions of the Caribbean island by that name, located in the Bahamas. When I informed them that the Antigua I meant was actually a landlocked city located within the third-world country of Guatemala, their envious smiles quickly faded to blank stares.. - Rowing History: The Soviet Union
Peter Mallory presents the latest chapter in his extraordinary work-in-progress on the history of rowing; this week features rowing in the Soviet Union; - The Soviet System - The Moscow Style - Igor Grinko - Rowing History: Harry Mahon
Peter Mallory presents the latest chapter in his extraordinary work-in-progress on the history of rowing; this week features Harry Mahon; - Xeno Muller - Rob Waddell - Greg Searle - GBR 2000 - Rowing History: Tom Terhaar - 2001 to Athens and Beyond
Peter Mallory presents the latest chapter in his extraordinary work-in-progress on the history of rowing; this week features the Tom Terhaar era in the US; 2001 to Athens and Beyond. - Rowing History: Hartmut Buschbacher in the U.S.
Peter Mallory presents the latest chapter in his extraordinary work-in-progress on the history of rowing; this week features the Hartmut Buschbacher era in the US; 1991-2000. - Rowing History: Women in the 1980s
Peter Mallory presents the latest chapter in his extraordinary work-in-progress on the history of rowing; this week features women's elite rowing in the 1980s. - Rowing History: Women in the 1970s
Peter Mallory presents the latest chapter in his extraordinary work-in-progress on the history of rowing; this week features women's elite rowing in the 1970s. - Rowing History; Wisconsin: Berry Crate Crew – Randy Jablonic – Wisco Women
Peter Mallory presents his latest chapter on the history of rowing; this week featuring on the evolution of rowing in at Wisconsin: Berry Crate Crew – Randy Jablonic – Wisco Women - The Philadelphia Story: Gold Cup Shines Again
For Philadelphia rowing, there is a shiny beacon of hope that elite rowing returns to the slightly irregularly-shaped 2000 meter course on the Schuylkill. That beacon, The Philadelphia Challenge Cup, is crafted of gold - Shake It Real Good: Boat Race Trials Eights Report
Crews from Cambridge and Oxford Universities lined up yesterday for their respective trial eights races over the Boat Race Championship course on the Tideway - 2010 Crew of the Year
Did your crew or a crew you know of have a year of unprecedented success in 2010? Nominate them for row2k's "2010 Crew of the Year" poll. - Book Review: Southerners Do Not Row - A Boomer’s Fitness Tale, by Scott Collins
As baby-boomers age and personal physicians makes pleas for patients to improve health, many head for their nearest fitness center. Not Scott Collins - he headed to the local boathouse. - Rowing History: Ted Nash
Two voracious chapters about the people and crews coached by Ted Nash, covering a broad swath of time from 1964 to 1995
Updated on 1/6/2011 - Rowing History: Lake Washington RC 1960 Coxless Four - Ted Nash - The Last Great LWRC Boat
Chapters 83-85 from Peter Mallory's extraordinary work in progress "The Sport of Rowing; A comprehensive history." In this excerpt, Mallory looks at the Lake Washington crews of the 1960s, in particular the 1960 coxless four of Sayre, Wailes, Nash, and Ayrault and the 1964 four of Nash, Durbrow, Lyon and Mittet, and at Ted Nash's contributions to these crews and rowing technique
Updated on 1/6/2011 - Rowing and the Social Network - Part IX: Dorney Lake Redux (or Down and Out in London and Dorney*)
Coos had designed the super rig that David Fincher had always dreamed about: two eights linked together by two twenty-five foot, aluminum armatures. As I watched the Empacher eights get drawn together to form a giant catamaran, I was skeptical at first; I couldn't help but wonder if the whole thing would hold together when the Leander guys started pulling hard. - Rowing and the Art of the Social Network - Part VIII: The (Near) Return of Henry Roosevelt
To my great relief, the oarsmen that Leander coach Ted Bainbridge had assembled were wonderful guys, and first-rate at their craft - as long as they stayed out of the pubs - Rowing History: The Amateurs
Another excerpt from Peter Mallory's extraordinary work in progress "The Sport of Rowing; A comprehensive history." In this excerpt, Mallory takes a close look at the generation of US Scullers that included Jim Dietz, Gregg Stone, Larry Klecatsky, Bill Belden, Scott Roop, John Biglow and Paul Enquist.
Updated on 3/28/2011 - Rowing and the Art of the Social Network - Part VII: Hollywood Comes to Henley
"The main reason you were brought over here, other than your knowledge of rowing, is that you are a calm person. As you can see, none of the rest of us are." - Rowing and the Art of the Social Network - Part VI: Trouble in the Tanks
He had built the entire set back in LA after taking photos of Newell from the summer scouting trip. He had reproduced the old sliding mirrors, a vintage wooden doorway, and some old rowing plaques. I was very impressed, and I told him so. He beamed like a proud craftsman. Then I saw the pair of crossed oars hanging on the wall, painted blue. "Oops," I blurted out. - Rowing and the Art of the Social Network - Part V: Lights, Camera, Chaos
It was about 6 am, and we were sitting in my launch along with Adrian, the wardrobe coordinator. I was trying to line up five pairs across a narrow stretch of river for the first take of the day. It was pitch black. - Rowing and the Art of the Social Network - Part II: Mr. Fincher Comes to Town
It was only later that I heard that he was notorious for yelling at people and making them feel inferior. But that sort of behavior didn’t bother me. After all, I came from the rowing world and Harvard Crew. Harry Parker was a lot scarier than any Hollywood producer. - Rowing and the Art of the Social Network - Part III: Those Guys are Freakin' Fast
About thirty guys showed up for twenty spots (two eights worth, plus a pair). One guy among the twenty would be the lucky one to deliver the dubious line of Aaron Sorkin’s dialogue. What it meant was a minuscule shot at fame and a substantial pay increase. - Book Review: In the Rhythm of 'The Eight' by Susan Saint Sing
- Rowing and the Art of the Social Network—Part I
This week marks the release of a major Hollywood movie called “The Social Network." Just as its creators intended, this will be a film as unavoidable as its subject matter: Facebook.
More specifically, the film focuses on the blood, sweat, and tears (and brilliance) that brought this cultural phenomenon into being.
It also involves rowing. - 1980 Olympians Move on - and on, and on
"They probably would have won it," said 1980 Canadian Olympian Phil Monkton recently about the US Men's Eight entry at the boycotted Olympics in Moscow. "They had so much speed that year." - row2k Poll: Should Ursula Grobler attempt tripling up at Worlds?
Ursula Grobler has already qualified for the USA LW2x, with Abby Broughton, but is racing at trials next week in the both the LW1x and LW4x. If she were to win all the trials should she attempt to triple up? - Seth Bauer, 1987 World Champion, coxing The 1997 Head Of The Charles
Listen in and read along with the transcript as Seth and the 1987 Gold crew run the course in 1997. - Pete Cipollone, Olympic gold medalist, coxing the 1997 Head Of The Charles
Listen in and read along with the transcript as Pete and the 1997 US men's crew run the course in 1997 - Seth Bauer and Pete Cipollone Cox the 1997 Head Of The Charles
Listen in as 1987 World Champion and 1988 Olympic silver medal coxswain Seth Bauer and four-time World Champion coxswain Pete Cipollone guide their crews down
the three-mile course at the 1997 Head Of The Charles - Photo Poll - Best Cox Toss 2: Style or Technique
Vote below for your favorite cox toss in the Style or Technique category. - Photo Poll - Best Cox Toss: Air or Distance
Vote below for your favorite cox toss in the Air or Distance category. Style and technique will post next week! - row2k Photo Poll: Cox Toss
row2k is now accepting nominations for latest reader photo poll: Best Cox Toss! - Old Blues Never Die
For those oarsmen who have experienced the ecstasy or devastation which comes from passing a certain post next to Chiswick bridge either first or second on boat race day, the side effects of pouring so much physical effort and mental commitment into preparing for a single race, can last a lifetime - Crew of the Week - 2010
Did your crew or a crew you know of have a great race over the weekend? Nominate them for row2k's new "Crew of the Week" poll. - row2k Team HQ Submission
- 2009 Crew of the Year
Did your crew or a crew you know of have a year of unprecedented success in 2009? Nominate them for row2k's "2009 Crew of the Year" poll. - Full Report: NCAA Women's Rowing Becomes Team Sport; AQ's In, Event Awards Out
Starting with the 2011 regatta, women's NCAA Rowing will become fully a "Team Sport," with all the implications that status brings - row2k Photo Poll: Ugliest Unisuit
Think you know your rowing fashion? Submit your nominees today for row2k's latest photo poll: Ugliest Unisuit. - Inaugural 25K Hudson River Challenge, GW Bridge to Tappan Zee - ‘A Perverse Idea of Fun’
Four hundred years to the day of the start of Henry Hudson's historic, 1609 voyage up the Muhheakantuck (now Hudson) River, 68 intrepid rowers launched from Englewood Beach, New Jersey and raced north to Nyack over a course of 25 kilometers (or approximately 15 miles). - North American Open Water Rowing Championship Report
The North American Open Water Rowing Championship was forced slightly off-course by Tropical Storm Danny, but not off its game - Photo Poll - Favorite Boathouse Dog
Submit your favorite boathouse dog to row2k for our next photo poll - Favorite Boathouse Dog. - Crew of the Week - 2009
Did your crew or a crew you know of have a great race over the weekend? Nominate them for row2k's new "Crew of the Week" poll. - The Wakamole Trophy
There is one trophy that not only rewards fierce competition, dedication and sportsmanship, but, unique among sports trophies, has done so over the wide domain and fertile history of two different, and seemingly dissimilar, sports. This is the story of that trophy, and the man for whom it is named - the Wakamole Trophy. - Oxford/Cambridge Veteran Boat Race Report
The Vets get the full Tideway experience, and then some - The Boat Race: A Double Win for the Dark Side
Full report on Goldie vs. Isis, Oxford vs. Cambridge, and the uncertain future of The Boat Race - ARCO Mustache Contest - Part II
What happens in a post Olympic year at ARCO Training Center? Another mustache contest of course! Meet and vote for this year's batch of mustaches below and view the results of the 2004 contest here. - Hell Hath No Fury Like a Sculler Scorned
Race Report from Cambridge/Tideway Scullers Fixture on Wednesday, March 18, 2009; more photos and video still to come. - Oxford v Washington Fixture
Every year, in the run up to the Oxford and Cambridge boat race, the University crews take part in a number of fixtures where they invite local and international opposition to race over the Championship Course. - Olaf too Tufte for NZ boys
A hundred years ago - and more - a sculling match race was a major occasion. - 2008 Crew of the Year
Did your crew or a crew you know of have a year of unprecedented success in 2008? Nominate them for row2k's "2008 Crew of the Year" poll. - Photo Poll - Gnarliest Photo, Fall 2008
- Rowing 101 - Basic Rigging
Rigging basics to get you started. - Rowing 101 - Coxswain Calls
A starting guide for all the novice coxswain's out there. - Emil K. Kossev - January 28, 1966 - September 15, 2008
Please feel free to add your memories and thoughts about Emil in the public comments area at the bottom of this page - Preface to KELLY: A Father, a Son, an American Quest
High above the banks of the Schuylkill River, a few miles upstream from the Philadelphia Museum of Art, rests the imposing figure of a giant green man, the bronze statue of an oarsman in a single scull. - Q&A with Dan Boyne, author of KELLY: A Father, a Son, an American Quest
Peter Van Allen's Q&A with Dan Boyne about the research and writing of his new book. - Stotesbury 2008: St. Joe's Sweeps; Bishop Eustace Repeats
St. Joe's wins all five boys eights events; Bishop Eustace repeats in the girls eight; repeat and first-time trips to the medals stand, and more, in row2k's Stotesbury Cup coverage 2008 - Boiler Up Two
It's victory two years running in the MV8 for Purdue, who has also quietly racked up a run of seven of the last nine overall point trophies at the Dad Vail Regatta - Crew of the Week - 2008
Did your crew or a crew you know of have a great race over the weekend? Nominate them for row2k's new "Crew of the Week" poll. - Rowing 101 - Glossary
An ever expanding list of rowing terminology and lingo. - Joe Burk, Coach; Harry Parker, Sculler
Two more chapters from Peter Mallory's book on the Evolution of the Rowing Stroke: Chapter 59: The continuing story of Joe Burk's extraordinary career in rowing, this time as a coach; Chapter 60: Harry Parker, sculler and Burk protege - CRASH-B's on ice
The cold floor of the Agganis Arena on Boston's University's campus could have had something to do with the hockey rink under the floorboards, but being "on ice" was a fitting metaphor for the seasonal nature of rowing - Masters Rowing and Strength Training
It's intuitive that masters rowers need to mitigate the effects of aging. Loss of muscle mass is a symptom of growing older. This writer has included 2 to 3 gym workouts every week... until the year just ended. - The 40 Year Storm: Change Comes to the 106th (or 107th) IRA Regatta
"I resist change even as I call for it." As the coaches and Stewards of the 106-year-old IRA Regatta ponder the future of the event, Mason Cooley's aphorism describes well the personal feelings and professional view of many of those most closely involved. - Joe Burk, Sculler
The story of Joe Burk's extraordinary sculling career, with a close look at his equally extraordinary rowing stroke - Waddell shows top form in Karapiro comeback
Former Olympic champion Rob Waddell's comeback remained on track today after a two length victory over World Champion Mahe Drysdale in the Premier Single Sculls race today at Lake Karapiro's KRI 1 regatta. - USRowing Awards: Lost Luggage and Worthy Winners
- Seventeen Crews Headed for Beijing from Latin American Qualifier
The Latin American Olympic qualifier, held November 16-18 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, saw 17 crews in five boat classes earn a berth to the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing next August - Prizes Claimed at the NK Boathouse Row Speed Order
One last chance for National Team and Olympic aspirants to have at it this fall - Fish Story
The real story starts with Ezekiel Fish. Ezekiel was a man, not a fish, but nonetheless the regatta that ultimately took his name, the Head of the Fish in Saratoga Springs, New York, has become a place where "did you get a fish head?" is a common question. - Burgers, the Band, and Newbies on the Bridge: The Princeton Chase
Another great fall Sunday at the Chase, a bigger and better version of the same stripped-down, get the important things right regatta it has always been. - Touching Down in Connecticut
A quick nod to weekend races in the Constitution state - Row4life Duo Complete 300-mile trek
Alan "Heart-attack Harry" Kitty and Steve Raffuel complete 300-mile Erie Canal trek - Fish Creek 5000: Rowers of the Kinder and Masters Kind Alike
The bass tournament practice session that launched just before the Fish Creek 5000 may have had more horse power, but not nearly the charm of this small but growing human-powered stake race - 2007 Lucerne World Cup Highlights
W1x, M1x, M2x highlights - 2007 Amsterdam World Cup Highlights
2007 Amsterdam World Cup Video Highlights - US Nationals: Interview with Jesse Karmazin, USA LTA4+
The US adaptive teams were among all of the other national team hopefuls who blasted down the course at the USRowing Nationals last weekend; row2k spoke with returning LTA4+ member Jesse Karmazin - US Jr. Trials Report - Next Stop: Beijing
The 2007 US Junior Trials concluded yesterday, with three of the six trials winners making the required time standard to compete at the Junior World Championships, which will be held on the 2008 Olympic racecourse in Beijing in July - Strength Training for Masters Rowers
The on-water season is well underway - now is the time to maximize your base by taking it up one level-and delivering some muscle to those foot stretchers. - Remarks at the service of Stuyve Pell, by Barbara Johnson
Barbara Johnson spoke of her friend and rowing mentor at Stuyve's service in Princeton on June 7 2007 - 2007 US Adaptive Team Selection Results
The athletes who will be competing at the World Championships in Munich in the LTA4+ were announced today. - Stuyvesant B. Pell
Stuyve Pell, heavily medaled masters oarsman, passed June 3, 2007 - Trevians and Colonials take Camden
There is nothing quite like a scholastic regatta to invigorate passion for the sport. - Stotesbury Cup 2007
One repeat winner and one first-time winner took top eights championships at the 81st running of the Stotesbury Cup - NCAA Division I Selections 2007
The NCAA Division I Women's Rowing Committee has selected the teams that will compete in the 2007 NCAA Division I Women's Rowing Championships. - NCAA DIII Selections 2007
- NCAA Division II Selections 2007
- Boiler Up!
The official school song of Purdue University is a somewhat stodgily-titled "Hail Purdue," but in recent years the song has been amended to include something a bit more aggressive-sounding - SIRA Championships report
Southern hospitality, spring weather in the South, and the Maroon and Orange Effect at the Southeastern Intercollegiate Rowing Association Championships on Melton Hill Lake - Kevin Granata, 45, former Purdue oarsman, killed in Va Tech shootings
Father of three won Dad Vail bronze with Purdue in 1986 - Windy at Windermere: Rowing Classic Saturday report
If there's one take-home lesson from Saturday, beyond the obvious "rankings don't matter" standby, it's that rowing is an outdoor sport - Rankings Tanking: Windermere Rowing Classic Sunday report
We knew the women's rankings weren't safe from change after even the first race of the regatta, but boy did things change. - Windermere Rowing Classic Preview
- The Boat Race: Oh Canada
Cambridge fights a blinder of a race to win by 1 and a quarter lengths - Boat Race 2007: Fair Weather, Tough Contest Expected
- The Tale of the Scales: The Annual Boat Race Cattle Market
The annual cattle market - I mean official weigh in - for the Oxford and Cambridge boat race squads took place Tuesday morning - Two coasts, two clubs, too bad for the rest of us
- Huskies Haul in Awards in 2006
It was a good year to be a Husky, especially when it came to the national award ceremonies. - Frosh T-Shirt Slogans 2006
- USRowing Holds November Small Boat Regatta
- Concept2 Video Contest
Turn Your Ideas into Ergs and oars with "rowTubeK" and "Concept Tube" -
Rowing's first ever video creation contest - Drysdale Sets New Record in Silverskiff 2006
Silverskiff and Kinderskiff feature 540 scullers on the river Po - Tempests and Timing Breakdowns
Send your frosh shirt slogan to row2k and we'll publish them on the site later this week - Hoochie Coochie: Everybody Knows
"The Hooch" has a creation story that could extend the length of their 5k course. - Sodden Fish
Races and marriage proposals go off despite wet weather - the 2006 Head of the Fish - Headwind of the Carnegie
On a weekend where no fewer than five events from Tacoma to the Tideway were cancelled, even the hard-to-roil Lake Carnegie saw the better part of valor prevail on Sunday. - Mickelson and Newlin Named 2006 USRowing Athletes of the Year
Selected by the athletes and coaches of the 2006 World Championships; both are first-time recipients of the award.
- Head of the Housatonic 2006
The Head of the Housatonic packed in the spectators?crew parents with grills, extensive vendors and the masters' hoards and hangers-on. - The Pocock Generation, Part III
The New York Times: "The University of Washington four-with-coxswain was triumphant in the opening final event on the final day of the regatta. - Regatta Report: Fish Creek 5000
Fish Creek races have it easy for unique awards: hang your hat on the fish thing and let your imagination fly (or swim). - 2006 Lucerne World Cup Video Highlights
Video highlights from the Lucerne World Cup - The Pocock Generation, Part II
The IRA's had gone very well for the Huskies, the freshmen winning by two lengths, the jayvee by three lengths and the varsity by two lengths. After their IRA sweep, the elimination of the Washington varsity eight in the Trials by one-tenth of a second to California was a crushing blow to Al Ulbrickson and to the crew. - The Masters of Masters Rowing
What the Quaker City Masters Regatta does beautifully and with great cheer: create an event, and builds rowing into the list of party games. - The Pocock Generation
In this excerpt from Peter Mallory's new book, the Conibear stroke is used to great success by University of Washington crews. - The Evolution of the Rowing Stroke: Author's Note
- The Masters of Chow
At regattas you are often find a smattering of masters athletes that have it all figured out - Lakers Get Lucky
The Laker Regatta featured summer masters regatta sights both routine and extraordinary; find a quick breathless partial tally of which herein - Four Crews Qualify for US Junior Team
Anyone who has rowed in a trials, or in many championships at that, knows that the prospect of a time trial is a gloomy one. Not so this week, however. - 2006 Poznan World Cup Video Highlights
Video highlights from the Poznan World Cup, thanks to www.wcsn.com - 2006 Munich World Cup Video Highlights
Five videos from the 2006 Munich FISA world cup, thanks to WCSN.com. - 2006 IRA Video Highlights
- Notes for a Riverside Service in Memory of Fallen On the Banks of the Cooper River
From the memorial service that was to be held at the IRA Championships but was canceled due to weather conditions. - Megaphone, Unisuit, Tailgate… Ready for Anything
"I am just waiting for the coffee barge to come by," quips Joan Lentini. The coffee barge never shows. This is Lentini's spring. - Photo Contest: Name This Person
Who is the class officer at far left in the photo below on the left, and in his yearbook photo on the right? - "And they’re off" - Scholastic Nationals report
"It sounds like a horse race,” commented an amused parent; her bewilderment was not unique; another parent heard that a boat was ahead "by a furlong." - row2k report: the 80th Stotesbury Cup Regatta
More than one person marveled at the quality of the finals at the Stotesbury Regatta in its 80th running this year - NCAA Division III Women's Rowing Championship Selections
In 2005, Trinity won the V8, while Ithaca took the points trophy - NCAA DI Women's Rowing Championship Selections
Cal took the V8 and the points trophy in 2005 - NCAA DII Women's Rowing Championship Selections
Western Washington won the 2005 DII Championship - World's Strangest Rowing World Record
Headed to North Pole, "I naturally thought, 'take an erg', as I'm sure any dedicated ergonaut would do" - Bernie Horton Passes
Bernie Horton, longtime Sprints, IRA and HOCR announcer, Cornell '57 - Shell Trailers and Their Regulation
Safe and legal trailering need not be a stressful issue if drivers are aware of the rules - Boat Race wibble
"Nothing that you can't read anywhere else I'm afraid - well apart from the quote at the start!!!" - Henley Boat Races Report
It's sometime easy to forget that the annual series between the Oxbridge unis includes five other events - Scales and Peacocks: Boat Race Weigh-in
Where the temptation to shout out bids was considerable - Cambridge 9oz heavier per man - U Michigan Trailer Overturns; None Hurt
Letter from U Michigan head men's coach Gregg Hartsuff - DO NOT BULLDOZE
Back in February, I wrote Bob Jaugstetter to inquire about heading to New Orleans for Tulane's season opener to "witness the rising of the Phoenix, or in this case the rising of the Green Wave." Jaugstetter responded thusly: "You probably don't want to talk too much about rising waves around here." - MORNING PRAYER: Ode from a Fallen Oarsman
Written for a young friend who died - Boat Race Fixture Report
With just under a month to go until the main event, the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race crews were up in London racing over the Championship course on the Tideway this weekend. - 25th Running of the CRASH-B Sprints
CRASH-B's 25th running: more seats, more people, and more trashcans at Agganis Arena - First Night, 2006
Whether they wore wool hats or sunblock, row2k readers took to the water to mark the New Year. - Tenth NCAA Women's Champs
From finger-painting to DI rowing; NCAA to celebrate 10th anniversary at Mercer Lake - The Education of the Uninitiated
"Dad, I made the team!" Those breathless joyful words catapulted me back in time to consider the rowing odyssey that had led to our family trip to Brandenburg, Germany. "Pulling on a stick to go backwards until you throw up" was how rowing was once described to me. - An American Oarsman in Oxford
What life is like for an oarsman 'trialing' for the OUBC. - A Row on the Po: Silverskiff 2005
11k from Cerea to Turin and back - "I felt a responsibility to do well – but also wanted to eat well" - Foreword to Dan Boyne's The Red Rose Crew
- US Trials 2005 Underway
Set in a classic US trials tableau – utter quiet, and exactly one spectator on the far shore – seven heats of singles raced off this morning - Tufts Takes Reading Regatta
Tufts takes Women's Senior 2 Eight at Reading - "Defibrillation Fours" and More
World Cup finals report - World Cup Friday
Tufte misses A final, Hacker, Cop, Synek, Arruez to face off - World Cup: Hot Heats and Parking Passes
Report from Day One of the Eton World Cup - Vets and Rookies Alike - First World Cup of '05
Even with post-Olympic retirements, there are 53 Olympic medallists racing this weekend - Photo Contest: Name This Person
- Wylie Strotbeck
- Lakes Open Up, Rivers Flow
The upside to all the rain and pestilence this weekend: frozen lakes finally opened up - You Can't Make This Stuff Up
Including Friday's "Sight of the day" and the "Surreal 'Cops' Event of the Weekend" - SDCC - Bring the Sunscreen
Ah, San Diego. Easy to forget there’s actually racing to be done. - Henley Boat Races
- Oxford Takes the Boat Race
Oxford drinks the champagne and revel in the attention - Oxford Break the Scales
Heaviest crew in the 151-year history of the race - Photo Poll: Startin' 'em Young
Vote for your favorite rowing tot - row 2k on the erg: CRASH-B 05
The world's most painful video game - Rowing in the Movies
Rowing from Buster Keaton to Vanna White - Best and Worst of 2004
The best, worst, most and least in 04 - From Mascots to Governors
They've moved on from mascots to Governors as the Seattle rowing Olympian victory tour continues - Medalists Meet the Mascot
US Olympic team members meet the Squatch - Silverskiff Trophy 2004
Olympic Silver medalists take gold in 11k Silverskiff in Turin - Banyoles Diary, Day 14
Bring on the paparazzi - Banyoles Diary, Day 13
Safe in Spain - Banyoles Diary, Day 10
Bad attitudes and sloppy toe-ing - Banyoles Diary Day 9, July 26
Siestas, unisuits - row2k photo poll: Vote for Best Rowing Couple!
row2k was cleaning out the /attach/ folder, and couldn't throw these out; thusly, a photo poll! - Banyoles Diary Day 7
New boats, boredom, and golf swings - Banyoles Diary, Day 4
Practice and potty humor from Banyoles - 1984 Olympic gold medal women’s 8 reunion row
1984 Gold Medal Women's 8 20-year reunion - Canadian Olympic Rowing Team Finalized
- Worlds Trials Report: Final One
The first final of the non-Olympic Worlds trials concluded today - United States 2004 Olympic Team Roster
The United States is contesting 12 of 14 Olympic events - Trial by Water
Like Groundhog Day in the W2-; Men's 2x sends family into the lake - US Olympic Trials, Final One, Tuesday
Three of four finals were decided by less than a second and a quarter - Olympic Trials, Day Two
Some advance - some retire - US Olympic Small Boat Trials, Day One
Never count out Adam Holland. - 1x trial Comes to Extraordinary Finish
Stunning conclusion in final strokes - Quick Trials Report
Second Final, May 22 - Muller: Retired(?)
Perhaps not... - Princeton and Cal Top WCCC
East-west showdowns go to the locals - Mustache Contest!
Does life at the ARCO Training Center warp rowers minds? - The Annual Super Bowl Erg
The thought of overtime was not appealing to either one of us... - Caspersen Center Dedication
- Naked Rowing in NZ
Life on board a 7.1m plywood rowing boat - Into Thick Air
Flying Fish, Food, Mountains - Big Seas - 31.10.03
"I was looking up at Jesus through my feet" - Atlantic Rowing Challenge 2003 Update
- Blackout: In NYC, Life Imitates Rowing
I weaved my way through blackened silhouettes. It was then that another memory came to mind. Rowing home. - Six and a Half Hours Per Stroke
Amongst all the coverage of the main boat race, it’s likely you won’t have heard about the other Oxford victory this weekend. - The Sickness Unto Next Time
"The Crash-B is a sick, deformed monster on the loose and I am a flailing pus-filled appendage, trying to break free. I had better come up with a strategy..." - Update: Schinias 2004 Olympic Course
Photo and status report on the course as of February 2003. - Visually Impaired Rowers Row It Alone
"Since I have been blind all my life, I had simply accepted the fact that I would probably never know the feeling of rowing a boat alone - the effect of my body on a boat, without anyone else to steady or steer it." - Christening the W. Hartwell Perry
- IRN/row2k Exclusive: Federazione Italiano Canotaggio Doping Scandal Communiqué
- IRN/row2k Exclusive: IRN Interview Excerpt: Dr. Giuseppe la Mura
- Remarks by John Garnjost at the Olympic Order Presentation
- John Garnjost: A Banner Year for a Lifetime of Service
- Katie Couric Coxes the U.S. Men's Eight
World-famous TV Talk anchor goes for a spin with the US Olympic Eight...film at 11! - 2000 C.R.A.S.H.-B. The Untold Story
Stories punctuated by the whirr of a flywheel. - Test of ISSUU embed
- Getting Ugly on the Erg: Last 20 Tactics
- Help Wanted: row2k Assistant Web site editor
- Royal Hawaiian Rowing Challenge "Report"
What really happened in Hawaii? - "A Hero for Daisy:" Chris Ernst Rocks the Boat
- A Rowing Joke
- 1997 Belly of the Carnegie photo gallery
These pictures were chosen for inclusion not for their exemplary rowing, but for just the opposite; most of the rowing found herein will be the cause of grimacing, bemusement, psychological pain, and outright laughter.
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 Ten Years After: Seth Bauer coxed the reunion crew of the 1987 US men's 8 that won the gold medal at the World Championships in Copenhagen ten years previously. |
 Pete Cipollone, four-time World gold medalist, coxed the record-breaking 1997 US Rowing entry in the Charles. The crew was made up of members of the 1997 US Team. |
Listen in as these two US coxswains, World Champions a decade apart, take their crews down the course at the Charles. Read the transcripts from the recorders they carried for us. |
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