May 11, 2012
- Source: Press ReleaseRow to Podium is Canada’s official talent identification and development program for rowing. We mold new athletes into future Olympic and Paralympic Champions. Row to Podium is designed specifically to find tall, young and fit athletes with no experience in rowing. Athletes are fast tracked on a path to the podium by expert coaches and sport scientists.Row to Podium is the premier talent...
May 1, 2012
- Source: Press Release/USRowingPRINCETON, N.J. – Two-time Olympian and London hopeful Mary Whipple (Orangevale, Calif.) has been selected by the United States Olympic Committee to participate in Team for Tomorrow, a program launched in 2008 by America’s Olympic and Paralympic athletes and the United States Olympic Committee that makes a difference for those in need around the world.
Today, the USOC announced details of...
April 25, 2012
- Source: Press Release/USRowingPRINCETON, N.J. – USRowing is pleased to announce that 18 athletes have been invited to the 2012 Men’s U23 National Team Sculling Camp in Norwalk, Conn., hosted by Maritime Rowing Club.
The camp, coached by Yan Vengerovskiy, will select the men’s quadruple sculls that will compete at the World Rowing Under 23 Championships July 11-15 in Trakai, Lithuania. In addition, the camp may select men’s double...
April 18, 2012
- Source: Press Release/USRowingPRINCETON, N.J. – One hundred days out from the start of the 2012 Olympic Games, USRowing is proud to name Anita L. DeFrantz as the Honorary Chair of America Rows, the nationwide diversity and inclusion initiative created by USRowing to increase awareness of rowing and introducing the sport to a diverse group of Americans.
DeFrantz is a member of the IOC (International Olympic Committee) and won a bronze...
April 6, 2012
- Source: Press Release/USRowingPRINCETON, N.J. – INDi and USRowing have signed an agreement designating INDi as an official partner of the U.S. Women’s National Team, the organizations announced on Thursday. Based in San Francisco, Calif., INDi was founded in 2008 as a custom apparel brand that specializes in premium denim.
“I could not be more excited about our partnership with USRowing,” said Ali Fenn, vice president of...
April 4, 2012
- Source: Press Release/Rowing Canada AvironRowing Canada Aviron is proud to announce that the Canadian officials listed below have been appointed to FISA (International Rowing Federation) juries for the 2012 regatta season.
"I’m very pleased to have Canada represented so well on the international stage," said Mike Walker, Rowing Canada Aviron VP of National Development. "These experienced officials will do an excellent job at these...
March 28, 2012
Source: Press ReleaseBRIGHTON, MA — Tracy Smith, a United States Olympian and Boston marketing professional, is the new Director of Development at the nonprofit Community Rowing, Inc., the largest rowing club of its kind in the world.Ms. Smith, a resident of Newton, MA, was a 1992 member of the US Olympic team in Barcelona,...
February 28, 2012
- Source: Press ReleaseThe 132nd edition of the Independence Day Regatta will add two new events to its program this year: men’s and women’s fixed-seat adaptive singles.These events are open only to adaptive rowers with a disability who meet the criteria set out in the FISA rowing classification...