![]() An incredible performance by four young, essentially inexperienced rowers in one of our sport’s most competitive events at the elite level is an unadulterated good thing. ![]() So, with other coaches, I was ecstatic when the USA Men’s Four won a bronze medal in London. Men's Pair in London, learned to row beginning his sophomore year at the University of Michigan, where I coach), we are always on the lookout for those guys who may have swam or played basketball or such in high school, and who have the right stuff - long arms and legs, big lungs and just enough insanity to try a sport that trains about 100 minutes for each minute of competition - to make it as a college rower. Rowing being a sport where walk-ons can become Olympians in short order (Tom Peszek, of the U.S. We've noticed that even the tiny exposure our sport gets during the Games increases the number of interested freshmen who show up and try out for our squads in the coming fall. Written By Charley Sullivan, openly gay rowing coach at the University of MichiganĮvery four years, when the Olympics roll around, college rowing coaches get excited.
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