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Ready, Row! USA #62: Black History Month Kickoff

Our exclusive interview with the legendary and inspiring Anita DeFrantz at the USRowing Convention kicks off our celebration of Black History Month. Plus, we’ll have a roundup of the week’s juiciest news in the rowing world. n

Ready, Row! USA #61: All About the Clubs!

Ready, Row! USA Episode #61: Rowing Club Spotlight Producer: Charlotte Pierce Host: Shannon Borum Guest: Saundra Weston, Tampa Rowing Club News Commentary: Mark Wilson We’re back with our regular Club Spotlight, focusing this week on Hampton HS Crew (the only public school rowing program in Georgia) and on Station L in Oregon and Tampa RC […]

Ready, Row! USA #60: HEY, REF!

Ready, Row! USA Episode #60 Panelists: Longtime referee Sherri Kent & Jules Zane, Dir of Referee Programs at USRowing News Comentary: Mark Wilson Host: Shannon Borum For our first episode in 2020, we’re soft-launching a news section, with commentary on some of the top rowing news of recent weeks. We also welcome a new sponsor, […]

LIVE from USRowing with Ted Benford, ED of Community Rowing

#ReadyRowUSA correspondent Brenda Balenger talked with Ted Benford, executive director of Community Rowing in Boston, about CRI initiatives aimed at increasing diversity in rowing, “one club at a time.” Ted started his relationship with CRI more than  25 years ago as a volunteer and coach and then went on to serve as president of the […]

Ready, Row! USA #47: Sarasota Coastal Regatta

DISCUSSION Racing took place off of Sarasota’s South Lido Beach from November 20–24, 2019. Contests were run for the masters men’s and women’s C1X, C2X, along with mixed C2X. Junior men and women races C4x. Following the format of European coastal racing, SCRA provided rentals of FISA-class boats and oars for those without equipment looking […]

LIVE from US Rowing with Bob Kaehler

Producer Charlotte Pierce interviewed  Bob Kaehler, a three-time U.S. Olympian, four-time World Champion rower. Raised in Huntington, New York, Kaehler began rowing at the age of sixteen at the Sagamore Rowing Club, NY, and continued through his undergraduate college years at Rutgers University, and as a graduate at Columbia University where he earned his Master’s […]