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Commentary
- 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...
row2k Interviews
- 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
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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- 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
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 - Rowing in the Desert
The erg at the 24-Hour Fitness on W. Charleston in Las Vegas was relegated to the most inconvenient and inconspicuous locations on the very glitzy aerobic floor. - 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. - 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
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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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