Kim,

Go to the Foundation for Rowing Education website and look under the
menu's "club locator." This might help you locate clubs in your local
area.

http://www.rowingeducation.org/row4all.html

r/Mike


-----Original Message-----
From: youthrowing@yahoogroups.com [mailto:youthrowing@yahoogroups.com]
On Behalf Of The Ryan's
Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2008 10:52 AM
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Joanne,

Thank you so much for the information and encouragement! Molly will
really appreciate this and I will contact Xeno shortly!

Blessings,

Kim Ryan



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From: youthrowing@yahoogroups.com [mailto:youthrowing@yahoogroups.com]
On Behalf Of Joanne Kicinski
Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2008 10:45 AM
To: youthrowing@yahoogroups.com
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Dear Kim,



Rowing clubs will be clamoring for your daughter! I'm involved as an
adult organizer for our island's junior crew program, and when our
coaches recruit coxswains, they typically look for "small people with
big personalities". Your daughter sounds like the perfect mix of
athlete and personality that she will be much welcomed in your community
rowing organization. We are up in the Northwest, and I don't have any
contacts in the Los Angeles area, other than one. You might try
contacting Xeno Muller at the Iron Oarsman (xeno@...
<mailto:xeno@...> ). He is an Olympic Gold medal sculler
from Austria who has a indoor rowing program in LA somewhere. I'm sure
he could give you advise on where to find a program for your daughter.



Good Luck!

Joanne Kicinski

Vashon Island Junior Crew





From: youthrowing@yahoogroups.com [mailto:youthrowing@yahoogroups.com]
On Behalf Of The Ryan's
Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2008 8:47 AM
To: youthrowing@yahoogroups.com
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Hi,

My name is Kim. My 13 year-old daughter, Molly, has become interested
in rowing, particularly in becoming a coxswain. Molly is pretty
athletic, and recently trained with the US Olympic Luge Team in Lake
Placid, NY. She was offered another spot in next year's screening camp,
but the coach was frank with us and said that because she is not going
to be even average height, she'll never make the Olympic Development
Team. They reserve spots on the Olympic Development Team for promising
athletes that are at least average, if not tall for their age.

Molly was initially quite disappointed, but has moved on and is setting
her sights on other things. In the past, she toured with the National
Tour of Annie and was on Broadway in How the Grinch Stole Christmas.
We've now had to relocate to the Los Angeles area. After closely
watching the Olympics this summer, she became fascinated in rowing after
noticing that she was much like the coxswains, short and loud (which is
probably what has brought her much success in professional musical
theatre!), and she knows how to steer well, too, she believes, as
evidenced by her success steering in luge down Mt. Van Hoevenburg in
Lake Placid!

If anyone can give us advice on where to start with a girl that wants to
be a coxswain, it would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks,

Kim