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#398 From: "p.pounds@..." <p.pounds@...>
Date: Mon Feb 9, 2009 4:37 pm
Subject: Re: Safety, Rowing and PFD's
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We too require PFD's until they pass a swim test.  So far we've only had a cox
who couldn't pass the test.  Our swim test includes donning a PFD while in the
water.  And we carry, in the coach's launch, PFD's for every rower.

Ted Pounds, Crystal Lake Rowing Club Director for Juniors

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We require PFD's until they pass the swim and tread water tests.

Byron Walthall
Charlotte


-----Original Message-----
From: Joanne Kicinski <Joannedk@comcast.net>
To: youthrowing@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sun, 8 Feb 2009 10:34 pm
Subject: [youthrowing] Safety, Rowing and PFD's

Hi – I’m a parent helper (and a master rower) of a junior rowing program on Vashon Island. We are exploring the idea of requiring pfd’s by our juniors when they train.  I’m curious about what other junior programs do.  Do you require rowers to wear pfd’s?  Do you require them only on small boats, or in marginal weather?  Our group is sp lit on what we should do – half think all juniors should wear pfd’s all the time, and half think that if there is a coaches launch nearby (and there always is) then wearing a pfd is not necessary.  What do you all do?
 
Yours,
 
Joanne Kicinski
Vashon Island Junior Crew



#397 From: Byron Walthall <JWalth1590@...>
Date: Mon Feb 9, 2009 3:25 pm
Subject: Re: Safety, Rowing and PFD's
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We require PFD's until they pass the swim and tread water tests.

Byron Walthall
Charlotte


-----Original Message-----
From: Joanne Kicinski <Joannedk@...>
To: youthrowing@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sun, 8 Feb 2009 10:34 pm
Subject: [youthrowing] Safety, Rowing and PFD's

Hi – I’m a parent helper (and a master rower) of a junior rowing program on Vashon Island. We are exploring the idea of requiring pfd’s by our juniors when they train.  I’m curious about what other junior programs do.  Do you require rowers to wear pfd’s?  Do you require them only on small boats, or in marginal weather?  Our group is sp lit on what we should do – half think all juniors should wear pfd’s all the time, and half think that if there is a coaches launch nearby (and there always is) then wearing a pfd is not necessary.  What do you all do?
 
Yours,
 
Joanne Kicinski
Vashon Island Junior Crew



#396 From: "Joanne Kicinski" <Joannedk@...>
Date: Mon Feb 9, 2009 3:34 am
Subject: Safety, Rowing and PFD's
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Hi – I’m a parent helper (and a master rower) of a junior rowing program on Vashon Island. We are exploring the idea of requiring pfd’s by our juniors when they train.  I’m curious about what other junior programs do.  Do you require rowers to wear pfd’s?  Do you require them only on small boats, or in marginal weather?  Our group is split on what we should do – half think all juniors should wear pfd’s all the time, and half think that if there is a coaches launch nearby (and there always is) then wearing a pfd is not necessary.  What do you all do?

 

Yours,

 

Joanne Kicinski

Vashon Island Junior Crew


#395 From: Ethan Curren <ethan.curren@...>
Date: Sun Feb 8, 2009 6:55 pm
Subject: Fwd: CRI Vespoli Education Series Tuesday, Feb. 10th
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Date: Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 4:20 PM
Subject: CRI Vespoli Education Series Tuesday, Feb. 10th
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CRI's Vespoli Education Series 

The Vespoli Coaching Education Series at Community Rowing presents a panel discussion with:

Bill Manning and Sally Morris
 
"The Early Weeks on the Water"  
When:   Tuesday, February 10, 2009 
Where:  Harry Parker Boathouse, 2nd Floor,
20 Nonantum rd, Brighton, MA
Time:    7:00pm 
Cost:       $5.00  
 
     Snacks and refreshments to follow the presentation.
Bill ManningBill Manning, the Harvard heavyweight freshman coach is a 1987 Holy Cross graduate who is serving his 11th year on the Crimson staff in 2008-09.

Manning has directed the freshmen to five EARC Sprints titles (1999, 2001, 2002, 2004 and 2008).  His freshman have raced at the Henley Royal Regatta five times winning the Temple Challenge Cup in 2001 and 2002.

Manning served as an assistant coach with the U.S. Junior National Team at five World Championships and as an assistant coach for the U.S. Senior National Team in 2003 and 2004.  At the 2004 Olympics he assisted fellow Harvard coach Charley Butt with the U.S. pair, heavyweight double, and lightweight double (each of these boats included one Harvard oarsman.) 
 
Most recently Manning has been responsible for the United States U23 Men's Sculling. 
Sally Sally Morris is in her fourth year of coaching at Phillips Exeter Academy, after twenty years at Brooks School. In the last three seasons, her girls first boat has had tremendous success with a gold each year, while the squad made a clean sweep at the New England Championships in G1,2,3 last spring, with a third place finish in the women's eight at the Youth Nationals.

A native of Northboro, Massachusetts, where she was a tri-sport land athlete, Sally became a four year varsity letter-winner with the crew program at Trinity College in Connecticut. After graduation, she took a job teaching classical languages and coaching field hockey, basketball, and rowing at Brooks School, where she was mentored by Liz O'Leary before Liz moved to Radcliffe. Sally achieved exceptional success at Brooks, capturing four NEIRA Regatta Championships in 2000, 2001, 2004, and 2005 as well as two USRowing Youth National Championships in 2004 and 2005.

Along the way, Sally has seen numerous rowers move on to successful college programs as well as to compete at the world class and Olympic level, including the Beijing gold medal 8. A teacher of Classical Languages, Sally earned a Masters in Classics from Tufts University in 1990. Sally now serves on the faculty at Exeter as an instructor in Classical Languages and is active in numerous Classics organizations in the States and abroad. Sally's eldest child rows for Radcliffe, while her second is a dancer, and the third rows with the boys crew at Phillips Exeter Academy. Sally's personal claim to rowing fame does not lie so much on the water, but rather in a Hammer from the CRASH-B's in 1993, which she has on display in her study to help keep the 36 boys in her dorm at bay.
This is the second installment of a regular colloquia series being held monthly at Community Rowing's new Harry Parker Boathouse. The series is sponsored by Vespoli.
 
Watch the CRI website for updates at: www.communityrowing .org.  The Vespoli Coaching Education Series will host a new speaker on the second Tuesday of each month.
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#394 From: "Regina A. Navia" <gina@...>
Date: Fri Feb 6, 2009 11:56 am
Subject: Re: participants needed for research study in Texas!!
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Hi Marissa,
 
Email me off line and I can give you a few names to contact in the masters community in Texas, although, many are > than 60.
 
Great you are doing research in this area.
 
Good Luck!
 
Gina


Regina Di Bella Navia, EdM, MS, OTR/L
Bradford Navia, MD, PhD
Neurotherapeutic Associates, Inc.& Sports and Occupational Therapy, Inc.
Boston, MA and Princeton, NJ
 
Neurology-Neuroscience-Neurorehabilitation-Neurorobotics



--- On Wed, 2/4/09, Marissa Spitz <marissa.spitz@...> wrote:
From: Marissa Spitz <marissa.spitz@...>
Subject: [youthrowing] participants needed for research study in Texas!!
To: youthrowing@yahoogroups.com
Date: Wednesday, February 4, 2009, 11:46 AM

Dear Rowers,

 

My name is Marissa Spitz and I am a graduate student at Texas Christian University currently working on my master's degree in exercise physiology.  For my thesis project, I am looking to use competitive rowers as my participants.  I was a collegiate rower at Ithaca College in Upstate New York and my passion for rowing grew in my years of competing which is why I'd like to study some aspects of it in my project.  Here is a brief description of what the study will entail:

 

-Up to six visits to the Exercise Physiology Lab at TCU in Ft. Worth

-Performing a maximal exercise test on a rowing ergometer

-Rowing in different temperatures while in the environmental chamber in our lab

-Performing 2000 meter time trials

-Collection of oxygen consumption, core and muscle temperatures, and blood lactate

-Gaining knowledge of your own personal exercise capacity!

 

I'm currently looking for participants ages 18-44 years old who have been competitive rowers for at least one year.  Please give me a call or send me an email if you are interested in learning more about my study!  Hope to hear from you soon.

 

Sincerely,

 

Marissa Spitz

 

 

Graduate Assistant

Texas Christian University

marissa.spitz@ tcu.edu

 817-257-7489  (lab)

 847-... (cell)


#393 From: Marissa Spitz <marissa.spitz@...>
Date: Wed Feb 4, 2009 4:46 pm
Subject: participants needed for research study in Texas!!
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Dear Rowers,

 

My name is Marissa Spitz and I am a graduate student at Texas Christian University currently working on my master's degree in exercise physiology.  For my thesis project, I am looking to use competitive rowers as my participants.  I was a collegiate rower at Ithaca College in Upstate New York and my passion for rowing grew in my years of competing which is why I'd like to study some aspects of it in my project.  Here is a brief description of what the study will entail:

 

-Up to six visits to the Exercise Physiology Lab at TCU in Ft. Worth

-Performing a maximal exercise test on a rowing ergometer

-Rowing in different temperatures while in the environmental chamber in our lab

-Performing 2000 meter time trials

-Collection of oxygen consumption, core and muscle temperatures, and blood lactate

-Gaining knowledge of your own personal exercise capacity!

 

I'm currently looking for participants ages 18-44 years old who have been competitive rowers for at least one year.  Please give me a call or send me an email if you are interested in learning more about my study!  Hope to hear from you soon.

 

Sincerely,

 

Marissa Spitz

 

 

Graduate Assistant

Texas Christian University

marissa.spitz@...

817-257-7489 (lab)

847-308-2374 (cell)


#392 From: "Regina A. Navia" <gina@...>
Date: Mon Feb 2, 2009 4:51 pm
Subject: Boston Adaptive Indoor Rowing Challenge-February 21, 2009
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Hi All,
 
Boston Adaptive Indoor Rowing Challenge application and details are online.
 
http://communityrowing.org/adaptiveergchallenge.htm
 
Please click on the above link to learn about the exciting adaptive indoor rowing event to be held on February 21, 2009 9AM at Boston's Community Rowing, Inc,
 
Sponsored by CRI, Concept 2  and WinTech Racing.
 
500m and 1000m distances and FUN 2x events to choose from.
 
Award to go to first 3 places in 16 categories.
 
Discounted rooms in Boston hotels and pasta dinner Friday, February 20, 2009 @ Community Rowing, Inc.
 
Demonstration of Functional Electrical Stimulation with Concept2 erg by Spaulding Rehabiltation Hospital by scientist and athlete.

See you there!
 
 
Gina Navia and Tom Darling
Co Chairs
Boston Adaptive Indooring Rowing Challenge
Community Rowing, Inc.
Brighton, MA
 
Pass this along!

#391 From: "Eric Weir" <eweir@...>
Date: Fri Jan 16, 2009 5:58 pm
Subject: RE: Nationals question
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The Deep Water Dash will be conducted on April 18 and 19th ,2009, in the Stockton Deep water Channel.

 

We will be sending out a race packet of information over the weekend, including college racing on Saturday morning from 8-11, Masters 1k racing from 11-2pm, and Junior racing on Sunday from 8-2pm. Early indications are that this will be well attended, with 4-5 junior crews already committed to come.

 

Feel free to e-mail any questions to me. See you in April.

Eric

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From: youthrowing@yahoogroups.com [mailto:youthrowing@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Sabrina Linden
Sent: Friday, January 16, 2009 9:46 AM
To: youthrowing@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [youthrowing] Nationals question

 

Do you know if there is a group running the Delta Dash this year?


To: youthrowing@yahoogroups.com
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Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 19:19:21 -0800
Subject: Re: [youthrowing] Nationals question

Sorry all, but I will need to backtrack. At tonight's YAC committee the pair was put back on the table

for YNC 2009. A final confirmation will be out on February 1st or close to that date.

 

Dust off those pair riggers !

 

Thanks


Monica

 

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From: Monica Hilcu

Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2009 9:07 AM

Subject: Re: [youthrowing] Nationals question

 

Byron

 

No pairs for 2009. No vote/word for 2010. The pairs would be open pairs.

 

thanks

 

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Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2009 8:56 AM

Subject: [youthrowing] Nationals question

 

Does anyone know if there will be pairs at Nationals this year?  Next year?  If so, will there be lightweight pairs?

Byron Walthall, Charlotte

 


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#390 From: Sabrina Linden <sabrina_linden@...>
Date: Fri Jan 16, 2009 5:46 pm
Subject: RE: Nationals question
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Do you know if there is a group running the Delta Dash this year?


To: youthrowing@yahoogroups.com
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Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 19:19:21 -0800
Subject: Re: [youthrowing] Nationals question

Sorry all, but I will need to backtrack. At tonight's YAC committee the pair was put back on the table
for YNC 2009. A final confirmation will be out on February 1st or close to that date.
 
Dust off those pair riggers !
 
Thanks

Monica
 
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Subject: Re: [youthrowing] Nationals question

Byron
 
No pairs for 2009. No vote/word for 2010. The pairs would be open pairs.
 
thanks
 
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Subject: [youthrowing] Nationals question

Does anyone know if there will be pairs at Nationals this year?  Next year?  If so, will there be lightweight pairs?

Byron Walthall, Charlotte





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#389 From: "Monica Hilcu" <mhilcu@...>
Date: Fri Jan 16, 2009 3:19 am
Subject: Re: Nationals question
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Sorry all, but I will need to backtrack. At tonight's YAC committee the pair was put back on the table
for YNC 2009. A final confirmation will be out on February 1st or close to that date.
 
Dust off those pair riggers !
 
Thanks

Monica
 
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Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2009 9:07 AM
Subject: Re: [youthrowing] Nationals question

Byron
 
No pairs for 2009. No vote/word for 2010. The pairs would be open pairs.
 
thanks
 
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2009 8:56 AM
Subject: [youthrowing] Nationals question

Does anyone know if there will be pairs at Nationals this year?  Next year?  If so, will there be lightweight pairs?

Byron Walthall, Charlotte


#388 From: "chancesf" <chancesf@...>
Date: Tue Jan 13, 2009 9:50 pm
Subject: Injury
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I didn't know where else to post this question, but I have been rowing
for over 15 years and have started doing more miles on the erg this
season and have experience some pain around the tailbone area. It
doesn't hurt while during the erg but does when sitting on any seat
after the workout Could I be sitting wrong on the erg???.. or just
getting old. Any help would be appreciated

#387 From: "Charles Huthmaker" <charles@...>
Date: Tue Jan 13, 2009 1:57 pm
Subject: Coaching Clinics
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USRowing Level I and 2 clinics being held in Norwalk, CT.  Both are one-day clinics from 9am-5pm.
 
Level 2-February 28
Level 1- March 14
 
 
Charles
 
Charles Huthmaker
Director of Rowing
1 Moodys Lane
Norwalk, CT 06851
203-866-0080 x14
404-277-4630 Cell
203-299-1672 Fax
www.norwalkriverrowing.org


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#386 From: "Charles Huthmaker" <charles@...>
Date: Mon Jan 12, 2009 3:02 pm
Subject: Full-time Coach Needed
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The NRRA is looking to hire an Adult Program Director.  This is a full-time coaching position with benefits.
 
 
Charles Huthmaker
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#385 From: "Monica Hilcu" <mhilcu@...>
Date: Sun Jan 11, 2009 5:07 pm
Subject: Re: Nationals question
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Byron
 
No pairs for 2009. No vote/word for 2010. The pairs would be open pairs.
 
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Subject: [youthrowing] Nationals question

Does anyone know if there will be pairs at Nationals this year?  Next year?  If so, will there be lightweight pairs?

Byron Walthall, Charlotte


#384 From: Byron Walthall <JWalth1590@...>
Date: Sun Jan 11, 2009 4:56 pm
Subject: Nationals question
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Does anyone know if there will be pairs at Nationals this year?  Next year?  If so, will there be lightweight pairs?

Byron Walthall, Charlotte

#383 From: "Ethan Curren" <ethan.curren@...>
Date: Fri Jan 9, 2009 10:20 pm
Subject: Coaching education series begins in boston
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CRI Launches
Vespoli Education Series
Everyone is Welcome!
Community Rowing is very happy to welcome Vespoli, a manufacturer of world class rowing
equipment, as the Title Sponsor for the Monthly Rowing Education Series. These events, held on
the second Tuesday of every month at Community Rowing Inc, provide a forum for coaches an
rowers to learn from experts in all fields that have an impact on performance in rowing.
Harry Parker Boathouse Photo by AJ Rouke
The Vespoli Coaching Education Series at Community Rowing kicks off with Nutritionist Jennifer Sacheck.
Her talk on "Nutrition for High Performance" will begin at 6:30pm on Tuesday, January 13th followed by time
for questions and discussion. Please join us for snacks and refreshments afterwards.
Professor Sacheck is an Assistant Professor at Freidman School of Nutrition at Tuft University and is affiliated
with the John Hancock Center on Physical Activity and Nutrition. She is also an active member of the American
College of Sport Medicine and a certified strength and conditioning specialist. She is a former captain of the
Syracuse University Crew, has been an assistant at Radcliffe and UMass, and has finished in the top three at the
Head of the Charles on multiple occasions.
This will be the first of a regular colloquia series to be held monthly at Community Rowing's new Harry
Parker Boathouse. The series is sponsored by Vespoli.
The cost for the evening is $5 and is open to all. Admission is free for CRI staff members.
Watch the CRI website for updates at: www.communityrowing.org. The Vespoli Coaching Education Series will
host a new speaker on the second Tuesday of each month.
PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
1/7/09
Contact:
Bruce Smith
Executive Director
Community Rowing, Inc.

#382 From: Byron Walthall <JWalth1590@...>
Date: Fri Jan 9, 2009 6:40 pm
Subject: Level 2 coaching clinic in Charlotte
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We are hosting a USRowing Level 2 Coaching Clinic concurrent with our erg race the weekend of February 14th.  We will try to give you time to both compete and learn! If you are interested in this clinic, please sign up at USRowing by contacting Willie Black willieb@... or (317) 450 3229.

Byron Walthall, Charlotte


#381 From: Byron Walthall <JWalth1590@...>
Date: Fri Jan 9, 2009 6:39 pm
Subject: NC/SC Erg Race in Charlotte
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Please forward this information to any youth crew contacts you may have in NC or SC.

Thanks,
Byron Walthall
=======================================
Hi fellow rowers and coaches,

I would like to formally announce our annual "Scrambled Ergs" erg race, Saturday Feb 14 in
Charlotte.  This race is the NC/SC Club Championship erg race.  We accept individual registrants as well as club athletes.  We hope to have local racers college clubs (WFU, Davidson, Clemson, UNC, Duke), and participants from masters clubs.

Proceeds benefit the Charlotte Youth Rowing program, sponsored by the Siskey YMCA.

Thank you in advance for forwarding this message to your rowers and coaches.  If you have questions about the race please contact me at jwalth1590@... .

When:  
Saturday, February 14, 2009

Where:
Hemby Activity Center
Happy Valley St
Charlotte, NC 28270
From I-85 South, take exit 30 to I-485 SOUTH (Direction of Pineville, Matthews, and=2 0I-77 South)
From I-77, exit 1 to I-485 EAST (“Outer Belt”) in the direction of Pineville and Matthews
 
Then:
Take exit 57 for State Hwy 16/Providence Rd toward Weddington  0.3 mi
Turn left at NC-16/Providence Rd., go 1.5 mi
Turn right at Kuykendall Rd/NC-3441, go  0.7 mi
Turn right at Happy Valley St/Woodman Sterne Ln, at the Siskey YMCA – Hemby Center sign
 
Follow the road until you come to the gravel parking lot on the right


Thanks and Happy Erging,

Byron Walthall, Head Coach
Charlotte Youth Rowing
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#380 From: "Scott Allison" <swalli_98@...>
Date: Fri Jan 9, 2009 5:32 pm
Subject: Rowing Scholarships
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Here's a link to the NYT data on college scholarships in the various
sports.....
http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2008/03/10/sports/20080310_SCHOLAR_GRAPHIC2.ht\
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Scott Allison
St. Louis Rowing Club

#379 From: SBallantyne1@...
Date: Fri Jan 9, 2009 5:26 pm
Subject: Stats on High School Rowers
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As promised, the attached link gives statistics for girls high school recruiting.  Boys are not listed, because they don't fall under the NCAA.  I also pasted in one of a series of 4 articles on the subject in general on college recruiting and college athletics from the New York Times.

http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2008/03/10/sports/20080310_SCHOLAR_GRAPHIC2.html


Suzy Ballantyne







March 10, 2008
The Scholarship Divide

Expectations Lose to Reality of Sports Scholarships

Correction Appended
At youth sporting events, the sidelines have become the ritual community meeting place, where families sit in rows of folding chairs aligned like church pews. These congregations are diverse in spirit but unified by one gospel: heaven is your child receiving a college athletic scholarship.
Parents sacrifice weekends and vacations to tournaments and specialty camps, spending thousands each year in this quest for the holy gra il.
But the expectations of parents and athletes can differ sharply from the financial and cultural realities of college athletics, according to an analysis by The New York Times of previously undisclosed data from the National Collegiate Athletic Association and interviews with dozens of college officials.
Excluding the glamour sports of football and basketball, the average N.C.A.A. athletic scholarship is nowhere near a full ride, amounting to $8,707. In sports like baseball or track and field, the number is routinely as low as $2,000. Even when football and basketball are included, the average is $10,409. Tuition and room and board for N.C.A.A. institutions often cost between $20,000 and $50,000 a year.
“People run themselves ragged to play on three teams at once so they could always reach the next level,” said Margaret Barry of Laurel, Md., whose daughter is a scholarship swimmer at the University of Delaware. “They’re going to be disappointed when they learn that if they’re very lucky, they will get a scholarship worth 15 percent of the $40,000 college bill. What’s that? $6,000?”
Within the N.C.A.A. data, last collected in 2003-4 and based on N.C.A.A. calculations from an internal study, are other statistical insights about the distribution of money for the 138,216 athletes who received athletic aid in Division I and Division II.
¶Men received 57 percent of all scholarship money, but in 11 of the 14 sports with men’s and women’s teams, the women’s teams averaged higher amounts per athlete.
¶On average, the best-paying sport was neither football nor men’s or women’s basketball. It was men’s ice hockey, at $21,755. Next was women’s ice hockey ($20,540).
¶The lowest overall average scholarship total was in men’s riflery ($3,608), and the lowest for women was in bowling ($4,899). Baseball was the second-lowest men’s sport ($5,806).
Many students and their parents think of playing a sport not because of scholarship money, but because it is stimulating and might even give them a leg up in the increasingly competitive process of applying to college. But coaches and administrators, the gatekeepers of the recruiting system, said in interviews that parents and athletes who hoped for such money were much too optimistic and that they were unprepared to effectively navigate the system. The athletes, they added, were the ones who ultimately suffered.
Coaches surveyed at two representative N.C.A.A. Division I institutions — Villanova University outside Philadelphia and the University of Delaware — told tales of rejecting top prospects because their parents were obstinate in scholarship negotiations.
“I dropped a good player because her dad was a jerk — all he ever talked to me about was scholarship money,” said Joanie Milhous, the field hockey coach at Villanova. “I don’t need that in my program. I recruit good, ethical parents as much as good, talented kids because, in the end, there’s a connection between the two.”
The best-laid plans of coaches do not always bring harmony on teams, however, and scholarships can be at the heart of the unrest. Who is getting how much tends to get around like the salaries in a workplace. The result — scholarship envy — can divide teams.
The chase for a scholarship has another side that is rarely discussed. Although those athletes who receive athletic aid are viewed as the ultimate winners, they typically find the demands on their time, minds and bodies in college even more taxing than the long journey to get there.
There are 6 a.m. weight-lifting sessions, exhausting practices, team meetings, study halls and long trips to games. Their varsity commitments often limit the courses they can take. Athletes also share a frustrati ng feeling of estrangement from the rest of the student body, which views them as the privileged ones. In this setting, it is not uncommon for first- and second-year athletes to relinquish their scholarships.
“Kids who have worked their whole life trying to get a scholarship think the hard part is over when they get the college money,” said Tim Poydenis, a senior at Villanova receiving $3,000 a year to play baseball. “They don’t know that it’s a whole new monster when you get here. Yes, all the hard work paid off. And now you have to work harder.”
Lack of Knowledge
Parents often look back on the many years spent shuttling sons and daughters to practices, camps and games with a changed eye. Swept up in the dizzying pursuit of sports achievement, they realize how little they knew of the process.
Mrs. Barry remembers how her daughter Cortney rose at 4 a.m. for years so she could attend a private swim practice before school. A second practice followed in the afternoon. Weekends were for competitions. Cortney is now a standout freshman at Delaware after receiving a $10,000 annual athletic scholarship.
“I’m very proud of her and it was worth it on many levels, but not necessarily the ones everybody talks about,” Mrs. Barry said. “It can take over your life. Getting up at 4 a.m. was like having another baby again. And the expenses are significant; I20know I didn’t buy new clothes for a while.
“But the hardest part is that nobody educates the parents on what’s really going on or what’s going to happen.”
When they received the letter from Delaware informing them of Cortney’s scholarship, she and her husband, Bob, were thrilled. Later, they shared a quiet laugh, noting that the scholarship might just defray the cost of the last couple of years of Cortney’s youth sports swim career.
The paradox has caught the attention of Myles Brand, the president of the N.C.A.A.
“The youth sports culture is overly aggressive, and while the opportunity for an athletic scholarship is not trivial, it’s easy for the opportunity to be overexaggerated by parents and advisers,” Mr. Brand said in a telephone interview. “That can skew behavior and, based on the numbers, lead to unrealistic expectations.”
Instead, Mr. Brand said, families should focus on academics.
“The real opportunity is taking advantage of how eager institutions are to reward good students,” he said. “In America’s colleges, there is a system of discounting for academic achievement. Most people with good academic records aren’t paying full sticker price. We don’t want people to stop playing sports; it’s good for them. But the best opportunity available is to try to improve one’s academic qualifications.” The math of athletic scholarships is complicated and widely misunderstood.
Despite common references in news media reports, there is no such thing as a four-year scholarship. All N.C.A.A. athletic scholarships must be renewed and are not guaranteed year to year, something stated in bold letters on the organization’s Web site for student-athletes. Nearly every scholarship can be canceled for almost any reason in any year, although it is unclear how often that happens.
In 2003-4, N.C.A.A. institutions gave athletic scholarships amounting to about 2 percent of the 6.4 million athletes playing those sports in high school four years earlier. Despite the considerable attention paid to sports, the select group of athletes barely registers statistically among the 5.3 million students at N.C.A.A. colleges and universities.
Scholarships are typically split and distributed to a handful, or even, say, 20, athletes because most institutions do not fully finance the so-called nonrevenue sports like soccer, baseball, golf, lacrosse, volleyball, softball, swimming, and track and field. Colleges offering these sports often pay for only five or six full scholarships, which are often sliced up to cover an entire team. Some sports have one or two full scholarships, or none at all.
The N.C.A.A. also restricts by sport the number of scholarships a college is allowed to distribute, and the numbers for most teams are tiny when compared with Division I football and its 85-scholarship limit.
A fully financed men’s Division I soccer team is restricted to 9.9 full scholarships, for freshmen to seniors. These are typically divvied up among as many as 25 or 30 players. A majority of N.C.A.A. members do not reach those limits and are not fully financed in most of their sports.
Ms. Milhous, whose Villanova field hockey team plays in the competitive Big East Conference, must make tough choices in recruiting. The N.C.A.A. permits Division I field hockey teams to have 12 full scholarships, but her team has fewer.
“I tell parents of recruits I have eight scholarships, and they say: ‘Wow, eight a year? That’s great,’ ” she said. “And I say: ‘No, eight over four or five years of recruits. And I’ve got 22 girls on our team.’ ”
That can mean a $2,000 scholarship, which surprises parents.
“They might argue with me,” Ms. Milhous said. “But the fact is I’ve got girls getting from $2,000 to $20,000, and it all has to add up to eight scholarships. It’s very subjective, and remember, what I get to give out is also determined by how many seniors I’ve got leaving.”
Two Brothers, Two Stories
Joe Taylor, a soccer player at Villanova, received a20scholarship worth half his roughly $40,000 in college costs when he graduated from a suburban Philadelphia high school three years ago. He had spent years on one of the top travel soccer teams in the country, F.C. Delco, and had several college aid offers.
“It was still a huge dogfight to get whatever you can get,” Mr. Taylor said. “Everyone is scrambling. There are so many good players, and nobody understands how few get to keep playing after high school.”
In 2003-4, there was the equivalent of one full N.C.A.A. men’s soccer scholarship available for about every 145 boys who were playing high school soccer four years earlier.
“There’s a lot of luck involved really,” Mr. Taylor said. “I can pinpoint a time when I was suddenly heavily recruited. It was after a tournament in Long Island the summer after my junior year. I scored a few goals. The Villanova coach was there, and so were some other college coaches. Within a couple of days, my in-box was full of e-mails. I’ve wondered, What would have happened if didn’t play well that day?”
Mr. Taylor has a younger brother, Pat, who followed in his footsteps, playing on the same national-level travel team and for the same Olympic developmental program.
“He did everything I did, and in some ways I think he’s a better player than me,” Joe said. “But you know, I think he didn’t have the big game when the right college coaches were there. He didn’t get the money offers I did.”
Pat Taylor is a freshman at Loyola College in Baltimore. Though recruited, he did not make the soccer team during tryouts last fall.
“I feel terrible for him — he worked as hard as I did for all those years,” Joe Taylor said.
Their father, Chris Taylor, said he once calculated what he spent on the boys’ soccer careers.
“Ten thousand per kid per year is not an unreasonable estimate,” he said. “But we never looked at it as a financial transaction. You are misguided if you do it for that reason. You cannot recoup what you put in if you think of it that way. It was their passion — still is — and we wanted to indulge that.
“So what if we didn’t take vacations for a few years.”
Pat Taylor, who started playing soccer at 4, said it took him about a month to accept that his dream of playing varsity soccer on scholarship in college would not happen. He looks back fondly on his youth career but also wishes he knew at the start what he knows now about the process.
“The whole thing really is a crapshoot, but no one ever says that out loud,” he said. “On every team I played on, every single person there thought for sure that they would play in college. I thought so, too. J ust by the numbers, it’s completely unrealistic.
“And if I had it to do over, I would have skipped a practice every now and then to go to a concert or a movie with my friends. I missed out on a lot of things for soccer. I wish I could have some of that time back.”
Griffin Palmer contributed reporting to this article.
This article has been revised to reflect the following correction:
Correction: March 11, 2008
A front-page article on Monday about the unrealistic expectations of families in the pursuit of college athletic scholarships omitted a reporting credit. Griffin Palmer analyzed college and high school statistics for the article.



#378 From: Curt Kinchen <ptcurt@...>
Date: Thu Jan 8, 2009 9:54 pm
Subject: RE: Stats on High School Rowers
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Like everyone else replying I don't have statistics at hand regarding
HS rowers and relative success in HS or admission to college.  I also
recall the article(NY Times?) on scholarships for women rowers. I believe there
are more scholarships available than the number of junior rowers each year.
In looking at recruiting class press releases at various universities that would seem to hold
true as many recruit non-rowing athletes(BB, volleyball, swimming, track, etc.).
 
As part of my daughters college recruiting we
received data from several universities showing the graduation rates
of their athletes, grouped by sport.  Almost without exception the women's
crew team(Men's aren't governed by NCAA so they don't include them) has
the highest or near the highest  graduation rate of all their NCAA sports, although
usually swimming, tennis , volleyball are in the same ballpark.
 
You can get data for all universities here.
 
http://www.ncaa.org/wps/ncaa?ContentID=38485


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Subject: [youthrowing] Stats on High School Rowers


If anyone has information about the following Id appreciate if you email me at rickbrown@threeriversrowing.org

 

Im looking for statistics on high school aged rowers and what a positive influence rowing is on them. For example a GPA comparison of rowers vs. other athletes or college placement stats, etc. I would also be interested if anyone knows numbers about how many scholarships are awarded to high school senior rowers every year as they move onto college.

 

Thanks to anyone who might have some stats to share. Best of luck to all this spring

 

Thanks,

Rick

 

 

 

Rick Brown
Head Coach

Three Rivers Rowing

300 Waterfront Drive

Pittsburgh, PA 15222

412-821-1710

rickbrown@threeriversrowing.org

www.threeriversrowing.org

 



#377 From: lmsculler@...
Date: Thu Jan 8, 2009 3:55 pm
Subject: Re: Stats on High School Rowers
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Folks:

       Ten years ago when I was coaching a high school team I saw one reprot that indicated that the team had the highest GPA of any physical sports team in the school and a very high SAT average.  I dont know if that was circumstantial for that particular period or not.  I do know that the team averaged very high every year and that the sculling component of the team had the highest on the rowing team.  Again I do not know if it was just a unique circumstance.

Lloyd

#376 From: "Joanne Kicinski" <Joannedk@...>
Date: Thu Jan 8, 2009 8:33 pm
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I don’t have any stats – just practical experience.  I do know that at the University of Washington, crew has the highest GPA of all athletes (at least that’s what my son tells me).  I’m heavily involved in our junior crew program, and our experience has been that the kids who are rowing 5 or 6 days a week, don’t have time or energy for getting into mischief.  Finally, I know that women’s scholarships seem to be much more available to girls, than men’s to the boys.  However, many girls drop out before they enter college (we lose a lot in their junior year of  high school).  In the last 5 years or so, I think we’ve only had one girl rower go on to row competitively in college, and she got a full scholarship.  While she was a very talented rower, she wasn’t unusually tall, so there is room for all sized girl rowers in college.  Finally, we’ve only had one male rower enter a Division 1 school with the intent of rowing, and he did get a scholarship.  But, these are much more rare in the men’s side of rowing and you have to be an exceptional rower to garner a scholarship.

 

Good luck with your search – if you find anything, I would love to get your information.  I love to talk to parents about college rowing opportunities at our Junior Crew Parent Meeting.

 

Joanne Kicinski

Vashon Island Junior Crew

 

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If anyone has information about the following I’d appreciate if you email me at rickbrown@...

 

I’m looking for statistics on high school aged rowers and what a positive influence rowing is on them. For example a GPA comparison of rowers vs. other athletes or college placement stats, etc. I would also be interested if anyone knows numbers about how many scholarships are awarded to high school senior rowers every year as they move onto college.

 

Thanks to anyone who might have some stats to share. Best of luck to all this spring

 

Thanks,

Rick

 

 

 

Rick Brown
Head Coach

Three Rivers Rowing

300 Waterfront Drive

Pittsburgh, PA 15222

412-821-1710

rickbrown@...

www.threeriversrowing.org

 


#375 From: SBallantyne1@...
Date: Thu Jan 8, 2009 7:52 pm
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New york times had a piece in last year on high school scholarships for all sports. You can d a search. I'll try and find as well. It had the exact stat you are looking for

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Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2009 14:39:09 -0500
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Subject: [youthrowing] Stats on High School Rowers

If anyone has information about the following I’d appreciate if you email me at rickbrown@threeriversrowing.org

 

I’m looking for statistics on high school aged rowers and what a positive influence rowing is on them. For example a GPA comparison of rowers vs. other athletes or college placement stats, etc. I would also be interested if anyone knows numbers about how many scholarships are awarded to high school senior rowers every year as they move onto college.

 

Thanks to anyone who might have some stats to share. Best of luck to all this spring

 

Thanks,

Rick

 

 

 

Rick Brown
Head Coach

Three Rivers Rowing

300 Waterfront Drive

Pittsburgh, PA 15222

412-821-1710

rickbrown@threeriversrowing.org

www.threeriversrowing.org

 


#374 From: "Rick Brown" <rickbrown@...>
Date: Thu Jan 8, 2009 7:39 pm
Subject: Stats on High School Rowers
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If anyone has information about the following I’d appreciate if you email me at rickbrown@...

 

I’m looking for statistics on high school aged rowers and what a positive influence rowing is on them. For example a GPA comparison of rowers vs. other athletes or college placement stats, etc. I would also be interested if anyone knows numbers about how many scholarships are awarded to high school senior rowers every year as they move onto college.

 

Thanks to anyone who might have some stats to share. Best of luck to all this spring

 

Thanks,

Rick

 

 

 

Rick Brown
Head Coach

Three Rivers Rowing

300 Waterfront Drive

Pittsburgh, PA 15222

412-821-1710

rickbrown@...

www.threeriversrowing.org

 


#373 From: Jeff Friedrichs <n24005@...>
Date: Wed Jan 7, 2009 5:24 pm
Subject: Foundation for Rowing Education - Upcoming courses
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Hi,

The Foundation for Rowing Education has scheduled a number of great courses (and
we are continuing to add to our schedule).  Please bookmark the page:

    http://www.rowingeducation.org/rrc2-cal.html


"RowCoachCollege" - Orlando, FL - Get hands on coaching experience from a
variety of coaches including Steve Hargis.  Education tracks for HS, College and
Masters coaching.

"Launch Driving and NASBLA Boating Certificate" - Most states now require a safe
boating certificate - This course includes that along with rowing specific
issues!

"Coxing Clinics" - Learn coxing from top coxswains in the US!

Please go to the website

      http://www.rowingeducation.org/rrc2-cal.html

For specifics on dates, locations and costs and how to sign up!

Please forward this to other people in your clubs!

Cheers,
Jeff Friedrichs
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#372 From: "Arthur Sloate" <apsloate@...>
Date: Thu Jan 1, 2009 1:26 pm
Subject: Summer Vacation In San Diego
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Last summer I ran a series of 5-day technique camps (M-F, 2
hrs/day)for the San Diego Rowing Club Juniors.  We progressed from
small boats (1x, 2x, 2-) on Monday to bigger boats by Friday.

I was contacted by parents of Juniors from other areas of the country
vacationing in San Diego, looking to use the Club facilities for a day
or two.  I offered to include them in our program, and it seemed to be
a success.

We are planning to run the camps again this summer.  I am broadcasting
on this list to see what kind of interest there may be.  If any of
your Junior families will be vacationing in San Diego this summer, and
wish to have their Junior rowers spend 2 hours a day productively
occupied,  please have them contact me.

Best regards for the New Year,

Art Sloate
Head Coach
San Diego Rowing Club Junior Crew
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#371 From: "Charles Huthmaker" <charles@...>
Date: Wed Dec 17, 2008 11:46 pm
Subject: Trailer going South and North
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Hey all,
 
I've got a trailer going from the New York City area headed down I-95 to Atlanta this week and then returning around Dec. 29-31.  If you have any boats needing transport, give me a call.
 
Repairs headed to Vespoli or Klinger can be taken care of too
 
Happy Holidays everyone......
 
Charles
 
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#370 From: "Ordway, Dustin P." <OrdwayD@...>
Date: Sat Dec 13, 2008 3:28 pm
Subject: New Book: "Row Daily, Breathe Deeper, Live Better - A Guide to Moderate Exercise"
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  Rowers and Coaches -

 

This new book (available at Amazon.com and other locations) may be of interest to you or - more likely – to parents of rowers.  The idea is to use rowing machines for regular daily, moderate exercise to improve energy and health.  More info available at www.sarahprimerowing.com.  Here are some quotes about the book:

 


"Great motivation for both the novice and the lapsed athlete to adopt a healthy and balanced approach to daily exercise, this book has the potential to change and lengthen your active life."

Jo A. Hannafin, M.D.
Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Weill Medical College of Cornell
University, Hospital for Special Surgery; Olympic Team Physician, 2004;
Member, International Federation of Rowing Associations ("FISA") Sports
Medicine Commission; Three-time National Champion (double; quad).
 
 
"Filled with positive energy, encouragement, and sound advice, Ordway shows the way to improve your fitness and quality of life through rowing."

Marlene Royle, OTR
Rowing Coach; Author of Tip of the Blade: Notes on Rowing;
Founder of Roylerow Performance Training Programs, www.roylerow.com.

 

  

 “Mr. Ordway offers a wonderful perspective and approach to rowing via discussion of concepts and principles that also apply to good living. This book is like a ‘golden gateway’ to the sport of rowing for those who know nothing about it and a demonstration of how easily you can find better health and a better life through rowing!”

 

Victoria Draper

Founder/CEO, Rowbics Indoor Rowing, Inc., www.rowbics.com.

 

  

 “Until I began rowing indoors several times a week at age 53, I never believed what I had always been told, that you have more energy when you exercise. Almost immediately after taking up indoor rowing, I noted a significant change in my sleep pattern. I was able to fall asleep easily and when I awakened I felt more rested than I had in years. In addition to relieving stress, rowing has improved my memory function and I have experienced a reduction in chronic neck and back pain, better control of my hypertension, and less dependence on prescription medications. I find that mornings are the best times to work out on my rowing machine. Rowing first thing in the morning gives me a chance to clear my head and plan my day. For the first time ever, I actually look forward to exercising. I’m hooked.”

 

Diane E. Goller, J.D.

Crew Parent, Domestic Relations Attorney.

 

  

 “Use this book for essential encouragement as it lights the pathway to improved physical and mental health through rowing. As a 60-year-old, non-athlete psychologist,I am thrilled to see this wisdom on the benefits of rowing being shared with a wider audience. In my experience and that of people I know from rowing in Austin, Texas and at Craftsbury Sculling Camp, rowing is an effective and enjoyable way to turn back the effects of osteoporosis and returns many other health benefits. Hooray!”

 

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Clinical Psychologist, Recreational Rower.

 

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#369 From: "Trish Chase" <tchase@...>
Date: Tue Dec 2, 2008 8:19 pm
Subject: RE: Boat Trailer
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Are there are any trailers going from Baltimore, MD to Columbus, OH? I bought a used 8 from Loyola and need to have it transported.
 
Thanks,
 
Trish Chase
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Hello all,
 
Just a note about a trailer that will be traveling between metro-NY and Atlanta, GA during the end of Dec.  If you have something needing transport, contact me for costs.  I have lots of space.
 
If there is enough interest, a possible trip to northern FL is possible due to a scheduled fishing trip :-)
 
Basic Details:
GOING SOUTH
Departure-Norwalk, CT  Dec. 18-9
 
GOING NORTH
Departure-Atlanta, GA ~Dec. 30/Jan. 1
 
I have a great deal of experience driving trailers (18 years).  Equipment insurance is your responsibility, liability insurance is mine.  Fees to be paid at the time of loading unless approved by myself.
 
Cheers,
Charles
 
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Norwalk, CT 06851
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404-277-4630 Cell
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www.norwalkriverrowing.org
 


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