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Dave O'Neil & Texas Women's Rowing

Dave O'Neil & Texas Women's Rowing

Helen Tompkins
October 12, 2014

AUSTIN - Many in the rowing world have long recognized the potential of the University of Texas Women. This season Dave O'Neill took the reins from Carie Graves, who launched UT rowing in 1998 and retired this summer. O'Neill, the former...

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 Preparing & Steering: Head of the Charles

Preparing & Steering: Head of the Charles

Marcus McElhenney
October 11, 2014

Fall racing is my favorite time of year. Instead of getting just five and a half minutes of racing, we get to race much longer distances. This allows us coxswains to use more calls where we really get to work strategy in a much more significant...

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 Commit Now or Don't Come

Commit Now or Don't Come

Nate Rooks
October 1, 2014

It’s been an interesting recruiting season for us at Sparks. We work with kids to help them identify what they connect with in the sport and establish how they would like to grow so they might determine a good selection in terms of...

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Patrick Sweeney & KSU Women's Rowing

Patrick Sweeney & KSU Women's Rowing

Helen Tompkins
August 8, 2014

Last season Kansas State was about a boat length away from their first NCAA berth, finishing 3 seconds behind Oklahoma at the Conference USA Championships in the V8+. Their 3th place showing left them just shy of qualifying. The Wildcats also took...

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