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Dave O'Neil & Texas Women's Rowing
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...
Read MorePreparing & Steering: Head of the Charles
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...
Read MoreCommit Now or Don't Come
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...
Read MorePatrick Sweeney & KSU Women's Rowing
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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