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Yaz Farooq & Stanford Women's Rowing

Yaz Farooq & Stanford Women's Rowing

Nate Rooks
September 24, 2012

"[At Stanford]", Women's Head Coach Yaz Farooq explains, "the standard of excellence in both academics and athletics attracts the best of the best. One in seven students at Stanford is a varsity student athlete. It's a high...

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Glenn Ochal & Olympic Reflections

Glenn Ochal & Olympic Reflections

Nate Rooks
September 24, 2012

Looking back on the 2012 Olympic experience, I initially think of the past four years. In the fall of 2008, I began training with a small group of guys in Princeton, New Jersey attempting to make the US National Team. A few rowed in Beijing and a...

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Objective Standards for Coxswains

Objective Standards for Coxswains

Nate Rooks
August 12, 2012

As coxswains, we are constantly being evaluated by coaches, rowers, and other coxswains. The frustration is that the rubric by which we are being evaluated is inconsistent, even down to each individual rower in our boat. If...

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Adiran Spraklen & Mercyhurst Men's Rowing

Adiran Spraklen & Mercyhurst Men's Rowing

Nate Rooks
May 24, 2012

What kind of school offers a lightweight rower the opportunity to compete for a collegiate National Championship? The most common answer would be a school in the EARC Sprints League, however there are opportunities outside the EARC, and more...

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