coxswain

On this week's podcast we bring you the Co-Founder of AllMarkOne, Rory Cruickshank, former coxswain at Oxford Brookes University. We touch on the overall backstory behind the brand and taking the lessons learned from rowing into the inner workings of running a business. Rory's impact on UK Rowing has been monumental through creating more exposure (no pun intended) in his team's photography and media content as a whole. 

Cruickshank made his way through the Oxford Brookes Men's circuit (2018-2021) and coxed his crews at some of the largest regattas in the world, coming on top during his last year with the team. Hudson and Rory speak about his winning time at the British Universities and Colleges Sport Championships, "BUCS" with a time of 5:31.

Devoting all his time and energy into AllMarkOne instead of going 50/50 with rowing and work ultimately skyrocketed his career to an entirely different dimension. Rory's determination to reign in his home country isn't hard to identify. Be sure to tune into this "Bucket of Bliss"!

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All eight, sit ready… ROW! A call you may hear from one in the 9th seat. Hudson decided to bring on one of the best and most successful coxswains in the history of American Rowing, Mary Whipple! 

On this week’s episode on For Stars Podcast, we dive deep into the connection one has with their crew, taking the lessons you learn from crew into your family life and the workforce, but most important, truly loving what the sport has to offer to it’s participants, and fighting for what you want both in sports and ordinary life. 

Mary competed in three Olympic Games, winning Gold in 2008 & 2012 in the Women’s Eight, and Silver in 2004 at the Athens games. Winning five world championships (‘02, ‘06, ‘07, ‘10, and ‘11) she cemented herself as a LEGEND. A Sacramento Native, Mary coxed with her twin sister, Sarah, at Capital Crew up until college where she joined the University of Washington Women’s Rowing Team, winning a National Title in 1999, 2000, and 2001, as well as a victory from the prestigious Henley Royal Regatta in the year 2000.

Mary has stepped into the role as a Sports Broadcaster, announcing over several NCAA Women’s Rowing Championships, and being the founder of the “9th Seat” an organization set on giving young coxswains a chance to learn how to improve one’s skills in the saddle through knowledge and confidence.

This episode is extremely insightful, so sit back and tune into what Mary & Hudson dive into!

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What gives chicken wings the flavor… the sauce, well good for you, Hudson made sure he brought some extra! With Head of the Charles approaching in a few days, FSP brings you the one and only Philly native, Mr. Pete “Cipp” Cipollone, 2004 Men’s 8+ Olympic Gold Medalist Coxswain, and ‘97, ‘98, ‘99 World Champion.

Pete attended St. Joseph’s Prep for his high school years, and later on graduated from Cal Berkeley. An avid 9th seat, Cipp was apart of the most iconic and legendary eras of United States Rowing, coining him to be one of the greatest coxswains of all time. After months of playing the waiting game, FSP finally brings you a solid episode of what it means to face adversity head on, and be the best at one’s craft. With tons of life lessons shared from the man himself, Pete elaborated more on his personal experience being involved in Mike Teti’s coaching era for the US National Team. The articulation, respect, and pure leadership involved in the team during those years was one to none, most of those gentlemen being some of his best friends still to this day.

We talk about all things coxing, tips and tricks for HOCR and his course record along with viral row2k recording, the three most imperative skills a coxswain must have to be successful, memories coxing at the Philadelphia Catholic League Championships, Stotesbury Cup, and being invited back to Prep’s boathouse this past spring meeting the next generation of US athletes. This episode does get quite emotional, bringing up some sensitive topics that Pete endured during his Olympic years (both personal & athletic), but overall, it made him into the man he is today. Be sure to tune into this epic episode, a true “Bucket of Bliss” featuring Mr. Pete Cipollone. 

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Welcome everyone to another episode featuring the "Man of the Hour" and arguably the most comedic Head Coach in the history of rowing, Mr. Chris Clark, Director of Rowing at the University of Wisconsin. The former Head Coach of the Badgers Men's Rowing Team, Clark cemented himself as a legend in the rowing world. His overall demeanor, way of communicating and being to the point, is unlike any other. This man has absolutely no fear. 

A man of dignity, Coach Clark emphasizes the importance of team culture, the brute force of power needed to propel a rowing shell, and laying down the basics to affirm success on the water, as he once learned as a walk-on for the Pirates at Orange Coast College. OCC, most commonly known as Coast, a two-year junior college in sunny Costa Mesa, California, the men of OCC train down in Newport Beach, where Clark first took his rows as a young man, advancing himself to row for a year at Stanford Men's Rowing, then transferring across the way to the University of California, Berkeley where he completed his collegiate rowing career. Eventually rowing for the United States National Team, Clark knew that somehow along the lines he was meant to coach rowing, leading him to coach at the US Naval Academy, and then entering the doors of Porter Boathouse, calling it home since then. 

This podcast is one for the books, not only was it filmed in Coach Clark's legendary "mobile office" away from the wife and kids, and the boathouse entirely... it was on the side of the road, as he believed has better internet connection. We discuss the state of the recent World Championships in Belgrade, influence of Steve Gladstone, coaching Beau Hoopman, coxswains on the team, the walk-on culture at Wisco, becoming the new Director of Wisconsin Rowing from being the former Head Coach of the Men's Rowing team for many years, answering the posted "Q&A's", how to establish a team that is fully invested with one sole purpose, along with more topics. Stay tuned, sit back, and listen to intelligence. Go Badgers, and On Wisconsin!

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You have questions about rowing in college. Nobody can guarantee admission, but the high school athlete can learn how to put their best foot forward, formulate a plan, and find a school that fits academically, athletically, and socially. 

• Want to be recruited to row in college? 
• Where do I start getting recruited to row in college? 
• When - and how - do I contact coaches?
• Why aren’t coaches getting back to me?
• Wondering what college coaches expect from potential recruits?
• How can parents support their student athlete?

In this episode, our expert panelists Fran Berlin & Carmen Mirochna of Rowers Reach  explain the recruiting process, explore the options at club, DI, DII and DIII programs, and talk about realistic goals and expectations. Rounding out the panel are high school coach & UMass alum Kelsey Anderson, prospective D1 rower parent Meg Carroll, and Rochester sophomore Grace Snyder, a 2021 walk-on coxswain.

IMAGE:  REACH client, senior Blake Luehrman, recently committed to UCSD

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Welcome to another episode of the For Stars Podcast, featuring Rasa Audejaitis, a Division 1 Coxswain for Columbia University on the Men's Heavyweight Rowing Team! Rasa hails from Seattle, Washington, where she first got her stint at the coxswain seat in middle school, steering Mount Baker Rowing Club up until her junior year of high school, culminating her high school athletic career with Holy Names Academy. We talk about Rasa's collegiate journey as a student-athlete, a "Day in the Life" of a Columbia Heavies coxswain, school and her love for learning as a whole, full staff coaching changes, IRA 2022, goals for this season and beyond, the Will West effect, why the team's Instagram account is unofficially official, and the great aspects of this sport! Be sure to tune into this episode!

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At the USRowing Convention, USRowing HP Para Director Ellen Minzner steered us to Emilie Eldracher, coxswain for the PR3 4+ 2022 World Championships. We had a great discussion about the elite Paralympic world. She welcomes questions & comments - post them on our YouTube channel, Facebook, or LinkedIn livestream replay destinations - our website has all the links.

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Another legendary episode on the For Stars Podcast! Featured on today's podcast is World Champion & Oxford Brookes Men's Rowing '17 Coxswain, Harry Brightmore! This episode goes down in the books as being Epic to the Highest Degree Possible.

Harry spent time coxing at Oxford Brookes University from 2013-2017, joined the Great Britain U23 National Team from 2014-2016, having his Senior National Team debut in Sarasota, Florida for the 2017 World Rowing Championships in the Great Britain Men's Coxed Pair. Just this past year, Harry competed in and coxed the Great Britain Men's 8+ for both the 2022 European Championships, along with the 2022 World Rowing Championships, taking home the Gold Medal in each championship.

Harry enlightens us on his personal narrative training at Brookes, fight to qualify for the Senior Worlds team (more specifically the Men's 8+), childhood athletic conquest, journey as a U23 elite athlete, his goals for the future in the Olympics, and more!

If you want to hear what true ambition and love for the sport really is, along with an amazing story, then be sure to not miss out on this "Bucket of Bliss"! Harry is one of a kind!

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Embarking on another episode of the For Stars Podcast, we have the privilege of hearing and learning from Clemson University Women’s Rowing team coxswain, Julia Walsh, who hails from Saint Louis, Missouri, where she coxed for Saint Louis Rowing Club! Julia shares her personal narrative on how she ended up steering the Tigers, what rowing means to her and how she manages being a student-athlete, along with being apart of the SAAC at Clemson. We also get a chance to hear how radiant the culture at Clemson truly is, and the support in the community. A true “Bucket of Bliss”… Don’t Miss Out. 

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Welcome to another episode of FSP where today we highlight the Head Coach of Blair Academy's Varsity Women's team, John Redos, and Division 1 coxswain signee, Sami Goldman! Redos rowed for Blair Academy in high school where he was recruited to row for Cornell Lightweights in the late 2000's under Chris Kerber. He was also apart of the USA Men's National Team in 2010 & 2012 where he rowed the Quad, along with rowing at Oxford Brookes University, racing in the Reserve Crew in the 2014 Boat Race vs Cambridge, as well as coaching at Keble College Oxford afterwards. We discuss Sami's entire high school coxswain journey, the realities of switching clubs, her experience at the Island School, and more! Nonetheless, we get an opportunity to hear Coach Redos' adventure managing being a Head Rowing Coach, English Teacher, Dorm Parent, Bus Driver, and Lifeguard - he does it all! Tune into this top tier episode!

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On today's episode, we hear from Alabama Women's Rowing, featuring Ella Kemna, Hannah Bennett & Emma “Shenk" Shenkenberg! Their love for the team and being a Crimson Tide student-athlete is extreme, to say the least! We talk about what it means to be a coxswain and rower for Alabama, Hudson’s interaction with football coach Nick Saban, making history at NCAA’s, and the perks of being a student-athlete at the University of Alabama. The girls believe the team culture is at an all-time high, and are looking forward to train hard this season and beyond! This episode is definitely a "Bucket of Bliss” … so tune in!

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Today's podcast is quite legendary, considering we have World Champions, a Division 1 Men's Rowing student-athletes and a coach at the Ivy League level ... this episode is Spectacular. Hear from Scotty Cockle (2022 GB Men's U23 8+ World Champion Coxswain & Brown University Men's Rowing Coach), Jack Prior (2022 GB Men's U23 8+ World Champion & Oxford Brookes Men's Rower), Matt Heywood (2022 GB Men's U23 4+ World Champion & Oxford Brookes Men's Rower), Will Denegri (2022 GB Men's U23 4+ World Champion Coxswain & Oxford Brookes Men's Coxswain), and Ben Hinves (2022 GB Men's U23 4+ World Champion & Oxford Brookes Men's Rower). If you want to hear what true passion and love for the sport really is, along with an amazing story filled with tons of laughter, then be sure to not miss out on this "Bucket of Bliss"!

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Rowing in ATL ... Indeed! We get the opportunity to hear from the Atlanta Junior Rowing Association Varsity Men's Rowing Team, Sandro Scalfi '23 (Stanford 2027) and current student-athlete at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville on the Women's Rowing team. Coxing the Vols, Lauren's experience in the 9th seat, is quite impressive, originally coxing for the Sarasota Crew Varsity Men her freshmen year of high school, and then moving to Atlanta with her family, where she found her next home at AJRA. Lauren also brought her coxing abilities to Pennsylvania where she coxed the infamous, Penn AC Gold, furthering her talents.

The 6'7" Stanford Men's Rowing commit, spent time this past summer training at the Chula Vista Training Center for the USRowing Junior National Team Selection Camp, making the CanAmMex boat, in hopes of making the Worlds boats next summer before he heads to Palo Alto, California. Scalfi, originally from New Jersey, where he rowed at Mountain Lakes Rowing Club (now Row New Jersey) also moved to Atlanta in high school like Lauren. Stay tuned for this epic "Bucket of Bliss"!

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Many of you might have received emails from a man by the name of "Xeno Müller" a Division 1, Swiss-American rower from Brown University. Like myself, you might be wondering how he even received your email, but to be honest that is a mystery in of itself. Coached by previous FSP guest, Mr. Steve Gladstone, he helps train youth athletes on what he calls the "SAT/ACT of rowing... the ERG"!! Getting recruited to university is a struggle for many athletes, in which one of the most deciding factors besides academic success, is the time/data spent on the ergometer. Xeno's program focuses on moving past the mental hurdle of the erg, and improving times slowly but surely. We hear his main reasoning of creating this unique idea, winning C.R.A.S.H.-B'S, the value of a coxswain, and his overall mission in this sport. Be sure to tune in!

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On today's episode, world's collide as we hear from West Coast & East Coast natives, who cox for UCLA Women's Rowing. Featuring on the pod are three Bruins, Ella Van Fleet, Sofia Papini, from Long Beach Juniors & Amelia Cataldi from Montclair High School. The girls chat about their experience thus far coxing the Bruins down in the Marina. We speak on their rivalry with the USC Trojans and the famous duel race, their love for the team, being willing to help others, and the perks of being a student-athlete at one of the top Power 5 Conference schools and #1 Public University in the Nation! The girls believe the team culture is at an all-time high, and are looking forward to train hard this season and beyond! This episode is definitely a "Bucket of Bliss” … so tune in!

You have most likely heard the last name “Rane” come up in some sort of rowing dialogue. After the podcast with the New Trier Boys, I felt it was only right to have twins Rachel Rane & Jonah Rane, NTRC ‘19 coxswains, along with their older sister, Eden Rane, NTRC ‘17 coxswain, to discuss how their family comprised of 80% coxswains, manage to be some of the most elite and well-respected boat drivers in the nation. The family chats about the true competitive culture that they were raised in, how they go about breaking records, making history, and so much more. The love that they all share for the sport is truly unmatched. Rachel is the Varsity 8+ coxswain for the University of Texas, having been a two-time consecutive NCAA National Champion for 2021 & 2022, while also striking Gold in the Women’s 8+ at the 2022 Under-23 World Rowing Championships in Italy this past summer. She is also ranked as a CRCA & Big-12 First Team All-American. Jonah coxes for the Badgers at the University of Wisconsin on the Men’s Rowing team, where he competed at and won the 2022 Royal Canadian Henley, while continuing to impact the squad on a positive note. The eldest sibling, Eden Rane, coxed the Women’s Lightweight Rowing Team at the University of Wisconsin, graduating in 2021, being the president of SAAC, a large role representing student-athletes. Their mother, Michelle, also coxes Masters Rowing and is probably one of the most supportive parents (along with their father Mike) in the rowing game. Tune into one of those episodes, that will make you want to get out there and just be straight “dawgs”. The passion and ambition that this family has for the 9th seat position is truly out of this world!

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The boys from New Trier hopped on the podcast today, and let me tell you the level of ambition and sense of team culture is REAL! Featured today is Jack Skinner (Cal 2027), Kannan Alford (Stanford 2027), Noah Silverstein (Princeton Heavies 2027), John Salvi (Stanford 2027) & Alek Balassa (Yale 2027). The guys chat about their experience this year training down in Chula Vista for the 2022 USRowing Selection Camp and their historical, record-breaking accomplishments thus far. Not only that, but we touch on the "inner dawg," brotherhood and some emotional topics, so be sure to tune into this one!!

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Spotlighted today on FSP is the Marina Aquatic Center (MAC) Varsity Women who row out of Marina Del Rey in Los Angeles, California. Hear from Hope Galusha (Yale), Shannon Kearney (Cal 2027), Annabelle McCulloch (Syracuse 2027) & Mia Subin (LMU 2027), on their methodology to approach the 2021-2022 season, goals to define the "new MAC", Hope’s recruitment journey, and Shannon’s experience racing the USA Junior Women’s 2- with MAC athlete, Rachel Lande (UCLA 2027). This one hits home, so tune in!

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I’ll tell you one thing, you can never go wrong with coxswain conversations, especially when you hear from Boston University Men’s Rowing student-athlete, Peter Adams. Hailing from the prestigious and well-known rowing club, Newport Aquatic Center, Pete coxed their Men’s team for five years. An astounding 6’2” frame… you wouldn’t think Pete is a coxswain, but let me tell you, he’s a great one. We talk about his experience at Newport, coaching relations, recruitment to BU, and more! Be sure to tune into this episode. 

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Welcome to another episode of the For Stars Podcast, where we highlight another stellar coxswain, Elizabeth "Z" Romero, who competed for the 2019 USA Junior National Team and Oakland Strokes Varsity Men’s team. She currently coxes the two-time consecutive National Championship crew, Texas Women’s Rowing. Ranked #1 under the NCAA Division 1 polls, the Longhorns mean business and so does Z! We talk about what being a UT coxswain and student-athlete is like, the importance of mental health, and more. Tune in to another epic “Bucket of Bliss”. 

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