Rowing Pieces

Eli Margolin, who recently won gold in the PR3 Mixed 4+ at World Cup III in Lucerne, stops by the studio to speak with PCR student-athletes Lilly and Ceya about accessibility in sport, planning ahead to overcome specific challenges, and what keeps her coming back to rowing. Rowing Pieces is the student-led podcast of Philadelphia City Rowing’s media and communication internship. Students are build...

Avery Ericksen and Thomas Phifer, Penn AC High Performance athletes and world and US record-holders in the indoor rowing marathon, respectively, stop by to share their stories, their motivation to stick with rowing, and their strategy and preparation for extremely long erg pieces. Rowing Pieces is the student-led podcast of Philadelphia City Rowing’s media and communication internship. Students ar...

PCR student-athlete Rakimah and Coach Nick interview Arshay Cooper, founder of A Most Beautiful Thing Inclusion Fund. They learn how he came to the sport of rowing, the lessons in leadership he learned as the Captain of Maley Crew, the first all-Black high school rowing team, and what he's enjoyed most about promoting his new book, Let Me Be Real With You . Rowing Pieces is the student-led podcast...

Something fairly common within our sport is coming up through a rowing program and then returning as a coach. Philadelphia City Rowing is no different, in this respect, in that we have four alumni who coach with the high school teams and several who work with the middle school team as well. This episode features a brief roundtable with the four PCR Alumni who coach the high school teams: Seth, Mic...

Dr. Luna Ugrenović from Greenepsych has been leading sports psychology workshops for Philadelphia City Rowing student-athletes and coaches for the past two years. She stops by practice one Saturday morning to speak with Lilly and Abby about her own rowing background, how she came to Greenepsych, how she builds the sessions for PCR, and concrete tips for managing what Dr. Mitchell Greene refers to...

Philadelphia City Rowing varsity captains Lilly and Sasha interview Kevin Leslie, founder and head coach of At The Thousand. They discuss the origins of At The Thousand, Kevin's philosophy on training and testing, and how he approaches longer pieces. Listen to the end for Kevin's special announcement regarding the Philadelphia Indoor Classic! Rowing Pieces is the student-led podcast of Philadelphi...

Philadelphia City Rowing student-athlete Jonah and Coach Nick interview Frank Rowe, long-time Undine Barge Club member, former national teamer, and the newest member of the PCR board, about his trip to the Pan-Am Games in 1991, walking onto the team at UCSB, and how he made the transition from international competition to masters rowing on the Schuylkill. Rowing Pieces is the student-led podcast o...

PCR rowers Shai and Lilly interview Coach Michaela about the PCR Alumni Panel that took place over winter break in January. Coach Michaela shares the behind-the-scenes of organizing the session, insights about scholarships and rowing in college gleaned from alumni spanning eight years of program history, and the ways in which next year's alumni panel might look a little different. Rowing Pieces is...

PCR rowers-turned-coxswains Susan and Isa interview Charlotte Bentrim and Michaela Donnelly. Charlotte has both rowed and coxed for Drexel, raced for Vesper over the summer, and coached at Conestoga this past year. Michaela coaches at PCR and both rowed and coxed for PCR and Marietta College. Rowing Pieces is the student-led podcast of Philadelphia City Rowing’s media and communication internship....

PCR rowers Omnia and Lilly interview Sarah Ghazaz, a Drexel student-athlete who trains on Boathouse Row and competes for the Moroccan national team. Sarah tells the story of how she went from sweeping at Henley Royal Regatta to sculling for Morocco, offers some tips for training during Ramadan, and shares some insight into the career and leadership opportunities for young student-athletes in Phila...

PCR rowers Sasha and Abe interview Colin Stewart, owner and director of Five Tribes Cinema Productions and the force behind the livestreams of the Head of the Schuylkill Regatta, the Knecht Cup, the Dad Vail Regatta, Philadelphia City Championships, and the Stotesbury Cup, to name a few. Colin shares what he finds so compelling about bringing rowing races to viewers via livestream, explains what h...

Head Coach of TopCrew Academy, Sam Dutney, joins us to discuss periodized training and the importance of individualized training plans as we kick off the fall season. For more from Sam, check out https://www.topcrewacademy.com.au/ and @topcrew_academy To support Philadelphia City Rowing in its mission to create a unique, comprehensive and free after-school enrichment experience for young people in...

Director of Programs and Community Inclusion George Rowley returns to the show to discuss programming for middle school student-athletes, especially the PCR Summer Camps. ... To support Philadelphia City Rowing in its mission to create a unique, comprehensive and free after-school enrichment experience for young people in the school district of Philadelphia by offering a mix of competitive rowing,...

In this coaches' roundtable with Kera, Myi, and Nick, we debrief the spring racing season and talk about what is to come with the summer high school racing program. Stay tuned for next week's episode in which we discuss the middle school summer program. ... To support Philadelphia City Rowing in its mission to create a unique, comprehensive and free after-school enrichment experience for young peo...

In our 20th episode, PCR student athletes Keris and Lucia interview Amanda Kraus. Amanda is CEO of USRowing as well as the founder of Row New York. She made time to visit us at our boatyard so this interview was taped on location at our new dock, which will explain a little traffic noise from the Schuylkill Expressway in the background. For more of Amanda in podcast form, check out The Swing of Th...

In episode 19, PCR student athlete Keris interviews Dr. Ajilli "Jill" Hardy. Jill is an alumna of Central High School, which is where Keris is currently a sophomore. After Central, she went to MIT, where she walked onto the rowing team and later earned a doctorate in mechanical engineering. She is still rowing competitively with Riverfront Recapture in Connecticut as well as remotely with Live2Row...

This week, PCR student athlete Sophia V interviews Hilary Gehman. Hilary is a two-time Olympian in the quad, a six-time national teamer, and a bronze medallist in the 2001 World Rowing Championships. She has also led an illustrious coaching career at Cornell and with various US national team boats. She currently serves as Events Manager and Director of Mercer Rowing Programs at the Princeton Natio...

This week, PCR student athlete Georgia interviews Margot Shumway. Margot is a two-time Olympian in the quad and the double, respectively, a World Rowing Cup silver medallist in the quad, and a Pan American Games Gold medalist in the single. For more on Margot, check out her blog at www.margotshumway.com . ... To support Philadelphia City Rowing in its mission to create a unique, comprehensive and...

In episode 16, PCR student athlete Sophia interviews Célia Dupré just a few short weeks after she qualified for the Olympics with the Swiss 4x. Célia won a U19 world championship in the quad in 2018 and is taking a year away from Stanford to train for the Olympics, having led the team and varsity eight to national championship victories (Stanford's first since 2009) in 2023. For more on Célia chec...

With the winter season done and dusted, now is the perfect time to reflect on what the winter season is all about. This episode features a roundtable with PCR student athletes discussing the lessons they'll take with them from the winter, a segment on the history of the "Manny Flicks," and interviews with the PCR JV Boys' 4+ after their win in Flick 1. ... Check out philadelphiacityrowing.org/pcr1...

In episode 14 we bring you an interview with Hap Whelpley, former US National Teamer and Coach of Craftsbury’s Green Racing Project, conducted by PCR student-athlete Ciaran. ... Check out philadelphiacityrowing.org/pcr10kchallenge to sign up for the March 9th Block Party Ergatta (or for more info on the #PCR10kChallenge). To support Philadelphia City Rowing in its mission to create a unique, compr...

In episode 13 we bring you an interview with Dylan Hartwick, a racing team member at Undine Barge Club and record holder in the Lightweight Men's age 30-39 marathon erg, conducted by PCR student-athletes Rainer and Ciaran. ... Check out philadelphiacityrowing.org/pcr10kchallenge to sign up for the March 9th Block Party Ergatta (or for more info on the #PCR10kChallenge). To support Philadelphia Cit...

On Saturday 2/24, Philadelphia City Rowing hosted the first-ever PCR x BCR Indoor Rowing Challenge at our indoor facility in East Parkside. Over the past year, PCR and Baltimore Community Rowing have collaborated to host multiple events that have allowed our student-athletes to explore new places, meet rowers from another city, learn from new coaches, and participate in scrimmages and practice ses...

On Saturday, February 10th, 27 PCR student athletes competed at Center City Slam. PCR took home two medals, 20 personal records, and seven top-ten finishes. This episode is a roundtable with four of the student-athletes who raced last Saturday. Jonah, Keris, Zayd, and Rome share their stories and offer up some advice to rowers preparing for a 2k. ... To support Philadelphia City Rowing in its miss...

In episode 10 we bring you an interview with Julianna Rogers, a PCR Alumna who has gone on to row for Drexel University, conducted by current PCR student-athlete, Keris. ... To support Philadelphia City Rowing in its mission to create a unique, comprehensive and free after-school enrichment experience for young people in the school district of Philadelphia by offering a mix of competitive rowing,...