For Stars Podcast

Welcome to another episode of FSP, and today we highlight the iconic, Mr. Matthew Smith, better known in the rowing community as "@tigermattsmith" the Associate Head Coach on the Men's Heavyweight Rowing team at Princeton University. Coach Smith is a University of Wisconsin Graduate (Class of 2000), receiving an Army ROTC Scholarship, while also participating on the Men's Rowin...

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 Ho...

Taking on another episode of the For Stars Podcast, we have the privilege of hearing and being educated from the University of Texas Women’s Rowing team alum, Alexa McAuliffe, who hails from Boston, Massachusetts. Alexa, better known as "Flex" at the Texas Rowing Boathouse, first got her stint rowing at Cambridge Boat Club, later being recruited to row for the Longhorns in college.  Alex...

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...

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, al...

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...

Welcome to another episode of FSP where today we highlight Charles Boldt, who hails from Indiana, rowing for the Indianapolis Rowing Center Varsity Men's team! Charles also rows for the United States Junior National Team. This past summer, he competed at the 2022 Junior World Championships in Italy, rowing the Men's Under-19 1x. We talk about his experience at trials, the entire trip in...

Welcome to another episode of the For Stars Podcast, featuring Bella Kolander, a Division 1 Rower & Captain for the University of San Diego Women's Rowing team. Bella hails from Charlotte, North Carolina, where she rowed for the Charlotte Youth Rowing Varsity Women's team. We talk about Bella's collegiate journey as a student-athlete, school as a whole, coaching changes, goals f...

Featured on the For Stars Podcast is arguably one of the best youth women's rowing coaches in the game, Mr. Mike Wallin - the Head Coach for Chicago Rowing Foundation on the Varsity Women's team, as well as Head Women's Coach of the Under-19 USA Women's Junior National Team. Coach Wallin lead both the 2021 and 2022 USA Jr. Women's 8+ to a Back to Back World Championship, s...

Welcome to another episode of FSP, and today we highlight the infamous men of St. Joe's Prep who reign in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Graduates, National Champions, and current student-athletes all come together to speak on how the Prep builds some of the strongest men on and off the water. We heard from coxswain for Princeton University Heavyweight Rowing, Connor Neill, who drove the Varsity...

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...

On today's episode, we hear from one of the most iconic and REALEST Individuals in the sport of rowing, Mr. Eamon Glavin. A Philly native, Eamon rowed for Haverford High School, where he found his love for both filmmaking, rowing, and so much more! You have or will most likely catch Eamon either on a rowing launch with a large, high-tech camera setup, posted on a bench or whatever the case ma...

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&apo...

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...

Who, what, how ... trust me, those were my first thoughts when we got the confirmation that the true American prodigy, Mr. Isaiah Harrison, was hopping on the For Stars Podcast! Hailing from Coeur d' Alene, Idaho, the "unaffiliated giant" with a 6'9" 225lbs frame, discusses with his 5'8" 125lbs coxswain pal, his focus in rowing and how everything he does, revolve...

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 E...

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 U...

Featured on today's podcast is Division 1 Head Coach of USC Women's Rowing, Mr. Josh Adam! We talk all about his mission & the team culture of the Trojan Family, along with NCAA's, team support staff, and the amazing aspects of being a student-athlete at the University of Southern California. Coach Josh likes to pursue what he calls the "7 Core Convictions" and if all...

Never in a million years, would I have ever thought I would have the opportunity to sit down and talk rowing with the greatest rowing coach of all time, Mr. Steve Gladstone. Coaching for the United States, an Athletic Director for the University of California-Berkeley, creating the California Rowing Club with Mr. Gary Rogers, and coaching at Princeton, Harvard, Brown, Cal, and currently at Yale, t...

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 dr...

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 USRow...

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 experie...

Aside from United States Rowing, it was time to get a taste of International competition, so I spoke to my new friends, Petra Csanyi (Miami Women's Rowing) & Anna Schrieber (Virginia Women's Rowing 2027), who raced for Hungary’s Women’s 8+ at the 2022 Junior World Championships in Italy. The stern pair shares the similarities and differences of European style training to the United S...

PNRA/Mercer, Mercer, the gals from Princeton, New Jersey… whatever you want to call it - these athletes mean business. True “underdogs” who possess a “Mercer Mamba Mentality”. Featured today, is Shea Sullivan (Wisconsin) & Ellie Johnson (Penn) who sat in the Women’s Varsity 8+ at the 2022 Youth National Championships, making the A Final, and finishing 4th in the entire country! It wasn’t easy…...

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...