The Junior Program at The Saugatuck Rowing Club was started in 1993. Since then numerous young athletes have not only experienced successful junior rowing careers but have been sought out by top universities, including Harvard, Brown, UPenn, Princeton, Columbia, Darthmouth, Georgetown, Boston University, George Washington, Univ. of Texas, Hobart, and Trinity. Several of our athletes have also gone on to represent the United States at the Junior, Under 23, and Senior World Championships as well as the Olympic Games. Most recently Max Meyer-Bosse ('11) and Graham Anderson ('11) competed in both the 2010 and 2011 Junior World Rowing Championships. Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss (’00) raced the 2- to a 6th place finish at the 2008 Olympic Games while Nick Lacava (’05) has raced at the 2009, 2010 and 2011 World Rowing Championships. Other recent Saugatuck junior rowers include Susan Greenberg ('11) and Alex Zadravec ('12) who both competed at the 2010 Junior World Rowing Championships.
Every year many of our junior rowers represent SRC at races such as the USRowing Club Nationals, USRowing Youth National Championships, and the Head of the Charles. We qualified 8 boats and brought home 2 medals at the 2011 Youth National Championships. Joanna Gurman ('13) medaled in the Jr. B 1x, 2x, and 4x at the 2011 USRowing Club Nationals while the entire team took 3rd in overall points.
The Saugatuck Rowing Club’s Junior Program is open to both boys and girls ages 12-18. Practices in the spring, summer and fall seasons are primarily on water training with some land training, while the winter season is completely indoors. In all seasons, young athletes learn the importance of teamwork while having fun, meeting new friends, and developing competence in the sport of rowing.
SRC’s goal is to enable all interested young people to reach their maximum potential, for both recreational and competitive rowing. For that reason, participants in the Junior Program need not be the children of members, though members’ children have priority if there is a wait list.
For more information on our Junior Program please contact our Junior Program Director Sharon Kriz at 203-221-7475.
