Championships and Colleges

A TRADITION OF SUCCESSFUL COMPETITION

Over the years, the MRC Youth Program Rowers have won many State, Regional, and National Championships.  The following are some of championships and accolades that the youth rowers and alumni have garnered:

World Championships (US National Team)

• Silver Medal, 2006 Under 23 World Championpship, Men’s 4X (Dan Feldman ’02-06)

• Silver Medal, 2000 Junior World Championships, Women’s 8+ (Megan Burritt ’96-00)

• Bronze Medal, 1992 Senior Lightweight World Championships, Men’s 8+ (Eddie Montalvo ’82-86)

• Gold Medal, 1987 Junior World Championships, Men’s 8+ (Fernando Mendoza ’83-87)

• Silver Medal, 1984 Junior World Championships, Men’s 2+ (Arthur Cooper, coxswain)

National Championships

• Silver Medal, 2007 US Rowing Youth Invitational, Men’s 1X

• Silver Medal, 2004 US Rowing Youth Invitational, Men’s 4X

• Gold Medal, 1995 US Rowing Junior National Championships, Men’s 8+

• Silver Medal, 1989 US Rowing Junior National Championships, Men’s 8+

• Gold Medal, 1989 US Rowing Junior National Championships, Men’s 2-

Southeast Regional Championships

• 1st Place, 1998 Men’s 2X

• 1st Place, 1997 Men’s 4+ (placed 5th at Nationals)

• 1st Place, 2006 Women’s Varsity 4X (placed 13th at Nationals)

• 1st Place, 2008 Women’s Novice 4+

• 1st Place, 2009 Women’s Novice 8+

• 1st Place, 2009 Men’s Varsity 2-

State Championships

• 1st Place, 1988 Men’s Varsity 8+

• 1st Place, 1986 Men’s Varsity 8+

• 1st Place, 2008 Men’s Junior Varsity 4+

• 1st Place, 2009 Men’s Varsity 2-

• 1st Place, 2009 Women’s Junior Varsity 4+

• 1st Place, 2009 Women’s Freshman 4+

A Long Tradition

Over 2000 boys and girls from our community have participated in Miami Rowing Club’s youth program. Since rowers can race at the Novice, JV, and Varsity levels, there are races for all levels of rowers at the regattas.

The program is funded by individual contributions from rowers’ families, fund raising, and sponsorship from local businesses. No child is turned away from our program for financial reasons.

Opportunities exist for rowers who do not have any experience in the sport of rowing to achieve a level of proficiency which will attract coaches from colleges and universities around the country. Many of the Youth Program rowers have received scholarships as a result of being recruited. Our Youth Program coaches have competed and coached

The Rowing Advantage in College

Our Youth program rowers have been the recipients of major college and university attention. Our coaching staff has rowed and coached at the highest levels of collegiate competition in the country. As past President of US Rowing, our Head Women’s Coach Monk Terry is uniquely positioned to help place prospective collegiate rowers at great rowing universities. Men’s Coach Andy Parrish has coached at the US Naval Academy, and maintains ties to major collegiate rowing programs. In addition, our alumni network is extensive, with many MRC Youth Program Alumni rowing at the highest levels in colleges across in the country, and are available to help aspiring collegiate rowers attain their goals of rowing at the collegiate level.

MRC Youth Program Rowers have been recruited by a wide variety of collegiate rowing programs including:

• Barry University

• Brown University

• Columbia University

• Dartmouth College

• Florida Institue of Technology

• Georgetown University

• Harvard University

• Jacksonville University

• Middlebury College

• Northeastern University

• Princeton University

• Rollins College

• Stanford University

• Tufts University

• University of Pennsylvania

• University of Miami

• If you are interested, contact Monk Terry (past MRC women’s coach) or Head Coach César (Men). All inquiries are welcome!

We look forward to seeing you on the water!