Capital Rowing Club

Comp scullers take on the morning, some with their sights set on the first race of the season – DC Strokes Rowing Club's Stonewall Regatta on June 7.

📸 by Head Coach Bob Reichart

This morning we thought the fog had won… but about 10 minutes later it cleared out and practice resumed! Thanks Coach Emily Schmeig for keeping Sun’s Up Sweep safe AND for waiting it out.

MEMBER SPOTLIGHT: Michael Cina
Learned to row:
1999, West Virginia University (rowed freshman year)

Capital member since:
2022 (re-learned to row!)

"When I was 19, I rowed Head of the Occoquan and our crew finished a distant last place. When I was 45, I rowed Head of the Occoquan and our crew finished a distant first place. I chuckle because I did win the regatta, it just took 26 years. It was only because I learned to row at Capital."

Current member of:
Competitive Sweep

Past member of:
Morning Advanced/Intermediate Sweep

The thing I like most about rowing:
Sweep rowing is an unparalleled sport. The body movement, sequence, and flow interplay with the mind. You become the sweep movement. A crew replicating this movement in unison — or close to unison — executes a dynamic unmatched anywhere in athletics. Practice and winning are each a reward. The person you become is the ultimate achievement.

When I'm not at the boathouse:
I lean into Zone 2 endurance training, like cycling, strength, or trail. I especially like our National Parks system, where I enjoy a good life with good people.

My personal philosophy:
Your character is more important than your skill. Develop both and you will have something more enduring than trophies and medals.

Congratulations to our latest Learn to Row grads! Welcome to Capital! Can't wait to see where your rowing journeys take you!

Registration for Robert E. Day Jr. Capital Sprints on June 27 is now open! 1000m masters, novice, juniors, inclusion, and adaptive events in men's, women's, mixed gender, and open gender categories. Come for the racing, stay for the food trucks and friends!

Info: capitalrowing.org/capital-sprints
Register: regattacentral.com/regatta/?job_id=10148

KNOW A COACH? BE A COACH! Capital is actively recruiting for our next Head Coach for Morning Advanced / Intermediate Sweep – a dynamic program with an active roster of 30+ athletes that rows 5 days a week from late March through early November and competes in local (and occasionally national) regattas. Send candidate ideas or coaching inquiries to Head of Coaching Bob Reichart at [email protected].

https://www.row2k.com/classifieds/index.cfm?listing=38723

WHOA! This past Saturday, Capital Juniors had an amazing time at MidAtlantic Youth Championships, including this photo finish for 3rd in the MU17 4x final, which qualified the crew for USRowing Youth National Championships in Sarasota, FL June 11-14. CRC's Open Gender Youth 2x also qualified for Nationals. 🙌 🔥 👊

Coxswain-eye view of the Anacostia River and Frederick Douglas Memorial Bridge!



📸 RowSource / CRC Sun's Up Sweep team