US ROWING Funding
FULLY FUNDED CREWS Women’s eight, pair and quad Men’s eight and four Lightweight women’s double Lightweight men’s four The women’s four (non-Olympic) is also included in W sweep selection
NON-FUNDED OLYMPIC BOAT CLASSES Men’s quad, double, pair and single Women’s double and single Lightweight men’s double
ABOVE Nick Trojan (stroke) and Austin Meyer (bow), lightweight men’s double sculls, 2013 World Rowing Championships in Chungju, South Korea.
On the men’s sweep side, chief coach
Bryan Volpenhein, himself an Olympic champion, is upbeat. “The state of our sweep is in pretty good shape, we’re trying to build off the London medal in the four,” he says. “We’re working on the under-23 aspect and the transition out of college. The college system helps the eight, racing all season long and keeping the edge. And the NSRs are important.” He described the process which turns
rowers into crews. “The pair is a big deal for us: they have to row it all year. In the fall we let them pick partners, and then rotate through the winter. In the spring we do a matrix to get a ranking. We try to fi nd the fastest pair then mix the others around to bring them on. This year what ended up being the top pair had crews behind them a lot closer than they’d want it to be. It was a good standard, but at the same time they could all be slow: we’ll fi nd out when we race in Europe.” He used NSR 1 to select a non-supported pair (Glenn Ochal and Charles Cole) and produce invitations for the fours camp, and NSR 2 to select a supported four and produce invitations for the eights camp. Volpenhein’s priority this year is the
men’s four, which includes NSR 2 offi cial pairs winners Henrik Rummel and Seth Weil, with the eight behind that. Sculling has been given over to the clubs, from which a double and quad should emerge. There is little crossover, although Matt Miller decided to move from sculling to sweep this year and is currently an
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exciting prospect in the men’s eight. After Aiguebelette in late June, the
core of the team go to the Holland Beker regatta in Amsterdam, an opportunity to get to know this year’s world championship course. A tiny number of crews may self-fund to go to Lucerne, either to reach a high enough position to qualify for the worlds team, or to get racing experience. Then there is a fi nal trials chance to show suffi cient speed for the worlds in early August, at which all unqualifi ed crews must perform to standard or they won’t be going to Amsterdam. This year Jordan’s target for the end of the season is to have four of the seven funded crews in the medals at the world championships, plus medals for other crews who are outside his funding sphere. “The way we look at the system is that USRowing supports part of the team and the clubs support another large part.” The US Olympic committee provides about half the funding annually, and the National Rowing Foundation the other half.
“If someone proves they can
consistently make the fi nal I want to give them money to push them up a level,” says Jordan. He is looking forward to fi nding out how his team is progressing in absolute terms in European competitions. “One of the things we fi nd when going overseas is that you can do a lot of good things at home which don’t look the same in the heat of international battle.” Roll on racing. ROW360
Funding is zero unless placed fourth or higher at World Cups 2 or 3, in which case USRowing funds their participation in the World Championships in full. Placing 5th or 6th results in a refund of “2014 fees” already paid at trials.
NON-FUNDED NON-OLYMPIC BOAT CLASSES Lightweight men’s pair, eight, single and quad Lightweight women’s single and quad Men’s coxed pair
Zero funding for any international competition, earn the right to compete via speed trials or a high placing at a world cup.
Calendar
SELECTION CALENDAR • NSR 1 — late April 2014 • NSR 2 — mid May 2014 • World Cup 2 — mid June 2014 • Holland Beker Regatta, Amsterdam — late June 2014 • Senior I trials — late June 2014 • World Cup 3 — mid July 2014 • Senior II trials — early August 2014
2013 TEAM RESULTS Funded crews — gold W8+, silver LW2x, bronze M4-, M8+. Unfunded crews — gold W4-, silver LW4x, bronze LM8+.
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