Riverside Boat Club
Encyclopedia
The Riverside Boat Club is a private, non-profit, rowing
club on the Charles River
in Cambridge, Massachusetts
, United States of America. Founded in 1869 by workers from the Riverside Press, Riverside quickly established a reputation as a racing club, a tradition that continues today.
While Riverside leaves learn-to-row opportunities to the many quality teaching programs on the Charles River, it is committed to providing quality rowing, coaching and equipment for all other levels, recreational rower through international competitor. Riverside seeks to train elite athletes with the "potential to win medals at the world championships, not simply those good enough to make the [National] team."
Sport rowing
Rowing is a sport in which athletes race against each other on rivers, on lakes or on the ocean, depending upon the type of race and the discipline. The boats are propelled by the reaction forces on the oar blades as they are pushed against the water...
club on the Charles River
Charles River
The Charles River is an long river that flows in an overall northeasterly direction in eastern Massachusetts, USA. From its source in Hopkinton, the river travels through 22 cities and towns until reaching the Atlantic Ocean at Boston...
in Cambridge, Massachusetts
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Cambridge is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, in the Greater Boston area. It was named in honor of the University of Cambridge in England, an important center of the Puritan theology embraced by the town's founders. Cambridge is home to two of the world's most prominent...
, United States of America. Founded in 1869 by workers from the Riverside Press, Riverside quickly established a reputation as a racing club, a tradition that continues today.
While Riverside leaves learn-to-row opportunities to the many quality teaching programs on the Charles River, it is committed to providing quality rowing, coaching and equipment for all other levels, recreational rower through international competitor. Riverside seeks to train elite athletes with the "potential to win medals at the world championships, not simply those good enough to make the [National] team."
Prominent members
- Alex Rothmeier - 2009 US National Team member (Lightweight Men's Pair)
- Hillary Saeger - 2009 US National Team member (Lightweight Women's Quadruple Sculls)
- Stefanie Sydlik - 2009 US National Team member (Lightweight Women's Quadruple Sculls)
- John Wainwright - 2009 US National Team member (Lightweight Men's Pair)
- Liane Malcos - 2008 US Olympic Team member (Alternate)
- Will Daly - 2007 US National Team member (Men’s Lightweight Eight)
- Andrew Diebold - 2007 US National Team member (Men’s Lightweight Eight)
- Jeff Forrester - 2007 US National Team member (Men’s Lightweight Eight)
- Esther Lofgren - 2007 US National Team member (Spare)
- John Nichols - 2007 US National Team member (Men’s Lightweight Eight)
- Tyler Resch - 2007 US National Team member (Men’s Lightweight Eight)
- Greg Ruckman - 2007 US National Team member (Men’s Lightweight Eight)
- Bruce Smith - 2007 US National Team Coaching Staff