5 am Competitive Masters Coach (Rowing with the Stars)

Tom is joining SRA for his second year as a competitive masters coach. Tom rowed at Oregon State University, then on the US National team 1978-81. Some of Tom’s rowing highlights include the 1980 Olympic 8+, Gold Medal in the 1979 Pan Am Games 8+ and Silver medal in the 4+ at the 1981 Worlds. He is also in the US Rowing Hall of Fame, and gold medalist at the Masters World Championships. Tom was the head men’s coach at OSU from 1980-1. He has been an SRA parent since 2005, with one daughter still rowing on the SRA junior women’s team. Tom runs the Fitness Shop in Bellevue that sells home exercise equipment and enjoys cycling, kayaking and family time.  Updated November 2009

8:30 am Competitve Masters Coach

Sarah is in her second year with SRA, and is now working with both the Junior Women’s Team and the 8:30am Competitive Masters. She is proud to say she is a West Coast convert, originally coming from the Washington, DC area. Over the last year, she finished her master’s degree at the University of Washington. During undergrad at UNC, Sarah rowed for three years before helping to coach their novice women’s team. She is excited to be working again with the junior girls and the 8:30 team, and can’t wait for the racing season! Updated December 2009

Head Coach: Sculling

Theresa has been coaching since 1987. She started out coaching college novice women for Washington University in St. Louis. Theresa and her husband, Jeff, then started a sculling program at the St. Louis Rowing Club in 1988. When they moved to Seattle in 1996, they found SRA and brought their sculling program to the club. Her passion is open water and distance rowing.  Theresa has coached all level of sculling, but prefers to teach the beginning sculling classes.   Updated January 2010

Experienced Masters

Devon has been working with the Master’s program for two years. She brings excitement and enthusiasm to the 5am competitive team.  “I love the challenge of coaching juniors and adults; two very different coaching styles for the same stroke.” The Masters are very competitive and continue to improve, finishing 3^rd at Head of the Charles, and winning Head of the Lake in 2009. Tom and Devon have big plans for the upcoming spring season. Updated February 2010

Masters Coach

Courtney is SRA’s Junior Women’s Head Coach and SRA Office Manager! She is returning this fall for her 5th year with SRA. With her she brings a long list of credentials to Sammamish. At Western Washington University, while earning her BA in Sociology, she rowed all four years, stroked V4+ 2004 & 2005, placed 3rd at NCAA Division II in the 2004 V4+, placed 1st at NCAA Division II in the V4+ and Team Title: First NCAA national championship in Western’s History. She began coaching Masters & Junior recreational rowers in 2005. She holds level II US Rowing coaching certification.  Updated August 2009

Learn To Row

Michele has been coaching at SRA since 2006 and loves introducing new rowers to the conditioning and preparation necessary to be successful in racing. She finds nothing more satisfying than to have her rowers come to her after a race, understanding why they’ve worked so hard and feeling excited for the next race! She’s an experienced Master rower herself, after rowing at Sammamish for eight years and is proud to have been in the 2006 Womens Lightweight Four, age 50-54, that won Sammamish’s first Masters National Title. She continues to expand her coaching skills, having completed the Coaching Level I & II. In 2009, Michele’s Novice crew won the Northwest Regional Championship in the Women’s Novice eight event for the first time in SRA history.  Updated December 2009

Masters Novice Coach

Lee has been coaching masters at SRA for over three years. His rowing credentials include collegiate rowing and coaching experience at the Ohio State University. There he was an assistant coach for the novice woman’s program. He has a real passion for developing rowers and holds a Level II US Rowing certification. Updated January 2010

Masters Novice Coach

James has been rowing for nine years, six at SRA and three at Riverfront in Hartford, Connecticut. He has completed Coaching Level I, and he coaches Adult Learn To Row I & II, and Adult Novice. Outside of rowing, he loves running, cycling and skiing.  Updated January 2010

Masters Sculling Coach

Pam spends time in all kinds of boats, but her first love is single sculling. She has competed as a coxswain, and is proud to have rowed in the 2006 Women’s Lightweight Four, age 50-54, that won Sammamish’s first Masters National Title. To improve her understanding of the sport, Pam has gone to the Craftsbury Sculling Camp 4 times, and has just completed her Level II coaching credentials. When not shouting at people on the lake, Pam is shouting as the head swim coach for the Woodinville High School Boys’ Swim and Dive team.  Updated January 2010

Masters Coach

George Andreadis is a rower who fell in love with this sport in the fall of 2003, soon after his son joined the Los Gatos Rowing Club.   Rowing became a way of life for him, and his spouse Norma, taking over from tennis and skiing.   It is his nature to analyze highly technical sports and he finds the biomechanics, physics, and the dynamic character of rowing absolutely fascinating.  As a sweep rower and sculler, he had the privilege of some of the best training available.  His sweep coach was an Olympic silver medalist sculler, who was focused on technique and the application of power as it relates to technique.   As a sculler, he received training from former coaches at MIT, Princeton, Cornell, UCSD, attended some of the better known sculling clinics and became a ‘Poster Child’ for one of them.  Please, no autographs!  He finds it extremely rewarding to share his knowledge with rowers and non-rowers alike. The best compliment he would like to receive from his class is that they feel good about their rowing experience.  He’s thrilled to see them compete, and be happy about their performance, regardless of the outcome.   His goal is to help each individual achieve his/her objective, meet or exceed the overall team objective, and enjoy doing it!   Row strong, row as one, and see you on the water!   Updated March 2010

Learn to Row Coach

Jennie is super excited to coach the summer “Learn to Row” series. She is also team captain for the SRA Evening Competitive group. Her passion for rowing has been fueled by SRA’s amazing coaches and staff and she believes there is a place for everyone at SRA, regardless of body type, exercise ability or age. She cannot wait to share the excitement, mental challenges and awesome health benefits of rowing with all her students. When not on the water, which is rare these days, Jennie teaches drama at a local private school and is an instructor for Western Washington University. She also enjoys the theater, cooking, reading, traveling and spending time with family. Updated July 2010

Sculling Coach

This is Simon’s first year with SRA and it’s backed by a 30 years in the sport both nationally and internationally. He’s been Head Coach and coach of the Women’s Program at Yorktown High School in Arlington, VA; coach at the Potomac Boat Club for a 2x contending for the Pan Am Games; and is a substitute Coach at Green Lake in the Sculling Program. Simon’s rowing credentials run deep, competing at two Junior World Championships in the 2+ and 1x; medaling at US Club Nationals; finishing in the top ten at the Head of the Charles in 1x; winning the C1x at the Head of the Lake; and medaling at the Canadian and US Masters Championships in mixed 2x, 4+ and 8+. An architect by profession, Simon believes that both architecture and rowing involve teambuilding, planning, execution, and strong focus on the end result. He combines art and science with attention to detail in both his residential designs and rowing. In addition to his wife and children, Simon’s passion is coaching and passing his love of the sport on to others. Simon’s philosophy is “Get ahead and stay ahead!” Updated August 2010

Masters Novice Coach

Bryan was introduced to rowing when his son decided to row in High School.  At the urging of his son, both Bryan and his wife joined SRA’s Learn to Row program.  He brings six years rowing experience to his LTR I, LTR II and Novice classes.  In addition, he has been active for the last six years in the planning of the new Boathouse.  Outside of rowing he is active in the cycling community.  Updated August 2010

Coach

Elise’s Bio Coming Soon. Updated August 2010

Coach

Peter’s Bio Coming Soon. Updated August 2010

Learn To Row Coach

Abbe’s Bio Coming Soon. Updated August 2010

Learn To Row Coach

Blake’s Bio Coming Soon. Updated August 2010