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"The University of Washington's 1936 eight-oar crew transformed the sport and grabbed the attention of millions of Americans. The sons of loggers, shipyard workers, and farmers, the nine boys, in the depths of the Great Depression, showed the world what beating the odds really meant. They defeated elite rivals from California and eastern schools to earn the right to compete against the German crew rowing for Adolf Hitler in the Olympic Games in Berlin....
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2016.
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127 pages : colour illustrations ; 24 cm.
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Aims to provide and challenge coaches and rowers with best practice, advice, principles and training programmes to improve their rowing experience and performance. Regardless of whether you are looking to improve on-water performance, set an indoor rowing personal best or enhance the quality of your training you will find something of value within these pages. Topics covered include: training and technique; egrometer training; specific rowing conditioning;...
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"Out of the depths of the Great Depression comes the astonishing tale of nine working-class boys from the American West who at the 1936 Olympics showed the world what true grit really meant. With rowers who were the sons of loggers, shipyard workers, and farmers, the University of Washingtons eight-oar crew was never expected to defeat the elite East Coast teams, yet they did, going on to shock the world by challenging the German boat rowing for Adolf...
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[2024]
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"Comprehensive resource for athletes and coaches on the science and methods of rowing training and competition. The book contains research outcomes, information on nutrition, injury prevention, environmental concerns, and training protocols. It has a focus on past practices in the sport as well as team building, equipment advances, and discussions of the future of rowing"--
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2012
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252 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
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On June 10, 2006, four college friends stepped into a 29-foot rowboat as the only American competitors in the first North Atlantic Rowing Race. Hurricane-level winds, giant ocean eddies, passing freighters, and sharks are all elements of the journey, while tension on board comes to a head on Day 17--with another 55 days to go--when the crew realizes their supplies are running out and they must drastically limit their food--P. [4] of cover.
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In 1975, a group of amazing women rowed their way to international success and glory, battling sexual prejudice, bureaucracy, and male domination in one of the most grueling and competitive sports around. Among the members of the first international women’s crew team--and one of the first women’s teams anywhere--were Gail Pearson, the soft-spoken MIT professor who fought equally hard off the water to win the political battles neccessary for her...
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Rob Carrey, the son of a working-class cabinet maker, arrives at the Fenton School with a scholarship to row and a chip on his shoulder. Generations of austere Fenton men have led the rowing team, known as the God Four, to countless victories-but none are as important or renowned as the annual Tuesday-afternoon race against their rival, Warwick. But first Rob must complete months of preparation driven by their captain, Connor Payne's vicious competitive...
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[2021]
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315 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
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"Former oarsman David Arnold tells the captivating story of Washington State University's scrappy, tightly knit, intensely dedicated rowing club. Enamored by the sheer physical grit, strong camaraderie, and thrilling sensation of synchronized strokes, Cougar Crew persevered through tragedies and funding challenges to revel in Pac-10 and national championships, and rowers who went on to win Olympic Gold"--
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2020.
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"Now a documentary narrated by Common, produced by Grant Hill, Dwyane Wade, and 9th Wonder, from filmmaker Mary Mazzio The moving true story of a group of young men growing up on Chicago's West side who form the first all-black high school rowing team in the nation, and in doing so not only transform a sport, but their lives. Growing up on Chicago's Westside in the 90's, Arshay Cooper knows the harder side of life. The street corners are full of gangs,...
11) The boys of '36
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[2016]
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1 videodisc (approximately 55 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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In 1936, nine boys from the University of Washington took the rowing world and a nation by storm, when their eight-oar crew team captured the gold medal at the Olympics in Berlin. The boys' victory, and their obstacles, inspired a nation struggling to emerge from the depths of the Depression.
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2014.
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"The true-life adventure of two men who rowed across the Atlantic Ocean and the history of those who came before. More people have climbed Mount Everest than have rowed across the Atlantic. For more than seventy days, Adam Rackley and his rowing partner ate, slept and rowed in a boat seven meters long by two meters wide, in one of the world's most extreme environments. This is his story of adventure, endurance, and self-discovery. They were following...
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2023.
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xviii, 364 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm
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"From the New York Times bestselling author of The First Man comes a sweeping saga involving two extraordinary--and extraordinarily different--adventurers who have only one thing in common: the ambition to cross the Atlantic in a rowboat...alone"--
15) Scam on the Cam
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2016.
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181 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm.
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Eleven-year-old self-proclaimed supersleuth Sophie "Sesame" Seade gets more than she bargains for when she discovers why Cambridge University's rowing team is mysteriously falling ill.
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2015.
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"This story is rooted in the power of sport, but it is not a sports memoir. Yes, Course Correction chronicles one young woman's transformation from a couch potato-in-training into an elite athlete who reached the highest echelon of her sport. In addition, the book offers a persuasive example of the enormous impact of sports participation on the rest of life and validates the power, import, and necessity of Title IX. Just like Ginny, girls everywhere...
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c2009
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viii, 292 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
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During June 1998, Tori McClure set out to row across the Atlantic Ocean by herself in a 23-foot plywood boat with no motor or sail. She lost communications, but nevertheless decided to keep going, without updates on the location of the Gulf Stream and the weather--in what became the North Atlantic's worst hurricane season. When a series of violent storms nearly killed her, she had to signal for help and go home in what felt like complete disgrace....
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