The Miami Rowing Club Youth Rowing Program is the backbone and main focus of MRC activities and efforts. Students from all schools are eligible to participate in the program. Through rowing training and competition, high school students experience growth, discipline, and maturity.

They travel to other rowing venues to represent Miami in regattas across the State of Florida and the United States. MRC's HS Rowers have won many State, Regional, and National Championships.

Row where Champions Row...Become a Champion!
The Miami Rowing Club is the most prolific youth rowing program in South Florida throughout it's 30 year history. Our rowers have competed at the highest levels in the country and the world, winning medals at the Junior World Championships, Senior National Lightweight Championships, Under 23 World Championships, US Junior National Championships, CanAmMex Regatta, Canadian Henley, and a multitude of Regional and State Championships.

The following are some of championships and accolades that the Miami Rowing Club youth rowers and alumni have garnered:

World Championships (US National Team)
•Silver Medal, 2006 Under 23 World Championpship, Men's 4X (Dan Feldman '02-06)
•Silver Medal, 2000 Junior World Championships, Women's 8+ (Megan Burritt '96-00)
•Bronze Medal, 1992 Senior Lightweight World Championships, Men's 8+ (Eddie Montalvo '82-86)
•Gold Medal, 1987 Junior World Championships, Men's 8+ (Fernando Mendoza '83-87)
•Silver Medal, 1984 Junior World Championships, Men's 2+ (Arthur Cooper, coxswain)

National Championships
•Silver Medal, 2007 US Rowing Youth Invitational, Men's 1X
•Silver Medal, 2004 US Rowing Youth Invitational, Men's 4X
•Gold Medal, 1995 US Rowing Junior National Championships, Men's 8+
•Silver Medal, 1989 US Rowing Junior National Championships, Men's 8+
•Gold Medal, 1989 US Rowing Junior National Championships, Men's 2-

Southeast Regional Championships
•1st Place, 1998 Men's 2X
•1st Place, 1997 Men's 4+ (placed 5th at Nationals)
•1st Place, 1997 Women's Varsity 8+ (placed 7th at Nationals)
•1st Place, 2006 Women's Varsity 4X (placed 13th at Nationals)
•1st Place, 2008 Women's Novice 4+
•1st Place, 2009 Women's Novice 8+
•1st Place, 2009 Men's Varsity 2-

State Championships
•1st Place, 1988 Men's Varsity 8+
•1st Place, 1986 Men's Varsity 8+
•1st Place, 2008 Men's Junior Varsity 4+
•1st Place, 2009 Men's Varsity 2-
•1st Place, 2009 Women's Junior Varsity 4+
•1st Place, 2009 Women's Freshman 4+

A Long Tradition
Over 2000 boys and girls from our community have participated in Miami Rowing Club's youth program. Since rowers can race at the Novice, JV, and Varsity levels, there are races for all levels of rowers at the regattas.

The program is funded by individual contributions from rowers' families, fund raising, and sponsorship from local businesses. No child is turned away from our program for financial reasons.

Opportunities exist for rowers who do not have any experience in the sport of rowing to achieve a level of proficiency which will attract coaches from colleges and universities around the country. Many of the Youth Program rowers have received scholarships as a result of being recruited. Our Youth Program coaches have competed and coached

Rowing in College
Our Youth program rowers have been the recipients of major college and university attention. Our coaching staff has rowed and coached at the highest levels of collegiate competition in the country. As past President of US Rowing, our Head Women's Coach Monk Terry is uniquely positioned to help place prospective collegiate rowers at great rowing universities. Men's Coach Andy Parrish has coached at the US Naval Academy, and maintains ties to major collegiate rowing programs. In addition, our alumni network is extensive, with many MRC Youth Program Alumni rowing at the highest levels in colleges across in the country, and are available to help aspiring collegiate rowers attain their goals of rowing at the collegiate level.

MRC Youth Program Rowers have been recruited by a wide variety of collegiate rowing programs including:

Barry University
Brown University
Columbia University
Dartmouth College
Florida Institue of Technology
Georgetown University
Harvard University
Jacksonville University
Middlebury College
Northeastern University
Princeton University
Rollins College
Stanford University
Tufts University
University of Pennsylvania
University of Miami


If you are interested, contact Coach Monk Terry (Women) or Coach Andy Parrish (Men). All inquiries are welcome!

We look forward to seeing you on the water!