Though relatively small for an open weight rower at 5-foot-9 and 130 pounds, Grady qualified for the U.S. junior development rowing program, which gave her direct access to college coaches.

A rower from Methodist College Belfast is being tipped to achieve Olympic success, like Rebecca Shorten and Hannah Scott.

Members of the first women’s crew team at Saint Augustine’s University carry oars from a dock at Lake Wheeler in Raleigh, N.C. after rowing practice on Sunday, April 10, 2022.

I love it," said Jim Raymond, who started rowing in college in 1969 and now is president of the Amoskeag club. "Rowing is a combination of force and art. It's grace coupled with strength.

“These oars represent the last of what the Pocock company made in wood. This boat represents the future of the Pocock tradition.” Costello is planning to put the shell, which weighs less than 35 ...