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Row for Cleveland State
The Cleveland State crew club is looking for new rowers and coxswains
CSU Rowing looking to grow in Fall 2010
Cleveland State builds a new University Center and East 24th Dorms.
Crew team volunteers for River Sweep 2010
The Viking Crew helped clean up the flats at the 2010 River Sweep event.
2nd Silver Medal at MACRA
Viking Crew's Women Novice 4 brings home the team's second silver MACRA medal of all time.
Contact
Cleveland State University
ATTN: Viking Crew
2121 Euclid Ave
Cleveland, Ohio 44115-2214
Email: rowing@csuohio.edu
CSU Crew Coaching Staff
Viking Crew boasts a staff of two committed, motivated, and skillful volunteer coaches who each bring a different background and set of expertise. Despite our club status, each team practice is supervised by at least one coach who keeps the crew on track with their goals and schedules. We feel very lucky and indebted to our expert coaching staff.
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David Dressler is entering his 4th season as rowing coach for his alma mater. He has a level 2 Cleveland Rowing Foundation Coach Qualification. Dressler guided the team to its best finish at MACRA in 2010 getting two boats to finals and the Women’s Novice 4+ finishing in second place. Before his head coach position, He was an oarsmen for Cleveland State from 2003-2007. He raced in his biggest race at the Head of the Charles 2006. His biggest victory was a gold medal for the mens light weight 4 at HOTO 2006. He served team roles of captain, treasurer, secretary and PR Chair. Dressler has a great passion for rowing at CSU and volunteers his time because of the coach’s before him who volunteered to coach him when he rowed. He believes rowing helps to build strong friendships through college, to become a leader, and to get in the to the best shape of your life. |
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| Maddy Widen joined the CSU coaching staff in August 2009. Maddy's rowing experience started at Shaker Hts. High School and continued in College at Mercyhurst. With over 10 years of prior rowing experience she brings with her vast knowledge of the sport of rowing. Maddy will be a CQL-1 Cleveland Rowing Foundation coach. She earned a scholarship to row at Mercyhurst College in Erie, Pennsylvania. There, she raced at the NCAA's championship regatta taking 3rd place ahead of stiff competition. |
Coach - Maddy Widen
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Tom Kotula rowed for CSU from 2002-2006. He raced in his biggest race at the Head of the Charles 2006. His biggest victory was a gold medal for the light weight 4 at HOTO 2006. Tom coached from Fall of '07 through spring of '09. Beginning summer of '09 he rowed from Cleveland to Key West, Fl while volunteering with Habitat for Humanity.(www.habitatcrew.com). He has recently returned from his trip and is excited to continue coaching. He has a level 2 Cleveland Rowing Foundation Coach Qualification. | |
| Jon Hauserman rowed for CSU from 2005-2009. He was privileged to row with both Dave and Tom for four and three seasons respectively. His biggest victory was a gold medal for the light weight four at HOTO 2006. Jon was an assistant coach for C.S.R.A. for the ’07-’08 rowing season. Jon rowed for the first two months of Tom’s Habitat for Humanity rowing trip to Florida. He has a CQL2, the Cleveland Rowing Foundation’s Coaching Qualification. |
Coach - Jon Hauserman |
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Head Coach - David Dressler
Coach - Tom Kotula
Coaching History:
| Jon Hauserman | Fall 10'- Present |
| Maddy Widen | Fall 09'- Present |
| David Dressler | Fall 07'- Present |
| Tom Kotula | Spring 10 - Present |
| Fall 07'- Spring 09 | |
| Ron Dorchak | Fall 06'- Spring 09' |
| Dimitri "Dimo" Martynyuk | Fall 06'- Spring 07' |
| Scott Spatny | Fall 06'- Spring 07' |
| Denny Matheou | Fall 05' |
| Jeremy Burnside | Spring 05' |
| Mark SilverStein | Fall 04'- Spring 06' |
| Nik Kottha | Fall 05' |
| Kirsten Brust | Fall 02'- Spring 04' |
| Chris Petryshyn (Co-Founder) | Fall 2000 - ? |
| Dan DiAngelo (Co-Founder) | Fall 2000 - Spring 04' |