Team
Coaches
Paul Merrion - Team Director and Freshmen/Novice Lead Men Coach |
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Paul is returning as Coaching Director. In this position, he is responsible for the coaching staff of our club,
spending time with each squad over the course of each season. He is an SA alum with national competitive experience and
has coached various SA squads since his sophomore year in college.
He will be building upon last year's successes to continue the traditions of excellence at St. Andrew!
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Men's Squad
Tom Jennings - Varsity Men Lead Coach |
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A gypsy at heart, Tom has lived many places before settling in Atlanta. He helped found the Colorado State University rowing
team and rowed for the London School of Economics Rowing Club (Yep-in England), Penn AC and was a resident athlete at the Small Boat
Training Center at the Craftsbury Outdoor Center.
Additionally, he is currently training in ARC's Pre-Elite sculling program.
You may also wish to invite yourself to his place for coffee as he roasts his own coffee beansboat.
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Peter Smith - Varsity Men Assistant Coach |
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Peter rowed his way through high school at St. Andrew where he competed as a lightweight. In college, Peter went on to row at Trinity.
This will be his second year assisting Richmond and Tom.
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Richmond Jones - Freshmen/Novice Assistant Men Coach |
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Richmond began rowing at Jacksonville University where he received his degree in Marketing.
He also has collegiate experience as an assistant to the Novice Men's squad at Jacksonville.
This will be his second year of working with the Novice Men.
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Women's Squad
Bridget Fowler - Varsity Women Coach |
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Bridget rowed for SA during her high school years and is among the elite few who have earned a medal at the USRowing Youth National Invitational Regatta.
She rowed at University of Virginia and is now working on her Masters at Georgia State.
Bridget has coached at SA since Fall 2009.
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Tessa Laney - Assistant Varsity Women Coach
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Tessa is moving to assistant varsity women Coach. She was previously the lead coach for Novice Women.
Tessa is an Emory graduate who recently received her Master's in Arts Administration at SCAD in Atlanta.
She rowed at Emory and has participated in the elite sculling program at ARC since 2008.
Tessa coached as an assistant to the women's team at Emory as well as a Learn To Row coach at ARC.
Tessa is also currently training in ARC's Pre-Elite sculling program.
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Dana Zakshevsky - Freshmen/Novice Women Coach |
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Yet another SA alum! Dana rowed as a lightweight and competed at the national level for SA before rowing in college at Ithaca in New York. She coached this summer as a Learn-to-Row assistant. She is returning for her second year of coaching at SA.
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Erin Merrion - Novice Women Assistant Coach |
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Erin Merrion Is new Novice Women Lead Coach.
She rowed briefly at SA before going on to row at UGA, then returned to coach SA's Novice Women in 2001-02.
Currently, she is an officer in the Georgia Army National Guard as well as a trainer at Cross-fit.
In case the name rang a bell .... yes, this is Paul's sister.
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Sculling Program
Mike Gibel - Intro Sculling Lead Coach |
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Mike graduated from Saint Joseph's University, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Mike competed on their varsity rowing team for all 4 years as a lightweight, and received medals from the Dad Vail Regatta, SIRA, Knecht Cup, and more, rowing under John Fife. Prior to St. Joe's Mike rowed for Pennsylvania Athletic Club with a second place finish in the Senior Lightweight 8+, at the Royal Canadian Henley Regatta to his name. Mike also competed with the Atlanta Sculling Development Team under Curt Browder.
Mike rowed 4 years at Saint Andrew Rowing Club with 3 invitations to the USRowing Youth Invitational: one in the varsity heavyweight 8+ (2005), one in the varsity lightweight 4+ (2005), and one in the varsity lightweight 8+ (2006).
Currently Mike works for The Hartford Financial Services Group in Roswell.
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