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Get outside as much as possible doing hikes, runs, rides and whatever you can to stay in shape and protect yourself from the coronavirus. Rowing and social life will resume […]
I keep in touch regularly with several of my UCI crewmates. Dan Angress was my “Best Man”, and I was “Best Man” at weddings for Karl Schnakenburg and Jay Collins. […]
Racing at the collegiate level was like taking a very hard final exam except that your results are instantly known by all, the moment you finish. The preparation was hard […]
I will always be thankful that I was approached by UCI Crew coach, Bob Newman, while registering for my first semester of classes in the fall of 1978 as a […]
I always felt that rowing well was its own reward. Yes, it feels great to win and go home with the competing team’s shirts. But the best is, after hundreds […]
I have tried to bring focus, intensity and commitment to all that I do: in my career and to be a successful spouse and parent. Sorry academia but rowing is […]
It was Duvall Hecht’s birthday and we were in Marina del Rey and all three of his boats became victorious over Stanford his alma mater and came up to us […]
I was so proud of being Coach Hecht’s first UCI team captain. There were several bigger, stronger guys (Paul Ryan and Don Burns to name a couple) on our team. […]
Everything was new and exciting: new school, new crew team and coach, new boathouse and equipment and, for all of us, a brand new sport. You didn’t have to worry about […]
Duvall Y. Hecht (How can you NOT row for a coach with a name like that!)
1965 was the first year for the UCI crew. We were all green and Coach […]