Australia U23s... in the US

[ROWBOTTOM]

AUS has a large sports complex in Northern Italy... so they are used to dealing with practical dynamics of distance. For all the stink that people put up about the US team working with college coaches... try this one on https://rowingaustralia.com.au/2022/06/ ... ouncement/

What jumped out at me is there are 160 (one hundred sixty) AUS rowers training and going to school in the US

[sandor]

And probably 1/3 of them are on teams in the top 10 of IRA/NCAA!

Australia has done well increasing engagement with its athletes abroad.
https://rowingaustralia.com.au/2019/05/ ... 23-trials/

They select coaches to train the US-based rowers, and it seems like the kids themselves stay relatively connected (probably easier to do if they come from the same clubs/schools back home)

https://www.instagram.com/u23_aus_usrow/


fatsculler (and KitD & others) may have more insight on GB engagement with overseas rowers. I feel like off & on i have read about it over the years.
The US is definitely a haphazard development path to the national team compared to other countries.

[fatsculler]

And probably 1/3 of them are on teams in the top 10 of IRA/NCAA!

Australia has done well increasing engagement with its athletes abroad.
https://rowingaustralia.com.au/2019/05/ ... 23-trials/

They select coaches to train the US-based rowers, and it seems like the kids themselves stay relatively connected (probably easier to do if they come from the same clubs/schools back home)

https://www.instagram.com/u23_aus_usrow/


fatsculler (and KitD & others) may have more insight on GB engagement with overseas rowers. I feel like off & on i have read about it over the years.
The US is definitely a haphazard development path to the national team compared to other countries.

It used to be the case that US based athletes would struggle to be selected for the U23 team, however given the sheer volume of athletes that are now studying in the States that situation changed a few years ago. I don’t have the exact numbers to hand but I would think the majority of the GB U23 team (particularly the men) are at US colleges, and at places like Harvard, Yale and Princeton they could each probably put together at least one all-British 8