MEET THE COACHES
Row New York’s coaches are experienced rowers from some of the top collegiate programs in the country. Wonderful teachers and motivators, they push our rowers to be their best by providing individualized instruction, constructive feedback, and intensive support. Our coaches often become trusted advisors, proud to see our rowers succeed—not only in races but throughout their lives.
Kelsey Bates
Americorps Coach Across America Program Assistant – High School Girls
kelsey@rownewyork.org
Kelsey Bates joined Row New York in March 2010. She received her BA in Art History from the University of California Berkeley in December 2010. Kelsey started rowing at Capital Crew in Sacramento, California in 2003 and was recruited to row for California (Cal) Women’s Crew. While at Cal, she won three PAC-10 team titles and one individual title in the Varsity 4+, and placed in the top 3 at NCAAs for three consecutive years. Kelsey also works to maintain the legacy of her coxswain Jill Costello, who passed away from lung cancer in 2010.
Adam Berger
Americorps Coach Across America Program Assistant – Community Rowing
adam@rownewyork.org
Adam Berger is in his first year with Row New York. He received a BA in Sports Management from Dowling College in May 2011. Adam started rowing in the Fall of 2007 and since then became an integral part of the Dowling College Men’s Rowing team. During his time at Dowling, Adam received the Most Improved Player Award in 2009 as well as stroked the Men’s Heavy Weight Four that medalled at the 2010 Dad Vail Regatta. Outside of Rowing, Adam has worked in both college athletics and professional sports.
Michael Eichler
Varsity Assistant Coach and Queens Boathouse Manager
mike@rownewyork.org
Michael Eichler rowed for four years at Binghamton University, where he was a team captain, vice-president and chairman of the John McKenna Memorial 5K. He has coached for the Hiawatha Island Boat Club and The Hewitt School Crew. He joins Row New York as a Program Assistant through Americorps and Coach Across America. Michael holds a BA in History and Asian & Asian American Studies from Binghamton University.
Ryan McCarthy
Novice Girls Program Director
ryan@rownewyork.org
Ryan McCarthy joins Row New York as a program assistant thanks to Coach Across America and Americorps. She recently graduated from Yale University with a BA in Religious Studies. Ryan started rowing as a sophomore at Phillips Exeter Academy and while rowing at Yale, she took home three team trophies from EAWRC Sprints. She spent her summers while in school interning at different non-profits in New York and volunteer coaching at Harlem River Community Rowing.
Elizabeth Savarese
Americorps Coach Across America Program Assistant – High School Girls
liz@rownewyork.org
Elizabeth Savarese began her rowing career with Row New York in the summer of 2007, just before entering her first year of high school. She rowed, as both a port and a starboard, for two years before becoming a coxswain. She is currently attending Hunter College on an honors scholarship, majoring in Psychology. However, she hopes to transfer to Boston University and continue her rowing career. She extends her stay with Row New York as an Assistant Novice Coach through Coach Across America.
Isake Smith
Americorps Coach Across America Program Assistant – Community Rowing
isake@rownewyork.org
Isake is a native New Yorker and is happy to have the opportunity to be around boats in NYC. She was a member of the Lawrence University Rowing Club, and recently graduated with a BA in psychology. During her time at Lawrence, Isake was able to study abroad in Granada, Spain, as well as travel to London and Morocco. Outside of academics, she has worked with youth in a variety of different ways, from facilitating Gay-Straight Alliances in schools across Northeastern Wisconsin to co-facilitating teen groups during long-term camping trips through the Adirondacks.
Clara Wille
Americorps Coach Across America Program Assistant – Middle School Girls
clara@rownewyork.org
Clara has a BA in International Studies and Sexuality Studies from York University, Toronto. She has volunteered with several organizations in high school and college as a peer safer-sex educator and has interned with the International Planned Parenthood Federation in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. In 2010, Clara gave a year of service with City Year New York, where she tutored, mentored and ran an after-school program in an elementary school in East New York. She is currently giving her second year of service as a Program Assistant through Coach Across America.
Nathan Young
Director of Middle School Programs and Web Manager
nathan@rownewyork.org
Nathan Young started with Row New York in the fall of 2009 after spending three years as the Program Coordinator for Junior Rowing at Greenwich Crew in Greenwich, CT. Before that, he worked as the Head Coach at New York University while working at Deloitte as an international assignment tax analyst. Nate holds a BS in Business Administration with a second major in Slavic Linguistics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he rowed for four years.