Paul Bugenhagen serves as the Hobart and William Smith director of rowing and head coach of the William Smith rowing team. He joined the HWS coaching staff in 2011 as the head coach of Hobart rowing and in 2020, added head coach of William Smith rowing to his responsibilities. Bugenhagen took on his current role as director of rowing and head coach of the Herons for the 2023-24 academic year.

Bugenhagen led the Statesmen for 12 years. He was the 2014 Joy of Sculling Collegiate Coach of the Year and earned three ECAC NIRC Coach of the Year awards and six Liberty League Men's Rowing Coaching Staff of the Year awards. Bugenhagen led Hobart to 10 consecutive Liberty League Championships and guided 10 crews to gold medal-winning performances at the NIRC as well as 11 additional podium finishes at the NIRC. He has mentored three U.S. National Team members, 10 Liberty League Crews of the Year and 42 All-Liberty League selections. In the classroom, his charges have picked up 109 Liberty League All-Academic awards, 36 NIRC All-Academic selections and 10 CRCA Scholar-Athletes.

Bugenhagen came to Hobart after six successful seasons as the head coach of the Bucknell men's rowing team. The 2009 ACRA Mid-Atlantic Coach of the Year oversaw the development of five ACRA All-Americans, including two in 2010-11, six ACRA All-Mid-Atlantic pics, and 18 ACRA National Academic Team honorees. 

Additionally, Bugenhagen spent three summers as the head coach of the pre-elite program at the Vesper Boat Club in Philadelphia. At Vesper, he coached eight U.S. National Champions and 10 crews to gold medals at the Royal Canadian Henley Regatta. Bugenhagen has also supported the U-19 Men, U-23 women, and U-23 men as an assistant coach with the U.S. National Team.

Before Bucknell, Bugenhagen spent two seasons as an assistant coach at Princeton University. He also has served as the head coach of the Carnegie Lake Rowing Association in Princeton, N.J., and of Gainesville Area Rowing.

Bugenhagen earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology and a master’s degree in exercise and sports science from the University of Florida. He is a USRowing Level III and FISA Level II certified coach.

Conny Kirsch was named Women's Rowing Head Coach at The Bolles School in 2019. Kirsch brings extensive experience as a coach and athlete at the international and collegiate levels. Her 16 years as a college coach include serving as an assistant at the University of Massachusetts, Indiana University and most recently at UCF. At UCF, she helped the Knights to five consecutive conference team titles, guided the 2V8+ to four straight titles from 2015-2018 and coached the V4+ to a conference title in 2019. At Indiana, she served as the lead recruiter and coordinator, working with athletes from around the world. She helped the Hoosiers’ 2nd Varsity Eight to the most wins in program history in 2011. Kirsch began her college coaching career at UMass, coaching freshmen, varsity four and lightweight rowers as well as coordinating team travel and recruiting.

Conny Kirsch has always had a passion for sculling since she grew up in Germany and sculling was the primary way of rowing as a Junior Athlete. After competing and winning her first Junior Worlds in Poznan in the quad in 1995, she then came in second in 1996 in Scotland. She competed at her third Junior Worlds in Belgium in 1997 in the double scull and won again. Her final German National Team competition was in 1998 at U23 where she competed in the double sculls again and won a silver medal. She was a standout rower at Ohio State and was the first rower inducted into the Hall of Fame. 

Conny has been a collegiate coach for over 13 years and involved with US Rowing since 2007 running sculling camps in the summer in Saratoga Springs, NY and Orlando, FL during the winter breaks. Most recently Conny coached formerly known ODP camps 2019-2021 and Selection Development Camps 2022-2024. 

Kirsch received her master’s degree in Counselor Education from Ohio State in 2006 and her bachelor’s degree in Psychology and Women’s Studies in 2003.

Madison Keaty joined the Syracuse rowing program as associate head coach and director of recruiting in September 2023. She has 11 years of intercollegiate rowing experience, including the past three years at Stanford, where she was named 2022 Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association Lightweight Rowing Coach of the Year. A four-year student-athlete at Gonzaga University, Keaty also coached at the University of Alabama, Gonzaga and Ithaca College.
 
At Stanford, Keaty spearheaded the revival of the women’s lightweight rowing team after it was reinstated as a varsity sport in 2021. During her two seasons at Stanford, four Cardinal rowers earned All-America honors and 19 student-athletes earned Intercollegiate Rowing Association All-Academic Team and Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association Scholar-Athlete honors. Keaty managed all team operations, including training, recruiting, budgeting, purchasing and maintaining equipment, and coordinating travel. In 2022 the Cardinal varsity eight placed third at the IRA Championship Regatta. In 2022-23, Keaty helped guide the Cardinal to multiple podium finishes at the WIRA and IRA Championships. The Stanford varsity eight ranked second in the country.
 
Prior to Stanford, Keaty was an assistant coach and in-state recruiting coordinator at The University of Alabama from 2018 through 2021, where she aided in recruiting and developing athletes as well as coaching the varsity four+ to some of the highest rankings that boat had posted in school history. The Crimson Tide earned their first NCAA Championship bid in program history in 2021.
 
Keaty spent two seasons as an assistant coach and co-recruiting coordinator at alma mater from 2016 to 2018. at the collegiate level by starting as an assistant coach at Gonzaga University, where she coached the Varsity 4+ group to two consecutive first places at the WCC Championship and two top 20 finishes at NCAAs. She began her coaching career as a graduate assistant at Ithaca College in 2014 and worked with the Bombers for two years while earning her Master’s degree in exercise and sport sciences. Keaty, who has USRowing Coaching Development Program Level 3 certification, has also coached at Ready Set Row as an assistant coach. She participated in the Assistant and Associate Head Coach Leadership Development Academy, participated in the 2018 Pocock Coach-Con, and was a guest author for RowingStronger.com.
 
A team captain at Gonzaga, Keaty earned her bachelor’s degree in education and sports management. The 2013 West Coast Conference Rower of the Year rowed in the varsity eight that helped led the team to its first NCAA championship appearance in program history. She earned All-WCC honors in 2013 and 2014.

Allison Foster enters her first season as an assistant coach for USC rowing, having joined head coach Kelsie Chadoin's staff in August 2024 and bringing a wealth of knowledge and experience to her role at USC. 

Foster comes to USC after serving two seasons as director of rowing and women’s head coach at Loyola Marymount, overseeing all aspects of the men’s and women’s teams and coaching the women to back-to-back third-place finishes at the West Coast Conference championships. Under her leadership, LMU’s Varsity 8 recorded the program’s best conference finish since 2019 last season.

Foster’s coaching career began in 2012 as an assistant men’s rowing coach at the University of Puget Sound. While there, she led the team to a conference championship in 2014 and was also named Northwest Collegiate Rowing Conference Men’s Coach of the Year. Foster then spent two years at UNC Chapel Hill as an assistant women’s rowing coach. Foster went on to Oregon State for five years, ultimately finishing as associate head coach for the OSU women. During her tenure in Corvallis, she led the 2022 Beavers team to their first NCAA Championships appearance since 2009.

A native of Bend, Ore., Foster earned a bachelor’s degree in public health and a minor in nutrition from Oregon State in 2012.

Delaney McGuire is in her second stint as an assistant coach for the women's rowing program. McGuire returned to Ypsilanti in June 2021 after a two-year stint as an assistant coach/recruiting coordinator at her alma mater, Saint Joseph's University.

McGuire had served as a graduate assistant on Savage's staff from 2016-18 before being elevated to an assistant coach from 2018-19. Currently, she is the recruiting coordinator and responsible for varsity athlete development.

In 2022, McGuire aided Eastern Michigan to a third overall finish at the CAA Championships. Along with the 1V’s bronze medal, the Eagles tallied 26 points, the most ever for EMU at the championships since the program joined the conference in 2012. Members of that Eagles First Varsity Eight squad, Emma Boersen and Chloe Hinojosa, were named to the 2022 All-CAA team.

At Saint Joseph’s, McGuire made an immediate impact, helping the Hawks capture their first-ever title in pairs at the Small Boat Challenge and place a program-best third in the 4+ at the Head of the Charles during the fall of 2019.

In 2021, SJU took home the bronze in 2V8 at Dad Vail Regatta, while finishing third at the Atlantic 10 Conference Championships.

She was also a member of the Athletic Department's Executive Team for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI).

A four-year letterwinner at Saint Joseph's from 2012-16, McGuire served as team captain as a senior and earned Atlantic 10 All-Conference First Team accolades. Also the recipient of the team's Vasquez Award, McGuire graduated with a bachelor's degree in art education.

Following graduation, McGuire joined the staff at Eastern Michigan as a graduate assistant. After serving in the role for nearly two seasons, she was elevated to full-time assistant in 2018 and oversaw recruiting and development.

In 2018-19, McGuire helped the Freshman 8 claim gold at the Dad Vail Championship, led the Novice 8 to finish a program-best fifth at the Head of the Hooch, and guided the Novice/3V8 to victory at the Cooper Invitational Regatta. Additionally, under McGuire's guidance, the Novice set a new record for 2K time and placed a student-athlete on EMU's all-time Novice 6K record board, while the 2019 recruiting class ranked the fastest in program history.

At the 2019 Colonial Athletic Association Championships, McGuire's assistance helped EMU match its best finish in program history. The Eagles finished third overall with a second-place effort in the Second Varsity Eight, a third-place mark in the First Varsity Eight, and a fourth-place performance in the Varsity Four race.

Earning a master's degree in sports management from Eastern Michigan, McGuire continued her rowing career while coaching as she earned a spot on the United States rowing team that competed in the 2018 World University Championships in Shanghai, China, and finished 11th in the Lightweight Double Sculls.

The Philadelphia native graduated from Archbishop John Carroll High School in 2012. She participated on the rowing and basketball teams while there and earned team MVP honors in rowing as a senior.

Hannah Malzahn was named an assistant coach for the University of Oklahoma Women's Rowing in July of 2023.

From Edmond, Okla., Malzahn joins the Sooners after two seasons (2021-23) as the first assistant women's rowing coach and lead recruiter at Dartmouth College. Working for the Big Green, Malzahn was responsible for recruiting incoming athletes and coaching the V4+ and 2V4+ during the season. 

Malzahn spent the previous two seasons as an assistant at Central Oklahoma (2019-21), where she was responsible for recruiting and coaching the Varsity 4+ during the spring season. Though they didn't get to compete at all during the 2019-20 season, the Bronchos were back in the spring of 2021, winning the inaugural Great Northwest Athletic Conference (GNAC) Championship before claiming their third consecutive NCAA Championship title.

The summer before that, she helped coach the USRowing U18 High Performance Rowing Camp that competed at club nationals in 2019.

As an athlete at Yale, she was a coxswain on the women's rowing team for three seasons (2016-19), earning All-Ivy honors while leading the Varsity 8+ to medalist finishes in the Ivy League Championship, and a top-four finish at the Henley Royal Regatta.

In 2009-15, Malzahn was the coxswain for OKC Riversport and won three medals from the Head of the Charles Regatta in the junior women's varsity 8+. Adding on to her resume, she was the coxswain for the US Junior National Women's 8+ team and claimed bronze at the 2015 Junior World Rowing Championship in Rio de Janeiro. She is also a gold medalist in the women's lightweight 4+ after competing at the Junior National Championship in 2014. 

Malzahn received her bachelor of arts degree in Art History Criticism and Conservation from Yale in May of 2019. Malzahn also earned her masters in Athletic Leadership from Clemson.

Eric is the Varsity Men's Head Coach with the Texas Rowing Center. Rowing became Eric’s passion after his very first learn-to-row session. It brings him great happiness to share the joy of rowing with others. Eric started rowing while in high school at Detroit Boat Club Crew. After high school, he competed while in college at Grand Valley State University. He competed at numerous regattas including Royal Canadian Henley Regatta and Dad Vail Regatta.

Eric’s coaching career started with the city of Detroit learn-to-row program. He started coaching competitive juniors at Rockford High School in West Michigan. After returning to Detroit, he coached competitive juniors at Detroit Boat Club crew. Eric is currently Head Coach of Varsity Men at Texas Rowing Center in Austin, TX. He has coached multiple boats that have been top finalists at Midwest Junior, Central Youth, and Youth National Championships. Eric has also coached at U-19 Selection Development Camp for summers 2023 and 2024.

Richard Parr is a world-class coach with more than 30 years experience working with elite athletes around the world. His former athletes have more than 250 medals from the Olympics, World Championships and World Cups. At least one athlete at every club he has coached has become an Olympic medalist or World Champion, including both Vashon Island RC and Burton Beach RC. Ten athletes in three countries who he was the novice coach of have World or Olympic medals.
 

Richard holds a Masters Degree in Motor Learning (Rowing specific) from University of Otago. He has taught general coaching theory courses for the Canadian Coaching Association, Rowing Canada, NZ Sport, and Sport Canterbury. He has been coaching at Vashon Island Rowing Club since 2012, where nine of his athletes have made the US Junior/U23/Senior National Teams, and they have 12 World Championships medals between them (including five golds). His previous coaching role include the Director of High Performance for Irish Rowing, Head of Canada's Junior National Team, and Head of the New Zealand Junior National Team. 17 or his former New Zealand Junior National Team members have gone on to win senior world or Olympic medals, including seven Olympic gold medals.

Thomas Wenk was brought on to the Columbia University men's Lightweight Rowing staff as the assistant coach in September 2022. 

Wenk was a four-year varsity coxswain for the University of Washington from 2018 to 2022. With the Huskies, Wenk won two Pac-12 championships and two National Championships. Wenk worked closely with coaches, providing in-depth reports on on training sessions. Wenk collected and monitored data concerning performance metrics and practice logs. 

Off the water, Wenk created and led a student-run organization centered around educating student-athletes on sexual assault. Wenk earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in biochemistry in 2022, while minoring in chemistry. 

Nate Clark is in his third year as assistant coach and recruiting coordinator for the Trinity College men’s rowing team. He most recently helped their Collegiate 8+ at the Head of the Charles place fifth overall and as the top DIII finisher. Previously, Nate served as assistant coach and recruiting coordinator for the Columbia University heavyweights, assistant coach for the Williams College men, and frosh/novice coach for the UCSB men. Nate holds a USRowing Level III Certification and is an NSCA Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist.

Nate also spent five summers with the NYAC pre-elite men between 2014 and 2018, helping develop future Senior Team athletes and helping the team win numerous events at USRowing Summer Nationals and Canadian Henley. He graduated from UCSB in 2014 while serving as the President of the rowing program, the first year UCSB won the Overall Team Points Trophy at the ACRA National Championship Regatta. He got his start in coaching with Don Bosco Prep during his college summers, first picking up a megaphone in 2011.   

He spent last three summers with USRowing’s Pathways Development Camp in Chattanooga, TN, and is thrilled to be working with Selection Development this summer!

Stephanie Fryer, EdD, MS, MA, CSCS is on the Learning & Development Team at USRowing. She is a mental performance consultant with masters’ degrees in sport performance and clinical mental health, and a doctorate in sport psychology. Dr. Fryer was a Level 10 gymnast before competing on the track and field and cross country teams at Colorado College. After pursuing pole vault professionally, she switched to Olympic-style pistol shooting and represented the US in multiple World Cups.

Dr. Fryer will be leading the mental performance and strength training sessions for the Selection Development Camp athletes, as well as providing overall oversight for the camp.

Camp invitations will start in late January and will continue on a rolling basis until the camp is filled. 

Depending on when you submit your information and when you attended an ID Camp, you may be waiting to hear from us. You can always view your application status in the member portal by following these steps: 

Log in to your USRowing member portal HERE

• Once logged into your account select "Camps" from the lefthand menu
• If your application is still under review, it will appear under the 'Application Pending' tab.
• If your application has been accepted and is awaiting your payment and confirmation, it will appear under the 'Invitations to Review' tab.

• If your application has been accepted and deposit has been made, it will appear under the 'Enrollment Complete' tab.

   

You will receive directions from your camp director regarding the remaining balance payment and any additional requirements.  

Payment is due in full by June 1.

The cost of Selection Development Camp has increased by $500 in 2025 to cover the per athlete cost of the International Regatta. 

Plan on rowing A LOT! There are laundry facilities, but a general rule of thumb is to pack a week’s worth of clothing.

Essentials

• Spending money for incidentals. While not necessary, it can be helpful to have some money to spend on things like extra snacks or movies.
• Sunscreen
• Bath Towels
• Running Shoes
• Rowing Clothes (anticipate 11-12 sessions per week)
• Clothes for the dorm
• 1-2 sets of nicely casual clothes
• Rain Gear
• Nalgene or other types of water bottles (more than one is a good idea)
• Day pack or small duffle
• Alarm Clock
• Necessary Medication
• Hygiene products
• Needed athletic training items (foam rollers, bands, recovery items.)
• Coxswains – Tape Recorder (if you don’t have one, purchase one before arriving. They are very helpful, and you’ll be able to use them after the camp as well.)
• Coxswains – Cox Box (if you don’t have your own, please try and borrow one from your program. Let us know if you are unable to bring one as we should be able to provide one.)

Permitted (but not required) 

• Laptop Computers/Tablets (wireless internet is available)
• Speaker System
• Video Game System
• Movies
• Heart Rate Monitor

Prohibited (not exhaustive, use your judgement)

• Hot Plates
• Candles
• Fireworks
• Knives
• Weapons
• Drugs, alcohol, tobacco
• Electronic cigarettes

Each camp location will have a list of the nearest urgent care facilities and hospitals should an emergency or serious injury arise. Coaches and staff will rely on local medical and emergency professionals in any situation that exceeds minor first aid treatment. 

We strive to make our camps accessible and affordable to families and athletes in need. If you are in need of a scholarship, please fill out the application. 

Coxswains: Please submit your additional materials (race recording, etc.) by completing this FORM. Please instruct your current Head Coach to submit your recommendation from by completing this FORM.