Feature
The ‘Ultimate
Team Sport’
BY JENNA BAGCAL
For the past 16 years, one Queens-based
organization has been teaching
under-resourced girls in the borough
about rowing, while preparing them for
academic success.
Since 2002, Row New York has been
teaching middle school and high school
students about rowing and all of the
benefits that come along with the sport.
The World’s Fair Boathouse in Flush-ing
Meadows Corona Park was where
the organization first started taking out
young rowers.
“Rowing is a unique sport,” said Col-leen
Bailey, who has been the chief
marketing officer of Row New York for
the past three years. “In other sports,
you have the superhero who can control
whether the team wins or not. But rowing
is the ultimate team sport.”
The organization was founded by
executive director and founder Aman-da
Kraus, who was the captain of the
women’s crew team while attending
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Photos courtesy of Row New York
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