Leading  from start to finish the US Junior Women won the 2011 World Junior Rowing Championships in the 4 event.  The gold medal crew is comprised of stroke,  Chandler Lally (Radnor HS, PA), Lucy Grinalds (Connecticut B.C.), Mia Croonquist (Vashon, WA) and Jessica Eiffert, (Pittsfield, NY).  The team was coached by Liz Trond (Connecticut B.C.).  Congratulations to this outstanding crew and coach and all the fine athletes representing the US at the recently concluded championships.

US Women leading the world!

Vespoli USA is the proud rowing shell sponsor for the US Junior sweep events.

World Champions!

Vespoli USA signs on as an Official Supplier to USRowing and the Junior National Team for 2011 and 2012.  “It’s a pleasure to have Vespoli back as a partner with USRowing,” said USRowing Chief Executive Officer, Glenn Merry.

“Vespoli has been supporting the junior national team for several years, and we’re excited to formalize this partnership. We look forward to continued success in Vespoli racing shells at the world junior championships”   Since 2006, the  US Junior Women’s team has won 6 medals in Vespoli boats, including first-ever gold medals in 2008 & 09 in the eight.  Beginning this year, the US Junior Men will also race in Vespoli V1 racing shells.

Head Coach of Junior National Team development, Steve Hargis said, “We want to give our athletes the best opportunity to win.  Our teams have been very successful at the Worlds in Vespoli boats from the beginning. International travel for junior athletes is stressful enough so having a boat that we are all comfortable with and have confidence in helps us greatly in our pursuit of victory.”

CEO & Founder of Vespoli, Mike Vespoli remarked, “We are pleased to provide our top of the line V1 eights, fours and Matrix pairs to our US Junior athletes and are very proud that they are racing American made equipment.  We send our best wishes to our US team and all athletes participating in the World Championships this August on Eton Dorney Lake, England.”

More regatta coverage than ever! Legendary Team Vespoli service  will at 41 regattas this spring.  Service you can count on.

Team Vespoli announces the hiring of CJ Bown as an Account Manager.  Dave Trond, Vespoli VP, states,  “CJ’s  knowledge as a coach and competitor  combined with his professional experience in sales/service is a great addition to our already strong team of Reps.”

CJ began his rowing career in the late 1990’s in Rockford, Illinois and rowed  at Marquette University for four years.  After graduating,   CJ continued to be involved with the Marquette Rowing Club before and after his full-time job, and was a part of the coaching staff in multiple roles from 2006 until 2011.  In addition to coaching,  CJ is an avid sculler and a member of the Milwaukee Rowing Club.

After talking to CJ you will find that he loves any opportunity to get people into boats and loves any excuse to get on the water with them.  CJ is looking forward to the opportunity to share his rowing passion and spending time in boathouses all over the East Coast.

SPRING SEASON LEASE EVENT

Contact your Team Vespoli Regional Rep today.

US & Canadian customers only

Vespoli USA, the largest and most successful boat builder in the US has just issued a “Boat Speed Challenge” on their website–and they are using the PowerView System.

With Powerview units aboard, Vespoli can go far beyond the tradition “demo row” and let coaches skip the annual ritual of asking the crew “which boat did you like better?” or “did that boat feel fast?”

Instead, the PowerView data Vespoli can collect will allow coaches coaches to ask, and answer, the two questions they really care about when it come to selecting a hull: Is it fast? and Is it right for my crew?

Thanks to PowerView, both Vespoli and the coaches who take the Challenge now have a way to KNOW the answers to those questions–and the PowerView unit allows them to find those answers in a single practice session.

Is it fast?
Splits can tell you about PART of the boat’s speed, but PowerView goes beyond simple speed measurement. The system captures GPS position and exacting measurements of check and acceleration in three dimensions.
The result? A synchronized look at MORE than the splits, and a glimpse at how the boat is moving to create that speed on the drive. Coaches can see how set and acceleration on the drive in differently shaped and sized hulls affects the speed numbers they get everyday–and see how each hull design runs on the recovery to hold that speed.

Is it right for my crew?
Your next hull is a big investment for any size program–and a decision you’ll have to train with everyday. While you can know your crew’s power and the splits they can hit at race pace, PowerView’s accelerometers gauge precisely how your crew picks up the shell on the drive, and how their movements on the recovery in a given hull work to maintain that speed. Do you know how the crew interacts with shell to hit a given split? PowerView can show you–and then you can pick the boat that optimizes how your crew rows.

Vespoli, USA, has been building winning designs for thirty years, and rigorously testing every design. When they heard about PowerView, they knew it was the ultimate tool to measure boats and how fast they really are. The proof? Vespoli tested PowerView, and they were sold on the system after just one row.

We think you will be, too. Take Vespoli up on the Boat Speed Challenge, and see what PowerView can do for your crew.

This article is a copy of  a blog post that can be found on www.pvrow.com

Wouldn’t you like to know which boat is really faster? You can, if you use PowerView (www.pvrow.com).  This is a newly released product that measures true boat speed.  No hype, no spin just objective, honest results. US and Canadian National teams are working with this equipment and we just acquired two complete units.

Do you want to take the boat speed challenge? If you want to determine if your Empacher, Filippi, Hudson, Pocock, Resolute or even the “new”  Chinese/Quantum/Wintech is faster than a Vespoli E hull contact us.  We will bring two PowerView units and a Vespoli E hull to your boathouse for you to trial.  Call Dave Trond at 203-843-8434 or Mike Vespoli 203-887-6119 for the details.

Register on the Vespoli High School Recruiting site.  Your profile will be seen by hundreds of college rowing coaches. And, it’s free to high school rowers and coxswains.

Countless numbers of rowers and coxswains have been “discovered” on our site.   Many have been actively recruited, many have gotten the “push” they needed for admission and many have received  rowing scholarships.

If you are a high school junior or senior register today!

Congratulations to the US Junior Women’s Eight and Four for winning silver medals at the 2010 World Rowing Championships.  The event is being held in the Czech Republic in a location about an hour outside of Prague.   The US Junior Women have won 4 consecutive medals starting in 2007 (2 Gold and 2 Silver) in the eight, and now in 2010, won a silver in the Women’s Four for the first time ever!   Winning two medals shows the depth and talent of  the rowers and the quality of coaching.  Coach Justin Moore and his assistants, Liz Trond and Kate Maloney have once again, done a fantastic job! Vespoli is the proud sponsor of the Junior Women’s Sweep equipment.  Row the Rhino!  BTW:The women’s eight was raced one day earlier to accomodate the Russian team which apparently mis-booked their return flight.