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🏆Creating safe spaces for Black rowers
🫱🏾‍🫲🏿 Community | Mentorship | Representation
✨ You belong. You’re invaluable. ✨

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Take care of @newarkriverfront @newarkcityparks @cityofnewarknj . Pouring love into our small part of the city one day at a time. Solid work today peeps.

Enjoy your Labor Day weekend!

#fyp #explore #newark #work #beauty

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#fyp #explore #rowing #newark #training

So it begins… Fall 2026.

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Craftsbury Training Trip 2026

There are few places in the rowing world where our kids are welcomed with so much grace, support, and enveloped in a love for rowing.

Thank you 🙏🏾 @concept2inc @craftsburyoutdoorcenter @geerjudy @arshaycooper for continuing to make this experience possible for the young people of @cityofnewarknj . Thank you 🙏🏾 @sfieldgro @sarafieldgronewold and your staff for running a world class experience every year and to all the campers who make learning more about the sport such a pleasure!

#newark #explore #fyp #rowing

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Being a Black woman athlete is a privilege 👸🏾!!

There is something so special about being in a room surrounded by people who look like you. Something that is hard to put into words unless you’ve experienced it. Being able to look across the room, lock eyes with another Black woman, and somehow know exactly what that look means without a single word being said is so underrated.

It’s the unspoken understanding. The silent acknowledgment. The feeling of, I see you. I know what it means to be here. I know what it took to get here.

I had never known of such a big community of Black women in rowing until two years ago. To realize that there were so many of us out there, all navigating the same spaces, carrying similar experiences, and showing up in a sport where we are not always the majority, was something I will never take for granted.

Being able to stand alongside other Black women, even if we are from different teams, different schools, and different backgrounds, is such a beautiful reminder that we are not alone. There is a sense of connection and belonging that comes from seeing yourself in someone else.

I feel incredibly honored to be a part of this community. Honored to share space with these women. Honored to look around and see faces that look like mine. And honored to be one of the many Black women helping to make our presence known in this sport.

I am proud to be a Black woman. I am proud to be an athlete. And I am grateful for every moment that reminds me just how powerful it is to see ourselves in one another.

What a privilege it is to be a Black woman athlete. And i would choose this life in every lifetime 🖤. #womensrowing

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To every Black woman who rows, coaches, coxes, leads, competes, or is finding her place in this sport: you belong on the water.

You belong in the boathouse.
You belong at the starting line.
You belong on the podium.
You belong in leadership.
You belong in every space your talent, hard work, and ambition take you.

Whether you were the first, the only, one of few, or part of a growing crew, your presence matters. Your stories matter. And every stroke forward helps make the path wider for the Black women and girls who will come after you.

Today and every day, we celebrate the legacy, the impact, and the future of Black women in sports. And we are proud to keep pulling together toward a future where more Black women see rowing as a sport that belongs to them, too. 🖤🚣🏾‍♀️

#blackwomeninsports #xulagold #xularowing

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We are so proud to announce that PCR is a finalist for The Wawa Foundation Hero Award! 🎉 @Wawa

This award honors a non-profit organization that is committed to serving Philadelphia by providing services that build stronger communities through mentoring and inspiring our youth. The winner is chosen by public vote, and your vote could help us win $50,000 to support our student-athletes.

VOTING IS EASY:
1) Visit philadelphiacityrowing.org/wawa (link in bio) to find the voting page.
2) Select PCR as your choice. 3) Enter your email.
4) Click submit!

Since voting is limited to ONCE per email address, winning depends on how many people we reach. Your vote counts once, but sharing this post could bring in dozens more. SHARE THIS POST or TAG A FRIEND to help us spread the word!

Thank you for supporting PCR and for helping us get more young people on the water. 💙

@July4thPhilly #TheWawaFoundation #Wawa

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‼️I’m running the 2026 NYC TCS Marathon‼️

Never in a million years did I think I would say that but I am so excited to be running to fundraise for Row New York.

If you know anything about me you know that I always joke that rowing is my only personality trait. But the truth is I wouldn’t be where I am today without RNY. I am running to be able to give kids the same opportunity that I was given almost 10 years ago. Please consider donating to help me reach my fundraising goal (link in bio).

Swipe to the end to see the little girl who you’re helping 😋😋

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Scenes from youth nats

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16 years of rowing (10 years in the fitness game). Lots of ups and lots of downs.

But moments like these remind you why you keep showing up. Big s/o to the ladies of @braidrowing pulling up to visit @pelotonstudios I think we need the BRAID crew to come through and take a class so we can show the world the power of diversity in rowing. Keep up the great work ladies @amari.yvette @baylorhenryyy @chinemeregnjoku_

#dreambig #row #plussizefitness #nextlevelshit #nyc

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One year ago ria had major hip surgery. She healed and battled as a full-time student athlete at Drexel University, maintained Exemplary academics and just started her co-op at City Hall in Philadelphia for Councilmember Isaiah Thomas | At Large | Majority Whip. Last two regatta's of the szn ending in the CAA championship. #godragons proud parents.

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Ram Invitational 🔜

#FordhamAthletics #SpringRacing #RamInvitational

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Our first @crewclassic!

We showed up not knowing what to expect… and left better, stronger, and more connected.

We learned how top programs move, recover, and prepare.

We added some new skills:
✅ wet launching
✅ SkiErg lesson by THE Peter Dreissigacker @concept2inc
✅ 1’ sprints with @ariesyah + flexed our biceps with @dietzrowing over at @hydrow
✅ beach sprints with @chris_bak1 @cavalala

We got stung by jellyfish (not recommended 😅).

We raced, we laughed, we grew.

And somewhere in between, we built friendships that will last far beyond this weekend.

Huge thank you to everyone who helped take care of us - we felt it every step of the way 💚

More work to do. But we’re on the right path.

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