Ashlee Branan, Greenwich Crew Director.

Ashlee began her rowing career at Rollins College in Winter Park, FL in 1996. After earning the title of MVP her sophomore year and graduating the following year, she entered Georgetown University Law Center and finished her NCAA eligibility rowing for Georgetown's varsity lightweight 8+. With a fourth place finish at the Eastern Sprints and a fourth place national ranking, she finished her collegiate rowing career at the IRA national championship regatta in 2001. Ashlee returned to competitive racing with Dallas Rowing Club in 2004 and earned silver medals at the US Rowing National Champions in the Elite and Senior Quads in 2005. At the Head of the Charles that Fall, Ashlee clocked the fastest time in the inaugural running of the Director's Championship Quads. During the summer of 2006, Ashlee's Senior Quad made the quarterfinals of Women's Henley in England. While training and running the Learn to Row classes, she also began coaching a select group of junior rowers who earned a gold medal in the Men's Double and a silver medal in the Women's Double at the 2006 US Rowing Youth National Championships. Capping an immensely successful season for the entire 2007 team, DRC claimed the Youth National Championship's first-ever Lightweight Women's Youth Double title by nearly 14 seconds over the second and third place crews - the largest margin of victory in the entire 2007 regatta. One of these athletes continued on to row for the Swiss Junior National team later that summer and later won the Youth Women's Double at the Head of the Charles. In the summer of 2007, Ashlee was invited to assist in coaching the US National Team's Lightweight Women's 1x at the World Championships in Munich, Germany. They earned a silver medal for the United States after having beaten the now three-time gold medal winner in both the heats and finals.

Ashlee now brings that same strength and determination to Greenwich Crew where she will coach the Masters and be an active director overseeing the whole program.
 
If you have any questions or concerns please email Ashlee at abranan@greenwichwaterclub.com

Chris Cabrera, Juniors Head Coach - Chris started rowing in middle school, then high school in his home town of Alexandria, VA.  He rowed and coxed on the T.C. Williams Titans' Lightweight 8+, medaling at the Virginia Scholastic Rowing Championships and the Scholastic Rowing Association National Championships.  He took pride in competing in the finals of the Stotesbury Cup Regatta and at the Canadian Henley in the Canadian Secondary School Rowing Association Championships. Chris rowed briefly on the Virginia Tech Club team freshman year, stopping to concentrate on school. He then transferred to Radford University where he earned his Bachelors of Business Administration in Management.  

For the next six years Chris coached at T.C. Williams H.S. Dee Campbell Rowing Center for various programs including juniors and masters on the recreational and competitive levels. Chris joined Greenwich Crew working primarily with the Juniors, taking them to the State Championships two years in a row and on to 5th Ranking Nationals.

If you have any questions or concerns please email Chris at ccabrera@greenwichwaterclub.com

Nathan Young, Program Coordinator for Junior Rowing From 1999 to 2004 Coach Young rowed for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, winning the 2003 ECAC National Invitational Championship in the Men's Varsity 4+, achieving a bronze medal at the 2003 IRA Regatta in the Men's Varsity 4+, and a Gold Medal at the 2004 ECAC National Invitational in the Men's Varsity 8+. He holds a B.S. in Business Administration with a second major in Slavic and East European Linguistics.

Young also competed for Saratov State Rowing Federation in Saratov, Russia (2001) Rudergesellschaft Germania in Frankfurt, Germany (2002) and Columbia Rowing Club in Columbia, South Carolina (2003) where he also coached juniors alongside his training. Upon graduation from UNC, he trained with Team Dinamo in Moscow, Russia (2004) until moving to New York City in October, 2004. Shortly afterwards, Young was brought on as Head Coach of New York University Crew, where he successfully negotiated a move to a new boathouse on the Harlem River and strengthened NYU Crew’s enrollment and success. Young currently coaches both at NYU and at Greenwich Water Club.

If you have any questions or concerns please email Nate at nyoung@greenwichwaterclub.com

Luca Nagy - Coach Luca Nagy joined Greenwich Crew in October of 2007 as the Boys' 2V, 3V and Frosh B coach. From 2003 to 2007, Coach Nagy rowed for the Princeton University Openweight Women's Team, winning a silver medal with the first varsity eight in the EAWRC Eastern Sprints in 2005, and contributing to the team's third place overall in the 2006 NCAA Division I Championships.

Nagy also competed for the Danubius Rowing Club in Budapest, Hungary, from 2002 to 2006, where she earned medals at the Hungarian National Championships; gold medals in the Junior Pair and Junior Four in 2003, and the Championship Eight in 2004.

Coach Nagy also works part time as the Novice Women's coach at New York University. She holds a B.A. in Anthropology from Princeton University.

Sarah Bates - Sarah is a recent graduate of Harvard College, where she captained the Radcliffe Varsity Lightweight team her senior year. While at Harvard, Sarah was a champion at the Head of the Charles and the EAWRC Eastern Sprints. She also coached the Harvard Recreational Sculling program for high school students.  She currently is a resident of Manhattan and competes for the New York Athletic Club. Her most recent rowing accomplishments include winning a National Championship in the lightweight women's double and winning the lightweight women's double and quad at Canadian Henley. Sarah coaches the GHS girls' JV1 team and began her rowing career at St. Paul's School in New Hampshire.

A.J. Wilkerson - AJ joined Greenwich Crew in the

Fall of 2007. She is a recent graduate of New York

University, graduating with a degree in art history. From 2005 to 2007 she was a member of the NYU crew team, where she earned medals in the women’s open four and open pair at regattas including the URA championships, the Villanova Knecht Cup, and the New York State Rowing Championship. A.J. and her pair partner won gold medals in the women’s open pair at both the URA regatta and the New York State Rowing Championship. Currently she is applying to graduate programs in art history and museum studies and lives in New York City.

Dmitri Vlasov - A rowing and sculling coach for more than eight years. Dmitri began sculling and sprint canoeing in his native Ukraine. He trained out of RC Lokomotiv in Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine. He competed nationally and internationally representing his country and his club. Upon his arrival to the US, Dmitri helped start a college crew club and volunteered as an Assistant Coach. He held the position of Head Rowing Coach at Sarah Lawrence College. Recently he worked as Head Coach of the Greenwich Academy crew and is presently a Masters coach for Greenwich Crew.