Dive into the world of rowing and college recruiting with Crew Connection! Hosted by Olympic gold medalist Sholto Carnegie and former Cal oarsman Jack Gosden Kaye, we bring you college recruiting tips, rowing stories, and tips to help you improve your rowing. Learn how to find the college that’s the perfect fit for you and take your rowing career to the next level with guidance from the best in the game!
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Tim Roth: Swiss National Team to Cal Berkeley to the Paris Olympics
In this episode we're joined by Tim Roth, who went from junior sculler in Zurich to two national championships at Cal, then the Paris Olympics.
What to expect:
Qualifying for the Olympics at the last chance regatta, on home water
Why he chose to study in the US, and why Cal
Leaving college for a year to chase Paris, and coming back
Training at Cal compared with the Swiss national centre
What he'd tell a European junior deciding between the US and staying home
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29 Sept 2026
Tom O'Sullivan: Harvard, Cal, Injury, and the Jump to the National Team
In this episode we're joined by Tom O'Sullivan, who went from St Paul's School to four years at Harvard, a fifth year at Cal Berkeley, and straight into the GB senior squad, stroking a British crew at the European Championships in Varese this summer.
Tom gives us a rare look inside what life is like at Harvard and Cal and touches on his experience of coming back from a long-term injury, and he shares what he'd tell a junior rower starting the process today.
What to expect:
Stroking a GB four at the Europeans, and what four years of US racing prepared him for
A conversation about technique
Coming back from a long-term injury
What he'd tell a Y12 rower who is good, but not a top recruit
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24 Aug 2026
Inside Williams Rowing with Patrick Dent
In this episode, we're joined by Patrick Dent, Assistant Coach at Williams College Men's Crew, the Division III program.
Patrick gives us a rare look inside what it takes to row at America's top ranked liberal arts college, from what makes a recruit stand out to what Division III can offer an athlete that Division I cannot.
What to expect:
The standards, academically and on the water
What Division III offers that Division I cannot, and the type of athlete it actually suits
An insight into the programs culture, winter training in the Berkshires, and how they balance top academics and elite rowing
The rowing style that makes a Williams crew a Williams crew and how they teach this to the new recruits each year.
What Patrick wishes he had known when he went through the recruiting process himself
This is the perfect episode for anyone wanting to learn more about the D3 college recruiting process.
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