Marin Rowing Association

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The Marin Rowing Association, located in Greenbrae, California, is a non-profit organization founded in 1968 by Coach R.C. "Bob" Cumming.

For the first eight years the program was high school boys from Redwood High School and what the club called the "cardiac 8+". The cardiac 8+ was a small group of men who had previously rowed in college and continued to row on Sunday mornings. That group of men, including Olympian Dick Draeger, held the facility and equipment together. In 1977, U.C. Berkeley rower Jana Barto began a high school program for women from Redwood High School, and today both the boys and girls teams row under the name of the Marin Rowing Association. In 1982 Olympian Lou Lindsey joined Coach Cumming to run the men's team. Lindsey took over in 1984 after the death of Coach Cumming.

Numerous Marin juniors have raced on Junior National Teams throughout the years, and some have gone on to represent the United States at the World Rowing Championships and the Olympics. Scott Munn, Fred Honebein, Tim Evans, Tim and Jerome Ryan, Mike Altman, Brian Ebke and Nito Simonsen are all Marin Rowing Association alumni.

In 1984, Jana Barto and Joan Corbett started a rowing program for adult women. Originally the rowers were moms of the junior women and men, but today that original program has split into beginning, intermediate and advanced levels for men and women, with the competitive/advanced level winning numerous gold medals at State Championship races, the Masters Nationals and the FISA World Regatta.

The club is currently managed by Sandy Armstrong.

Contact:

Marin Rowing Association
50 Drakes Landing Road
Greenbrae, CA 94904
415-461-1431