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Courtney Moeller (courtney.moeller)
Head Coach: Masters Women's Team
Courtney is SRA's Junior Women's Head Coach, Masters Women's Head Coach, and SRA Office Manager! With her she brings a long list of credentials to SRA. At Western Washington University, while earning her BA in Sociology, she rowed all four years, stroked V4+ 2004 & 2005, placed 3rd at NCAA Division II in the 2004 V4+, placed 1st at NCAA Division II in the V4+ and Team Title: First NCAA national championship in Western's History. She began coaching Masters & Junior recreational rowers in 2005. Her role quickly expanded to include Junior Girls novice coach, Masters Assistant, Junior Girls Assistant and finally Junior Girls head Coach. She began working in the SRA office last Spring and that led to a full-time position by the Fall. She holds level II US Rowing coaching certification. Away from the Boathouse? "What's that?" she says! That would mean watching regattas on the shores of local lakes and rivers and towing shell trailers to regatta's with her good friend Greg. Surprisingly, she also finds time to go skiing! (March 2008)

Patty Bulger (patty.bulger)
Weekend/Evening Masters
Patty is the Tues/Thurs Evening & Saturday morning Masters coach and wants to pass on love of the sport & the fun and enjoyment in being part of a team. A sweep rower at heart, she loves the teamwork work that goes into making those bubbles flow freely, like Champagne, under the shell. It's hard work, but if you put in the time and trust your fellow rowers, the bubbles make it all worth the effort! Seeing excitement on the faces of the team is all she needs to make her day. She started her career in rowing at the ripe old age of 13 and was the fifth of seven Bulger kids active at Green Lake Crew. She earned her place on the very first US Womans Junior National Team in 1978. She rowed 3 years at Western Washington University before transferring and earning her degree at University of Nebraska at Omaha. Returning to Seattle, she began coaching at Green Lake Crew, just as masters rowing picked up speed in this area and continued until 1992. She brings over 12 years of coaching experience combined at Green Lake, WWU and Sammamish!
(January 2008)

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Theresa Knakal (theresa.knakal)
Head Coach: Sculling
Theresa has been coaching since 1987. She started out coaching college novice women for Washington University in St. Louis. Theresa and her husband, Jeff, then started a sculling program at the St. Louis Rowing Club in 1988. When they moved to Seattle in 1996, they found SRA and brought their sculling program to the club. Theresa has coached all level of sculling, but prefers to teach the beginning sculling classes.

Michele Stoudt (michele.stoudt)
Learn To Row
Michele is a Masters Novice coach and loves introducing new rowers to the conditioning and preparation necessary to be successful in racing. She finds nothing more satisfying than to have her rowers come to her after a race, understanding why they've worked so hard and feeling excited for the next race! She's an experienced Master rower herself, after rowing at Sammamish for eight years and is proud to have been in the 2006 Womens Lightweight Four, age 50-54, that won Sammamish's first Masters National Title. She continues to expand her coaching skills, having completed the Coaching Level I & II. (January 2008)

James Conlu (james.conlu)
Learn To Row
James is an evening Masters Learn-To-Row coach as well as an SRA Masters Rower. His philosophy is to teach the basics and provide clear explanations for the various aspects of technique and equipment handling, so students will have a solid foundation upon which to build. He strives to make rowing a fun experience, and hopes to foster a real joy of rowing. James began rowing 7 years ago in Hartford, CT. He came to SRA in the fall of 2004, and 2007 was his first year coaching our adult learn-to-row classes. Away from rowing?........James is also a runner & cyclist! (January 2008)

Bob Nerenberg (bob.nerenberg)
Weekend Novice Coach
Bob has been rowing with SRA for 6 years and was a Junior parent for 5 of those. Bob is in his second year on the Board. He is a US Rowing certified coach and is working on US Rowing certification as a Referee. His favorite regattas are head races. Bob is educated as a physicist and is an engineering manager at Boeing.

James Poirson (james.poirson)
Sculling
James started his rowing career as a sculler in 1990 at the Western Reserve Rowing Association in Cleveland Ohio, rowing on the Cuyahoga River. When he moved to Washington, he joined the Lake Washington Rowing Club, then Everett Rowing Association, then Sammamish Rowing Association. James' has coached both sculling and sweep rowing at Everett. His coaching efforts at Sammamish have focused on sculling. James recently obtained his Level II Rowing Coach certification