Chuck Stollenwerk
After graduating from and rowing for the University of Wisconsin, Chuck went on to be the team's novice men's assistant coach from 1993 to 1996. While coaching at the University of Wisconsin, he also coached junior boys and girls at the Mendota Rowing Club in Madison, Wisconsin. From 1996 to 1998 Chuck coached the varsity men and women at Marquette University. Next, he moved to Austin, Texas where he coached the junior boys at Austin Rowing Club for two years and The University of Texas Crew novice men for two years. Chuck now coaches at the Texas Rowing Center where he has been the head junior's coach since the start of the competitive junior program in the fall of 2004.
Throughout the years Chuck has also continued to row competitively and in 2005 he placed first in the men's quad event at Master's Nationals.
Veronica Scheer
Veronica began her rowing career with UT’s Texas Crew where she competed for two years during her graduate studies in photojournalism. She served as Communications Intern for USRowing during the summer of 2005 where she acted as media liaison, wrote articles about national clubs, and photographed at USRowing’s three national championship regattas.
When she returned to Austin in fall 2005, she joined TRC as head coach of the recreational crew. During her time at TRC, she has continued to compete at the masters level at both local regattas and at the 2006 USRowing Masters National Championship Regatta where she earned silver medals in the women’s lightweight double sculls and mixed quadruple sculls.
Besides rowing, Veronica also loves photography, travel, swimming at Barton Springs, reading, and being awesome with her cat Diesel.
Falesha Thrash
Falesha attended the University of Texas where she became a legacy rower for Texas Crew and achieved Most Valuable Rower honors for three years. She began coaching with the Texas Rowing Center junior's recreational program in the fall of 2003 and began coaching on a competitive level in the spring of 2005.
In the fall of 2005 Falesha coached the novice women for the University of Texas Crew in addition to the Texas Rowing Center junior novices. Now, Falesha continues to focus on coaching the TRC junior novice men.
David Alviar
David started rowing for UT in the fall of 2005. His crew placed first in SIRAS in the Collegiate 8’s. One of the things he likes about teaching people how to row at the Texas Rowing Center is spreading knowledge about his favorite sport. It also helps him to become a better rower.
David loves to row because it demands strength of mind, body, and soul so he can break through the mental and physical planes of the sport.
