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Marqus Brown: 2020 CRASH-Bs Indoor Rowing Winner talks about Being Black and Being Fast

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#009 - Marqus Brown finished first place in the Open Men's Event of CRASH-Bs this past March 2020. With humble beginnings in Fairmount Park, Marqus has over 10 years of Philadelphia-based rowing and coaching experience. His rowing career on Boathouse Row is nothing short of what is the American rowing tradition. Marqus is now training full time at Pennsylvania Athletic Club (Penn AC), while also serving as Assistant Coach at BLJ Community Rowing. In this episode you will hear about the mindset to be the fastest rower in addition to his experience being black in the white-dominated sport of rowing.
We hope that the conversation in this podcast helps us all in the rowing world -- no matter your race -- to unify the rowing sport through diversity.

If you have a response to this or any episode, we want to hear it. Send us your voice message at www.speakpipe.com/rowingincolor or just check out our Linktree (linktr.ee/rowingincolor). If you don't follow us on IG already, find us @rowingincolor.

Lastly, if you can, please hit "follow" or "subscribe" wherever you listen to podcasts. If you can, please leave a rating and a review on Apple Podcast -- it would really mean a lot.

We hope you and yours are well. Stay safe and enjoy.

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#009 - Marqus Brown finished first place in the Open Men's Event of CRASH-Bs this past March 2020. With humble beginnings in Fairmount Park, Marqus has over 10 years of Philadelphia-based rowing and coaching experience. His rowing career on Boathouse Row is nothing short of what is the American rowing tradition. Marqus is now training full time at Pennsylvania Athletic Club (Penn AC), while also serving as Assistant Coach at BLJ Community Rowing. In this episode you will hear about the mindset to be the fastest rower in addition to his experience being black in the white-dominated sport of rowing.
We hope that the conversation in this podcast helps us all in the rowing world -- no matter your race -- to unify the rowing sport through diversity.

If you have a response to this or any episode, we want to hear it. Send us your voice message at www.speakpipe.com/rowingincolor or just check out our Linktree (linktr.ee/rowingincolor). If you don't follow us on IG already, find us @rowingincolor.

Lastly, if you can, please hit "follow" or "subscribe" wherever you listen to podcasts. If you can, please leave a rating and a review on Apple Podcast -- it would really mean a lot.

We hope you and yours are well. Stay safe and enjoy.

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