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Born and raised in Philadelphia, Maurice Scott was just a kid when he was introduced to rowing during a learn to row camp at Bachelor’s Barge Club. But when he noticed that no one else looked like him at regattas on the Schuylkill River, his father’s moral support motivated him to keep at it.

Five years later, as a member of a Philadelphia City Rowing’s newly-launched high school program, he was a part of the Philadelphia City Champs M8. Maurice went on to row for the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia and today rows for Potomac Boat Club in Washington, D.C.

He is a lightweight sculler with championship titles, multiple corporate sponsors, and a personal mission to be a face of positive change in the world of rowing.

Maurice Scott
IG @thereeselife

Celebrating Black History Month, by Maurice Scott

TIME STAMPS
0:00 - intro
2:00 - What is it about rowing that keeps you in the sport? Freedom and accomplishment
8:10 - Recruiting tactics: College scholarships and upping the glamour factor of the sport
14:00 - His role as a JL ambassador Captain
16:55 - Sponsors: Being his own agent
20:59 - Moving from Collegiate to Masters rowing and the First ever all Black M4x at 2021 Masters Nationals
24:43 - PBC, aspirations, future of LTWT rowing
27:20 - HOCR, Masters Nationals, 1k/1500m/2k racing and strategy
34:20 - Master Plan: Building a personal identity/brand as a single sculler
35:54 - Hating the erg, boxing for off-season cross training
42:15 - Rapid Fire Q&A

[S3] Ep. 1 Mentions

BUSINESSES & ORGANIZATIONS
Bont Rowing
Craftsbury Outdoor Center
JL Racing
Rowing Blazers
RowSource
USA Triathlon
USRowing
Wintech Racing

CLUBS 
Athletes Without Limits
DC Strokes Rowing Club
Philadelphia City Rowing
Potomac Boat Club
Row New York

EVENTS
2028 LA Olympics
C.R.A.S.H.-Bs
Head of the Charles
Head of the Hooch
NW Ergomania
San Diego Crew Classic
Steady State Sunday
USRowing Annual Convention
USRowing Club Nationals
USRowing Masters Nationals
World Rowing Championships

MEDIA
A Most Beautiful Thing
Rowing in Color Podcast

PEOPLE
Coach Marco Bovo
Coach Marqus Brown
Arshay Cooper
Napoleon Griffin
Matt Hauser
Coach Patrick Johnson
John Olbrys
Brook Yimer