so i'm going to do everything that i can and i have a great setup with california rowing club here. believe in me. i believe in them. they're going to get me to where i need to be. >> i joined this boathouse and this team in the summer of 2019. give me a place to train and then grow. and then since the olympics, it's been fantastic being here with the group. i was in the tokyo 2020, 2021 olympics and i was in the men's eight and we finished fourth. >> i think as a coach, this is sort of a group you dream about. they're all super bright, they're highly motivated, and they have a social conscience. so they're all really good people and they support each other. >> i love to race and this is a sport where we do a lot of training. there's not a ton of actually chance to go out and race. so it's like in soccer, you might play once a week or twice a week, but with rowing we don't. so to now be in kind of our racing season and getting close to racing, it's a super excited. >> for me, i have to focus on different areas trying to get stronger, trying to get more fit. relearning different aspe