School News Roll Call And LBJC: Emily Harris And Her Journey To Row At LMU
Published In The May 2013 Issue Of The Long Beach School News Roll Call And Written By Jack Nunn, Owner Of Roworx Indoor Rowing Classes At The Long Beach Rowing Association
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own the Stream’—not! Emily Harris comes from Rossmoor, where she attends Los Alamitos High School. She began rowing in the fall of 2009 and currently competes for Head Coach Alfredo Montenegro and the Long Beach Junior Crew Club. Emily’s most memorable race to date was paling 26th out of 85 boats in the Junior 8+ at the 2012 Head of the Charles Regatta. She participated in most sports and activities like soccer, swimming, Junior Lifeguards, softball and dance. Her best sport by far was softball, and she made All-Star every year she played. She had good speed for her size and hit with power and pitched, but she just didn’t enjoy it. Her father, Mike Harris, suggested she try rowing because of her size and love of the ocean, and it worked out. She has been to the very prestigious Head of the Charles in Boston twice and has rowed for four years with the very successful Long Beach Junior Crew Team. She has always done well in school and is always on the honor roll. Emily has been recruited by Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles and will be rowing for them next year.
However, it was not an easy road for her. Beyond on-water rowing performance with the Long Beach Junior Crew, a high school coach’s recommendation, height and weight, and erg score can mean the difference between getting recruited and accepted to the college of your choice or missing the cut. Rowing-machine scores are the one piece of data that coaches can accurately use to make a comparison between a rower and every other potential recruit. Therefore, the lower a machine score, the better the chance of being recruited to the college or university of your choice. With this in mind, Roworx Fitness offers personalized ergometer-training programs to help rowers meet and exceed their specific 
ergometer goals. Emily started training and rowing with Roworx Fitness in Long Beach beginning in 2011, with one goal in mind: to get faster on the rowing machine. One-on-one coaching at Roworx Fitness is result driven and within the recruiting process. College coaches have certain criteria, specifically ergometer Concept 2 rowing-machine scores, that they use to identify potential recruits. Coaches are not shy about letting an athlete know which erg score they require the athlete to be at or under in order to be seriously considered for the recruiting process. With this in mind, one-on-one coaching at Roworx Fitness provided structure, guidance and support to help Emily meet and exceed the requested and required goals. Roworx Fitness helps create programs to help athletes achieve their personal bests for ergometer testing. We realize that college programs look at a variety of stats on the ergometer, and thus we can help students prepare for any and all testing distances and types that a college coach may ask for, whether they’re 500m, 2k, 6k,10k, 1-minute power test, or max-wattage power test. Through assessment, goal setting and the proper implementation of training, Roworx Fitness, along with Long Beach Junior Crew, worked 
with Emily in order to improve her performance to the level necessary to be considered for the recruiting process at LMU.
For More Information On How To Get Your Children Involved In Junior Rowing Either On Or Off The Water Please Contact The Long Beach Junior Crew Organization At http://longbeachjuniorcrew.org/ Or Contact Keith Johnson At johnson.dk@hotmail.com
If You Would Like Indoor Class Lessons On The Concept 2 Rowing Machine Or For Those Interested In Rowing Class Workouts Please Visit www.roworx.com Or Contact Jack Nunn at roworx@gmail.com
Location For The Long Beach Junior Crew And Roworx Indoor Rowing Are At: Pete Archer Rowing Center, 5750 Boathouse Lane, Long Beach, CA 90803
More On Emily Harris Can Be Found Here At The LMU Athletic Page!
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