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Seattle has the Pococks. Philadelphia has the Kellys. And Boston has the Stones. We’re really excited to kick off season 4 with mother/daughter Olympians Lisa and Gevvie Stone. Lisa was a member of the first U.S. women’s Olympic rowing team in 1976. She married Gregg Stone (an Olympian and original founder of C.R.A.S.H.-B.s), and went on to a 42-year coaching career at the helm of collegiate and high school programs. 

Gevvie was raised in a competitive environment, and was a natural when she took up rowing in high school coached by her mom. She won Youth Nationals her first year on the team and went on to row at Princeton. Gevvie was a member of the 2012, 2016 and 2021 U.S. Olympic teams – all while in medical school, and then as an emergency medicine resident.

QUICK LOOK
00:00 - Welcome 
02:42 - Tara and Rachel talk being excited to talk with Lisa and Gevvie
05:00 - What's going on in their rowing week
06:45 - Rapid Fire Q&A
11:25 - Lisa’s quick turn from LTR to National Team
16:45 - Gevvie was a natural, winning youth nats her first spring season
20:52 - Gevvie and her siblings were raised to be active and competitive, but not necessarily to be rowers
25:45 - The perfect stroke: is it even possible? There’s always “faster” out there
32:01 - Lisa reflects on being part of the first women’s Olympic squad, doped vs undoped, incremental progress for women in sport
37:47 - Gregg Stone: Rude and Smooth Harvard crew, C.R.A.S.H.-B.s
42:00 - The family dog interrupts and Gevvie ends up telling a story about racing boat slings
43:19 - Leaving a family legacy of joy in rowing in Boston
49:45 - Advice from Gevvie’s coaches 
51:25 - Lisa reflects on her coaching legacy
53:32 - Looking ahead to 2023
58:00 - Bonus outtake

EPISODE Mentions

CLUBS
Lake Merritt Rowing Club
Long Beach Rowing Association

COXSWAINS
Bill Becklean

EQUIPMENT
Burnham Boat Slings
Kippy Kit
Mustang Survival Suit

EVENTS
Concept2 Holiday Challenge
CRASH-Bs
Head of the Charles
NWRAs
USRowing Youth Nationals

HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAMS
Piedmont High School (Oakland)
St. Paul’s School
Skyline High School
The Winsor School

ORGANIZATIONS
USRowing

ROWERS
Joan (Lind) Van Blom
John Van Blom
Larry Gluckman
John Kelly, Sr.
Eric Murray 🎧
Gregg Stone
Tiff Wood

UNIVERSITY PROGRAMS
Cal Berkeley
Coast Guard
Harvard
Northeastern
Princeton
Radcliff
St. Mary’s College
University of Washington
Yale

This episode was written, produced, hosted, and edited by Tara Morgan and Rachel Freedman. Tara provides additional audio engineering, and Rachel manages the website and social media. Our theme music is by the Independent Music Licensing Collective.