Georgia Tech Rowing is one of the oldest club sports on campus, being founded in 1985, with a rich tradition in both athletic excellence alongside creating an atmosphere that fosters both a familial environment as well as breeding a winning culture. The Technique was able to sit down with Public Relations coordinator Karthik Krishnan, a second year Computer Science student, and President Ryan Giametti, a fourth year Mechanical Engineering student, to both discuss the team’s culture as well as results.
Rowing is one of the more niche sports that is offered here at Georgia Tech with many people never even knowing of its existence, meaning that the rowing team as a whole have had to have a more aggressive way of recruiting people, as explained by Giametti, who said, “I had no rowing experience in high school…As a freshman, someone spots me and says ‘Hey, you’re tall.