Chattanooga Rowing Staff
Meet the Team
Allison Colberg
Coach
QUALIFICATIONS
- UCANROW2 Indoor Rowing instructor
- USRowing Level 1 instructor
- Current Competitor Lookout Rowing Club Masters Team
- Lookout Rowing Club Coach
- Columbia Rowing Club Junior’s Coach
- Clemson University Varsity Crew Team member
Connor Ilchert
UTC Coach
QUALIFICATIONS
- The Hun School of Princeton- Head Coach Boys’ Rowing Team Spring 2021
- Member of Rutgers University Men’s Heavyweight Crew Team 2014-2017
Connor Nash
Coach
QUALIFICATIONS
- Lookout Rowing Club Competitive Masters Team
- Lookout Rowing Club Coach
- Chattanooga Rowing Coach: 2018 - present;
Learn to Row Coach 2018
- present;
- Gonzaga University Crewmember
- Chattanooga Junior Crewmember
Grant Williams
Coach
QUALIFICATIONS
- USRowing Level 2 Coach
- Coxswain Coach
- Member of the award-winning national level The McCallie School team as rower and coxswain
- Coach specializing in Competitive and Rower Development for the Chattanooga Junior team
Laura Foster
Master's Competitive Coach
QUALIFICATIONS
- Girls Preparatory School Head Rowing Coach
- Former Varsity Girls’ Asst. Coach with the Princeton National Rowing Association/Mercer in West Windsor, New Jersey
- University of Cambridge (UK): Member Women’s Boat Club (UK) 2018-2019 serving as club Vice President in 2020
- Coach for crews competing in the Lent, May Bumps, and Henley Royal Regatta
- University of Michigan: 2-time Gold Medalist at Big Ten Championships, 2-time Big Ten Distinguished Scholar, 4-year Letterwinner
Missy Elliot
Coach
QUALIFICATIONS
- UCANROW2 Indoor Rowing instructor
- USRowing Level 2 instructor
- 6 years as a group fitness instructor teaching indoor cycle, barre, strength
- Current Competitor Lookout Rowing Club Masters Team
- Chickamauga Battlefield 1/2 Marathon age group winner 2021
FAVORITE WORKOUT
60-minute erg workout as 30 min (3x10 min), 20 min (2 x 10 min), 10 min with 2 min paddle between rounds
Each 10 min piece as 16 SPM for 4 min,18 SPM for 3 min, 20 SPM for 2 min, 22 SPM for 1 min
Quinn Nash
Coach
QUALIFICATIONS
- USRowing Level 2 instructor
- Lookout Rowing Club Competitive Masters Team
- Lookout Rowing Club Coach
- Chattanooga Rowing Coach: 2019 - present; summers 2015 - present; Learn to Row Coach 2018 - present;
- Gonzaga University Crew member
- Chattanooga Junior Crew member