Good intentions. I try to keep up with all of my blogs and social media to share information about rowing. It takes away from actually doing the behind the scenes work to make it all happen. This is the latest news from USRowing:

Who could imagine today that before the Civil War, Blacks and Native Americans were universally regarded as the best swimmers in the world, while most Whites could not swim and drowned in appalling numbers? The history of Black swimming is one of the topics explored in detail at the International Aquatic History Symposium and Film Festival, May 9 – 12, at the International Swimming Hall of Fame, in Fort Lauderdale. From the first European encounter…