PRC High Performance Team

About the Pocock Rowing Center High Performance Team

Pocock Rowing Center’s High Performance Team is the Northwest’s premier training center for elite level athletes. Established in 1996 by the late Emil Kossev, whose vision and expertise created its foundation, the HP Team has placed over 30 athletes on the US National Team, including 8 Olympians.

Seattle offers an idyllic training environment and Pocock offers access to the open waters of Lake Washington to the east and Lake Union to the southeast provide athletes with miles and miles of rowable water year-round. Pocock Rowing Center provides excellent facilities, and experienced coaches provide a scientifically based training program and high quality technical coaching. PRC is a leader in the use of cutting edge technology - systematically applying technology utilized internationally by the world’s best coaches and athletes. Further, the program has a wide variety of Seattle-based providers for everything from physical therapy to massage to VO2 testing.

Running a program of this caliber takes the financial and volunteer support of individual members of the Northwest rowing community. The George Pocock Rowing Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, provides oversight and governance of the program, and a committed and generous group of donors and volunteers. We need your support! All donations will go directly to supporting the athletes, whether it is for travel, equipment, or physiological testing, all your support will influence them tremendously.

Bryan Volpenhein