Our mission at Still Water Rowing Club (SWRC) is to create a youth rowing program which will increase rowing participation rates in Northern Virginia while also encouraging the healthy development of the area's youth. The need for youth sports' programs is validated and magnified by information that attributes long-term value to participants in these programs. SWRC offers an experience that serves as a personal "sports reference" for participants throughout their lives.
Still Water Rowing Club is a not-for-profit organization that provides the community with a complete youth rowing program. SWRC offers participants from 7th grade through high school positive learning and team experiences along with the opportunity to create life-long memories. SWRC is becoming a premier provider of youth rowing experiences, and seeks to make this experience affordable and available for all interested participants. We do this through strategic partnerships with local high school organizations and other neighboring clubs.
Our Team
Still Water Rowing club was founded in 2014 by coaches Mike Penn and Trevor Barry. At that time, the program operated in Fairfax Virginia. The program was discontinued in 2017, but is now being reorganized in Loudoun County Virginia in 2022!
Coach Penn passed away in the spring of 2023. SWRC and our team of coaches and staff remain dedicated to fulfilling his vision of providing positive learning and team experiences along with opportunities to create life-long memories.
Mike Penn
Founder
Mike brought a wealth of experience to Still Water. Mike coached at TC Williams for 28 years, 15 of which were as Head Coach. He coached with James Madison High School, Robinson Secondary School, and Old Dominion Boat Club,. Mike led numerous crews to Virginia State Titles and coached several National Team athletes, four Olympians, and an Olympic coach. Mike was a five time Washington Post All-Met Coach of the Year for Rowing, a one time Virginia Coach of the Year, and was a co-founder of the Mid Atlantic Erg Sprints. Mike also coached high school football and basketball. Mike was a USRowing clinician and also lead numerous coaching camps and clinics.
Trevor Barry
Co-Founder & Head Coach
Trevor was recruited to row as a heavyweight by the University of Delaware in 2004. He began coaching with W.T. Woodson High School in 2010, served as their Head Coach, co-founded Still Water Rowing Club, and most recently coached with Thomas Jefferson HS for Science & Technology prior to moving to the Loudoun region. He currently serves as the Head Coach for Stone Bridge High School.
Trevor has coached a combination of crews to four Virginia State Championships, four Silver medals, four bronze, and several semi-final appearances at SRAA Nationals and the Stotesbury Cup Regatta. While coaching Masters for the Northern Virginia Rowing Club, two crews won National Championships, two others placed, his Men’s 8+ set several Occoquan course records, and his Men’s 8+ earned an automatic bid to the Head of the Charles – finishing 20th.
Trevor teaches Engineering at the Loudoun Academy of Engineering and Technology and resides in Winchester, VA
Gabriel Fuentes
Lead Coach- Women's Team
Coach Gabriel Fuentes will be leading the experienced women this fall. Coach Fuentes most recently worked as the Head Men’s Coach at Yorktown High School and Lead Men’s Coach at TBC Racing. He helped Yorktown secure top 6 finishes in the Men’s Varsity 8+ at the VA State Championship every year he was part of the program. As part of TBC Racing he helped coach the men’s varsity 8 to a top 16 finish at the Head of Charles. Coach Fuentes has also been part of coaching staffs that help coach Olympic hopefuls and U23 world team members! Coach Fuentes has athletes that currently row at a number of division one schools. Coach Fuentes is excited to be joining our Loudoun County Rowing community to help grow and develop the women’s team