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Rowing – Upper School – Boys

Chip Morgan ’15, Head Boys Rowing Coach, Upper School

 

The Episcopal Rowing team trains out of the Walton Boathouse, a state-of-the-art facility on the banks of the Arlington River at the Knight Sports Campus. Fielding teams at the Middle and Upper School levels, the boys’ and girls’ squads row a fall season that builds toward the scholastic season in the spring.

The program’s focus is helping each student-athlete reach their potential on and off the water. Through depth of training, a commitment to teamwork, and the camaraderie unique to the sport, rowers learn to push their mental and physical limits — the foundation of the Eagles’ success.

That success is well established. Episcopal has won 27 Scholastic State titles across many boat classes in the last ten years alone and placed second in team points at the Florida Scholastic Rowing Association State Championship in both 2017 and 2018. Rowers regularly continue in college, at programs including Cornell, Duke, MIT, Princeton, UCLA, the United States Naval Academy, Boston University, Boston College, Bucknell, and many more.

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WhenOpponent And VenueResult
WHENFebruary 27, 2027 12:00 am
OPPONENT AND VENUEDouble Dual @ OrtegaVenue: Ortega River MarinaView Map
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WHENMarch 5, 2027 12:00 am
OPPONENT AND VENUEOars InvitationalVenue: Bill Frederick Park at Turkey LakeView Map
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WHENMarch 20, 2027 12:00 am
OPPONENT AND VENUETri-Meet @ UCF BoathouseVenue: UCF BoathouseView Map
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WHENApril 3, 2027 12:00 am
OPPONENT AND VENUEFSRA District ChampionshipVenue: Ortega River MarinaView Map
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WHENApril 10, 2027 12:00 am
OPPONENT AND VENUEFSRA Sculling Championship Venue: Nathan Benderson ParkView Map
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WHENApril 11, 2027 12:00 am
OPPONENT AND VENUEFSRA Sculling Championship Venue: Nathan Benderson ParkView Map
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WHENApril 24, 2027 12:00 am
OPPONENT AND VENUEFSTA Sweep ChampionshipVenue: Nathan Benderson ParkView Map
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WHENApril 25, 2027 12:00 am
OPPONENT AND VENUEFSTA Sweep ChampionshipVenue: Nathan Benderson ParkView Map
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Mike Alton

Program Director, Boys and Girls Rowing

Mike Alton has led Episcopal rowing for more than a decade and has coached the sport for over three decades. He guided the boys’ team from 2012 to 2014 before directing the girls’ program from 2015 to 2024, building one of the region’s most decorated scholastic programs.

Under Coach Alton, the Eagles have earned Team City and North Regional Championships and a deep collection of scholastic state titles across sweep and sculling events. On the national stage, he qualified multiple boats to the USRowing Youth National Championships — reaching the grand finals in 2015 and 2016 and earning a silver medal in the Varsity Single at Scholastic Nationals in 2021. His work has been recognized with the John Ryan Award of Excellence in Coaching (2016) and the Senior Choice Award (2013).

Before Episcopal, Coach Alton led Hobart College to six consecutive Liberty League Championships (2006–2011) and served as head coach at Vassar College and an assistant at Drexel and Wichita State. He rowed at Temple University on scholarship, where he earned Rookie of the Year, made the Varsity 8 as a freshman, won three Dad Vail Championships, and competed at the Henley Royal Regatta in England.

 

If you would like to learn more about the Episcopal rowing program, reach out to coach Alton at altonm@esj.org