Temple University Women's Rowing

Rebecca Grzybowski (pronounced GREH-bow-ski) was named the head coach of the Owls' women's rowing program in 2012 after serving just one season as an assista...

Bryanna Eichler is in her second season as Assistant Coach for the Owls. In her first season with the Owls, Eichler led the Temple Women's Rowing Third Varsity 8 boat to a first-place finish at the 2023 Jefferson Dad Vail Regatta on the Cooper River on Saturday, May 13. Eichler is a 2019 graduate of Rutgers University, where she was a four-year member of the women’s rowing team. During her junior season, Eichler was a member of the crew that earned the first ever Big Ten Boat of the Week for Rutgers. In her final season, Rutgers advanced to the NCAA Championship for the first time in 18 years with an 11th place team finish. Prior to Temple University, Eichler was an assistant coach on the high school level at the Winsor School (Boston, MA), Harveys Lake Rowing Club (Dallas, PA), and Saint Joseph High School (Metuchen, NJ). Academically, she completed her Bachelor’s degree in Sport Management and is currently pursuing a Master’s in Sport Business at Temple University. Eichler is an alum of Hanover Area Jr./Sr. High School where she was a member of the swimming, field hockey, track and field, and cheerleading teams.

Women's RowingSkip AdMcHugh-Freedenberg, ChloeEichler, BryannaFranks, Kelsey Grzybowski, RebeccaMaxwell, EmilyMcHugh-Freedenberg, ChloeSerrato, Rebecca

Emily Maxwell is a graduate of Georgia State University in Atlanta, GA where she rowed on the club rowing team. Her novice 4+ went undefeated throughout the ...

Kelsey Franks is in her first season as Associate Head Coach for the Owls. Franks is a 2016 graduate of Temple University, where she was a four-year member of the women’s rowing program and four-year Varsity 8+ coxswain. Franks’ first year as a Temple coxswain was under Grzybowski’s first year at the helm of the program. The pair spent four years as a collaborative coach-and-coxswain duo leading the team to historic finishes. In her senior year, Franks was an integral part of Temple’s finish at the 2016 American Athletic Conference, placing third – the highest in program history. At the event, Franks grabbed a bronze medal in the Varsity 8+ and was named All-Conference Second Team. That same season, Franks helped her crew earn two American Athletic Conference Boat of the Week awards. Most recently, Franks led the La Salle Women’s Rowing team as Head Coach, beginning her tenure by spending all of four weeks in an assistant position before being thrown into the lead women’s coach position in fall 2021. During her first year at the helm, Franks led the women’s rowing team to the best Atlantic-10 Conference team finish since 2003, and the best Varsity 8+ performance in over a decade. At the following 2023 Atlantic 10 Conference Championship, La Salle had all four boats — Varsity 8+, 2nd Varsity 8+, Varsity 4+, and 2nd Varsity 4+ — place in the Grand Finals at the A-10 Championship in the same year for the first time in program history. The Varsity 8+ boat made its first A-10 Cham