Asheville Youth Rowing

The Asheville Youth Rowing Association

Congratulations to our AYRA alum Ellah Taylor

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Ellah Taylor has been selected to be in the Women’s 8 for the US U19 National Team.  She has been training out in California since June and will leave to compete at World’s in Bulgaria on July 30.
Ellah came to AYRA as a 6th grader in 2020 and rowed with us until her family moved to Oak Ridge in the spring of 2022.  When she moved, Jack told her new coaches at Atomic Rowing that they were getting a future Olympian and she is certainly headed that way.
We see Ellah and her parents at races every fall and spring (along with their dogs!) and still miss her kind, humble and cheerful spirit.
Good luck Ellah and all of our U19 U.S. competitors.

AYRA at Nationals

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Our 2026 Women’s U17 4  was the 5th fastest U17 4 in the U.S. They are also the third best time AYRA has had at USRowing Youth Nationals coming behind our 2021 Men’s U17 4 which won Gold and our 2019 Women’s 4 which came in 4th place.

And three of the ladies yesterday are only 15! Bodes well.

Congratulations to our Women’s U17 4

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They have qualified at USRowing Youth Nationals for the A Final.  Only two crews from the Southeast qualified for the A Final out of the entire United States and our ladies were one.  Congratulations to St. Andrews’ Women’s U17 4 which was the other Southeast crew.