Tom began his rowing career in 1986 with the University of Michigan (Go Blue!) as a coxswain and single sculler. Nearly 4-decades later, Tom is a former member of the USRowing National Team, a certified level 2 coach and a USRowing Referee. He brings his high level training techniques to CRRC to continue the success of the program.

Tom has coached all age groups and categories with a combination of enthusiasm, focus, guidance and a touch of humor. He has helped start a number of rowing clubs in the state of Michigan, and is committed to fostering the sport of rowing in Madison. 

We welcome Tom to CRRC as the Head Coach and are excited to see the program continue to grow under his guidance! 

Will Russell is from Tomahawk, Wisconsin. He came to Madison to pursue a degree in biology with a global health minor.

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While at UW-Madison, Will walked onto the men's crew team and participated as an athlete for all four years. He ended his career as a college rower stroking the 3V at the IRA National Championships both junior and senior years. Post college, he is currently working as the Executive Assistant at Little John's Kitchens, a Fitchburg based non-profit focused on food security for underserved communities in the Madison area.

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To keep his fitness and competitive edge, he now train for triathlons, hoping to one day work my way up to completing an Ironman. He's been in athletics and on teams throughout his entire life and he is excited to pass on the knowledge he has to the next generation of rowers. 

Owen Lilleleht started rowing for CRRC fall of 2014. He went on to be elected Men's Team Captain his senior year before being recruited to row at the University of Wisconsin - Madison. There he competed in the Head of the Charles, Canadian Henley, and IRAs before coming back to coach at Camp Randall in 2021.

Owen worked as the CRRC Head Novice Coach before 2 years as Lead Varsity Men's Coach. Owen now returns for his 4th year coaching with the Novices.

Elsa is originally from Minneapolis, MN and began rowing her sophomore year of high school with the Twin Cities Youth Rowing Club (TCYRC) out of Eden Prairie, MN. She then went on to row D1 at the University of Notre Dame for all four years of college, where she was a 3x ND Athletics Monogram (Letter) Award Recipient and 2x CRCA Scholar-Athlete, as well as a member of the All-ACC Academic Team and ACC Academic Honor Roll. During her time in college, she also had the opportunity to coach the middle school and high school novice programs at TCYRC during the summer of 2022 and to coach adult recreational programs out of Community Rowing Inc (CRI) in Boston during the summer of 2023. She moved to Madison at the beginning of this summer, and she's super excited to join the Camp Randall coaching staff!

Emma Shenkenberg began coxing in seventh grade at the Milwaukee Rowing Club. She continued to do so at the collegiate level for the University of Alabama. Emma raced in the 2V8 at NCAAs D1 championships in 2021, and continued to cox for the program in the V8, 2V8, and V4+.

After graduating with degrees in Microbiology and English in 2024, Emma moved to Madison to work for Exact Sciences. She became involved in coaching for Camp Randall Rowing Club in 2024 under Head Coach Tom Weber.

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