Vesper High-Performance Summer Program

**Applications for 2025 have closed.**

Vesper Boat Club’s High-Performance Summer Program offers U23 and postgrad athletes the opportunity to train on Philadelphia’s historic Boathouse Row alongside highly motivated individuals. This three-month camp provides elite coaching, cutting-edge training facilities, and top-tier equipment to help athletes develop both technically and physiologically.

Athletes will compete in a full summer racing circuit, including the Independence Day Regatta, RowFest Nationals, and Canadian Henley, with a strong emphasis on winning in the 8+, 4+, and 2-.

"The summer of 2017, we won a few big races at USRowing Club Nationals and the U23 M8+ at Canadian Henley. It was a great time, and I met some awesome people. I would recommend every collegiate athlete do a summer season in Philly at some point because it was the best combination of development as an athlete and fun you can have at a competitive level." - Justin Best, 2024 USA Men's Four Olympic Gold Medalist

Dates and Deadlines:

• TBD June 2026

Capacity:

• 18 spots available for men and women rowers
• 4 spots for coxswains

Training Times:

• 6:00 - 8:00 a.m. Monday-Friday
• 8:00-11:00 a.m. Saturday

Regattas:

• Schuylkill Navy Regatta
• Independence Day Regatta
• Canadian Henley

Requirements:

• Applicants must have a valid passport
• Expectation to compete at each regatta; failure to do so significantly affects admission chances
• No “minimum” erg score; faster athletes will have priority
• Camp fee of $1,500 includes all training and regatta fees, travel and housing for Canadian Henley, team uniform, and access to the state-of-the-art Vesper training facility & boats.