The Princeton Hot Seat is a new recurring photo blog to highlight the transient nature of the rowing community in the Princeton, New Jersey area.  It's open to anyone directly involved with the sport of rowing that comes to Princeton on rowing "business".  Could be rowers, coxswains, coaches, boatmen, officials, etc.

How does the Hot Seat Work?

Each subject gets four questions to answer, the first of which is simply, why are you here (in Princeton)?  Then the subject randomly draws the remaining three from a pool of pre-determined questions, of which half are rowing related, half are not...and can be pretty random.  They get one pass.

On the Hot Seat today is Dana Moffat of the USA Junior W4-.

Princeton Hot Seat - Why are you in Princeton?

Dana Moffat - I'm in Princeton training with the junior national team and will be racing in the straight four at junior worlds.  This is my second year on the team and we leave for Rio in about a week or so!

PHS - What coach has had the most impact on your rowing and why?

DM - I would say Liz Trond because I feel like I have spent a solid amount of my rowing career with her as my coach.  She's given me much more feedback than any coach I have had before, and has had a big influence on my rowing.

PHS - When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up?

DM -  I definitely wanted to work with animals when I was a kid.  I always loved going to the zoo and playing with animals.  Now I'm planning on studying economics in college and will probably go in to either banking or finance.

PHS - If you could only eat one type of food for the rest of your life, what would you choose? 

DM - Probably chocolate ice cream.  I'm always craving chocolate ice cream in a nice big waffle cone.

Coming to Princeton and want to give the hot seat a go?  Contact row2k here.