Dartmouth Coxswain's Inspirational Keynote Speech | From Stuttering Novice To Sprints + IRA Medalist · May 8, 2024 Bryan Alston (Dartmouth '11) talks about his journey from a novice coxswain who walked-on to the sport as a freshman and overcame a lifelong stutter to eventually steer the Dartmouth Varsity Lightweight 8+ to a silver medal finish at the 2011 Eastern Sprints and Bronze at the 2011 IRA National Regatta.
The video featuring his coxswain recording from that Eastern Sprints race + epic music ended up becoming one of the most watched collegiate rowing videos on YouTube.
This speech details his overcoming immense struggle to become the first and likely only gay black coxswain that has double medaled within the sport at the D1 collegiate level.
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