Practices focus on fitness, personal responsibility, and teamwork to create well-rounded scholar athletes. BCR Juniors is a year-round rowing program bringing students from Baltimore City together with public and private school students from the Baltimore metro area. BCR Juniors serves an average of 150 student athletes a year in a diverse, supportive, and inclusive rowing community on the banks o
f the Middle Branch of the Patapsco River. Student athletes from Baltimore City are served through Reach High Baltimore, founded in 2011 as an outreach program of BCR Juniors. Reach High Baltimore provides middle and high school students from Baltimore City Public Schools with access to high-level training and racing in the sport of rowing in addition to fee assistance, transportation assistance, and summer job opportunities. By leveling the playing field for athletes of color, Reach High Baltimore and BCR Juniors strive to create a diverse, equitable, and inclusive access point to the sport of rowing for all athletes. For more information about BCR Juniors programs, please visit www.baltimorerowing.org.