Annie Couwenhoven and her husband Chris Leonard are bringing White Rock rowing teams in Dallas to a whole new level with their expertise.
PUBLISHED 6:16 PM CDT Jun. 15, 2022DALLAS, Texas – Whether it’s on the gridiron, the hardwood or the diamond, there’s been an abundance of successful teams to hail from Dallas-Fort Worth. But there’s another championship level squad in the Metroplex. It's one that competes on the water and is coached by the power couple of Chris Leonard and his wife Annie Couwenhoven.
“You can’t know what it’s like to be able to compete until you get a taste of what it’s like,” Ben explained. “Chris brought the image of what competitive rowing should be." Texas is quickly becoming a respectable competitor with the west coast and east coast rowing blue bloods, which is ironic because Chris and Annie both coached in those elite regions, most recently in Northern California. But then 2020 hit. The pandemic hindered their ability to do what they loved most: coach.“We didn’t know if it was going to be two weeks like we were told or a year like it was,” said men’s head coach Chris Leonard.
But when word broke that the two were headed east for Dallas, one of their former rowers was heartbroken.
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