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Born and raised in New Zealand, both James and Sam excelled in athletics throughout high school. They tried their hands at a variety of sports but were natural standouts in one above the rest—rowing.
“We both played rugby, and I played basketball and ran track,” James said, “but towards the end of high school, rowing took over once I made the national team.”
“[Dad] gave [Sam] little mini rowing shirts when he was a newborn baby,” James said. “We always used to have holidays, going to training camp and rowing together. We always assumed that we were going to row because it was a...
“[Mum] gave in about a year or two ago,” James said. “She started rowing with some of the other mothers at our school. Now she’s really into it socially.”
Perhaps the only thing Sam places above rowing is family. He keeps in close touch with his parents in New Zealand—despite the 16 hour time difference—and when James arrived, Sam helped him get settled into college life.