ABOUT THE TEAM

Kings Point Varsity Rowing offers a challenging program of fall head-style racing and spring sprint competition. The team competes in both sculling and sweep competitions, with men and women's novice, lightweight, and open-eight crews.

The Rowing team has consistently represented the program at the highest caliber of events. These include the prestigious Head of the Charles and the Dad Vail National Championship.

The Rowing program actively recruits top talent around the country. Please fill out coaching staff below, if you are interested in being recruited to the program.

2024 SPRING SCHEDULE

2025-2028 ROSTER

COACHING STAFF

DEREK HARTWICK
Head Rowing Coach
HartwickD@usmma.edu
O: (516) 726-6038
C: (908) 917-0509

Coach Derek Hartwick took leadership of the program in 2004. For nearly 18 years, Hartwick has built the foundation of Kings Point Rowing. Under Coach Hartwick, the program has secured 8 Knecht Cup Titles, 10 New York Metropolitan Championship Titles, 3 Dad Vail Championship Podiums, and highlighted by a prestigious Head of the Charles Title. In 2022 Hartwick led Kings Point to an undefeated season in the Men's Pairs, culminating with a Dad Vail National Championship Title. 

In addition to his time at Kings Point, Coach Hartwick has years of Olympic, collegiate, and national club-level experience. As the United States Women's Olympic Team Assistant Coach, Hartwick led the team to a Gold and Silver Medal at the 1992 World Cup Regatta in Lucerne, Switzerland, the 1992 U.S. National Championship Title, and a Head of the Charles Regatta Title. Before joining the US National Program, Coach Hartwick was an Assistant/Development Coach with the Canadian National Rowing Team, resulting in a Gold at the 1990 U.S. National Championship. This was paired with a Silver Medal at the 1990 Canadian National Championship and Gold at the Canadian Henley Regatta.

As coach of Kennebecasis Rowing Club in St. John's, New Brunswick, Coach Hartwick led the program to a Canadian National Team Trials victory, and the right to represent Canada and the 1987 Pan American Games. Additionally, Coach Hartwick has worked with numerous colleges including the University of Massachusetts at Lowell, the University of Western Ontario, and Upper Canada College.

Coach Derek Hartwick learned to row in his hometown of St. Catherine's, Ontario. He attended the University of Western Ontario (UWO), where he was a 3-sport athlete; Rowing, Track, and Cross Country, and later went on to coach the Novice and Lightweight Rowing teams. While at UWO, his crew won both the Canadian and Provincial University Championships, as well as a Silver Medal at the 1983 Dad Vail Championship. Coach Hartwick went on to become a 7-time Canadian Rowing Champion and an 8-time Ontario Provincial Champion.

Recently, Coach Derek Hartwick initiated the Rowing on the Raritan Project. This project is a collaborative effort of the Lower Raritan Watershed Partnership (LWRP), the City of New Brunswick, and Middlesex County, to build a community with a shared interest in sustainable recreation on the Raritan River.

Coach Hartwick earned a B.A. in Physical Education with a concentration in Sports Coaching from the University of Western Ontario in 1984

Coach Derek Hartwick lives in Highland Park, NJ, with his wife Debra, and two sons, Noah and Benjamin.

MACARENA URDILES
Assistant Rowing Coach 
Macarena.Lopez.CTR@usmma.edu
C: (845) 718-9789

Macarena Urdiles is entering her second year as the Assistant Rowing Coach at Kings Point. Urdiles was introduced to the sport of Rowing in her hometown of Valdivia, Chile at the young age of 10 years old. Urdiles rose quickly through the ranks and by the age of 13 she was competing at the national team level.  As a member of the Chilean National Rowing Team for several years, she represented Chile as a Coxswain for both the Senior and Junior teams.

One of Urdiles’ most valued accomplishments as an athlete is to be the first woman selected as the Coxswain for the Chilean Men’s National team. As the Coxswain for the Chilean National team, Urdiles led her team to numerous victories and medal finishes at international regattas.

Following her career with the Chilean National team, Urdiles became a rowing coach at Club de Remeros Centenario of Valdivia, Chile. In addition to her duties of coaching youth at the club level, Urdiles assumed the role of organizing the Chilean U23 competitions. 

More recently, Urdiles coached numerous crews that reached the podium of the Youth National Championships as well as the U.S. Junior Team Trials. While coaching at the club level in Orange County New York, Urdiles earned her USRowing Level 2 Coaching Certification.

USRowing (National Governing Body for Rowing) selected Urdiles in 2023 to coach athletes at the 2023 Youth Olympic Development camp in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Just as Rowing has shaped Urdiles as a person, she considers one of the most important aspects of her job as a coach is to empower athletes to believe in their dreams and work hard to achieve them.

Macarena Urdiles resides in New Windsor NY.