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Thomas Guncik
Thomas Guncik

Position:
Assistant Coach
E-mail/Phone:
tguncik@gwu.edu / 202-994-5931



Thomas Guncik is in his second season as assistant coach of the GW Men's Rowing team. His primary responsibility is coaching the freshman rowers. He will also play a major role in recruiting.

Guncik arrived at GW after serving as assistant rowing coach and recruiting coordinator at Division III Bates College in Lewiston, Maine. He had various responsibilities at Bates including orchestrating training sessions on the water, strength training on land and individual technique sessions in the pool and on ergometers.

Guncik helped the Bates men's rowing team to their best performance in team history at the 2011 New England Rowing Championships (NERC). Both the Varsity 8 and 2nd Varsity 8 finished in third place at the championship regatta. Additionally, the Varsity 8 and 2nd Varsity 8 took seventh and fourth place, respectively, at the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) National Invitational Rowing Championships (NIRC). Guncik also helped coach the Bates women's crews to their third consecutive national runners up at the NCAA Rowing Championships.

A 2007 graduate of Ohio State University with a bachelor's degree in history and political science, Guncik served as captain of the OSU Crew Club and rowed as a member of the Varsity Pair that finished in eighth place at the 2006 Intercollegiate Rowing Association (IRA) National Championship Regatta. He was also the recipient of the OSU Crew Blade and the Coach's Cup Award.

In addition to his collegiate rowing experience Guncik has also served as a head coach at the New Haven (Conn.) Rowing Club, Portland (Maine) Community Rowing Association and at Thompson Boat Center in Washington, D.C.

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