OUR COACHES
All of our coaches are certified by USRowing. Our coaches are committed to bringing excellence, leadership, and guidance to each athlete in their development. It is our job to push each athlete outside of their comfort zone, so they can achieve what they never thought was possible.
Katie Ognovich, Program Director and Head Coach
Katie Ognovich joined CYR August 2020 and is now in her fourth year as Head Coach and Program Director. Ognovich came from two years as Head Coach at Greensboro Crew. Prior to being Head Coach she was a Division I rower at the University of Oklahoma were they were consistently top 20 in the NCAA. Ognovich received the Hammer Award all four years of college as the fastest rower on the team. Ognovich has rowed for the High Performance team based in Oklahoma City and the Junior National team while in High School. Ognovich raced on the CanAmMex team in 2013 placing Gold in the 8+. At C.R.A.S.H-B's Ognovich was 7th in the world in 2014.
Under Coach Katie's tenure CYR has had three historic years. Creating a CYR high performing standard has brought the team great success on and off the water. Over the last three years CYR has had a record number of boats go to nationals. In 2024 all three boats were top 13th in the nation, and the Mens 4- and U17 1x won Southeast regionals. In 2023 CYR had the most boats out of the entire state go to nationals with three top 15 finishes and one top 20 finish (Womens 2-, Womens 4-, Mens 2-, Mens 4x). In her first year as Head Coach CYR got it's first medal at nationals getting 2nd place in the Mens 1x. Followed by a 11th Mens U17 2x, 16th Womens 4-, and 25th Mens U17 4+ in the nation. In the fall, CYR placed at Head of the Hooch in 2024, 2023, and 2022 which are the only Head of the Hooch medals in CYR history.
Summer of 2022, Ognovich coached for USRowing at the Olympic development camp for four weeks in Sarasota, FL. Summer of 2024, Ognovich coached for Oklahoma City High Performance center.
Ognovich received her Bachelor's of Science in Health and Exercise Science with an emphasis in coaching and psychology, in 2018 from the University of Oklahoma and received her Masters of Science from Clemson University in Athletic Leadership in 2021.
Ognovich is a nationally certified Strength and Conditioning Coach. Outside of rowing and coaching, Coach Katie loves to take annual sister trips with her younger sister Junior (who rowed at Syracuse), watch NASCAR, or workout with her English Mastiff Coach Bailey.
Dana Moyer, Assistant Coach
Coach Dana joins CYR in the fall of 2022. Moyer comes from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania where she rowed this past summer on a summer racing team. Moyer was on Saint Louis Crew team for four years while earning her bachelors degree. Moyer has her doctorate in Physical Therapy. She is currently also working in Charlotte as a Pediatric Physical Therapist. Coach Katie is thrilled to bring Coach Dana to the team as she will be a huge asset to CYR.
CYR cannot happen without all of our amazing Volunteer Coaches
Thank you!