 A rowboat is getting a Northern Virginia woman from here to Paris. She's not rowing all the way. Instead, she's part of the U.S. Olympic rowing team. WTOP's Sandy Kozel reports her trip to Paris comes after years of hard work. Claire Collins says rowing got off to a pretty good start in her freshman year of high school, so she narrowed her focus to that sport. What I really love about rowing is the day-to-day work.