2010 columbia women's rowing media guide

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Table of ContentsGeneralLocation ..............................................................................New York, N.Y. �00�7Founded ........................................................................................................�754Enrollment ....................................................................................................5,708President .....................................................................................Lee C. BollingerDirector of Intercollegiate Athletics and Physical Education .........Dr. M. Dianne MurphyColors ...............................................................................Columbia Blue & WhiteNickname......................................................................................................LionsAffiliation ...................................................................................... NCAA Division IConference .......................................................................................... Ivy LeagueWebsite ...................................................................................gocolumbialions.com

Head Coach............................................................Melanie Onufrieff, 7th seasonAddress ............................................... Dodge Physical Fitness Center, MC �9��...................................................................�0�0 Broadway, New York, NY �00�7Onufrieff Phone .............................................................................. ��-854-�4�8Onufrieff Email .....................................................................mcz�@columbia.eduAssistant Coach......................................................Malcolm Doldron, 4th seasonDoldron Phone................................................................................ ��-854-4��5Doldron Email ................................................................mcd��[email protected] ........................................................................................................ TBD

Rowing Contact ...............................................................................Pete McHughEmail...............................................................................ptm��0�@columbia.eduOffice Phone ................................................................................... ��-854-7064Fax.................................................................................................. ��-854-8�68

The �0�0 Columbia Women’s Rowing media guide was written, designed and edited by Pete McHugh, Assistant Director of Sports Information/Media Rela-tions. Additional editorial assistance provided by Bill Steinman. Photos by Gene Boyars, Mike McLaughlin, Eileen Barroso and Char Smullyan. Printing by Regis-ter Graphics, Inc.

This is Columbia University ................................ 4-6

Rowing in New York City ....................................... 7

Columbia Boathouses ........................................... 7

Program History..................................................... 8

Coaches ........................................................... 9-�0

Meet the Lions ................................................ ��-��

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The Department of Intercollegiate Athletics of Columbia University in the City of New York serves the needs of its students, faculty, staff, alumni and the New York City community. To achieve and maintain excellence, we will:

•Recruit student-athletes who will excel inour academic and athletic environment•Foster the physical, mental and emotionaldevelopment of our student-athletes•Strengthen the bonds between the Universityand its alumni•Provide outstanding entertainment•Promote and exhibit appropriate sportingbehavior by student-athletes, coaches, administratorsand fans•Instill integrity and values that enhancedecision-making•Comply with all NCAA and Ivy League rules and regulations•Empower the Columbia community through adiverse and equitable athletics program that meetsthe needs of students, alumni, faculty and staff

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NEW YORK CITY ISFrom its beginnings in a schoolhouse in lower Manhattan, Columbia University has grown to encompass two principal campus-es in New York City: the historic, neoclas-sical campus in the Morningside Heights neighborhood and the modern Medical Center further uptown, in Washington Heights.

In New York, the greatest city in the world has everything at your fingertips. A baseball game at Yankee Stadium, a world-class Broadway show, or just a ride around the city where neighborhoods flow freely into one another, New York has it all.

Today, Columbia is one of the top academic and research institutions in the world, con-ducting pathbreaking research in medicine, science, the arts, and the humanities. It in-cludes three undergraduate schools, thir-teen graduate and professional schools, and a school of continuing education.

A member of the Ivy League, Columbia sponsors 29 intercollegiate varsity sports for men and women which compete at the Division I level. Columbia has won 11 Ivy League titles over the past three years, the most in any three-year span in school his-tory.


COLUMBIA’S HOME


BARACK OBAMA COLUMBIA COLLEGECLASS OF 1983

44TH PRESIDENT OFTHE UNITED STATESColumbia University has produced a large number of distinguished alumni in many different fields, including but not limited to:David Altchek, CC 1978 • Renowned orthopedic surgeonRoone Arledge, CC 1952 • Former president, ABC News & SportsCaitlin “Katy” Bilodeau, CC 1987 • Two-time OlympianKatherine Boo, BC 1988 • Reporter, The Washington PostWilliam V. Campbell, CC 1962 • Chairman, Intuit, Inc.DeWitt Clinton, CC 1786 • Former N.Y. state senator and governorGary Cohen, CC 1981 • TV play-by-play announcer, New York Mets Brian De Palma, CC 1962 • FilmmakerBrian Dennehy, CC 1960 • Actor, Tony award-winnerAmelia Earhart, GS 1919-1920 • AviatorEileen Ford, BC 1943 • Co-founder, Ford Modeling AgencyChet Forte, CC 1957 • Director, creator of “Monday Night Football”Matthew Fox, CC 1989 • Actor, “Lost”, “We Are Marshall”Ellen Futter, BC 1971 • Barnard College President EmeritaArt Garfunkel, CC 1965 • Musician, Grammy award-winnerLou Gehrig, CC 1923-25 • Baseball Hall of Fame inducteeAllen Ginsberg, CC 1948 • Author, Howl and Other PoemsJudd Gregg, CC 1969 • U.S. Senator, New HampshireMaggie Gyllenhaal, CC 1999 • Actress, “The Dark Knight”Alexander Hamilton, King’s College 1774-76 • Secretary of the TreasuryPatricia Highsmith, BC 1942 • Author, The Talented Mr. RipleyEric Holder, CC 1973 • United States Attorney GeneralLangston Hughes, School of Mines 1921-22 • PoetZora Neale Hurston, BC 1928 • Author, Their Eyes Were Watching GodJohn Jay, King’s College 1764 • Judge, statesman, abolitionistJack Kerouac, CC 1940-1942 • Author, On The RoadJeanne Kirkpatrick, BC 1948 • First female U.S. ambassador to the U.N.Joel Klein, CC 1967 • Chancellor, New York City school systemJohn Kluge, CC 1937 • Entrepreneur, founder of Metromedia, Inc.Robert Kraft, CC 1963 • Owner, New England PatriotsGene Larkin, CC 1983 • Former Major League Baseball championAlfred Lerner, CC 1955 • Owner, Cleveland BrownsSid Luckman, CC 1939 • Football Hall of Fame inducteeJim McMillian, CC 1970 • Former NBA championPhilip L. Milstein, CC 1971 • Principal, Ogden CAP PropertiesJanice Min, CC 1990 • Editor-in-Chief, Us Magazine Martha Nelson, BC 1976 • Managing editor, People; founder, InStyleCynthia Nixon, BC 1988 • Actress, “Sex and the City”Anna Paquin, CC 2004 • Actress, “True Blood”Fernando Perez, CC 2004 • Current Major League Baseball player Joan Rivers, BC 1954 • Emmy Award-winning comedienneAttoosa Rubenstein, BC 1993 • Editor-in-chief and creator, CosmoGIRL!Michael Sovern, CC 1953 • Columbia University President EmeritusGeorge Stephanopoulos, CC 1982 • Anchor of ABC’s “This Week”Julia Stiles, CC 2005 • Actress, “Save The Last Dance”Cristina Teuscher, CC 2000 • Olympic gold medalist, swimmingRussell Warren, CC 1962 • New York Giants team physicianMarcellus Wiley, CC 1997 • Former All-Pro football player

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ROWING IN NEW YORK CITY

Students from every state and virtually all countries pack away memories of small town life to embrace the city where the lights stay on all night. Hanging

out at home is replaced by relaxing on Central Park’s Great lawn; mom’s cooking is replaced by takeout.

With so many opportunities to enjoy the greatest city in the world, inertia-filled students could get lost in the routine of trying to take in the whole experience.

Columbia Rowing provides an anchor for the student- athletes’ life in New York City, providing simple but essential principles like teamwork, effort, diligence and the hunger to excel every time they shove off the dock. Team members’ learn to strike a balance between the rigors of coursework, the daily training sessions and the excitement of the city.

THE COLUMBIA BOATHOUSESIn the summer of �00�, Columbia completed construction of the �9�9 Boathouse, which was built through the generous contributions of Columbia Rowing supporters. The facility, the newest in the Ivy League, is a three-bay shell house, complete with an upper level that includes an erg and weight room and a beautiful meeting area overlooking the water.

The new boathouse is now the centerpiece of a rowing compound in a park-like setting, as the first stage of Columbia’s ambitious reconstruction of its athletic facilities. A new boat shop is expected to be completed in the near future.

The �9�9 Boathouse stands immediately next to the Gould-Remmer Boathouse, which was originally constructed in �895 as the Gould Boathouse at ��6th Street on the Hudson River. It was relocated to its current site, and in �989, was renamed to honor the late Eugene H. Remmer ‘40CC, ‘4�SEAS, a varsity oarsman and longtime supporter of Columbia Athletics.

The buildings sit at one of the most picturesque locations in New York City. They are located aside beautiful Inwood Hill Park, overlooking the confluence of the Harlem and Hudson Rivers and the famed Spuyten Duyvil.

Columbia rowing provides a team of very competitive and supportive student-athletes driven to succeed in all their endeavors.

When the team leaves the Upper West Side campus to the endless miles of water of the Harlem and Hudson rivers there is excitement for practice and the task at hand. With the home race course surrounded by buildings, factories and apartments, the river still acts as a private passageway for Columbia Rowing.

Rowers can feel the tradition and history of this place as their boat race by famous New York landmarks like Yankee Stadium and the George Washington Bridge. Each practice feels like a performance for the whole neighborhood and brings with it a sense of accomplishment, as rowers work toward the goal of defeating ancient rivals and becoming the best racers in the country, in the greatest city in the world.

The �9�9 Boathouse is part of a larger facility, Baker Athletics Complex, which houses the Dick Savitt Tennis Center, Lawrence A. Wien Stadium, which is used for football, track and field and lacrosse; the Columbia Softball Complex, Columbia Field Hockey Venue; Columbia Soccer Stadium and Robertson Field at Satow Baseball Stadium. The facility provides a close, family-like atmosphere to be enjoyed by Columbia’s student-athletes.


THE PROGRAM’S HISTORYColumbia University boasts three varsity rowing teams; heavyweight men, lightweight men and women. Though each team is independent, the three squads work together to form a strong, unified rowing program.

While each team maintains its own racing schedule, the program frequently travels as one, including two training trips to Melbourne, Florida, and races like the Head of the Charles.

The coaches and student-athletes work together to build fast crews by training and practicing together and sharing facilities and equipment.

One site in which the teams train together is in Columbia’s state-of-the-art crew training facility, one of the best in the nation. The center features 40 Model D Ergometers with computer interfaces and heart rate monitors. It also houses a strength training room, exclusively used by rowers, that includes Olympic lifting stations, multi-lift power areas, bench-pull stations, and cross-training equipment. Best of all, the facility is located on campus in Dodge Physical Fitness Center.

Columbia rowing is the University’s oldest intercollegiate sport, dating back to �857. The varsity crews have been on the Hudson and Harlem Rivers regularly since �870, and have developed a proud rowing tradition.

In �878, Columbia gained international acclaim by winning England’s Henley Royal Regatta, becoming the first Americans to win a race abroad. The following year, Columbia was named one of three teams to compete for the Childs Cup, the oldest American rowing trophy.

Throughout the next �0 years, Columbia established a national reputation in collegiate rowing. In �895, with Cornell and Penn, the Lions competed in the first-ever race for the college championship and finished first. This would come to be known as the Poughkeepsie Regatta, a competition to award the national intercollegiate rowing crown. Presently, this race is known as the IRA Regatta.

During the �9�0s and �9�0s, Columbia was one of the most dominant rowing schools in the nation. From �9�6-�9�9, Columbia led collegiate rowing, winning the national championship three times and finishing second once— behind a California squad that went on to win an Olympic medal.

More recently, Columbia crews have worked hard to achieve and maintain the excellence the University has come to expect. During the past three years, the heavyweight crew has won three Collins Cup races, three Alumni Cup races, three Maxwell Stevenson Cup races, two Lusins Trophy races, the Blackwell cup twice and the Childs Cup once. These regular season successes have led to two births in the Sprints Grand Final and one in the IRA Grand Final and an invite to the Henley Royal Regatta in England.

In �995, the freshman lightweights earned Columbia’s first Eastern Sprints medal in �5 years, and were named the EARC Outstanding Lightweight Boat of the Year. The next year, the varsity lightweights earned national acclaim when they went �0-� and won the Augusta Regatta, the Geiger Cup, and the Subin Cup, and were third in the IRA Regatta, the first Lion varsity crew to medal at the IRA in �5 years.

In �000, the team won the Eastern Sprints, the first time a Columbia varsity has captured the prestigious event, and was third at the National Championship. The same year, it won England’s Marlow Regatta and took its second trip to Henley in three years, again reaching the quarterfinals. The �00� varsity lightweights went ��-�, gained silver medals after finishing second in both the Eastern Sprints and the National Lightweight Championship, and became the first Columbia crew ever to capture all four cup races in a single season. Both the �005 and �006 freshman lightweight eight earned bronze medals by finishing third in the Eastern Sprints. The varsity lightweight fours completed a perfect season, going ��-0.

Columbia women’s crew has been an official varsity sport for �0 years (�986-87) and has established itself strongly in Eastern competition.

First under National Team oarsman and Row�K.com founder, Ed Hewitt ’84CC, and most recently under Melanie Onufrieff, the women’s crew has had several strong seasons. In �998, the varsity earned the bronze medal at the IRA Regatta. In �00�, the squad finished above .500 (7-5) for the first time since �990 (4-�), while the �00� women’s varsity went 7-�, the best record by a women’s varsity at Columbia in �8 years, and the �004 varsity was considered for an NCAA bid.

For the first time since Columbia women’s rowing began in the �980s, a Lion eight-oared shell earned a medal in the Eastern Sprints. The novice eight captured the bronze medal, and the Columbia “A” novice four finished second to gain silver; the �006 varsity eight went 9-5 and won the Petite Final.


MelAnIe onUfRIeffHead CoachSeventh season

The first impression that Melanie Onufrieff gave when she first came to Columbia after being named head coach was of a person geared for success. First impressions can be incorrect, but not in her case, for the California native gives every indication of being able to take Columbia to a major national level on the collegiate women’s rowing scene.

In �0�0, Columbia earned its highest seed ever at the Eastern Sprints, after the varsity eight had defeated five teams, including Northeastern and Radcliffe to claim the Woodbury Cup. A pair of first-years were named all-region – Samantha Warren (first team) and Nikki Bourassa (second team) – ensuring that the future is bright on Morningside Heights.

In �009, the varsity eight boat earned a runner-up finish in the Pe-tite Final at Eastern Sprints to beat its seed, and the novice eight closed an impressive �009 season with a fourth-place showing in the Grand Final.

Onufrieff joined Columbia Rowing in the fall of �004, after six years as head women’s rowing coach at Cornell. She replaced Mike Zim-mer, who had headed the women’s program for eight years before moving over to lead men’s heavyweight rowing.

“I was attracted by the challenge,” Onufrieff said, “of building a team to where it can consistently compete for championships.”

Her first semester on campus was in the Fall of �004, one of the best women’s seasons ever. That success continued into the

spring, when the Columbia varsity posted a superb 9-4 record that included wins over Penn, UMass, Cornell, Rutgers and George Washington. The Lions captured the inaugural Woodbury Cup by more than four seconds against Northeastern.

The �006 varsity also was successful. It posted a 9-5 record, de-feating Penn, Rutgers, Georgetown, UMass and Syracuse, among others, and then finished first in the Petite Final of the EAWRC Sprints, avenging an in-season loss to Northeastern by beating the Huskies in the Petite Final, as well as Cornell, Penn, Syracuse and George Washington. In �007, all three women’s eights finished second in their Petite Finals, while the �008 Novice Four gained the program’s first Eastern Sprints gold.

She certainly met that challenge at Cornell. The Big Red first began to show signs of increased competitiveness in �00�, three years after she became the head coach, when the novice eight went ��-0 and won a gold medal at the EAWRC (Eastern) Sprints.

Her �00� varsity eight was chosen for the NCAA Championships, where it finished �4th. That performance, combined with its regular-season and Sprints showings, earned Onufrieff Mid-Atlantic Region Coach of the Year honors from the CRCA. In �00�, Cornell’s varsity and second varsity eights both reached the EAWRC Sprints Grand Finals, while three fours gained first place medals in �004.

Onufrieff began her full-time coaching career in �995 at Rutgers as novice women’s coach, after one year working with the team while living and training in the New Brunswick area. Her first nov-ice eight, in �996, won a silver medal at the Sprints and a bronze at the IRA Regatta. The Sprints medal was the highest ever for a Rutgers women’s eight. She was voted the EAWRC Novice Coach of the Year.

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Assistant Coachfourth season

Malcolm Doldron, a highly experienced col-legiate, scholastic and club rowing coach, was named assistant women’s rowing coach at Columbia in August �007. He has helped coach the freshman team at Columbia and as-sists with every aspect of the women’s rowing

program.

Doldron came to Columbia from Princeton University, where he had been a volunteer assistant coach for the Princeton open women’s rowing team for the past two seasons. His crews finished second and third at the �006 and �007 EAWRC Sprints, both going on to compete at the NCAA Championships. During the past year, he served as Junior “A” sweep coach and coxswain coach at the United States Junior Women’s National Team Development Camp in Connecticut. Five of his boats earned gold medals in the U.S. Rowing Club National Championships.

“I first met Malcolm through his coaching at Princeton,” Melanie Onufrieff, Columbia’s head women’s rowing coach, said. “He’s a high energy guy with a really positive attitude.

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“He’s coached a number of teams in different places, and has be-come very knowledgeable about rowing. He also has developed many relationships throughout the rowing world that will help our program a lot.”

Although he was born in Brooklyn, Doldron grew up in the Wash-ington, D.C., area. He began rowing there, when he attended West Potomac High in Alexandria, and for the Thompson Boat Center.

He spent seven years, from �999 to �005, as head coach of row-ing at West Potomac, leading men’s fours to gold at the Scholas-tic Nationals and silver at the Stotesbury Cup, and both men’s and women’s fours to gold and silver medals at the Virginia State Championships.

In five years as Junior Women’s head coach at the Thompson Boat Center, his Junior and Youth eights and fours earned many medals, including a gold medal in the U.S. Rowing National Championships and a silver medal at Canadian Henley. In �005, the Thompson Center earned the Marion D. Ventura Women’s Points Trophy at the US Rowing National Championships. Doldron also coached at Water Street Rowing and the Washington Area Rowing Club.

In �996, Onufrieff became novice coach at Princeton. Success quickly ensued as her first novice eight took the silver medal at the �997 Eastern Sprints. In �998, the Tigers’ first novice eight won gold at the Sprints. Once again, she was EAWRC Novice Coach of the Year.

Onufrieff’s coaching skill is well known throughout the rowing world. In the summer of �006, she co-coached the Under-��’s at the U�� women’s sweep camp in California, and then coached the United States Women’s Eight to a gold medal, and the Women’s �-to fourth at the Under-�� World Championships in Hazewinkel, Belgium.

Shortly thereafter, she teamed with Tom Terhaar, the former Colum-bia head men’s lightweight coach who is the U.S. National Wom-en’s Coach Onufrieff then coached a women’s 4- to third place at the FISA World Rowing Championships in Eton, Great Britain.

While at Cornell, she had been an assistant coach with the U.S. Women’s National Team in �00� and �00�. She coached at the pre-elite and Nations Cup training camps, and guided the U.S. women’s 4- to a silver medal at the �00� Nations Cup, then the Under-�� world championships.

Onufrieff grew up in Berkeley, Calif. She competed in swimming and water polo at Berkeley High, then discovered rowing as a first-year student at the University of Pennsylvania, and fell in love with it, earning three varsity letters. A two-year captain, she twice was se-lected for the Hope Barnes Memorial Award for Excellence in Row-ing. She also twice earned selection to Academic All-Ivy League.

Onufrieff graduated from Penn in �994 with a B.A. in biology. She lives on Morningside Heights.

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THE vARSITYname Cl. Ht. Hometown HighSchool Alexandra Angelo Sr.-CC 5-7 Grand Island, N.Y. Grand IslandNikki Bourassa So.-CC 5-9 Pennsauken, N.J. Bishop Eustace PrepAida Conroy So.-CC 5-9 Chicago, Ill. Phillips Exeter AcademyFiona Duffy So.-CC 5-9 San Francisco, Calif. Mill ValleyMary Kate Frauenheim So.-CC 5-8 Buffalo, N.Y. Holy AngelsJen George-Nichol Sr.-CC 5-6 Williamsburg, Va. Walsingham AcademyBailey Griswold Jr.-BC 5-�� Baltimore, Md. St. Paul’s School for GirlsAlex Hammerberg So.-SEAS 5-0 Lexington, Ky. Paul Laurence DunbarCandise Henry Jr.-CC 5-4 Nashville, Tenn. Phillips Exeter AcademyLuisa Isbell So.-CC 5-8 Tampa, Fla. PlantLily Keane So.-BC 5-�� Buffalo, N.Y. Park SchoolKasey Koopmans Sr.-CC 5-8 Bellevue, Wash. NewportSylvie Krekow So.-BC 5-8 Sun Valley, Idaho The Community SchoolChristina Lambiase Jr.-CC 5-7 Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. The Bolles SchoolMcKenzie Largay Jr.-CC 5-�� Grosse Pointe Woods, Mich. Grosse Pointe NorthMeredith Mead Sr.-CC 5-�0 Marblehead, Mass. Phillips Exeter AcademyLouisa Mink Jr.-CC 5-�0 Mystic, Conn. StoningtonKatie Mitchell Sr.-CC 6-� Falls Church, Va. George MasonMary Nemeth Jr.-CC 5-�0 Pittsburgh, Pa. Oakland CatholicStephanie Ngai Jr.-CC 5-0 Berkeley, Calif. BerkeleySerena Piol So.-CC 5-8 New York, N.Y. Milton AcademyJessica Polk Jr.-CC 5-�0 Pittsburgh, Pa. Oakland CatholicRebecca Randall So.-CC 5-�� Boston, Mass. Winsor SchoolNatalie Rutherford So.-BC 5-9 Dexter, Mich. DexterCaroline Shang So.-SEAS 5-4 Basking Ridge, N.J. RidgeCaitlin Shufelt So.-CC 5-9 Saratoga Springs, N.Y. Saratoga SpringsNikki Tomm So.-BC 5-9 North Mankato, Minn. Mankato WestSamantha Warren So.-CC 6-0 Sacramento, Calif. DavisJessica Werlin So.-CC 5-9 Tokyo, Japan Yokohama International SchoolCourtney Wilkes Jr.-BC 5-7 Washington, D.C. Holton ArmsNora Wixom So.-BC 5-8 Ann Arbor, Mich. PioneerJennifer Wukawitz So.-CC 5-6 Newport Beach, Calif. Newport HarborMarielle Young So.-CC 5-4 Honolulu, Hawaii Sidwell Friends

THE FRESHMENGabrielle Barilla Fr.-CC 5-� Haddonfield, N.J. Merion Mercy AcademyKenzie Bess Fr.-CC. 5-9 Norwalk, Conn. NorwalkLottie Galliano Fr.-CC. 5-8 Old Greenwich, Conn. GreenwichHilary Going Fr.-CC 6-0 Kenilworth, Ill. New TrierSara Hyten Fr.-CC 5-9 Austin, Texas WestlakeTamar Nisbett Fr.-CC 5-�0 Brooklyn, N.Y. Phillips Exeter AcademyKellie Solowski Fr.-CC 5-8 Hamburg, N.Y. FrontierShannon Sullivan Fr.-SEAS 5-5 Los Angeles, Calif. Marlborough School

HeadCoach: Melanie Onufrieff, Penn ‘94 (sixth season)assistant/FreshmanCoach: Malcolm Doldron, Marietta ‘99 (fourth season)rowingathleticTrainer: Anthony Piegaro, Penn State ‘0� (fourth season)boatwright:Vinny Ventura, Iona ‘69 (fifth season)

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A group of eight talented first-years will join the Columbia women’s rowing team in the fall, head coach Melanie Onufrieff announced recently. It is a class that has competed among the best in the country at the high school level and will deepen an emerging Columbia squad.

“For us, recruiting isn’t just about physiology and athletic potential; equally important are attitude and outlook,” Onufrieff said.

“This class not only has great results from their high school/club rowing, but they also have the boldness and vision to make them really successful in Columbia’s community and on the Ivy/EAWRC/NCAA racecourse. They’ll make an immediate impact on the team and join with our returners to carry �0�0’s momentum into �0�� and beyond.”

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SPOTLIGHT ON THE LIONS

major: English why did you choose Columbia: I’d spent my whole life in small towns, it was time to try something newwhatadvicewouldyougivetofutureteam-mates: Believe in each otherFavoritethingtodoinnewYorkCity: Go to the 7�nd Street piers at sunsetwhat is your most memorable momentfromrowing:The Beanpot (a race against all of the Boston schools) in spring of my junior

year. We went from barely part of a six-boat race to taking complete control of, and winning it, in the last �00 meters.FavoritenewYorkneighborhood:Greenwich Village bestbookyou’veread: To Kill a Mockingbird

Jen George-nichol ‘11CCChapelHill,n.C.•EastChapelHill

major:Philosophy Plans after Columbia: Olympics then Jour-nalism schoolwhydidyouchooseColumbia:Great edu-cation and historic rowing programwhatisyourfavoritethingtodoinnewYorkCity:Go out to eat at different restaurantswhatisyourmostmemorablemomentfromrowing: Breaking seven minutes in the �kFavorite new York neighborhood: Lincoln

CenterFavoritemovie:The Big LebowskiFavoritemeal:BBQ ribs and sweet potato friesbestbookyou’veread:Gone with the Wind

Meredith Mead ‘11CCmarblehead,mass.•PhillipsExeteracademy

major: Political Science and Sustainable De-velopmentPlansafterColumbia:International develop-ment fellowship abroad or Peace Corpswhatadvicewouldyougive to futureCo-lumbia teammates: “You have four years to be irresponsible here. Relax. Work is for people with jobs. You’ll never remember class time, but you’ll remember time you wasted hanging out with your friends...The work never ends, but college does.” –Tom Petty

whatisyourmostmemorablemomentfromrowing:Finishing behind Penn and Yale in my first regular season regatta freshman year and reaping revenge at the end of the year by winning a gold medal at sprints!Favoriteworkout:Annual Women’s Crew Biathlon

Kasey Koopmans ‘11CCbellevue,wash.•newport

major:Environmental Biologywhydidyouchoosebarnard:I like that it is a small community in a big citywhat is your most memorable momentfrom rowing: Winning the Beanpot in �0�0 with over a boat length of open water after be-ing dead even with Radcliffe and Northeastern at the last 500m markFavoritemeal: Brunch at John Jaywhat is your favorite thing to do in new

YorkCity:Try new thingsFavoritenewYorkneighborhood:Upper West SideFavoriteworkout:Blastersbestbookyou’veread: Right now I am reading Poisonwood Bible which is pretty good

Bailey Griswold ‘12BCbaltimore,md.•St.Paul’s

major:Materials Science and EngineeringPlansafterColumbia:Graduate schoolwhy did you choose Columbia: Columbia requires Engineering students to be proficient in the humanities and engineering rather than solely focusing on math and sciences. This balance was essential in my college decision. whatadvicewouldyougivetofutureCo-lumbiateammates:Explore off campus. New York City doesn’t only consist of campus and Morningside Heights.

FavoritenewYorkneighborhood:Morningside HeightswhatisyourfavoritethingtodoinnewYorkCity:Wander the trails in Central ParkFavoriteworkout:Blind rowing to encourage boat feel

Alex Hammerberg ‘13SeASraleigh,n.C.•williamg.Enloe

major: East Asian Studies and Human RightsPlansafterColumbia:Move to ChinawhydidyouchooseColumbia: I love New YorkwhatadvicewouldyougivetofutureCo-lumbiateammates:Get enough sleepFavorite new York neighborhood: Lower East SideFavoriteclass:ChineseFavoritemovie:Whale Rider Favoriteworkout:Bikram Yoga

Favoritemeal:Pad Thaibestbookyou’veread:The Stories of John Cheever

Courtney Wilkes ‘12BCKensington,md.•Holtonarms

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