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2010-112010-11Academic All-DistrictAcademic All-District

CHRISTINE WEISSCHRISTINE WEISS

2010-11 PL Scholar-2010-11 PL Scholar-Athlete of the YearAthlete of the YearCHRISTIAN TREATCHRISTIAN TREAT


JILLIAN O’MARAJILLIAN O’MARA

2010 & 20112010 & 2011All-AmericanAll-American

KEVIN LeVALLEYKEVIN LeVALLEY

2011 PL Scholar-Athlete /2011 PL Scholar-Athlete /Academic All-AmericanAcademic All-American

ALYSSA DeLORENZALYSSA DeLORENZ

2010 & 20112010 & 2011PL Scholar-Athlete/Aca-PL Scholar-Athlete/Aca-

demic All-Americandemic All-AmericanTRAVIS NISSLEYTRAVIS NISSLEY

20102010Academic All-DistrictAcademic All-DistrictRACHEL RODRIGUEZRACHEL RODRIGUEZ


JOYCE NOVACEKJOYCE NOVACEK


DREW CONSTABLEDREW CONSTABLE


CHRISTA MATLACKCHRISTA MATLACK

20112011NCAA All-AmericanNCAA All-American

TED HEITZMANTED HEITZMAN


JESSIE SNYDERJESSIE SNYDER


TOMMY CASOTOMMY CASO

2010-112010-11Academic All-DistrictAcademic All-DistrictKRISTIN BRETSCHERKRISTIN BRETSCHER

Bucknell Bison AthleticsSetting the Standard of Excellence

Bucknell takes great pride in its commitment to excellence on and off the playing fi elds. From Presidents’ Cups to Academic All-Americans to gradua-tion rates that are ranked annually in the national top-10, Bucknell is clearly at the head of the class when it comes to upholding the scholar-athlete ideal.

• According to federal data released by the NCAA each fall, Bucknell’s student-athlete graduation rate annually ranks in the top 10 among all Division I institutions. Bucknell has led the nation in graduation rates twice in the last 11 years, and it ranked No. 2 in the 2008 study. In the most recent survey in the fall of 2011, Bucknell ranked No. 4 in the na-tion.

• Bucknell has claimed a league-high 123 Patriot League Scholar-Ath-letes of the Year since the league’s inception as an all-sports conference in 1990-91.

• A total of 421 Bison appeared on the Patriot League Academic Hon-or Roll in 2010-11 after recording a GPA of 3.2 or better during their sport’s competition season. Among all BU student-athletes, 259 made the Dean’s List with GPAs of 3.5 or better in the spring of 2011.

• In addition to the 121 Capital One Academic All-Americans produced since 1970, Bucknell has also claimed 322 Academic All-District honor-ees over the same span, including a school-record 22 in 2008-09 and 21 more in 2010-11.

• With six Patriot League championships in 2010-11, Bucknell has now earned 87 crowns in 21 years in the league. In addition, Bucknell has had 113 conference players of the year, 93 PL coaches of the year and a whopping 511 individual league champions from sports such as cross country, track & fi eld, swimming & diving, tennis and golf.

• 25 of Bucknell’s 27 varsity squads posted team GPAs of 3.0 or better in the spring of 2011.

• Bucknell has captured the Patriot League Presidents’ Cup, signifying the league’s all-sports champion, 17 times in the 21-year history of the affi liation, including 13 of the last 14 years. Bucknell claimed the over-all, men’s and women’s Cup titles in 2010-11. It was the 14th straight year and the 17th time overall that the Bison took home the women’s title. In 2010-11, Bucknell won Patriot League titles in men’s soccer, men’s basketball, men’s lacrosse, women’s rowing and men’s and wom-en’s outdoor track & fi eld.

• Bucknell ranks FIFTH in the nation (to Nebraska, Notre Dame, Penn State and Stanford) in total number of Capital One Academic All-Amer-ica selections with 121.

• A major element in ensuring Bucknell’s commitment to athletics excel-lence is the Kenneth G. Langone Athletics & Recreation Center, which opened fully in 2003. One of the fi nest collegiate athletics facilities of its kind, the center includes the 4,000-seat Sojka Pavilion, the Olym-pic class Kinney Natatorium, the Krebs Family Fitness Center and the Berger Family Weight Room. A Hall of Fame area, a display of Bucknell’s Medal of Honor recipients, a new Academic All-America wall, a sports medicine suite, modern offi ces for coaches and staff , and locker room and classroom space are also included in the facility’s layout.


DOUG SHRIBMANDOUG SHRIBMAN


JOHN PICARDOJOHN PICARDO


TIM BOLTETIM BOLTE


ALISON FORDALISON FORD


MIKE MUSCALAMIKE MUSCALA


AMANDA CITRONAMANDA CITRON

20112011All-AmericanAll-American

CHARLIE STREEPCHARLIE STREEP

2011 Big South Scholar-2011 Big South Scholar-Athlete of the YearAthlete of the Year

MINJOO LEEMINJOO LEE


TRAVIS RANDTRAVIS RAND


CAROLINE TOLLICAROLINE TOLLI

2010 Honorable2010 HonorableMention All-AmericanMention All-American

RICHIE HYDENRICHIE HYDEN


SARAH MONIZSARAH MONIZ

20112011Academic All-DistrictAcademic All-District

JAY HAHNJAY HAHN

Four-Time All-PLFour-Time All-PLSelectionSelection

LAUREN LUCIDOLAUREN LUCIDO

Bucknell Bison AthleticsA National Model in Promoting the Scholar-Athlete Ideal

Bucknell Athletics is fi rst and foremost a student-centered organization, one that strives to be a national model when it comes to operating by a true scholar-ath-lete model. At Bucknell, student-athletes’ academic programs are their fi rst priority, and providing a competitive Division I athletics program only advances the mission, values and residential learning goals of the university. To that end, the Department of Athletics and Recreation proactively seeks ways to assist student-athletes in their daily academic pursuits. Below are just some of the student-athlete support programs currently in place.

FACULTY ATHLETICS REPRESENTATIVE: The faculty athletics representative (FAR) is a member of the faculty or administrative staff who is designated to represent Bucknell in its relationships with the NCAA and the Patriot League. Bucknell’s FAR is Mitch Chernin, Professor of Biology. The FAR can enhance the student-athlete experience by promoting a balance between academics, athletics and the social lives of student-athletes, which aff ords them opportunities to enjoy the full range of collegiate experiences available to students generally.

SIDELINE COACH PROGRAM: This program is a truly unique initiative in Division I college athletics, and it involves the invitation of a member of the faculty, ad-ministration, staff or community by one of Bucknell’s 27 varsity teams. The participant has the opportunity to discuss the overall program with the respective coaching staff , including practice preparation and strategy for the upcoming contest. The sideline coach attends a practice session and an actual intercollegiate competition, where he/she is introduced to the team and gains rarely seen insight into the relationships that exist between player-coach and player-player. The purpose of the Sideline Coaches Program is to foster a better understanding by the faculty and administration of the roles played by coaches and athletes in the university’s competitive intercollegiate athletic arena.

ACADEMIC ENHANCEMENT CENTER: In the Fall of 2005, the Department of Athletics opened a study/computer lab for student-athletes on the concourse level of Sojka Pavilion. The center is outfi tted with computers, a laser printer, four television monitors and a projection unit with computer, VCR and DVD player. Addition-ally, the study lab can be used as a meeting place for group projects, tutorial area or just a secluded and quiet study space before or after practice.

LAPTOP PROGRAM: The Department of Athletics owns a number of laptop computers that may be signed out by student-athletes for use on away trips.

STUDENT-ATHLETE ADVISORY COMMITTEE (SAAC): Representatives from each varsity team comprise the SAAC, which is designed to enhance the total student-athlete experience by promoting opportunity, protecting student-athlete welfare, and fostering a positive student-athlete image. The Committee is an invaluable resource for promoting communication between athletics administration and student-athletes; promoting communication between athletics and campus-wide administration; providing feedback and insight, as well as soliciting responses into department issues and proposed NCAA legislation; building a sense of com-munity within the athletics program involving all athletics teams; organizing community service projects and eff orts; creating a vehicle for student-athlete rep-resentation on campus-wide committees; serving as a collective voice of campus student-athletes; and disseminating information to the student-athlete body.

OTHER PROGRAMMING: The Department of Athletics, through the identifi cation of outside speakers and periodic “Brown Bag Luncheons,” thrives to enhance the quality of the student-athlete experience as well as to educate student-athletes on a variety of issues that may aff ect them throughout their collegiate career. Some recent topics of interest have been alcohol, nutrition, body image, hazing, sexuality, diversity, career development, study skills, religious life and gambling.

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Bucknell BisonWOMEN’S ROWING 2011-12

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Quick Facts

Credits: The 2011-12 Bucknell Women’s Rowing Media Guide was written, edited and designed by Peter Kallin and Todd Merriett, Bucknell Assistant Director of Athletic Communications. Editing as-sistance provided by Becky Hart. Photography provided by Marc Hagemeier.

University Information

Location: Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, 17837

Founded: 1846 as the University at Lewisburg

Enrollment: 3,583

Nickname: Bison

Colors: Orange and Blue

Affiliation: NCAA Division 1

Conference: Patriot League (Bucknell, Colgate, Holy Cross, Lehigh, Navy, MIT)

President: John Bravman Director of Athletics: John P. Hardt

Women’s Rowing Information

Head Coach: Stephen Kish (Bucknell ’92)

Assistant Coaches: Dan Wolleben, Chelsea Pemberton, Sarah Keller

Women’s Rowing Phone: 570-577-3243

Women’s Rowing E-mail: [email protected]

Women’s Rowing Address: Bucknell Women’s Rowing,Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA 17837

Web Site: www.BucknellBison.com

Athletic Communications

Women’s Rowing Contact: Todd Merriett

Office Phone: 570-577-3488

Cell Phone: 570-428-5393

Fax: 570-577-1660

E-mail: [email protected]

Application Information

Admissions Phone: 570-577-1101

Application Deadlines: Regular Decision - Jan. 1, 2012; Early Decision I - Nov. 15, 2011; Early Decision II - Jan. 1, 2012; Financial Aid - Nov. 15 (ED)/Jan. 1 (Reg.)

Bucknell Athletics Mission Statement

Women’s Rowing Mission StatementWe, the women of Bucknell Women’s Rowing,

are a team built on a foundation of unity and trust.We respectfully commit to the highest level of motivation,

education, and personal growth in our lasting efforts to achieveCompetitive Greatness.

We will build a positive, spirited and enriching atmosphere, whilepushing ourselves and each other to new levels of confidence

and awareness. On the water and in the classroom, webelieve our efforts will create a

Tradition of Excellence.

The Department of Athletics and Recreation strives to set the stan-dard of excellence for intercollegiate and intramural programs in higher education, thereby advancing and drawing attention to the mission, core values, and educational goals of Bucknell University.

The Department believes that student-athletes’ academic programs must be their first priority. It is therefore committed to maintaining Bucknell’s high national ranking for student-athletes’ graduation rates and for producing Academic All-Americans, and to continued leader-ship of the Patriot League in Academic Honor Roll nominations, based on grade-point averages. The coaches’ and staff’s paramount responsibility is maintaining academic priorities and supporting student-athletes’ education, even while providing the rigorous and serious NCAA Divi-sion I athletic opportunities Bucknell student-athletes seek.

Further, the Department promotes the personal growth of student-athletes and the general student body by encouraging personal health, development, and balance among intellectual, social, civic, and physical pursuits; by celebrating challenge and competition; and by preparing participants for service and leadership in the world. Coaches and staff direct a rich array of athletic programs and recreational opportunities aimed at increasing student engagement, as well as strengthening char-acter, healthy living, teamwork, sportsmanship, and spirit. In creating shared experiences for students, faculty, and staff, as well as alumni, family, and friends, the Department’s programs add substantially to Bucknell’s sense of community and foster life-long relationships with Bucknell.

The Department embraces the University’s decision to compete at the highest extramural level, in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Division I membership is valuable not only because this level of competition maximally challenges student-athletes, but also because it signals clearly Bucknell’s high standards and seriousness of purpose in all extracurricular endeavors and it helps position Bucknell apart from other National Liberal Arts Colleges. Likewise, the competitive success the Department seeks, measured in part by consistent contention for the Patriot League Presidents’ Cup, reflects positively upon Bucknell’s student-athletes and the University alike, and it brings distinction and national recognition to Bucknell.

A student-centered operation, the Department is committed to providing equitable opportunities to women and men, as well as mem-bers of minority and majority groups of all kinds. The Department subscribes to, and complies with, all principles and regulations of the Patriot League, the Eastern College Athletic Conference, and the NCAA.


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Bucknell Rowing Facilities

The Bison rowing team operates out of the Bucknell boathouse, which was established in 1998. The rowing facility houses Bucknell’s varsity women and club-varsity men, the Susquehanna University club team and the Cen-tral Pennsylvania Rowing Association as well. Located on the scenic Susquehanna River, it is less than 10 minutes south of campus at the junction of routes 11 & 15. The Susquehanna is the longest unnavigable river in the coun-try, which means there are no barges or shipping traffic for the team to contend with. The Adam T. Bower Dam, the longest inflatable dam in the world, is located downstream from the boathouse and provides 10 miles of rowable water upstream. The lack of commercial development, along with the 400-foot cliffs of Shikellamy State Park, provides student-athletes with one of the most beautiful rowing venues in the country.

Bucknell’s ergometer room was constructed in the for-mer bleacher seating area adjacent to the Berger Family Weight Room, inside the Kenneth Langone Athletics and Recreation Center in 2011. The two-level facility includes space for more than 40 ergometers on the lower level and additional fitness equipment on the upper level. The en-tire area features Mondo rubberized flooring with carpet accents featuring Bucknell Athletics colors and logos. An internal sound and video system also enhances the space. The bleacher seating area that was renovated into the erg room was initially used for spectators when the facility housed the former Freas-Rooke Pool.

Bucknell River Complex

Bucknell Ergometer Room



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Name Cl. Hometown/High School

Elizabeth Aigler Jr. Medfield, Mass./Medfield

Katherine Anderson Sr. Piedmont, Calif./Bentley School

Kathryn Ayoob Fr. Palos Verdes, Calif./Chadwick School

Margo Boyd Fr. Orinda, Calif./Miramonte

Taylor Brooks Fr. Cherry Hill, N.J./Cherry Hill

Liz Brown Fr. New Hope, Pa./The Hun School

Emily Browning Fr. Manhasset, N.Y./ Friends Academy

Victoria Catharine So. Burnt Hills, N.Y./Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake

Amanda Chikowski Fr. Media, Pa./The Episcopal Academy

Gia Ciccolo So. Revere, Mass./Revere

Alison Cohen Sr. Harvards, Mass./Bromfield

Jamie Coia Jr. Marlton, N.J./Bishop Eustace

Jessica Cook Fr. Robbinsville, N.J./Peddie School

Helena Craig Fr. Bethesda, Md./Walt Whitman

Tatham Dilks Fr. Absecon, N.J./Peddie School

Bethany Dunn So. Oak Ridge, Tenn./Oak Ridge

Adrian Edmonds Jr. Roswell, Ga./Centennial

Jennifer Fish So. Boston, Mass./Thayer Academy

Gabriella Fleming-Shemer So. Austin, Texas/Stephen F. Austin

Ally Flessel Fr. Hillsborough, Calif./Sacred Heart

Jennifer Gerard So. Wilmington, Del./Archmere Academy

Emily Gladstone Jr. Timonium, Md./Dulaney

Anne Goldman So. Scarsdale, N.Y./Scarsdale

Melissa Gonzales Fr. Pasadena, Calif./Mayfield

Christina Hanlon So. Manhasset, N.Y./Phillips Exeter Academy

Katherine Heffron Fr. Haddonfield, N.J./Haddonfield Memorial

Kathleen Hickes Fr. Fogelsville, Pa./Parkland

Alexandra Higbee Sr. Greenwich, Conn./Greenwich

Christine Holodnik Sr. Pittsburgh, Pa./Oakland Catholic

Kara Hoppes Fr. Baldwin, Md./McDonogh

Rachel Johnson Jr. Centreville, Va./Westfield

McKenzie Kelly Fr. Dallas, Pa./Dallas

Victoria Kielty So. Melbourne, Australia/Methodist Ladies College (Pa.)

Anne Kirk Sr Boston, Mass./Loomis Chaffee

Ledia Koco Fr. Chelsea, Mass./Chelsea

Gloria Lee Fr. Greenwich, Conn./Covent of the Sacred Heart

Name Cl. Hometown/High School

Kumari Lewis Fr. Atlantic Beach, Fla./Peddie School (N.J.)

Hannah Lindgren Fr. Doylestown, Pa./Germantown Academy

Anna Maassel Fr. Saint Leonard, Md./Calvert

Jacqueline McKeone Jr. Northfield, N.J./Mainland

Stephanie Merenbach Fr. Belmont, Calif./Castilleja

Tracy Mischell So. Cranbury, N.J./WW-P South

Jillian O’Mara Sr. Bainbridge Island, Wash./Bainbridge

Gabriela Ors Jr. Sarasota, Fla./Pine View

Alex Pavelich Fr. Redmond, Wash./Holy Names Academy

Nicole Pilling Sr. Wayne, Pa./Radnor

Alaina Puff Jr. Pittsburgh, Pa./Shaler Area

Emily Ralen Sr. Wayland, Mass./Wayland

Sarah Riessen So. Hanover, N.H./Hanover

Allyson Rivard So. Worchester, Mass./Worchester Academy

Ashley Rooney So. Huntington, N.Y./Cold Spring Harbor

Hanna Rozowski-Vogt Sr. Rocklin, Calif./Loretto

Kendall Sandy Jr. Orinda, Calif./Miramonte

Molly Schneider Sr. Mars, Pa./The Ellis School

Hayley Schultz Fr. Macungie, Pa./Perkiomen

Anne Scott Fr. Dayton, Ohio/Stivers School For the Arts

Andrea Seifert Fr. Shaker Heights, Ohio/Hathaway Brown

Sarah Small Sr. State College, Pa./State College Area

Julia Steen Jr. Ithaca, N.Y./Ithaca

Hilary Strong Sr. Weston, Mass./Weston

Jessica Tatham Fr. Avalon, Australia/Blair Academy (N.J.)

Jaclyn Tules Fr. Plainfield, Conn./Pomfret

Caitlin Vogelsang Sr. Rancho Cordova, Calif./St. Francis

Katharine Watson Sr. Old Saybrook, Conn./The Williams School

Stephanie Wyld So. Rensselaer, N.Y./Canterbury School

Coaches

Head Coach - Stephen Kish

Assistant Coach - Dan Wolleben

Assistant Coach - Chelsea Pemberton

Assistant Coach - Sarah Keller

2010-2011 Season Review The 2010-11 rowing season was another great one in the history books for the Bucknell program. The most touted team in the Patriot League, the Bison dominated once again as a team and individually during the past 2010-11 season. Bucknell continued to add to its impressive tallies as a team when it beat out rival Navy by five team points to capture its sixth straight conference title. The Varsity Eight garnered a sixth consecutive Boat of the Year and Dan Wolleben was given a second consecutive Mid-Atlantic Assistant Coach of the Year. Head coach Stephen Kish continued his run as one of the top rowing coaches as he recieved a third straight Patriot League Coach of the Year honor, and his fifth overall. Not only did Bucknell win its sixth consecutive Patriot League title, the Varsity Lightweight Eight won its second gold medal at the Dad Vail Regatta in the last three years. In addition, the team took home two first-place finishes at the Mid-Atlantic Collegiate Crew Championships. On the academic side, the Bison had 45 Patriot League Honor Roll members and 10 Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association (CRCA) National Scholar Athletes. The team continued its excellence on an individual level by racking up several awards throughout the 2010-11 season. Caitlin Vogelsang was selected as a CRCA Lightweight All-American and to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll. Jillian O’Mara was named a CRCA National Scholar-Athlete for the second straight year, was voted to Women’s Rowing Academic All-Patriot League Team and was named a CRCA National Scholar Athlete.


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2011-12 Roster



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Katherine Anderson

SeniorPiedmont, Calif.Bentley School

2011: Coxswain for the Varsity Eight ... coxed the Varsity Eight to first place at the Patriot League Championships to help secure a sixth straight title for the Bison ... wins over Delaware, Marist and Army ... part of Varsity Eight Bison Athlete of the Week (April 25) ... named to Patriot League Academic Honor Roll ... All-Patriot League selection ... part of Varsity Eight that was named Crew of the Week by Row2K.com ... named a CRCA National Scholar Athlete for second time.

2010: Coxswain for the Second Varsity Eight ... coxed the second var-sity eight to victories at the Occoquan Sprints, Murphy Cup, and wins over Rhode Island, Old Dominion, Kansas, and MIT ... coxed the 2V to wins over Penn and Dartmouth for the first time in program his-tory ... coxed the 2V to a first-place finish by over nine seconds at the Patriot League Championships contributing to Bucknell’s first-place team finish for the fifth year in a row ... coxed the 2V to a first-place finish at the ECAC Mid-Atlantic/Northeast Regional Championships, contributing to the overall team championship for the Bison for the third time in four years ... coxed the 2V to the best overall finish in a varsity eight event at the EAWRC Regatta finishing seventh ... named a CRCA National Scholar Athlete ... named Coxswain of the Year at the team’s end of the year award ceremony.

2009: Coxswain for the Varsity Four throughout the spring and the IRA Lightweight Eight ... started the season with wins over Virginia B and C in the Varsity Four event ... coxed the Varsity Four to victories at the Murphy Cup and over Radcliffe, Cornell, Robert Morris and North Carolina during the spring season ... coxed the Varsity Four to a first-place victory at the Patriot League Championships, contributing to the Bison’s first-place finish overall for the fourth year in a row ... named a member of the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll ... fin-ished second in the Varsity Four at ECAC Metro Championship, con-tributing to a second-place team finish ... coxed the Lightweight Eight to a second-place finish at the IRA National Championship in the Var-sity Lightweight Eight, Bucknell’s second-best showing at the IRA.

High School: Member of the Oakland Strokes Rowing Club ... sec-ond in the Junior Varsity Eight at the Long Beach Junior Rowing Invita-tional in 2008 ... first in the Third Varsity Eight at the Southwest Junior Championships in 2005 ... volunteered over 400 hours of service to George Mark’s pediatric hospice ... received Gold Award from her high school for community service in 2006 ... traveled to Mexico and Malawi on mission trips ... received Coach’s Award in 2007 and honor-able mention Most Improved in 2008 ... president of the Bentley Fight Aids group ... senior class representative.

Personal: Full name is Katherine Cuttle Anderson ...daughter of Jane and Keith Anderson ... born Feb. 28, 1989 ... has two brothers: Robert and Henry ... majoring in religion.

Alison Cohen

SeniorHarvards, Mass.

Bromfield

2011: Rowed eight seat in the Second Varsity Eight ... helped boat to victories over Louisville, Delaware, Duke and Purdue ... helped row the 2V to a second-place showing in the Murphy Cup and the Dad Vail Regatta ... helped row the 2V8 to first place as part of the sixth straight Patriot League Championship title ... named to Patriot League Academic Honor Roll for the second straight year.

2010: Rowed two seat in the Second Varsity Eight ... helped the sec-ond varsity eight to victories at the Occoquan Sprints and Murphy Cup ... helped the 2V to wins over Penn and Dartmouth for the first time in program history ... helped the 2V to a first-place finish by over nine seconds at the Patriot League Championships, contributing to Bucknell’s first-place team finish for the fifth year in a row ... named a member of the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll ... helped the 2V to a first-place finish at the ECAC Mid-Atlantic/Northeast Regional Championships, contributing to the overall team championship for the Bison for the third time in four years ... helped the 2V to the best overall finish in a varsity eight event at the EAWRC Regatta finishing seventh.

2009: Stroke seat in the Novice Eight ... helped the novice eight to a 12-second victory at the Murphy Cup over Saint Joseph’s ... helped the Novice Eight row past MIT and North Carolina ... helped the Nov-ice Eight to a victory over Radcliffe ... stroked the Novice Eight to vic-tories over Ohio State and Michigan State ... stroked the Novice Eight to a 10-second victory over Navy at the Patriot League Challenge ... stroked the Novice Eight to a first-place finish at the ECAC Metro Championship, propelling the Bison to a second-place team finish.

High School: Member of the Bare Hill Rowing Association/Boston Rowing Club ... best finishes came at the Lowell Invitational and Bare Hill Regatta in 2008 and the Sweeps and Sculls and Philadelphia Youth Sprints in 2007 ... team captain.

Personal: Full name is Alison Elizabeth Cohen ... daughter of Ann and Kevin Cohen ... born March 8, 1990 ... has two brothers: Max and Isaac ...majoring in neuroscience.



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2011: Coxswain for Bison’s Second Varsity Eight at the Murphy Cup ... coxed Varsity Lightweight Eight to victories over MIT, Delaware and Wisconsin ... coxed Lightwight Eight to third-place finish in the Knecht Cup ... posted a victory over Loyola at the Mid-Atlantic Collegiate Crew Championships with Lightwight Eight ... won gold with Lightweight Eight at Dad Vail Regatta ... finished fourth at Eastern Sprints and fifth at IRA National Championship Regatta ... was part of Bucknell’s Varsity Lightweight Eight, which ranked sixth nationally in 2011.

2010: Coxswain for the Lightweight Eight ... helped the Light-weight Eight to victories at the Murphy Cup and over Rhode Is-land’s Novice Eight and Radcliffe’s 2V Lightweight Eight during the season ... also helped the Lightweight Eight to fourth-place finish in the 2V event at the Occoquan Sprints ... coxed the Light-weight Eight to a bronze medal in the 2V8 event at the ECAC Mid-Atlantic/Northeast Regional Championships, marking the first time in program history that Bucknell won two medals in the Second Varsity Eight event at the regatta ... coxed the Lightweight Eight to a fifth-place finish at the EAWRC Regatta and the IRA Na-tional Championship Regatta.

2009: Coxswain of the Lightweight Eight during the spring season ... coxed the Lightweight Eight to a victory at the Murphy Cup ... coxed the Lightweight Eight to a victory over MIT’s Second Varsity Eight ... coxed the Lightweight Eight to a first-place finish at the Dad Vail Regatta leading to the boat’s selection as Damon’s Bison Athlete of the Week.

High School: Member of the Greenwich Crew Team ... first in the Varsity Eight at Connecticut Public Schools Regatta in 2008 ... sixth overall at the New Jersey Scholastic Championships in 2007 ... second at the Frostbite and Bill Braxton Memorial regattas in 2007 .. . team captain as a senior.

Personal: Full name is Alexandra Wilmarth Higbee ... daughter of Nancy Higbee ... born April 25, 1990 ... has a brother, Jeffrey ...majoring in management.

2011: Rowed in seven seat for Second Varsity Eight ... helped 2V8 place second at Murphy Cup ... helped 2V8 to wins over Delaware, Old Dominion, MIT and Duke ... rowed Bison’s 2V8 to second-place finish at Dad Vail Regatta ... contributed to 2V8 first -place finish at Patriot League Championships, crossing the line two seconds ahead of Navy to earn 10 points toward the team total and overall sixth straight championship.

2010: Seven seat in the Second Varsity Eight ... helped the Second Varsity Eight to victories at the Occoquan Sprints, Murphy Cup, and wins over Rhode Island, Old Dominion, Kansas and MIT ... helped the 2V to wins over Penn and Dartmouth for the first time in program history ... helped the 2V to a first-place finish by over nine seconds at the Patriot League Championships, contributing to Bucknell’s first-place team finish for the fifth year in a row ... helped the 2V to a first-place finish at the ECAC Mid-Atlantic/Northeast Regional Championships, contributing to the overall team championship for the Bison for the third time in four years ... helped the 2V to the best overall finish in a Varsity Eight event at the EAWRC Regatta, finishing seventh.

2009: Three seat in the Varsity Four ... started the season with wins over Virginia B and C in the Varsity Four event ... helped the Varsity Four to victories at the Murphy Cup and over Radcliffe, Cornell, Robert Morris and North Carolina during the spring season ... helped the Varsity Four to a first-place victory at the Patriot League Championships, contributing to the Bison’s first-place finish overall for the fourth year in a row ... finished second in the Varsity Four at ECAC Metro Championship, contributing to a second-place team finish ... also jumped into the Second Varsity Eight and rowed five seat in a victory over MIT.

High School: Member of the Oakland Catholic rowing team ... won the Stotesbury Cup Regatta in the Junior Varsity Four in 2006 ... won the Midwest Scholastic Rowing Championships in the Junior Varsity Four in 2006, Varsity Four in 2007 and placed second in the Varsity Four in 2008 ... second in the Varsity Four at the Stotesbury Cup and Scholastic Nationals in 2008, beating the second-place boat by 12 seconds and placed fourth in the Varsity Eight ... Highest Honor Roll and National Honor Society member.

Personal: Full name is Christine Lynn Holodnik ... daughter of Edward and Debra Holodnik ... born July 1, 1990 ... has a brother, Daniel ...majoring in sociology.


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Alexandra Higbee

SeniorGreenwich, Conn.

Greenwich

Christine Holodnik

SeniorPittsburgh, Pa.

Oakland Catholic

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2011: Rowed eight seat for the Second Varsity Lightweight Eight ... helped the 2VL8 to wins over Delaware and Colgate ... helped row to a first-place finish at Mid-Atlantic Collegiate Crew Cham-pionships ... rowed four seat in fourth-place finish at Eastern Sprints ... named to Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.

2010: Started the spring as six seat of the Third Varsity Eight ... helped the 3V to a third-place finish in the grand final at the Oc-coquan Sprints ... then stroked the Second Varsity Four to a fifth-place finish in the Varsity Four event at the Murphy Cup ... helped the Lightweight Eight to a victory over Rhode Island’s Novice Eight ... moved into the Lightweight Four for the EAWRC Regat-ta and stroked the boat to victory winning Bucknell’s first-ever medal in an event at this race ... helped the Lightweight Four to a bronze medal at the IRA National Championship, winning Buck-nell’s first-ever medal in that event.

2009: Two seat in the Novice Eight ... helped the Novice Eight to a 12-second victory at the Murphy Cup over Saint Joseph’s ... helped the Novice Eight row past MIT and North Carolina ... helped the Novice Eight to a victory over Radcliffe ... helped the Novice Eight to victories over Ohio State and Michigan State ... helped the Nov-ice Eight to a 10-second victory over Navy at the Patriot League Challenge ... helped the Novice Eight to a first-place finish at the ECAC Metro Championship, propelling the Bison to a second-place team finish.

High School: Member of Community Rowing, Inc. ... fourth in the final at Canadian Henley in the Junior A Eight in 2007 ... fifth in the final at Canadian Henley in the Junior B Eight in 2006.

Personal: Full name is Anne Starr Kirk ... daughter of Peggy and David Kirk ... born Aug. 20, 1990 ... has two brothers who rowed at Brown: Garrett and Nathanial ... Honor Roll member ... also ran cross country, track & field and played ice hockey in high school ... majoring in environmental studies.

2011: Rowed seven seat in Varsity Eight ... helped V8 to wins over Villanova, Delaware and Navy ... named to Capital One Academic All-District At-Large Second Team ... named to Patriot League Ac-ademic Honor Roll ... CRCA National Scholar Athlete for the sec-ond consecutive year ... voted to Women’s Rowing Academic All-Patriot League Team ... part of the Varisty Eight that was named Crew of the Week by Row2K.com ... part of Varisty Eight named Bison Athlete of the Week (April 25) ... sat on Patriot League Boat of the Year ... helped row Varsity Eight to first-place victory and overall sixth straight Patriot League Championship.

2010: Seven seat in the Varsity Eight ... helped the Varsity Eight to victories at the Occoquan Sprints, Murphy Cup, and wins over Old Dominion, Kansas and MIT ... helped the Varsity Eight to a first-place finish at the Patriot League Championships, contributing to Bucknell's first-place team finish for the fifth year in a row ... mem-ber of the Patriot League Boat of the Year ... named to the All-Pa-triot League First Team ... helped the Varsity Eight to a first-place finish at the ECAC Mid-Atlantic/Northeast Regional Champion-ships, contributing to the overall team championship for the Bison for the third time in four years and qualifying the entire squad to compete at the EAWRC Regatta ... named a member of the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll ... named a CRCA National Scholar Athlete ... named Bison Athlete of the Week as part of the Varsity Eight in April.

2009: Seven seat for the Varsity Eight ... helped the Varsity Eight win the Murphy Cup, contributing to the team's overall points tro-phy for the third time in as many years ... helped the Varsity Eight row past Cornell, MIT and North Carolina during the spring sea-son ... helped the Varsity Eight to a first-place finish at the Patriot League Championships, contributing to Bucknell's first-place team finish for the fourth year in a row ... member of the Patriot League Boat of the Year ... second to Princeton at the ECAC Metro Championship ... named a member of the Patriot League Aca-demic Honor Roll.

High School: Member of the Bainbridge Island Rowing Club ... third at the Brentwood Regatta and Second at the Head of the Lake in the Varsity Four ... third at the Northwest Regional Champion-ships in the Varsity Four in 2008, which qualified her boat for Na-tionals ... rowed for a month in the Swiss Alps ... played soccer for 10 years before she started rowing ... loves to dance ... member of Amnesty International.

Personal: Full name is Jillian Rose O’Mara ... daughter of Laura and Tim O’Mara ... born Aug. 26, 1990 ... has an older sister, Katie, attending the University of Chicago and a younger brother, Teddy ...majoring in biology and French.

Anne Kirk

SeniorBoston, Mass.

Loomis Chaffee

Jillian O’Mara

SeniorBainbridge Island, Wash.

BainbridgeBBB



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2011: Rowed seat eight for Varsity Eight ... rowed to wins over Villanova, Delaware and Navy ... helped row the Varsity Eight to a fifth-place finish at the Murphy Cup ... named to Patriot League Academic Honor Roll ... named a CRCA National Scholar Athlete for a second consecutive year ... was part of the Varisty Eight named Crew of the Week by Row2K.com ... part of Varisty Eight named Bison Athlete of the Week (April 25) ... sat on Patriot League Boat of the Year ... helped row Varsity Eight to first-place victory and overall sixth straight Patriot League Championship.

2010: Two seat in the Varsity Eight ... helped the Varsity Eight to victories at the Occoquan Sprints, Murphy Cup, and wins over Old Dominion, Kansas and MIT ... helped the Varsity Eight to a first-place finish at the Patriot League Championships, contributing to Bucknell’s first-place team finish for the fifth year in a row ... mem-ber of the Patriot League Boat of the Year ... helped the Varsity Eight to a first-place finish at the ECAC Mid-Atlantic/Northeast Regional Championships, contributing to the overall team cham-pionship for the Bison for the third time in four years and qualify-ing the entire squad to compete at the EAWRC Regatta ... named a member of the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll ... named a CRCA National Scholar Athlete ... named Bison Athlete of the Week as part of the Varsity Eight in April.

2009: Two seat in the Varsity Four ... started the season with wins over Virginia B and C in the Varsity Four event ... helped the Var-sity Four to victories at the Murphy Cup and over Radcliffe, Cor-nell, Robert Morris and North Carolina during the spring season ... helped the Varsity Four to a first-place victory at the Patriot League Championships, contributing to the Bison’s first-place fin-ish overall for the fourth year in a row ... named a member of the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll ... finished second in the Var-sity Four at ECAC Metro Championship, contributing to a second-place team finish ... also jumped into the Second Varsity Eight and rowed four seat in a victory over MIT.

High School: Member of the Radnor Girls Crew Club ... fourth in the Senior Four at the Stotesbury Cup, fifth at New Jersey State Championships and sixth at the Philadelphia City Championships in the Varsity Eight in 2008 ... third at the Navy Day Regatta in the Varsity Four in 2007 ... fifth at the Philadelphia City Championship in the Novice Eight in 2005 and the Lightweight Four in 2007 ... fifth in the Novice Eight at Nationals in 2005 ... team captain ... Na-tional Honor Society member ... distinguished honor roll member ... varsity cross country team member.

Personal: Full name is Nicole Pilling ... daughter of Andrea and Bill Pilling ... born Nov. 4, 1989 ... has two brothers: Rafe and An-drew ... majoring in international relations and economics.

2011: Rowed four seat for Varsity Four boat ... helped row Varsity Four to second place at Murphy Cup ... rowed to wins over Dela-ware, MIT and Lehigh ... rowed Varsity Four to a fourth-place finish and overall sixth consecutive Patriot League Championship.

2010: Member of the Second Varsity Four for the spring season ... rowed to a fifth-place finish in the Varsity Four event at the Mur-phy Cup ... helped Second Varsity Four to victories over Rhode Island and Penn ... moved into the two seat midway through the spring and helped the Second Varsity Four to a bronze medal in the Varsity Four event at the ECAC Mid-Atlantic/Northeast Re-gional Championships ... helped the 2V4 to a third-place finish in the petite final at the EAWRC Regatta ... also rowed in the 3V at the Occoquan Sprints to a third-place finish in the grand final.

2009: Six seat in the Novice Eight ... helped the Novice Eight to a 12-second victory at the Murphy Cup over Saint Joseph’s ... helped the Novice Eight row past MIT and North Carolina ... helped the Novice Eight to a victory over Radcliffe ... helped the Novice Eight to victories over Ohio State and Michigan State ... helped the Nov-ice Eight to a 10-second victory over Navy at the Patriot League Challenge ... helped the Novice Eight to a first-place finish at the ECAC Metro Championship, propelling the Bison to a second- place team finish.

High School: Member of the Wayland/Weston crew team ... second at the Northeast/Mid-Atlantic District Championship in the Lightweight Eight, which qualified her for Nationals ... Mas-sachusetts state champion in the Lightweight Eight in 2007 and 2008 ... second in 2005, first in 2006 and second in 2007 in the Lightweight Eight at Northeast Regionals ... recipient of the Buzz Bowers Sportsmanship Award in 2007 ... member of the National Honor Society.

Personal: Full name is Emily Ralen ... daughter of John and Sally Ralen ... born May 21, 1990 ... has a brother, Ben ... majoring in biology.



Nicole Pilling

SeniorWayne, Pa.

Radnor

Emily Ralen

SeniorWayland, Mass.

Wayland

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2011: During the season rowed both fifth and seventh seat for Varsity Lightweight Eight ... beat MIT, Wisconsin, Buffalo and Delaware ... rowed Varsity Lightweight Eight to third-place finish at Knecht Cup ... helped Varsity Lightweight Eight to first-place finish at Mid-Atlantic Collegiate Crew Championships ... part of Varsity Lightweight Eight gold medal boat at Dad Vail Regatta ... rowed to a fourth-place finish with Lightweight Eight at Eastern Sprints and a fifth-place finish at the IRA National Championship Regatta ... named to Patriot League Academic Honor Roll for the second consecutive year.

2010: Rowed in the Lightweight Eight ... sitting five seat, helped the Lightweight Eight to victories at the Murphy Cup and over Rhode Island’s Novice Eight and Radcliffe’s 2V Lightweight Eight during the season ... also helped the Lightweight Eight to fourth-place finish in the 2V event at the Occoquan Sprints ... helped the Lightweight Eight to a bronze medal in the 2V8 event at the ECAC Mid-Atlantic/Northeast Regional Championships, marking the first time in program history that Bucknell won two medals in the Second Varsity Eight event at the regatta ... then moved into the three seat and helped the Lightweight Eight to a fifth-place finish at the EAWRC Regatta and the IRA National Championship Regat-ta ... named a member of the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.

2009: Seven seat in the Novice Eight and three seat in the IRA Lightweight Eight ... helped the Novice Eight to a 12-second vic-tory at the Murphy Cup over Saint Joseph’s ... helped the Nov-ice Eight row past MIT and North Carolina ... helped the Novice Eight to a victory over Radcliffe ... helped the Novice Eight to a 10-second victory over Navy at the Patriot League Challenge ... made an appearance in the Second Varsity Eight and helped it to a second-place finish at the ECAC Metro Championship, pro-pelling the Bison to a second-place team finish ... moved into the three seat of the Varsity Lightweight Eight and helped the boat to a silver medal and Bucknell’s second-best showing ever at the IRA National Championship Regatta.

High School: Member of Capital Crew ... qualified for Nation-als in the Lightweight Four in 2008 ... second in the Lightweight Four and third in the Lightweight eight at the Southwest Regional Championships in 2007 ... sixth in the Lightweight Four and the Lightweight Eight at Nationals in 2005.

Personal: Full name is Hannah Kelsey Rozowski-Vogt ... daughter of George Vogt and Therese Rozowski ... born Feb. 16, 1990 ... has a brother, Max, and a sister, Angela ... majoring in geography and international relations.

2011: Rowed sixth seat for Second Varsity Eight second-place fin-ish at the Murphy Cup ... rowed Second Varsity Eight to a first- place finish to help Bison to sixth straight Patriot League Champi-onship ... helped Second Varsity Eight to a second-place finish at the Dad Vail Regatta ... named to Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.

2010: Two seat in the Varsity Four ... helped the Varsity Four to victories at the Occoquan Sprints, and over Penn, Rhode Island, Kansas and Old Dominion during the season ... helped the Var-sity Four to a second-place finish at the Patriot League Champi-onships, contributing to Bucknell’s first-place team finish for the fifth year in a row ... then helped the V4 to a first-place finish at the ECAC Mid-Atlantic/Northeast Regional Championships, contrib-uting to the overall team championship for the Bison for the third time in four years ... also helped the V4 to a first-place finish in the petite final at the EAWRC Regatta, equaling Bucknell’s best-ever finish in this event ... also helped the V4 to a third-place finish at the Murphy Cup and the 3V at the Occoquan Sprints to a third-place finish in the grand final.

2009: Rowed in the Second Varsity Four and Second Novice Eight during the spring season ... helped the Second Varsity Four row past Robert Morris ... stroked the Second Novice Eight to a vic-tory over North Carolina ... stroked the Second Novice Eight to an 11-second victory over Ohio State ... stroked the Second Novice Eight to a first-place finish in Patriot League Challenge, beating Navy by 16 seconds.

High School: Member of Row Pittsburgh ... first at the Midwest Junior Rowing Championships in 2006 and 2007 in the 2x ... first at the Pittsburgh Indoor Sprints in the Women’s Lightweight JV Event and 14th at CRASH-B’s in the Junior Women’s Lightweight Event ... fifth at the US Rowing Club National Championships in the Wom-en’s Junior A 1x ... voted Most Competitive by her senior class.

Personal: Full name is Molly Louise Schneider ... daughter of Mary Jane and David Schneider ... born May 17, 1990 ... majoring in art history.

Hannah Rozowski-Vogt

SeniorRocklin, Calif.

Loretto

H Molly Schneider

SeniorMars, Pa.

The Ellis School



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2011: Rowed two seat for Second Varsity Lightwieght Eight ... beat MIT, Delaware and Colgate ... rowed Second Varsity Lightweight Eight to first-place finish at Mid-Atlantic Collegiate Crew Cham-pionships ... helped row Second Varsity Eight to a fourth-place fin-ish at Eastern Sprints ... named to Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.

2010: Two seat in the Lightweight Four for the spring season ... finished third at the EAWRC Regatta, winning Bucknell’s first-ever medal in an event at the race ... rowed to second-place finishes at the Occoquan Sprints, Murphy Cup, and in the petite final of the Varsity Openweight Four event at the ECAC Mid-Atlantic/North-east Regional Championships ... also rowed to victories over Rhode Island and Radcliffe during the season ... named a member of the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.

2009: Rowed two seat in the Second Novice Eight ... helped the Second Novice Eight to a victory over North Carolina ... helped the Second Novice Eight to an 11-second victory over Ohio State ... helped the Second Novice Eight to a first-place finish in Patriot League Challenge, beating Navy by 16 seconds.

Personal: Majoring in environmetal studies.

2011: Two seat for Varsity Lightweight Eight ... beat MIT, Wisconsin, Buffalo and Delaware ... rowed Varsity Lightweight Eight to third -place finish at Knecht Cup ... helped Varisty Lightweight Eight to first-place finish at Mid-Atlantic Collegiate Crew Championships ... part of Varsity Lightweight Eight gold medal finish at Dad Vail Regatta ... rowed to a fouth-place finish with Lightweight Eight at Eastern Sprints and a fifth-place finish at the IRA National Cham-pionship Regatta ... named to Patriot League Academic Honor Roll for the second consecutive year.

2010: Four seat in the Lightweight Eight ... helped the Lightweight Eight to victories at the Murphy Cup and over Rhode Island’s Nov-ice Eight and Radcliffe’s 2V Lightweight Eight during the season ... also helped the Lightweight Eight to fourth-place finish in the 2V event at the Occoquan Sprints ... helped the Lightweight Eight to a bronze medal in the 2V8 event at the ECAC Mid-Atlantic/North-east Regional Championships, marking the first time in program history that Bucknell won two medals in the Second Varsity Eight event at the regatta ... helped the Lightweight Eight to a fifth-place finish at the EAWRC Regatta and the IRA National Championship Regatta ... named a member of the Patriot League Academic Hon-or Roll.

2009: Four seat in the Varsity Lightweight Eight ... helped the Lightweight Eight to a victory at the Murphy Cup ... helped the Lightweight Eight to a victory over MIT’s Second Varsity Eight ... helped the Lightweight Eight to a first-place finish at the Dad Vail Regatta, leading to the boat’s selection as Damon’s Bison Athlete of the Week ... helped the Lightweight Eight to a silver medal and Bucknell’s second-best showing ever at the IRA National Champi-onship Regatta.

High School: Member of the Wayland-Weston crew team ... fifth in the Lightweight Eight at US Rowing Youth Nationals as a sopho-more ... stroked the Lightweight Four to a second-place finish at US Rowing Youth Nationals as a junior ... placed 19th, ninth, and seventh in the Junior Eight at the Head of the Charles during sophomore, junior and senior years, respectively ... team captain ... member of the Varsity Eight since the fall of sophomore year, earning six varsity letters ... member of the National Honor Soci-ety and a three-year Scholar-Athlete ... recipient of a community service award freshman, sophomore and junior years ... member of the varsity swim team all four years of high school and a two-time sectional qualifier.

Personal: Full name is Hilary Catherine Strong ... daughter of Sar-ah and Simon Strong ... born April 21, 1990 ... has a sister, Audrey, and a brother, Graham ... majoring in neuroscience.



Sarah Small

SeniorState College, Pa.State College Area

Hilary Strong

SeniorWeston, Mass.

Weston

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2011: Started the season as the eight seat for the Varsity Lightweight Eight ... rowed Varsity Lightweight Eight to third-place finish at Knecht Cup ... helped Varisty Lightweight Eight to first-place finish at Mid-Atlantic Collegiate Crew Championships ... part of Varsity Lightweight Eight gold medal finish at Dad Vail Regatta ... rowed to a fourth-place finish with Lightweight Eight at Eastern Sprints and a fifth-place finish at the IRA National Championship Regatta ... named to Patriot League Academic Honor Roll for the second consecutive year ... named a CRCA Lightweight All-American.

2010: Member of the Lightweight Eight for the spring season ... started in the stroke seat and helped the Lightweight Eight to a fourth-place finish in the 2V event at the Occoquan Sprints and a victory at the Murphy Cup ... then moved into the bow seat for a weekend where she helped the Lightweight Eight beat Rhode Island’s Novice Eight ... one race later she was in the two seat where she would stay for the rest of the year where she helped the Lightweight Eight beat Radcliffe’s 2V Lightweight Eight ... helped the Lightweight Eight to a bronze medal in the 2V8 event at the ECAC Mid-Atlantic/Northeast Regional Cham-pionships, marking the first time in program history that Bucknell won two medals in the Second Varsity Eight event at the regatta ... helped the Lightweight Eight to a fifth-place finish at the EAWRC Regatta and the IRA National Championship Regatta ... named a member of the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.

2009: Five seat for the Varsity Lightweight Eight ... helped the Light-weight Eight to a victory at the Murphy Cup ... helped the Lightweight Eight to a victory over MIT’s Second Varsity Eight ... made an appear-ance in the Novice Eight and helped it to victories over Ohio State, Michigan State, and at the ECAC Metro Championship ... helped the Lightweight Eight to a first-place finish at the Dad Vail Regatta, leading to the boat’s selection as Damon’s Bison Athlete of the Week ... helped the Lightweight Eight to a silver medal and Bucknell’s second-best showing ever at the IRA National Championship Regatta.

High School: Member of Capital Crew ... second in the Lightweight Eight at Southwest Junior Regionals ... sixth at the US Rowing Youth Na-tional Championships in 2005 ... first in the Lightweight Four at South-west Junior Regionals, third at the US Rowing Youth National Cham-pionships in 2006 ... second in the Lightweight Four and third in the Lightweight Eight at Southwest Junior Regionals and sixth in the Light-weight Four at US Rowing Youth National Championships ... qualified for Nationals in the Lightweight Four in 2008 ... captain of her team in 2007-2008 ... member of National Honor Society and California Schol-arship Federation.

Personal: Full name is Caitlin Vogelsang ... daughter of John and Lisa Vogelsang ... born Feb. 16, 1990 ... has two sisters: Nicole and Alison ... majoring in psychology and Spanish.

2011: Rowed five seat in Varsity Eight ... rowed to wins over Villanova, Delaware and Navy ... helped row the Varsity Eight to a fifth-place fin-ish at the Murphy Cup ... named to Second Team All-Patriot League ... named to Patriot League Academic Honor Roll ... named a CRCA National Scholar Athlete ... part of the Varisty Eight named Crew of the Week by Row2K.com ... part of Varsity Eight named Bison Athlete of the Week (April 25)... sat on Patriot League Boat of the Year ... helped row Varsity Eight to first-place finish and helped Bison to sixth straight Patriot League title.

2010: Five seat in the Varsity Eight ... helped the Varsity Eight to vic-tories at the Occoquan Sprints, Murphy Cup, and wins over Old Do-minion, Kansas and MIT ... helped the Varsity Eight to a first-place fin-ish at the Patriot League Championships, contributing to Bucknell’s first- place team finish for the fifth year in a row ... member of the Pa-triot League Boat of the Year ... helped the Varsity Eight to a first-place finish at the ECAC Mid-Atlantic/Northeast Regional Championships, contributing to the overall team championship for the Bison for the third time in four years and qualifying the entire squad to compete at the EAWRC Regatta ... named a member of the Patriot League Aca-demic Honor Roll ... named Bison Athlete of the Week as part of the Varsity Eight in April.

2009: Five seat in the Second Varsity Eight ... helped the 2V to a win at the Murphy Cup, contributing to the team’s overall points trophy for the third time in as many years ... helped the 2V past Cornell dur-ing the season ... helped the 2V to a first-place finish at the Patriot League Championship race by four seconds over Navy, contributing to a fourth straight team Patriot League Championship ... helped the 2V to a second-place finish, which helped team to a second-place fin-ish at ECAC Metro Championship ... rowed in the Varsity Eight in a few events, beating North Carolina and MIT ... named a member of the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.

High School: Member of the Blood Street Sculls and Williams School Rowing Team ... first in the Junior Women’s 1x and the Women’s Quad at the Coast Weeks Regatta ... magna cum laude on the Connecticut State Latin Exam ... honor roll member ... department honors in Eng-lish, environmental science, history, geometry, Latin and dance ... East-ern Connecticut State University Literary Award semifinalist ... earned varsity letters in crew, swimming and soccer.

Personal: Full name is Katharine Suzanne Watson ... daughter of Su-zanne Delise Watson and Richard Decker Watson Sr. ... born Nov. 17, 1990 ... siblings are Christine, Richard, Jeffery and Eric ... majoring in economics and Spanish.

Caitlin Vogelsang

SeniorRancho Cordova, Calif.

St. Francis

Katharine Watson

SeniorOld Saybrook, Conn.The Williams School



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Women’s Rowing Coaching Staff

Head CoachBucknell ’92

16th Year at Bucknell

The 2010-11 campaign was the 15th for Stephen Kish as head coach of the Bucknell women’s rowing team. A 1992 Bucknell graduate and native of Miami, Fla. (Palmetto High School), Kish served as president of Bucknell rowing his senior year and re-ceived the Most Valuable Rower award, as well. After graduation, Kish remained in Lewisburg to serve as an assistant coach under Jimmy King `90.

In 1993 Kish relocated to New England, where he served as head coach at the University of Rhode Island, supervising three assistant coaches and over 70 rowers in the men’s and women’s programs. Kish led three crews to medals at the New England Championships in 1995, and the men’s novice eight placed fourth at the Champion International Collegiate Regatta.

Since Kish returned to lead the Bison program in 1996, the women’s rowing team has made a name for itself. The team has had unmatched success in recent years, winning six consecutive Patriot League Championships, earning the ECAC Metro Cham-pionship three times and claiming the 2007 IRA Lightweight Na-tional Championship, the first national title in school history.

In 2007, Kish led the Bison rowing team to its best year yet. The squad swept all three events at the Patriot League Championship for the first time and went on the following weekend to sweep the varsity events at the ECAC Metro Championship and win the Overall Points Trophy. Coaching primarily the varsity eight, Kish helped the boat to an impressive 8-1 record, including a season-opening victory at the Murphy Cup Regatta. Additionally, the lightweight eight won the IRA National Championship Regatta.

The 2008 campaign featured additional success as Kish led Bucknell to its third consecutive Patriot League title, another ECAC Metro Championship, a second straight Murphy Cup title, a victory at the Knecht Cup and a fourth-place showing at the IRA Regatta, the lightweight boat’s third consecutive berth in the grand final at the event. The Bison faced their most challeng-ing schedule during Kish’s tenure and the varsity eight posted a strong 9-2 record, going more than two months between losses. Among the most impressive feats of the 2008 campaign was a berth in the Eastern Sprints for the first time in program history. Kish led the team to an eighth-place finish out of 18 teams, includ-ing three that ended the year nationally ranked.

More success followed in 2009 as Kish upgraded the Bison’s schedule. During the regular season alone the squad faced five of the top-10 teams from the NCAA Championships. A productive postseason followed as Bucknell won another Patriot League title, finished second to Princeton at the ECAC Metro Championship and posted the second-best showing in program history at the IRA Lightweight National Championships with a runner-up finish.

The foundation Kish has laid continued in 2010 as the Bison

Education

High School: Palmetto High School (Miami, Fla.) ’88

College: Bucknell ’92

Coaching Experience

Bucknell: 1992-93, Novice Women’s Coach

Rhode Island: 1993-96, Head Coach

Bucknell: 1996-Pres., Head Coach

Awards

Patriot League Coach of the Year: 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011

CRCA Mid-Atlantic Region Coach of the Year: 2007, 2008

CRCA Lightweight Coach of the Year: 2007

Kish Filewon a fifth consecutive Patriot League title, had another strong showing at Eastern Sprints, faced three NCAA Champi-onship teams, sent two boats to the IRA National Championship Regatta and claimed the New England/Mid-Atlantic Regional (ECAC) title. Additonally, the Bison had continued success at the Murphy Cup, adding a fourth title. Among the teams Bucknell rowed against were Virginia, Kansas, Princeton, Penn, Dartmouth and Radcliffe.

In 2011 Kish contin-ued to set the bar at an even higher level for the Bison. Not only did Bucknell claim a sixth consecutive Patriot League title, it also managed to contin-ue to grow the rowing presence out of the water. The team had 45 members selected to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll and 10 members selected as CRCA National Scholar Ath-letes.

Kish has also overseen the program’s three trips to the Henley Women’s Regatta (2000, 2004 and 2008) and its 11 varsity medals (five gold, five silver, one bronze) at the Dad Vail Regatta.

Kish’s achievements as head coach have not gone unnoticed. The veteran mentor has claimed eight coach of the year awards since 2006. He was named the Collegiate Rowing Coaches As-sociation (CRCA) Mid-Atlantic Region Coach of the Year in 2007 and 2008 and earned the CRCA Lightweight Coach of the Year trophy in 2007. Additionally, Kish, who has seen the varsity eight named the league’s Boat of the Year six times, was named Patriot League Coach of the Year in 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010 and 2011, making it three consecutive years this past season.

Recent program developments under Kish include the con-struction of a boathouse; a much-improved equipment inventory,



Head Coach Stephen Kish receiving the Murphy Cup in 2008.

Stephen Kish

H d C h St h Ki h i i

including quadruple sculls and singles; a full-time, four-person coaching staff and an ever-increasing num-ber of opportunities for Bucknell student-athletes to develop as leaders, along with the completion of the newly designed Ergo-metrics Room located in Kenneth Langone Athletics and Recre-ation Center.

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Dan Wolleben is in his fifth year at Bucknell. In his first year he worked primarily with the novice group of rowers, while the last three campaigns have seen him acting as the varsity assistant coach.

In his first year, Wolleben helped the novices finish the season with the largest squad in recent memory with two eights and a four. Throughout the spring, each of the three novice boats turned in great performances, including an inspiring outing by the novice eight against Ohio State and Michigan. The Bison led the first half of the race and finished third behind the second-place Buckeyes by just one-half of a second.

At the Dad Vail Regatta, Wolleben led the novice eight to a third-place finish and a bronze medal, marking the best performance in program his-tory. Later in the year at the Eastern Sprints the novice eight once again made history, defeating Navy. It was the first-ever victory for the Bison nov-ice eight over the Mids.

The last three years, Wolleben has worked with head coach Stephen Kish and the varsity squad throughout the fall and winter, and then pri-marily with the novice eight and lightweight eight throughout the spring season. Highlights during the 2009 spring season for the novice eight were a win at the ECAC Metro League Championship, wins over Patriot League rival Navy at the Murphy Cup and Patriot League Challenge, along with victories over national powers Radcliffe, Ohio State and Michigan State. Highlights for the lightweight eight under Wolleben’s tutelage included a win at the Murphy Cup and Bucknell’s second-ever victory at the Dad Vail Regatta. The 2011 seaon saw Wolleben grab his second Mid-Atlantic Region Assistant Coach of the Year Award during his tenure at Bucknell.

Wolleben was an accomplished rower at Fordham, where he gradu-ated in 2004. The two-year team captain helped lead the Rams to three Dad Vail Regatta gold medals, one ECAC National Championship varsity lightweight eight gold and three New York State Championships first-place finishes. He also posted a victory at the Senior Men’s Lightweight Four at U.S. Rowing Nationals. Additionally, he helped Fordham’s open four and varsity four to a pair of top-six showings at the IRA Regatta.

Following graduation, Wolleben spent three years as the head men’s rowing coach at the Fordham Prep School. In his time at the helm of the program, he helped the squad to four top-three finishes at the New York State High School Championship and the 4+ to a ninth-place showing at Scholastic Nationals.

Wolleben was an assistant coach with Fordham’s women’s rowing team at the same time he headed the Fordham Prep School program. His first year he was an assistant novice women’s rowing coach, while the final two years he was the head novice women’s rowing coach and recruiting coor-dinator. During that time Wolleben’s main responsibility was to coach the novice eight and second varsity eight, while also assisting the head coach with the varsity eight.

A three-time Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association All-American who was a four-year member of the women's rowing team at Tennessee, Chel-sea Pemberton was named a Bucknell assistant women's rowing coach in August 2011. The former U.S. Junior National Team member was most re-cently an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Alabama. At Alabama, Pemberton was in charge of the program's recruiting ef-forts and coaching the varsity fours, which won two consecutive Southern Intercollegiate Rowing Association championships. She assisted the head coach in all facets of the program that included over 50 rowers. Pemberton graduated from Tennessee in 2005 with a bachelor's degree in English. She was the Lady Volunteer Rowing Athlete of the Year in 2004. Since graduation Pemberton has held a number of coaching posts. She was a master's men's coach at Oak Ridge Rowing Association in 2007-08, the head coach of girls and boys ages 12-16 at the Smoky Mountain Row-ing Center in 2008-09, the land training coach at the Southeast Juniors De-velopment Camp in 2009 and has been an assistant coach with Masters Coaching in Boston, Mass., and Engelwood, Fla., since 2008. Pemberton’s first professional experience was as a special education teacher in the Knox County Schools in Knoxville, Tenn. She held that post from 2006 to 2008.

Sarah Keller joined the Bucknell women’s rowing coaching staff in Au-gust 2011, just two months after earning a Bachelor of Science degree in psychology and educational studies from Trinity College. An Ohio native, Keller earned a position on the Under 23 National Row-ing Team and has competed with the squad twice at the Under 23 World Championships. In 2010, she posted the country’s best-ever finish (9th) in the lightweight double sculls in Brest, Belarus. Keller was a four-year member of the Trinity women’s rowing team, earning All-America honors as a senior. She was a two-time First Team All-NESCAC honoree and was named First Team All-ECAC in 2011. Addi-tionally, Keller twice earned the Coaches Award, given to the athlete who exemplifies the work ethic and dedication required to succeed, and was the recipient of the Torch Award, which is given to the athlete who best exemplifies the spirit of Trinity Rowing. During her time at Trinity, Keller helped the Bantams to four NCAA Championships, earning medals in 2008, 2009 and 2010. She also com-peted at the Head of the Charles four times, garnering a medal in 2008. At Bucknell, Keller assists with recruiting as well as coaching both nov-ice and varsity crews.

Assistant CoachFordham ’04

Fifth Year at Bucknell

Dan Wolleben

Assistant CoachTennessee ’05

First Year at Bucknell

Chelsea Pemberton

Assistant CoachTrinity ’11

First Year at Bucknell

Sarah Keller



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Rowing ExperiencesThe Patriot League Championship has been around for just seven years,

but Bucknell has quickly cemented its place near the top of the standings, winning the title each of the last six years.

The Bison swept all three races (varsity eight, second varsity eight, var-sity four) in 2007 and 2009, while they claimed the 2006, 2008 and 2010 titles by a total of six points. In 2011, Bucknell took first in the varsity eight and second varsity eight races, while the varsity four claimed second to se-cure a sixth consecutive championship by five points over runner-up Navy.

The Bison varsity eight earned its sixth consecutive Patriot League Boat of the Year honor in 2011, defeating second-place Colgate by more than three seconds. The victory clinched the overall team title for the Bison.

Each of the first three Patriot League Championships were held on Lake Quinsigamond in Worcester, Mass., while the following three took place on the Cooper River in Cherry Hill, N.J. The event returned to Lake Quin-sigamond in 2011.

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Patriot League Championship

Bucknell made its first-ever team appearance at the Eastern Sprints in 2008 and placed eighth out of 18 teams at the prestigious event. By placing eighth, Bucknell finished ahead of traditional rowing powers Cornell and Columbia as well as Patriot League foe Navy. The regatta featured teams from the New England and Mid-Atlantic regions, including five nationally ranked squads. All eight Ivy League schools, as well as a handful of other strong teams, were part of the competition on the Cooper River.

Bucknell made a second appearance at the Eastern Sprints in 2010 with the second varsity eight and varsity four posting petite-final victories. In 2011, the varsity lightweight eight and second varsity lightwieght eight both posted fourth-place finishes at the event. The varsity lightweight eight improved from its fifth-place finish the prior year, while the second varsity eight made an impressive debut at the sprints.

Eastern Sprints

Bucknell women’s rowing has established itself as a force to be reck-oned with at the Dad Vail Regatta. With upwards of 20,000 fans, 500 boats and 3,300 athletes, the Dad Vail Regatta is the largest intercollegiate regat-ta in the country. From 2000 to 2006, nine of Bucknell’s 16 varsity entries won medals (three golds, five silvers, one bronze).

In 2008, the Bison took a new approach to the Dad Vail Regatta and gave their freshmen and novice rowers the chance to face strong competi-tion. Highlighting the regatta was a third-place finish by the novice eight, marking its best-ever finish at the prestigious event.

The lightweight eight was the only Bucknell boat to compete at the competitive event in 2009 and took first, defeating runner-up Cal by near-ly six seconds in the final.

After a one-year hiatus, the Bison returned to the Dad Vail Regatta in 2011 to take the event by storm with three boats appearing in their re-spective finals. The second varsity eight took home a second-place fin-ish getting edged out by Saint Joseph’s by three seconds. The varsity four finished in fifth place with an impressive course run of 7:38.65. The hight-light of the regatta was the varsity lightweight eight finishing in first place with a blazing time of 6:59.20, nine seconds faster than runner-up Georgia Tech. The first-place finish was the second gold medal for the varsity light-weight eight in the past three seasons.

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Dad Vail Regatta

Bucknell competed at the ECAC Metro Championship for the first time in 2007 and followed that up with appearances in 2008 and 2009. The Bison won the overall points trophy their first two years, sweeping all races. In 2009, Bucknell took second overall with four boats finishing in the top two of their respective grand finals. The Bison bounced back and returned to the top of the team standings for the third time in four years in 2010 as six boats medaled in the four contested events.

The ECAC Metro Championship, which is now called the New Eng-land/Mid-Atlantic Regional, takes place one week after the Patriot League Championship. In 2007, the event was held on Lake Quinsigamond in Worcester, Mass. The 2008, 2009 and 2010 competitions were held on the Cooper River in Cherry Hill, N.J. In 2011, the event was held in Fairfax, Va., at the Occoquan Reservoir that saw both the varsity lightweight eight and second varsity lightweight eight take home first place.

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ECAC New England/Mid-Atlantic Regional

Bucknell has traveled to England three times in the last decade to par-ticipate in the prestigious Henley Women’s Regatta. The Bison most recent-ly made the trip in June 2008, doubling their squad size to two eights after bringing just one in 2004.

In 2000, the varsity four toured for three weeks, competing at three ma-jor regattas, before culminating with a second-place finish at the Henley Women’s Regatta. To reach the finals, the varsity four had to win four head-to-head races in two days.

In 2004, the varsity lightweights competed in the openweight event and won their first two races before falling in the semifinals. Of the four Ameri-can universities in the event (Boston University, Harvard and Colby College were the other three), Bucknell was the only one to advance past the first round.

In 2008, the Bison spent more than two weeks touring England. Their first competition of the trip was the Reading Amateur Regatta, where the varsity eight and second varsity eight both posted victories. A week later both eights as well as single Anna Johnson then competed at the Henley Women’s Regatta.

Bucknell is scheduled to return to the Henley Women’s Regatta in 2012.

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The Bucknell lightweights have been gaining momentum over the past decade, with a first-place finish at the IRA National Championship in 2007 serving as the highlight. That title, the first national championship in pro-gram history, featured the Bison defeating second-place Princeton by more than three seconds.

The Bucknell lightweights made their first appearance in the grand fi-nal at the IRA National Championship in 2006 and have now appeared in it six consecutive years with a sixth-place finish (2006), fourth-place showing (2008), a runner-up showing (2009) and two fifth-place certificates (2010, 2011) to go along with their 2007 national title.

A new addition to the Bucknell lineup at the 2010 IRA Regatta was the lightweight four, which took home a third-place medal in its first trip to the event.

The 1999 squad started the recent string of successes when the varsity lightweight eight won the Patriot League Challenge and the Mid-Atlantic Regional Championships. The 2001 novice lightweight eight also won the Mid-Atlantics, but in the varsity event. The 2002 novice lightweights won the Dad Vail Regatta in commanding fashion and then finished third at the Eastern Sprints behind only Princeton and Wisconsin. The varsity light-weights followed with a win at the Dad Vail Regatta in 2003, making history as Bucknell’s first varsity crew to win a Dad Vail medal in an eight-oared event.

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At the start of the fall semester, about one-quarter of the first-year wom-en on the Bucknell campus will embark on a great adventure. Their journey typically begins at the interest meeting on the first Sunday night after class-es start. Inspired by the varsity team and recruited freshmen, nearly 100 women with no rowing experience join the Bison women’s rowing team. Lasting nine weeks, the fall season is designed to give walk-on student-athletes the chance to see if rowing is something they want to pursue.

Sneakers in place, the women meet outside the Kenneth Langone Ath-letics and Recreation Center Monday through Saturday and begin to cross train. Guided by the coaching staff, freshmen are spotted running, climb-ing the stadium steps, doing body circuits on the field and learning to use the ergometers. Moving together, they learn the parts of the stroke and become familiar with the terms of the sport.

Soon the walk-ons find themselves transported down Route 15, headed for the boathouse. They take oars down, carry the boat to the water and be-gin to take their first unbalanced strokes. By the end of October the group that came in with no experience finds itself rowing confidently down the Schuylkill River, competing against novice rowers from other teams at one of the nation’s largest races.

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The Novice Experience

In the fall, the varsity program focuses on base aerobic training and technique, doing much of this work in smaller boats. The women train in singles, pairs and fours. Utilizing the smaller boats helps increase balance and body awareness while also challenging the rowers to increase their technical proficiency. The work in the smaller, unstable boats prepares the rowers for the transition into eights and fours and helps them stay moti-vated throughout the year by adding variety to the training program.

At Bucknell, fall rowing is about building skills and maintaining a bal-anced collegiate lifestyle that will allow the rowers to really push them-selves to peak during the spring season.

Throughout the fall season the Bison may travel to regattas such as the Head of the Genesee, the Navy Day Regatta, the Head of the Charles and the Head of the Schuylkill.

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Fall Rowing

Off the water you can find the team training in a variety of locations on campus. In the erg room, rowers will find exclusive access to ergometers, as well as the Bucknell Rowing Hall of Fame, detailing the exploits of crews going back to the early years of the team’s inception. For cross training, the team heads to the football stadium for stairs, the pool for aquatic cardio and the fieldhouse for everything from sprints and body circuits to crab soc-cer. During indoor training, rowers take the monthly Triathlon Challenge, a Saturday-morning practice that begins with a 6,000-meter row, after which rowers head to the football stadium. There, they hurry their way around the stadium, step-by-step, flight after flight. When they hit the last stair, they’re off to the bridge, running a 2.5-mile round-trip course back to the bench, where the clock stops and they count their blessings. Other highlights of the winter months include a lengthy winter training trip to locations as var-ied as Miami, Fla., Augusta, Ga., or Austin, Texas, and Bucknell’s own erg competition, Erg Armageddon.

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Winter Training

The Erg Armageddon provides a perfect chance for many crews to come to Bucknell University and measure their skills against other row-ers during the offseason. Entering its 16th year, this race utilizes the same monitor system that is used at CRASH-B’s as well as a huge screen dis-playing the progress of each race. The Erg Armageddon offers events in almost all conceivable categories, from the standard 2,000-meter race to 500-meter sprints. Competition is offered for rowers and coxswains, men and women varsity, novice, lightweight and heavyweight, and there is even a special mixed-doubles event. During the racing competitors and specta-

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The beginning and end of winter training is highlighted by trips to vari-ous parts of the United States to row. The Bucknell women’s rowing team has traveled to places such as Austin, Texas, Miami Beach, Fla., Augusta, Ga., and Elberton, Ga., in recent years to take advantage of the warm weather. The student-athletes cherish the opportunity to row on various rivers and lakes during the cold winter months.

The winter training trip, which takes place during the opening weeks of January, serves as a jump start to the indoor winter training, allowing the rowers to get in a few extra strokes on the water.

After two months of indoor training, the athletes will once again pack up and head south to explore a new body of water. The spring training trip takes place during Spring Break and allows the team to focus on intense training. The week-long trip includes double practices on the water as well as extensive land training. The trip culminates in a race against other crews who are also completing their spring training sessions.

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Spring Training

One of the special programs that Bucknell offers in order to enhance the student-athlete’s overall experience at the university is the Sideline Coaches Program. The program is a truly unique initiative in Division I col-lege athletics, and it includes the invitation of a member of the faculty, ad-ministration, staff or community by one of the 27 varsity teams.

The participant has the opportunity to discuss the overall program with the respective coaching staff, including practice preparation and strategy for the upcoming contest. The sideline coach will attend a practice ses-sion where he/she will be introduced to the team and gain a truly unique insight into the relationships that exist between player-coach and player-player. In addition, the practice session allows the participant to learn coaching techniques, strategy, terminology and the athletes’ true enthu-siasm for the sport.

The participant will then attend the actual intercollegiate contest itself and be a part of the total event from pre-contest to post-contest, through timeout discussions and halftime teaching-learning methodology.

The purpose of the Sideline Coaches Program is to foster a better understanding by the faculty and administration of the roles played by coaches and athletes in the university’s competitive intercollegiate athletic arena destination, once again.

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tors can listen to play-by-play over the public address system, and medals are presented on an awards podium for first through third. Erg Armaged-don has drawn rowers and crews from Fordham, Penn State, Susquehanna, SUNY Binghamton, Franklin and Marshall, Lafayette, Lehigh and NYU. Year after year, both personal and event records are broken as the competi-tion pushes athletes to greater heights and prepares them for faster spring boat speed.

The Bucknell women’s rowing team is known to be a tight-knit, sup-portive group that promotes excellence both academically and athleti-cally within the Bucknell community.

Rowers are involved beyond the team in on-campus organizations and activities such as The Giving Tree, Colleges Against Cancer, the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, work-study, sororities, and the-ater, dance and music groups.

Off campus, rowing team members volunteer at local animal shel-ters, are part of Head Start and student teach in area schools.

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The Bucknell University rowing program was firmly established in the 1980s, yet BU’s crew history dates to 1873 when the first crew club was founded by David Jane Hill. Hill would later become the University’s presi-dent. The first venture in rowing was unsuccessful as the team was forced to dissolve after two years because of the conditions of the Susquehanna River near Bucknell. Revived by Randy Leavitt ’85 in 1982, the Bucknell row-ing program found a suitable spot for rowing down the river from campus, near Sunbury. The opportunity to row in this area was due to the support of the Skotedis family, owners of Tedd’s Landing Restaurant. Not only did the Skotedis family allow the program to use its waterfront property, John Skotedis became the head coach of the program in 1986.

Led by Skotedis, men’s and women’s rowing began as a club program and developed into a competitive and successful varsity team. During Skotedis’ tenure at Bucknell, the program competed at the San Diego Crew Classic for the first time and produced the first U.S. Olympian in the school’s history. Cindy Ryder ’88 made the 1992 U.S. Olympic Team one year after winning a gold medal at the 1991 Pan-Am Games. Finally, and most importantly, Skotedis led the men’s and women’s programs in their successful quest for varsity status in 1990.

Jimmy King ’90 became the program’s first full-time rowing coach in 1992. During his four-year tenure, the women’s rowing squad won its first national-level medal, a bronze at the 1995 Champion Regatta, now known as the ECAC Championship Regatta. King also led the men’s lightweight eight to its first gold medal at the same regatta.

In 1996, Stephen Kish ’92 took over the reins and the program has contin-ued to grow and prosper. Over the last decade, the women’s rowing program has enjoyed unprecedented success. The Bison won their first medals at the Dad Vail Regatta in 2000 and have not stopped. From 2000-06, nine of Buck-nell’s 16 varsity entries won medals (three golds, five silvers, one bronze). In 2000, the women’s varsity four traveled to the Henley Women’s Regatta and placed second while the women’s lightweight eight reached the semifinal in the openweight division in 2004. Bucknell’s largest contingent — two eights and a single — traveled to the Henley Women’s Regatta in 2008.

The program has continued to grow in other areas as well. Bucknell’s first boathouse was completed in 1998. The inventory of equipment has been completely updated and doubled in the past few years. Additionally, all varsity student-athletes are provided with an abundance of rowing-specific practice gear.

In 2005 another milestone occured when Bucknell competed in the first-ever Patriot League Rowing Championships. The next year the program experienced unprecedented success by capturing its first of sixth con-secutive Patriot League championships with a decisive win over defending champion Navy.

In 2007, the Bison made history by winning their second straight Patriot League title as well as the ECAC Metro Championship. Additionally, the lightweight eight won the IRA National Championship and the team com-bined with the Bucknell club-varsity men’s crew to win the overall points crown at the Murphy Cup. The varsity four got things started in the fall by posting the program’s first-ever victory at the Head of the Charles Regatta.

The string of success continued in 2008 when the Bison claimed their third straight Patriot League title and won trophies at the Murphy Cup, ECAC Metro Championship and Knecht Cup. Additionally, the team made its first appearance at the Eastern Sprints, reached the grand final at the IRA National Championship Regatta for the third straight year and traveled to England for the Henley Women’s Rega

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