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2007USC Rowing USC Quick Facts Table of Contents University Information Table of Contents / Quick Facts ................................................... 1 Location: ................................................... Los Angeles, California 2007 Season Outlook ....................................................................... 2 Founded: ..................................................................................... 1880 USC Boathouse / Port of Los Angeles ......................................... 3 Enrollment: .................................. 33,000 (17,500 undergraduates) Zenon Babraj, Director of Rowing / Co-Head Coach ..................... 4 Size: ................................................................................... 150 Acres Kelly Babraj, Co-Head Coach .......................................................... 5 President: ........................................................... Dr. Steven Sample Craig Webster, Assistant Coach & Sarah Pomeroy ...................... 6 Athletic Director: ........................................................ Mike Garrett 2007 Varsity and Novice Roster .................................................... 7 Senior Women’s Administrator: ....................... Carol Dougherty Varsity Rower Profi les .................................................................... 8 National Affl iliation: .......................................... NCAA Division I Novice Rowers / Pronounciation Guide ................................... 19 Conference: ....................................................................... Pacifi c 10 2006 Results & Lineups ................................................................ 21 Nickname: ............................... Trojans / Women of Troy / Troy All-Time Pac-10 Championships Results .................................. 24 Fight Songs: ................... Fight On / Tribute to Troy / Conquest All-Time San Diego Crew Classic Results ................................. 26 Colors: ................................................................... Cardinal & Gold The Crosstown Rivalry All-Time Results .................................. 28 Home Course: ................ Port of Los Angeles (San Pedro, Calif.) All-Time NCAA Championships Results ................................. 29 Awards and Honors ..................................................................... 30 Rowing Information All-Time Varsity Letterwinners .................................................. 31 Director of Rowing / Co-Head Coach: .................. Zenon Babraj Rowing Terminology .................................................................... 32 Alma Mater: ........................ Academy of Physical Education ‘78 The USC Experience ............................................................. I - XVI Current Year at USC: ............................................................... Fifth Z. Babraj’s Contact: ................ [email protected] / (213) 740-3830 On The Cover Co-Head Coach: .......................................................... Kelly Babraj All-American junior port Ligita Kaviere and junior coxswain Lauren Alma Mater: ..................................................................... UCLA ‘85 Cowan, USC’s Varsity Eight at the 2006 Pac-10 Championships on Current Year at USC: ............................................................... Fifth Lake Natoma in Rancho Cordova, Calif. K. Babraj’s Contact: .................. [email protected] / (213) 740-3830 Asst. Coach: .............................................................. Craig Webster Credits Asst. Coach Contact: .......... [email protected] / (213) 740-3831 The 2007 USC Women’s Rowing Media Guide was written and prepared by Jeremy Wu, Sports Information Graduate Assistant. Media Relations Special thanks to Sports Information Director Tim Tessalone for edit- ing contributions, and Paul Goldberg. Dan Avila for team and group Women’s Rowing SID: ................................................. Jeremy Wu shots, Figge Photography for headshots, Bob Solorio for action shots SID Phone: ................................... (213) 740-8480 / (213) 440-4173 and Sam Haythorn for cover shots and practice shots. Cover design SID Fax: ...................................................................... (213) 740-7584 and production by Jeremy Wu. Printing by Prographics. E-mail: ........................................................................... [email protected] Website: ........................................................ www.usctrojans.com To Purchase This Guide Sports Information Address: ........................... Heritage Hall 103 Copies of the 2007 USC Women’s Rowing Media Guide may be Los Angeles, CA 90089 purchased for $5. Send checks payable to USC Sports Information at 3501 Watt Way, HER 103, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0601. Find the latest on USC Rowing at www.usctrojans.com USC’s Varsity Eight at the 2006 Pac-10 Championships on Lake Natoma, Calif. 1 2007Season Outlook here is a new buzz around the USC women’s row- diffi cult to put a fi nger on who will be the featured performer this ing program this year. As coach Zenon and Kelly season. With such a young crew last year, the expectations are Babraj enter their fi fth season at the helm, the col- high for the team this year. The level of competition in practice lection of talent they have assembled is unrivaled has been elevated with the arrival of a number of world-class re- by any previous USC crew. All eight of the recruits cruits and transfer rowers. Even though the infusion of new talent that the coaches set after have arrived and begun comes at a fast pace, the Trojans are taking every measure to bond training with a solid core of returning rowers. the new crew as tightly as it can. The Women of Troy will enter 2007 as one of the most expe- The strong core of experienced rowers returning for the Tro- Trienced and deepest crews in the Pac-10 with seventeen returning jans include many of whom have NCAA championship experi- letterwinners from 2006 and one from 2005. Only a year ago, even ence. Most notably, the crew will have the services of a duo of though the Trojans won nearly all of their races, the close calls and returning All-American selections in juniors Tatiana Boldyreva a disappointing fi nish to the season could have been attributed to (Lipetsk, Russia) and Ligita Kaviere (Valmiera, Latvia). Boldy- inexperience and a lack of depth. reva enjoyed an extremely productive 2006, occupying the stroke Although the Trojans were not able to secure a team bid to seat in all of the Trojans’ races. Holding down the No. 6 seat all the NCAA Championships in 2006, the at-large bid received by season, Kaviere returns stronger and more mature than a year the Varsity Eight boat extends the run of USC appearances in the ago, and now as a co-team captain. NCAA Championships to nine consecutive seasons. That Var- The senior class is stacked with power on both sides of the sity Eight boat brings back six out of eight rowers including two boat with Kinga Marciszewska (Warsaw, Poland), Anna Efremo- All-Americans. Entering 2006, coaches knew they would endure va (Moscow, Russia) and Laura McDaniel (Chicago, Ill.) all bring- growing pains as the crew bid farewell to much of the talent that ing their own brand of strength and fi nesse to the squad. Mar- led them in 2005. The impressive record the Varsity Eight com- ciszewska received her second consecutive Pac-10 All-Academic piled last year was more than a pleasant, yet somehow expected team selection in 2006 while serving as a captain and leading the surprise. JV Eight boat from the stroke position all season. Efremova will In 1998, the Trojans’ debut in the NCAA Championships, the be an integral piece to team success this season bringing with her, Varsity Four would claim the National Championship in their three years of varsity experience. event. In 2005, the rowing team received its fi rst ever team-bid Both McDaniel and senior co-captain Jessica Smith (Mission to the NCAA Championships. With the level of talent gathered Viejo, Calif.) will be in the varsity mix, adding to what already is at Troy, coaches, and rowers have many believing that this is the shaping up to be a fi ercely competitive bunch of rowers. Senior year that USC will break through. coxswain Anna Liberovsky (Rockville Centre, N.Y.) will help The crew has also developed a truly international visage shore up the coxswain depth. with the division of domestic rowers and international recruits With eleven juniors on the roster, the Women of Troy know an evenly balanced fi fteen to fi fteen. Trojan rowers represent the that their prospects for the future are as bright as ever. Anchoring countries of Sweden, Serbia, Latvia, Bulgaria, Russia, Poland and the juniors will be the All-American pair but the talent behind the the Czech Republic; although because many of the rowers have duo is a vastly improved group from just a year ago. Transfers competed against each other on the international level, there is a Nana Gagatsovi (Krasnodar, Russia) and Anna Specjalska (Wlo- comfortable familiarity amongst the crew. clawek, Poland) are ready to prove themselves as solid contribu- Crossing the fi nish line fi rst nearly every single time it took to tors after building up respectively impressive personal resumes the water, the Varsity Eight was a dominant force to be reckoned on international waters. with in 2006. Led by coxswain Liz O’Neill, and All-American After red-shirting the 2006 season, the Trojans will once again stroke, Boldyreva,