DUKE UNIVERSITY ROWING MEDIA GUIDE 2016 DUKE ROWING 2015-16 MEDIA GUIDE QUICK FACTS TABLE OF CONTENTS DUKE INFORMATION Media Information 2-3 Laura Rosas ................................14 Location Durham, N.C. Quick Facts/Table of Contents.......2 Isabel Ruby-Hill ...........................14 Founded 1838 as Trinity College Schedule........................................3 Sophie Simister ...........................14 Enrollment 6,504 Roster ............................................3 Alex Stonehill ...............................15 Colors Duke Blue and White Shannon Tierney .........................15 INFORMATION Nickname Blue Devils Rowing Staff 4-5 Sara Varsames ............................15 Affiliation NCAA Division I Megan Cooke Carcagno................4 Sarah Wall ...................................16 Conference Atlantic Coast (ACC) Chuck Rodosky .............................5 Julia Weber ..................................16 President Dr. Richard Brodhead Chase Graham ..............................5 Karley Whelan .............................16 Director of Athletics Kevin White Grace Williams ............................17 Senior Women’s Administrator Jacki Silar Rowers 6-18 Caroline Willis ..............................17 Rhea Bergman ..............................6 Mary Wilson ............................17-18 ROWING STAFF Johanna Burstein...........................6 Rachel Wolsfelt ............................18 Head Coach Megan Cooke Carcagno Tara Christensen ...........................6 Alma Mater Cal, ‘02 Megan Conroy ...............................6 Records 19-21 Years at Duke/Overall First/First Marissa Donadio............................7 ACC Championship History ....19-20 Email Address [email protected] Phoebe Donovan ...........................7 Duke Rowing Records .................21 Office Phone (919) 681-9454 Katie Dukovich............................7-8 Assistant Coach/Recruiting Chuck Rodosky Jessica Findlay ..............................8 Duke History 22-26 Years at Duke First Sarah Fletcher ...............................8 All-Time Honors & Awards ......22-24 Alma Mater Bowling Green, ‘99 Hannah Hewitt ...............................9 All-Time Letterwinners ............25-26 Email Address [email protected] Elizabeth Horne .............................9 Assistant Coach Chase Graham Anna Jenkins ...............................10 Years at Duke First Alma Mater Marietta College, ‘07 Dorothy Jones .............................10 Email Address [email protected] Meridith Kisting ............................10 Hope Knochenhauer....................10 TEAM INFORMATION Meagan Lew ................................ 11 2015 ACC Finish 7th Jeanette Llorens .......................... 11 Home Lake Lake Michie (Bahama, N.C.) Celia Macrae ............................... 11 Katherine Maitland..................11-12 SPORTS INFORMATION Lauren Miranda ...........................12 Sports Information Director Art Chase Tani O’Neill ..................................12 Assistant Director/Rowing Sarah Fetters Taji Phillips ...................................13 Email [email protected] Simone Pitre ................................13 Phone (919) 684-8708 Sarah Rapaport ...........................13 Senior Associate Director Lindy Brown Senior Associate Director Cory Walton Associate Director Meredith Rieder Associate Director Ashley Wolf Assistant Director Brad Amersbach Assistant Director Leslie Gaber Assistant Director Cory Foote Coordinator of Digial Media Ryan Craig Coordinator of Internet Operations Lee Aldridge - 2 - DUKE ROWING 2015-16 MEDIA GUIDE 2015-16 DUKE ROWING SCHEDULE INFORMATION Day Date Event/Opponents Location Sunday November 1 Princeton Chase Princeton, N.J. (Lake Carnegie) Sunday November 15 Rivanna Romp Charlottesville, Va. (Rivanna Reservoir) Saturday March 19 Carolina Cup (Scrimmage) Clemson, S.C. (Lake Hartwell) Saturday March 26 Pac 12 Challenge Redwood Shores, Calif. (Redwood Shores) Saturday April 9 Virginia Dual Charlottesville, Va. (Rivanna Reservoir) Friday-Saturday April 22-23 Dale England Cup Bloomington, Ind. (Lake Lemon) Saturday April 30 Princeton Dual Princeton, N.J. (Lake Carnegie) Friday-Saturday May 13-14 ACC Championship Clemson, S.C. (Lake Hartwell) Friday-Sunday May 27-29 NCAA Championships Gold River, Calif. (Sacramento State Aquatic Center) 2015-16 ROWING VARSITY ROSTER Name Ht. Yr. Hometown (High School) Rhea Bergman 5-9 Fr. Los Altos, Calif. (Mountain View) Johanna Burstein 6-2 Jr. New York, N.Y. (Bronx HS of Science) Tara Christensen 5-7 So. Nanaimo, British Columbia (Brentwood College) Megan Conroy 5-10 So. Fayetteville, N.C. (Jack Britt) Marissa Donadio 5-7 Fr. Upper Arlington, Ohio (Upper Arlington) Phoebe Donovan 5-7 Jr. Sydney, Australia (Pymble Ladies’ College) Katie Dukovich 5-8 Sr. Pittsburgh, Pa. (Hampton) Gabrielle Falco 5-10 So. Sarasota, Fla. (Riverview) Jessica Findlay 6-0 So. Teesside, United Kingdom (Laurence Jackson) Sarah Fletcher 6-0 So. London, United Kingdom Hannah Hewitt 5-9 Sr. Longwood, Fla. (Lake Brantley) Elizabeth Horne 5-7 Jr. London, United Kingdom (The Lady Eleanor Holles School) Anna Jenkins 5-10 Fr. Durham, N.C. (Cary Academy) Dorothy Jones 5-5 Jr. Andover, Mass. (Phillips Academy) Meridith Kisting 5-11 Gr. Loves Park, Ill. (University of Illinois) Hope Knochenhauer 5-6 Jr. Fair Haven, N.J. (Rumson-Fair Haven) Meagan Lew 4-9 So. Boston, Mass. (Boston Latin School) Jeanette Llorens 5-10 Sr. Grosse Pointe, Mich. (Grosse Pointe South) Celia Macrae 5-7 Fr. Cincinnati, Ohio (Cincinnati Country Day) Katherine Maitland 5-8 So. London, United Kingdom (Upton Court Grammar School) Lauren Miranda 5-8 Sr. Clifton Park, N.Y. (Shenendehowa) Tani O’Neill 5-9 Jr. McLean, Va. (McLean) Taji Phillips 5-5 Fr. Brooklyn, N.Y. (Dwight School) Simone Pitre 5-3 Sr. Stoney Creek, Ont. (Blessed Trinity Catholic Secondary) Sarah Rapaport 5-4 So. Belmont, Mass. (Belmont) Laura Rosas 5-5 Jr. Orinda, Calif. (Miramonte) Isabel Ruby-Hill 5-7 Fr. Toronto, Ontario (Branksome Hall) Sophie Simister 6-0 Fr. Oxford, United Kingdom (Headington School) Alex Stonehill 5-10 Sr. Norwalk, Conn. (Brien McMahon) Shannon Tierney 6-0 Fr. Hackettstown, N.J. (Blair Academy) Sara Varsames 5-10 Fr. Tampa, Fla. (Berkeley Prep School) Sarah Wall 5-2 Sr. Palm Harbor, Fla. (Palm Harbor University HS) Julia Weber 5-8 Fr. Tampa, Fla. (Berkeley Prep School) Karley Whelan 5-11 Fr. Wexford, Penn. (North Allegheny) Grace Williams 5-10 So. Vienna, Va. (James Madison HS) Caroline Willis 5-9 Jr. Tampa, Fla. (Berkeley Prepatory School) Mary Wilson 5-5 Sr. Laurens, S.C. (St. Andrews) Rachel Wolsfelt 5-10 Sr. Boston, Mass. (Boston Latin) Coaching Staff Head Coach: Megan Cooke Carcagno (1st Season, Cal ’02) Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator: Chuck Rodosky (1st Season, Bowling Green ‘99) Assistant Coach: Chase Graham (1st Season, Marietta College, ‘07) Support Staff Athletic Trainer: Meaghan McMillen Sports Performance Coach: Carl Christensen Academic Support: Khary McGhee Equipment Manager: Kelsey Oswalt Sports Information: Sarah Fetters - 3 - DUKE ROWING 2015-16 MEDIA GUIDE COACHING STAFF She earned a second CRCA Central Region Assistant Coach of the Year award in 2012 and was nominated again in 2015. In the spring of 2015, Cooke Carcagno helped the Badgers en- Megan Cooke sure their eighth consecutive NCAA Championship selection and primarily coached the second varsity eight, which placed ninth at Carcagno the NCAA Championship. Head Coach During each of her five seasons coaching the UW freshmen, her 1st Season novice eight placed in the top three at the Big Ten championships, Cal, ’02 while the second novice eight won four titles and finished second the other season. In 2010, Cooke Carcagno helped the UW novice Megan Cooke Carcagno was named Duke University’s second crews to their fifth and eighth Big Ten titles, respectively, on the head rowing coach on July 28, 2015, as announced by Duke Vice way to a Big Ten Championship crown for Wisconsin in openweight President and Director of Athletics Dr. Kevin White. Cooke Carc- rowing. She also directed the novice eight to a win in the grand final agno had spent the last seven years as a member of the Wisconsin and the second novice eight to a win in the petite final at the NCAA coaching staff, including the 2015 season as associate head coach. Central/South Sprints. COACHES & STAFF COACHES “Megan Cooke Carcagno is an outstanding addition to the Duke Prior to joining Wisconsin, Cooke Carcagno coached for six coaching staff as the head rowing coach,” Dr. White said. “Not only years following her graduation from California. Her last stop before does she understand the tremendous effort it takes to become a joining the collegiate rankings was with coaching masters rowers world-class athlete, she is bright, enthusiastic, and charismatic – at the Carnegie Lake Rowing Association, USRowing’s Club of the and precisely the right fit for Duke Rowing at this time. For several Year. years, Megan has played an integral role in the success of Wiscon- sin’s formidable rowing program. Her background as an elite com- She spent her first year out of Cal as an assistant freshmen petitor at California and the United States National Team, as well coach for the Bears, while also coaching the Oakland Strokes, Inc. as her innate ability to relate easily with today’s student-athletes, club and at Marin Rowing Association during the 2002-03 season. will serve Duke well as the head coach. We cannot wait for her to Cooke Carcagno moved on to New Jersey to train with the U.S.