WESLEYAN WOMEN’S CREW 2011-12 PROSPECTUS WESLEYAN AT A GLANCE GENERAL INFORMATION COACHES Location .............................Middletown, CT Baseball .............................Mark Woodworth ’94 Enrollment ..........................2,800 (undergrad.) Men’s Basketball ...............Joe Reilly Founded ............................1831 W Basketball/Assoc. AD ....Kate Mullen Nickname ..........................Cardinals Men’s Crew ........................Phil Carney Colors ................................Red and Black Women’s Crew ...................Pat Tynan Student newspaper ...........Argus (biweekly) M/W Cross Country ...........John Crooke President ...........................Michael S. Roth ’78 Field Hockey ......................Patti Klecha-Porter Director of Athletics ...........John Biddiscombe Football/Asst. AD ...............Mike Whalen ’83 Department phone ............(860) 685-2690 Golf ....................................Chris Potter/Jeff Gilarde Department fax ..................(860) 685-2691 Men’s Ice Hockey ..............Chris Potter Website ..............................wesleyan.edu/athletics Women’s Ice Hockey .........Jodi McKenna YouTube channel ...............WesleyanAthletics Men’s Lacrosse/Asst. AD ..John Raba Facebook page .................wesleyan.athletics Women’s Lacrosse ............Holly Wheeler Twitter feed ........................@wescores Men’s Soccer .....................Geoff Wheeler Sports info. director ...........Brian Katten ’79 Women’s Soccer ................Eva Meredith Sports info. phone .............(860) 685-2887 Softball ...............................Jen Lane Strength/Conditioning ........Drew Black M/W Squash ......................Shona Kerr WOMEN’S CREW INFORMATION M/W Swimming ..................Frank Keefe Home facility ..........................Macomber Boathouse M/W Diving ........................Devon O’Nalty Letterwinners returning/lost ...8/5 M/W Tennis ........................Ken Alrutz M/W Track (Indoor/Outdoor) ...Walter Curry Head coach (3rd year) ......Pat Tynan Volleyball/Assoc. AD .........Gale Lackey Assistant coach .................Steve Baranoski Wrestling ............................Drew Black Certified athletic trainer .....Ken Dompier Faculty mentor ...................Claire Potter SUPPORT STAFF First varsity season ............1974-75 Director of Athletics ...........John Biddiscombe Senior Woman Administrator ....Gale Lackey Department Secretary .......Joan Adams Business Manager .............Tom Wantuck Administrative Assistant ....Kirsten Carlson Dir. of Athletic Injury Care ........Joe Fountain Assoc. Dir. of Ath. Injury Care .....Ken Dompier Certified Athletic Trainer ....Vicky Graham Equipment Manager ..........Bob Chiapetta Wesleyan University Athletics Equipment Room Attendant ......Jason Helbig Freeman Athletic Center Facility Manager/Asst. AD ....Erin Carey 161 Cross Street Fitness Center Director ......Drew Black Middletown, CT 06459 Intramural Director .............Mark Woodworth ’94 Sports Information Director ......Brian Katten ’79 (860) 685-2690 Athletic Maintenance .........Patrick Welch www.wesleyan.edu/athletics Evening Manager ..............Casey Brown ABOUT THE PROGRAM Wesleyan women’s crew features a tradition few other programs can match, a tradition that dates to its elevation to varsity status in spring 1975. Wesleyan enjoyed its first undefeated season in 1986 and has duplicated the feat three times since then, in addition to five one-loss seasons. Wesleyan was the New Eng- land champion in 1987 and also placed second four times from 1986-90. The 1986 crew placed third in the prestigious Dad Vail Regatta in Philadelphia, a feat matched in 1991. Wesleyan enjoyed an 8-2 campaign in 2000, a season that saw a second-place finish in New England; the Cardinals placed third in New Eng- land in the 10-1 2001 season and fourth in 2004. In addition to a long-standing tradition of excellence on the water, Wesleyan rowers receive a first-rate education at one of the nation’s preeminent liberal arts institutions. Wesleyan is among the most selective institutions in the country, having admitted just 23 percent of applicants for the class of 2015. The Wes- leyan curriculum features no course requirements, a rarity among both large universitities and liberal arts colleges. The student-faculty ratio is 9:1, and Wesleyan’s faculty includes a Nobel laureate, Pulitzer Prize winner, MacArthur (“genius grant”) fellow, and numerous recipients of Rockefeller, Guggenheim, and other national prizes for teaching and research. The Wesleyan science faculty rank first among liberal arts colleges in federal grants received, receiving more than twice as much funding as the next highest school, and also rank first in H-index, which measures both number of publications and the number of times those publications are cited. Wesleyan is committed to meeting 100 percent of demonstrated financial need. Admissions are need- blind, and Weleyan students received over $41 million in financial aid during the 2010-11 academic year. 2012 SPRING OUTLOOK During the spring season, Wesleyan will look to build on an outstanding fall season and continue its resurgence under third-year head coach Pat Tynan. Wesleyan opened the fall season with a pair of second-place showings, first in the Club 8 event at the Textile River Regatta in Lowell, Mass., followed by the Collegiate 8 event in the Head of the Connecticut in Middletown. Wesleyan followed that with an 11th-place finish at the prestigious Head of the Charles in Boston, its best finish at the event in 10 years. The Cardinals concluded the fall season with a fourth-place finish of 18 entries in the Collegiate 8 event in the Head of the Fish in Saratoga, N.Y., trailing only Williams, William Smith and UConn. The spring season inaugurates on March 17 with a race featuring Rollins, Army and Embry-Riddle as part of the team’s annual training trip to Winter Park, Fla. Following that will be a home event, this time a dual race against Coast Guard on March 31. Front and center among spring NESCAC rivals is a race against seven-time defending national champion Williams on April 21. Wesleyan will also take on Trinity, Tufts, Bates, Colby and Middlebury, as well as local powers Smith, Wellesley and WPI. Wesleyan returns eight rowers who saw action in the varsity eight boat last spring, led by team captain Greer Dent ’12. Also among the returning V-8 crew are Kayla Cloud ’14, Clare Doyle ’14, Becky Gillig ’12, Yara Kass-Gergi ’12, Erin Kelly ’12, Megan Nash ’14 and Haley Sacks ’13. Avery Mushinski ’15 and Emilie Sinkler ’14, both of whom rowed in the varsity eight boat during the fall season, lead a strong group of upperclassmen, as 25 of the 39 rowers on the roster are freshmen or sophomores, including 17 first-years. 2011-12 SCHEDULE/2010-11 RESULTS 2011-12 RESULTS/SCHEDULE 2010-11 RESULTS Oct. 2 (Sun.) Textile River Regatta Oct. 3 (Sun.) Textile River Regatta (at Lowell, Mass.) (at Lowell, Mass.) 2nd of 18 entries in Club 8 4th of 19 entries in Club 8 Oct. 16 (Sun.) Head of the Connecticut Oct. 9 (Sat.) Head of the Housatonic (at Middletown, Conn.) (at Shelton, Conn.) 2nd of 8 entries in Collegiate 8 4th of 7 entries in Collegiate 8 Oct. 23 (Sun.) Head of the Charles (at Boston) Oct. 23 (Sat.) Head of the Charles (at Boston) 11th of 29 entries in Collegiate 8 17th of 31 entries in Collegiate 8 Oct. 30 (Sat.) Head of the Fish Oct. 30 (Sat.) Head of the Fish (at Saratoga, N.Y.) (at Saratoga, N.Y.) 4th of 18 entries in Collegiate 8 12th of 19 entries in Collegiate 8 Mar. 17 (Sat.) Rollins, Army, Embry-Riddle Mar. 12 (Sat.) Florida, Rollins, Emory (at Winter Park, Fla.) (at Winter Park, Fla.) Florida 6:41.1, Emory 6:45.6, Wes 6:55.4, Rollins 7:06.1 (L/L/W) Mar. 31 (Sat.) Coast Guard (at Middletown, Conn.) Mar. 26 (Sat.) Coast Guard (at New London, Conn.) April 7 (Sat.) Colby, WPI, Middlebury, Smith CGA 6:28.0, Wes 6:39.2 (L) (at Worcester, Mass.) April 2 (Sat.) Middlebury, WPI, Smith April 14 (Sat.) Tufts, Bates, Wellesley (at Worcester, Mass.) (at Malden, Mass.) WPI 7:08.1, Wes 7:11.9, Smith 7:12.5, Midd 7:40.0 (L/W/W) April 21 (Sat.) Willams (at Pittsfield, Mass.) April 9 (Sat.) Bates, Tufts (at Malden, Mass.) April 28 (Sat.) Trinity (at Salem, Conn.) Bates 6:40.5, Wes 6:55.8 (L) Tufts 6:59.1, Wes 7:04.0 (L) May 5 (Sat.) New England Championships (at Worcester, Mass.) April 16 (Sat.) Willams (at Worcester, Mass.) Williams 7:03.0, Wes 7:43.0 (L) May 11 (Fri.) ECAC Championships (at Worcester, Mass.) April 23 (Sat.) Trinity (at Derby, Conn.) Trinity 7:18.0, Wesleyan 7:38.8 (L) April 30 (Sat.) New England Championships (at Worcester, Mass.) 14th of 17 entries May 8 (Sun.) ECAC Championships (at Worcester, Mass.) 15th of 21 entries 2012 ROSTER Name Class Hometown Secondary School Michele Carty Jr. St. Thomas, VI Charlotte Amalie HS Demi Char Fr. San Francisco, CA George Washington HS Vicki Chu Jr. Forest Hills, NY Stuyvesant HS Kayla Cloud* So. Ketchum, ID Community School Robin Cotter Jr. Brattleboro, VT Westminster School (CT) Greer Dent** Sr. Chevy Chase, MD National Cathedral School Clare Doyle* So. Hyattsville, MD Eleanor Roosevelt HS Christina Ermilio Jr. Boston, MA Bancroft School Lucy Finn So. San Francisco, CA Urban School of San Francisco Aviv Fraiman Fr. Davie, FL David Posnack Hebrew Day School Alexandra Galef Jr. Mount Kisco, NY Horace Greely HS Emily Garvin Fr. Westford, MA Middlesex School Emilie George Jr. Bronxville, NY Bronxville Becky Gillig* Sr. Frankfort, KY Northfield Mount Hermon (MA) Jinsol Hyun Fr. Rowland Heights,