Rowing — Women
The Ivy League had a breakthrough in women’s rowing at the 2008 Beijing Games as three of the rowers on the gold-medal-winning eight were products of the League. All three — Caryn Davies (Harvard ’05), Susan Francia (Penn ’04) and Caroline Lind (Princeton ’06) — are back in 2012.
Even before that success, women’s rowing had proven to be a lucrative sport for Ivy athletes seeking Olympic medals. In all, the League has produced 16 medalists, beginning in 1976. Three medalists came out of those 1976 Games in Montreal. In the women’s eight, Yale’s Anne Warner, Princeton’s Carol Brown and Cornell’s Marion Greig teamed up to earn a bronze medal. Each of the women was in a completely different situation at the time. Brown was already a year out of school, while Greig had just graduated from Cornell. Warner still had a year left at Yale. Brown returned to the Olympics again in 1984 despite an eight-year layoff due to the boycott in 1980.
The only Ivy League woman to win more than one medal in rowing is Anne Marden of Princeton. Marden won a silver in two Summer Games, 1984 and 1988. In Los Angeles in 1984, she had help from fellow Ivy Leaguer Virginia Gilder in the quadruple sculls. That year, Dartmouth graduate Carlie Geer won a silver in the single sculls. Marden matched that feat in 1988 when she switched events.
| Name (School) | Country | Games |
|---|---|---|
| Lianne Bennion Nelson (Princeton ’95) • | United States | 1996-00-04 |
| Stacey Borgman (Columbia ’98) | United States | 2004 |
| Carol Brown (Princeton ’75) • | United States | 1976-80-84 |
| Ashley Brzozowicz (Yale ’04) | Canada | 2008-12 |
| Lindsay Burns (Harvard ’87) • | United States | 1992-96 |
| Tina Clarke (Princeton ’83) | Canada | 1984 |
| Carol Colgan (Penn ’82) | Canada | 1980-84 |
| Caryn Davies (Harvard ’04) • • | United States | 2004-08-12 |
| Karla Drewson (Penn ’80) | United States | 1980 |
| Serena Eddy-Moulton (Harvard ’88) | United States | 1992 |
| Chris Ernst (Yale ’76) | United States | 1976-84 |
| Susan Francia (Penn ’04) • | United States | 2008-12 |
| Sarah Garner (Penn ’94) • | United States | 2000 |
| Carlie Geer (Dartmouth ’80) • | United States | 1980-84 |
| Judy Geer (Dartmouth ’75) | United States | 1976-80-84 |
| Tess Gerrand (Yale ’10) | Australia | 2012 |
| Ginny Gilder (Yale ’79) • | United States | 1980-84 |
| Marion Greig (Cornell ’76) • | United States | 1976 |
| Michelle Guerette (Harvard ’02) • | United States | 2004-08 |
| Sara Hendershot (Princeton ’10) | United States | 2012 |
| Angie Herron (Penn) | United States | 1988 |
| Danika Holbrook-Harris (Princeton ’95) | United States | 2004 |
| Jennifer Kaido (Cornell ’03) | United States | 2008 |
| Anne Kakela (Dartmouth ’02) | United States | 1996 |
| Mimi Kellogg (Princeton ’76) | United States | 1976 |
| Elizabeth Kent (Dartmouth ’77) | United States | 1980 |
| Barbara Kirch (Penn ’84) | United States | 1984-88 |
| Caroline Lind (Princeton ’06) • | United States | 2008-12 |
| Esther Lofgren (Harvard ’09) | United States | 2012 |
| Anne Marden (Princeton ’81) • • | United States | 1980-84-88-92 |
| Stephanie Maxwell-Pierson (Cornell ’86) • | United States | 1988-92 |
| Betsy McCagg (Harvard ’89) | United States | 1992-96-00 |
| Mary McCagg (Harvard ’89) | United States | 1992-96 |
| Portia McGee (Brown ’01) | United States | 2008 |
| Catherine Menges Zagunis (Penn ’77) | United States | 1976 |
| Andreanna Morin (Princeton ’05) | Canada | 2004-08-12 |
| Mary O’Connor (Yale ’79) | United States | 1980 |
| Lia Pernell (Princeton ’03) | United States | 2008 |
| Taylor Ritzel (Yale ’10) | United States | 2012 |
| Lisa Rohde (Penn ’79) • | United States | 1984 |
| Anna Seaton (Harvard ’84) • | United States | 1988-92 |
| Raj Shah (Brown ’96) | United States | 2000 |
| Laura Staines (Penn ’75) | United States | 1976 |
| Gevvie Stone (Princeton ’07) | United States | 2012 |
| Dre Thies (Cornell ’89) | United States | 1992-96 |
| Juliet Thompson (Harvard ’89) | United States | 1988 |
| Alison Townley (Harvard ’87) | United States | 1988-92 |
| Cecile Tucker (Harvard ’91) | United States | 1996 |
| Drusilla Van Hengel (Dartmouth ’85) | United States | 1996 |
| Nancy Vespoli (Dartmouth ’77) | United States | 1980 |
| Anne Warner (Yale ’77) • | United States | 1976-80 |
| Lauren Wilkinson (Princeton ’11) | Canada | 2012 |
• Gold Medal (also indicated by bold name)
• Silver Medal
• Bronze Medal
