Our rowers volunteered to spend their Saturday morning at a local Habitat for Humanity Green Community finishing up the playground, filling holes and planting grass. To see more videos of our work party, click on the right at our YouTube site. We had a lot of fun and helped finish one of the first Habitat for Humanity Green Communities with 31 new homes in Durham, North Carolina.
Monday, March 1, 2010
Habitat for Humanity + Teamwork = Win Win
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Monday, January 25, 2010
First Day on Water - Jan 20th
Yep! No ice. The deep freeze gave us 3 inches of ice. It melted in 3 days.
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Palm trees and sandy beaches!
We are in Sunny Miami until Tuesday. We keep hearing about how cold it is north of us. Let's just say it's not balmy outside, but at least we can row in shorts. Tonight we have a Duke basketball game at 9:00, so we will probably crowd into one room and all watch together. We are here for 6 more days. Happy New Years to all. 
Friday, December 18, 2009
Happy Holidays and Fall Newsletter!
Click or cut and paste the link below to view the fall newsletter. Tons of information and great pictures of the team.
https://duke.scoutware.net/row/cgi/getLiteAttachment.pl?i=F1810323200_1397
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Duke Rowing Announces 2010-11 Freshman Class
DURHAM, N.C. -- Duke head coach Robyn Horner announced the signing of seven rowers and one coxswain for the 2010-2011 academic year. The Blue Devils signed Lauren Baumgartner (Oxford, N.J.), Allison Beattie (Jacksonville, Fla.), Grace Cassidy (New Fairfield, Conn.), Katy Gregor (Philadelphia, Pa.), Caroline Kiritsy (Boston, Mass.), Lauren Lashmet (Chicago, Ill.), Chelsea Sawicki (Farmington,Conn.) and Shannon Sims (Sarasota, Fla.).
"This class will give us competitive depth in all of our boats," said Horner, who is in her 11th season at Duke. Recruiting Coordinator Jim Lister said, "This class can be quickly described as hard working. Each of these students has had a great impact on their high school programs, and we look forward to their contributions in the coming years."
Baumgartner rows for Blair Academy. Lauren is a Mid-Atlantic Prep League All-Academic soccer and track athlete. She has rowed for two years and made a varsity boat her novice year.
Beattie is a sculler for Stanton Riverbank Crew. Allison has continued to show a lot of growth competing in a double at Southeast Regionals for the past two years. This past year, she qualified for USRowing Youth Nationals in the double.
Cassidy will join two Exeter alumni in the Duke program. Grace is a varsity swimmer and quite new to the sport of rowing. In her novice year, she made the varsity eight and won gold at NEIRAs and a silver at Youth Nationals last year.
Gregor is a very experienced rower for Mount Saint Joseph Academy. Katy's most recent accolades include a gold medal at Scholastic Nationals, racing at the British Henley, and attending Jr. A development camp.
Kiritsy is a coxswain for both Boston Latin HS and Community Rowing. Caroline placed 11th, 1st and 2nd over the past 3 years at the Head of the Charles, respectively. She was a gold medalist in the eight at the 2009 Canadian Henley as well as the 2009 Club Nationals Championships.
Lashmet is a rower for New Trier HS. In Lauren's junior year, her team earned a first-place finish at SRAA Nationals in the senior eight. She went on to take fourth place at Youth National Championships, and then made the 2009 CanAmMex team as a part of the Junior Women's National Selection Camp.
Sawicki rows for Miss Porter's School. Chelsea is a soccer player as well. In her last two years, she has made the finals at the NEIRA regatta in the four. She has placed in the top four for the past two years.
Sims is a sculler for Sarasota. She placed 4th in the double at Youth Nationals. This summer, she qualified for the CanAmMex team as part of the Junior Women's National Selection Camp. Recently, she won the quad race at the head of the Hooch this past fall.
The Blue Devils will announce the remainder of their class this spring.
"This class will give us competitive depth in all of our boats," said Horner, who is in her 11th season at Duke. Recruiting Coordinator Jim Lister said, "This class can be quickly described as hard working. Each of these students has had a great impact on their high school programs, and we look forward to their contributions in the coming years."
Baumgartner rows for Blair Academy. Lauren is a Mid-Atlantic Prep League All-Academic soccer and track athlete. She has rowed for two years and made a varsity boat her novice year.
Beattie is a sculler for Stanton Riverbank Crew. Allison has continued to show a lot of growth competing in a double at Southeast Regionals for the past two years. This past year, she qualified for USRowing Youth Nationals in the double.
Cassidy will join two Exeter alumni in the Duke program. Grace is a varsity swimmer and quite new to the sport of rowing. In her novice year, she made the varsity eight and won gold at NEIRAs and a silver at Youth Nationals last year.
Gregor is a very experienced rower for Mount Saint Joseph Academy. Katy's most recent accolades include a gold medal at Scholastic Nationals, racing at the British Henley, and attending Jr. A development camp.
Kiritsy is a coxswain for both Boston Latin HS and Community Rowing. Caroline placed 11th, 1st and 2nd over the past 3 years at the Head of the Charles, respectively. She was a gold medalist in the eight at the 2009 Canadian Henley as well as the 2009 Club Nationals Championships.
Lashmet is a rower for New Trier HS. In Lauren's junior year, her team earned a first-place finish at SRAA Nationals in the senior eight. She went on to take fourth place at Youth National Championships, and then made the 2009 CanAmMex team as a part of the Junior Women's National Selection Camp.
Sawicki rows for Miss Porter's School. Chelsea is a soccer player as well. In her last two years, she has made the finals at the NEIRA regatta in the four. She has placed in the top four for the past two years.
Sims is a sculler for Sarasota. She placed 4th in the double at Youth Nationals. This summer, she qualified for the CanAmMex team as part of the Junior Women's National Selection Camp. Recently, she won the quad race at the head of the Hooch this past fall.
The Blue Devils will announce the remainder of their class this spring.
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
U23 ID Camp held at Duke University
This weekend we hosted an ID camp for the U23 National Team. We had 21 rowers from around the southeast and a few from Texas and Syracuse as well. We started the morning with a capped 30 minute erg test and a peak power test. Then the national team coaches selected 16 rowers to go to the water for practice. Our very own Alex Japhet and Emily Theys were selected to boat out. 2 of our freshman coxswain (Justine Hong and Sarah Baker) were at the helm for the 10k row. The rowers did some drills and then some power 20s side by side. We look forward to seeing how far Alex and Emily go this year with the national team, whether its at a development camp, freshman camp, or possibly earning a seat to Belarus for the 2010 U23 Championships. Good Luck!
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