YALE women’s crew

40th

Anniversary

Thank you and a special cheer to all who helped in bringing YWC together for this 40th Celebration!

Y-A-L-E GO YALE GO

Welcome

Yale Women’s Crew has come a long way since 1974! Shaped by its rowers, coaches, and some key events over the last 4 decades, the Yale Women’s Crew program now offers the best collegiate rowing experience in the country. We are all grateful to the

Heroes of YWC—people who were determined to make it better, not only for themselves, but also for the future. Just as we are today. YWC alumnae and friends will Drive Our Future, With Each Other, For Each Other—our campaign to ensure that this program not only survives but thrives in the years ahead.

Winnie Jones Nordell ‘88

Yale Women’s Crew 40th Anniversary Celebration

Schedule of Events

Friday, April 25, 20148:00 p.m. “Hero for Daisy” Screening (Thomas Mendenhall Room, Berkeley College)

Saturday, April 26, 20148:20 a.m. Yale Women’s Crew vs. Radcliffe, First Race

10:15 a.m. Presentation of the Nathaniel H. Case ‘70 Cup 10:30 a.m. Alumnae Row

11:15 a.m. Welcome, Senior Recognition and Boat DedicationTom Beckett, Director of Athletics

Will Porter, Head Coach

12:00 p.m. Celebration Lunch (Gilder Boathouse)

Welcome Winnie Jones Nordell ‘88, President YWC Association

Decade Speakers:

Betsy Sullivan ‘74Joyce Nett ‘79

Rena Hedeman ‘87Amy Winkelstein ‘96

Megan Leitch ‘02Alice Henly ‘10Maddie Lips ‘14

Closing Remarks Will Porter, Head Coach

3:00 p.m. Yale Campus Tour (beginning at Payne Whitney Gymnasium)

5:00 p.m. Reception & Dinner (Aurelian Room, SSS, 1 Prospect Street)Guest Speaker, Jane Esselstyn

“Women, Power, Sex and Food”

9:00 p.m. Drinks at Mory’s (306 York Street)

YWC All-Time Coaches

Joel Ristuccia ‘72 1973 (club)

NAT CASE ‘70 1974 – 1993 Christine Ernst ‘76 1977 – 1980 Carol Bower 1981 – 1985 Christine Wilson ‘83 1986 – 1987 Mary Beth Brown 1988 – 1989 Willis Black 1990 – 1993

WENDY DAVIS 1993 – 1997 Willis Black 1993 – 1997 Jamie Snider 1994 – 1995

CHRISTINE WILSON ‘83 1997 – 1999 Will Porter 1997 – 1999 Ashley Anderson 1997 – 1999

WILL PORTER 1999 – present Georgia Crowley ‘95 2000 – 2003 Pasha Spencer 2001 - 2003 Kate Maloney 2003 – 2011 Jamie Snider 2004 – present Christine Glandorf ‘09 2012 – 2013 Sara Trowbridge 2013 – present

NAT CASE ‘70

WENDY DAVIS

CHRISTINE WILSON ‘83 WILL PORTER

Joel Ristuccia ‘72Ristuccia, a member of the Yale men’s crew as an undergraduate, served as the fi rst head coach of the women’s program in the fall of 1972. He oversaw the transition from an intercollegiate boat to a club sport and held the team’s fi rst practices at the Lagoon. With a budget of $600, Ristuccia volunteer coached a team of 11 women in that fi rst season, which helped establish the tradition of women’s crew at Yale.

Nat Case ‘70Case took over the Yale women’s rowing program in the fall of 1973 and helped build the program into a perennial national power. Under his leadership, the Bulldogs had four varsity boats capture national championships, in addition to his varsity and second var-sity crews combining to claim eight Eastern Sprints titles from 1974-1993.

A former rower at Yale (1966-70), he coached the fours on the U.S. Olympics team in 1980, the U.S. Women’s lightweight crew in 1982 and the U.S. Pre-Elite team in 1983. Case was inducted into the Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 2009.

Wendy Davis Davis guided the Bulldogs for four seasons from 1994-97. Under her leadership, the Bulldogs fi nished fi fth at the inaugural NCAA Championships in 1997. In 1994, she coached the varsity eight to a third-place fi nish at the EARC Sprints and a second-place fi nish at the National Championships, its highest fi nish since 1988.

At the international level, Davis mentored the U.S. Junior Women’s National Team in 1989 and the U.S. Junior Women’s Sculling Development Team in 1988. She has been the Head Coach at the University of Minnesota since 2000.

Chris Wilson ‘83 A decorated oarswoman at Yale, Wilson graduated in 1983 and was a two-time captain of the women’s crew. Prior to taking over the varsity, she coached Yale’s women’s novice crew to undefeated seasons in 1986 and 1987 and Eastern and National Collegiate champi-onships. In 1987, she became the fi rst woman to coach men at a major college when she was named the freshman heavyweight coach.

Wilson led the U.S. Lightweight women’s double to a silver medal at the 1990 World Championships and coached the Canadian Junior National team at the 1994 World Championships in Munich, Germany.

Will Porter Porter, who is in his 15th season as the head coach, has built the Bulldogs’ program into one of the most successful women’s crew programs in the country. Under his guidance, Yale has advanced to the NCAA Women’s Rowing Championships in each of the last 14 seasons and posted four top-fi ve team fi nishes, highlighted by a second-place fi nish in 2004, the highest fi nish in program history.

Porter has coached four boats to NCAA titles, including back-to-back championships by the varsity eight in 2007 and 2008. The Bull-dogs claimed the varsity eight for the third time in four years when they won the 2010 NCAA grand fi nal. The 2009 second varsity also won an NCAA crown.

The 2007 College Rowing Coaches Association National Coach of the Year, Porter has been named the New England Coach of the Year by the CRCA fi ve times (2002, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2010 and 2013). His crews have won the NCAA Championship, the Eastern Sprints Championship (2005, 2007, 2009 and 2010), the Intercollegiate Rowing Association Championship and the Women’s Henley Regatta. In addition, Yale has won the Charles Willing Team Trophy at Eastern Sprints three times under his guidance.

Porter’s career as a national team oarsman was highlighted by a silver medal race in the 4- at the 1991 Pan American Games and a bronze medal performance in the 8+ at the 1993 World Championships.

s will do what you ask them to do. You set the standard, they will try to get there……. My coaching changed most dramatically when I became a parent. It was then that I realized that coaching is simply teaching people to do something they don’t yet know how to do….just athletes. These are people. People who want me to teach them how to go fast in a boat, together.” Will Porter, June 2011

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2001VARSITY 8: MEGAN LEITCH, ELIZA KENNEDY, STEPHANIE ROLLINS, MELISSA MERRITT, CATHERINE WETMORE, JORDAN PEARCE-BRISTOL, EMILY

JEFFERS, KATHERINE RIDDILE, KATIE MARSHALL COX

Yale has compiled an outstanding record with crews that have been fortunate enough to make the trip to the Henley Women’s (HWR) and the Henley Royal Regatta (HRR).

The Bulldogs competed in the Henley Women’s Regatta in Henley, England, for the fi rst time in 2001 and won gold in the open eight. A week later at the (HRR) Yale fell to the Australian Institute of Sport in the semifi nals.

Yale returned to the Henley Women’s Regatta in 2005 and defeated the Vesta Rowing Club to win the Elite 8+ Sports Council Cup. Yale also entered three fours that year. In the Senior Coxed Four the Yale “B” entry advanced to the fi nal while the “A” four lost to the eventual winner of the event Nottingham University. The straight four advanced to the Avril Vellacott Cup fi nal. At the (HRR) the varsity eight claimed victory over Furnivall Sculling Club, and then lost a tight race to the Thames Rowing Club in the semi-fi nals of the Remenham Challenge Cup.

In 2009 Yale’s elite eight boat set a Women’s Henley course record (4:40) in defeating the British U-23 eight for the Sports Council Cup, while the senior eight beat Agecroft R.C. to take the GP Jefferies Cup. In the elite fours, Yale fell in the semifi nals to Nottingham Minerva, the eventual winners of the Copas Cup. At the HRR, the varsity eight defeated a Clyde A.R.C. & Edinburgh University composite and Thames R.C. in their fi rst two races before falling to Leander Club & Wallingford R.C., which was essentially Great Britain’s national team, in the fi nal of the Remenham Cup.

2009 SENIOR 8: KATHERINE ADAMS, ROXANNE CARINI, KATHLEEN O’KEEFE, MARY PAT WIXTED, SARAH BROWNLEE (COX), KARRIN WEISENTHAL, STEPHANIE MADNER, ELIZABETH MCDERMOTT, CATHERINE MCDERMOTT.

2005 VARSITY 8: RACHEL JEFFERS, JOANNA HESS, CHRISTINE GEISER, AMANDA KENDRICK, JEHAN BUDAK (COX), CLAIRE NORSETTER, MARIA STEVENS, ALEXANDRA MOSER, CHARLOTTE TAFT. 2005 HENLEY BOATINGS AND RESULTS

THE ELITE STRAIGHT FOUR (THE AVRIL VELLACOTT CUP) AND MADE THE FINAL... FINISHING SECOND

BOW - JENNY HANSEN

2 - MEG SULLIVAN

3 - MARY KATE SULLIVAN

STROKE YOLA GOLANOWSKA

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YALE "B" MADE THE FINAL...FINISHING SECOND

BOW - CATHERINE WASSENAAR

2 - MILLIE VUJOVIC

3 - DINAH DIMALANTA

4 - JULIE ANDRESS

COX - ERIN HABER

YALE "A" LOST IN THE THIRD ROUND

BOW - JAMIE REDMAN

2 - SUZANNE SALGADO

3 - ELIZABETH STOWERS

4 - KATY CURRAN

COX - EMILY CLEVELAND

2009ELITE 8: CHRISTINE GLANDORF, CAROLINE NASH, CHRISTINA PERSON, ALICE HENLY, BERKLEY ADRIO (COX), MAREN MCCREA,TESS GERRAND, CARA DERMODY, TAYLOR RITZEL.

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Yale Women’s Crew Captains 1973-1974 Betsy Sullivan '741974-1975 Louise Handelman '761975-1976 Chris Ernst '761976-1977 Sook Young Yeu '771977-1978 Cathy Pew '791978-1979 Cathy Pew '791979-1980 Jane Krause '811980-1981 Anne Boucher '811981-1982 Chris Wilson '831982-1983 Chris Wilson '831983-1984 Jenny Murray '841984-1985 Lisa Melfi '851985-1986 Susan Prince '861986-1987 Jennifer DeVore '871987-1988 Ellen Jones '881988-1989 Jennifer Gale '891989-1990 Titia VanderMeulen '901990-1991 Mary “Mollie” Kelly '911991-1992 Sallie Johnson '921992-1993 Natasha Lewry '931993-1994 Eliza Miller '941994-1995 Tamara Schurdak '951995-1996 Amy Winkelstein '961996-1997 Amy McCoy '971997-1998 Jennifer Bevorkia '981998-1999 Elizabeth Suiter '991999-2000 Melanie Petrunia '012000-2001 Lucy McClellan '012001-2002 Megan Leitch '022002-2003 Melissa Merritt '032003-2004 Alicja Witkowski ‘042004-2005 Dinah Dimalanta ‘052005-2006 Katie Curran ‘062006-2007 Rachel Jeffers ‘072007-2008 Jennie Hansen ‘082008-2009 Christina Person ‘092009-2010 Taylor Ritzel ‘102010-2011 Caroline Nash ‘112011-2012 Kathleen O’Keefe ‘122012-2013 Eliza Hastings ‘13

2013-2014 Maddie Lips ‘14

Amy Winkelstein '96

Anne Boucher '81

Betsy Sullivan '74

Cathy Pew '79 Jennifer Bevorkia '98

Megan Leitch '02

KIESLING AWARDGiven to that member of the women’s crew who has shown the dedication, perseverance, and consistency of effort necessary to maintain morale and a high level of competitiveness and cooperation on the squad.1977 Ronnie Alexander 1978 Jennie Kiesling 1979 Liz DeBethune 1980 Lee Ryan1981 Mary Martin1982 Grace Hodges1983 Christie Grim1984 Janet Mackay1985 Guilia Earle1986 Pia Sass1987 Katherine Ward 1988 Amy Metzler1989 Lara Williams1990 Lilia Solverstein1991 Stephanie Simon1992 Maya Guerra1993 Jennifer Pett-Ridge 1994 Marjorie Bullitt1995 Tamara Schurdak1996 Amy Winkelstein1997 Amy McCoy 1998 Carolynn Lee1999 Elizabeth Suiter2000 Gwynna Biggers2001 Shannon O’Grady2002 Catherine Wetmore2003 Alicja Witkowski2004 Alicja Witkowski2005 Charlotte Taft2006 Joanna Hess2007 Emily Cleveland2008 Jennie Hansen2009 Tess Gerrand2010 Taylor Ritzel2011 Stephanie Madner2012 Eliza Hastings2013 Eliza Hastings

CHRISTINE K. ERNST CUPGiven to that novice who best exhibits the qualities of spirit and leadership necessary for a successful rowing experience.1977 Ann Giesel1978 Nancy Brown1979 Kim Ellison1980 Anne DeBoise1981 Allison Coleman1982 Rachel Resnick1983 Lynn Pettigrew1984 Jennifer DeVore1985 Margaret Weatherford 1986 Anna Lembke1987 Beth Hackman1988 Betsy Ames1989 Catherine Manley 1990 Natasha Lewry 1991 Amy Appleton1992 Helen Mayes1993 Tiffany Gomez 1994 Megan Quinn1995 Margaret Malone1996 Andrea Mautner1997 Francine Chew1998 Lily Morgan1999 Catherine Wetmore2000 Sue Vanderhill2001 Alexander Taylor 2002 Charlotte Taft2003 Joanna Hess2004 Julie Andress2005 Suzanne Salgado2006 Lilah Hume2007 Katherine Adams2008 Sarah Brownlee2009 Catherine McDermott 2010 Eliza Hastings2011 Maddie Lips2012 Kim Szokol2013 Abbie Young

Yale Women’s Crew Awards

2003, Alicja Witkowski

1978, Jennie Kiesling

2007, Emily Cleveland

1999, Catherine Wetmore

2008, Sarah Brownlee

Chris Ernst

ANNE WARNER AWARDGiven to that member of the varsity boat who has proved the greatest impetus toward the achievement of the crew’s racing goals.1977 Anne Warner1978 Virginia Gilder1979 Elaine Mathies1980 Kate O’Brien1981 Anne Boucher 1982 Chris Wilson1983 Alex James1984 Jenny Murray1985 Lisa Melfi 1986 Mimi Wright 1987 Katherine Widnell1988 Rebecca Leonard1989 Rebecca Leonard1990 Titia VanderMeulan 1991 Mary J.P. Kelly1992 Sarah Johnson1993 Natasha Lewry1994 Eliza Miller1995 Georgia Crowley1996 Emily Wood1997 Emily Wood1998 Connie Wright1999 Anne Kingery2000 Shannon O’Grady 2001 Eliza Kennedy2002 Stephanie Rollins2003 Jordan Pearce-Bristol2004 Ashley Brzozowicz2005 Claire Norsetter2006 Rachel Jeffers2007 Rachel Jeffers2008 Jamie Redman2009 Taylor Ritzel2010 Tess Gerrand2011 Catherine McDermott 2012 Catherine McDermott 2013 Natalie King

Yale Women’s Crew Awards

1977, Anne Warner

2001, Eliza Kennedy

1995, Georgia Crowley

NATHANIEL CASE AWARDGiven to a member of the women’s crew, chosen by the team, who has shown playfulness of spirit and care for her teammates, and in so doing, exemplifi ed the love of crew essential to the spirit of Yale Women’s Crew.1994 Amy Appleton1995 Annalee Salcedo 1996 Sarah Webb 1997 Stephanie Sandoz1998 Jennifer Brevorka1999 Amber Carroll 2000 Kelly Barnett 2001 Kelly Barnett2002 Kelly Barnett 2003 Jennifer Draxl2004 Meredith Garagiola2005 Meredith Garagiola2006 Christine Geiser2007 Suzanne Salgado2008 Jamie Redman2009 Rebecca Nadal2010 Katherine Adams2011 Stephanie Madner2012 Amanda Grady2013 Sabrina Malak

2010, Katherine Adams

2004, 05, Meredith Garagiola

ACADEMIC ALL-IVYDanielle Klotzkin 1993, 1994Tamara Schurdak 1995Connie Wright 1999Catherine Wetmore 2000, 2001, 2002Molly Wojcik 2003Joanna Hess 2004, 2006Charlotte Taft 2005Jane Moore 2006Emily Cleveland 2007Jamie Redman 2008Christine Glandorf 2009Mia Kanak 2010Stephanie Madner 2011Dara Dickson 2012Margaret Ayers 2013

CRCA ACADEMIC-AACatherine Wetmore 2001, 2002Eliza Kennedy 2002Shannon O’Grady 2002Joanna Hess 2004, 2005Jane Moore 2004, 2005Claire Norsetter 2004, 2005Charlotte Taft 2005

CRCA ALL NEW ENGLAND.Megan Leitch 2001Melissa Merritt 2001, 2002Catherine Wetmore 2001, 2002Ashley Brzozowicz 2003, 2004Jordan Pearce-Bristol 2003Maria Stevens 2004, 2005, 2006Jehan Budak 2004Rachel Jeffers 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007Alicja Witkowski 2004Jehan Budak 2005Claire Norsetter 2005Jame Moore 2006Joanna Hess 2006Emily Cleveland 2006, 2007Tess Gerrand 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010Jamie Redman 2007, 2008Tess Gerrand 2008, 2009Taylor Ritzel 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010Christina Person 2008, 2009Christine Glandorf 2009Alice Henly 2010Caroline Nash 2010, 2011Stephanie Madner 2011

Catherine McDermott 2011, 2012 Maddie Lips 2012Dara Dickson 2012Eliza Hastings 2012, 2013Christy Devlin 2012Natalie King 2013Kim Szokol 2013Kristen Brownlee 2013Claire Tolson 2013

CRCA ALL-AMERICANMelissa Merritt 2001, 2003Catherine Wetmore 2001Jordan Pearce-Bristol 2003Ashley Brzozowicz 2004Maria Stevens 2004, 2005, 2006Rachel Jeffers 2005, 2006, 2007Claire Norsetter 2005Emily Cleveland 2007Tess Gerrand 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010Jamie Redman 2007Taylor Ritzel 2008, 2009, 2010Christina Person 2009Alice Henly 2010Mia Kanak 2010Caroline Nash 2010, 2011Stephanie Madner 2011Catherine McDermott 2012

CRCA SCHOLAR-ATHLETESEmily Cleveland 2006, 2007Suzanne Salgado 2006, 2007, 2008Jamie Redman 2006, 2007, 2008Joanna Hess 2006Jane Moore 2006Lee Glandorf 2007, 2008, 2009Christine Glandorf 2007, 2008, 2009Katherine Adams 2008, 2009Erin Haber 2008Mia Kanak 2008, 2009, 2010Catherine Hart 2008, 2009, 2010Sarah Brownlee 2009Roxanne Carini 2009Alexandra Thompson 2009Alice Henly 2010Alexandra Fields 2010, 2011Nicole Grigg 2010, 2011, 2012Stephanie Madner 2010, 2011Catherine McDermott 2010, 2012Elizabeth McDermott 2010Margaret Ayers 2011, 2012, 2013Dara Dickson 2011, 2012Elizabeth Kalina 2011Lauren Ross 2011Maddie Lips 2012, 2013Brittany Bowman 2012Kristen Brownlee 2012Christine Devlin 2013Amina Edwards 2013Katherine Freeman 2013Kristjana Gundmundsson 2013

Yale Women’s Crew Awards

Margaret Ayers ‘13

Maria Stevens ‘06

Melissa Merritt ‘03

Nicole Grigg ‘12

The tradition of Yale women’s crew began with a $600 budget and a small boathouse at the lagoon,

but within three years it became a varsity sport at the conclusion of the 1974 season. The program partici-pated in its fi rst Eastern Sprints that season and began its path towards national success.

The 1976 season was a pivotal year in the program’s history as it was the fi rst that there was a full-time women’s coach position. More notably, in March, members of the women’s crew team protested the lack of adequate locker and shower facilities by disrobing in front of assistant athletic director Joni Barnett to reveal the words “Title IX” written on their bodies. They read a team letter detailing their situation and necessity to be treated as serious athletes. The protest made news across the country and led to the addition of locker facilities at the boathouse by the end of the year.

The varsity claimed its fi rst victory at the Eastern Sprints in 1977 and defeated Radcliffe for the fi rst time. Just two years later, the 1979 varsity (Bow Jane Krause; Sally Fiser; Lisa Laverty; Virginia Gilder; Cathy Pew; Elaine Mathjies; Anne Boucher; Stroke Mary O’Conner; Cox Joyce Frocks) went undefeated and won both the Eastern Sprints and a National Championship

Two Score and the Score – A Summary of 40 Years of

1980 Eastern Sprints2nd Varsity - Silver1st Novice - Bronze

1981 Eastern SprintsVarsity - Gold2nd Varsity - Bronze1st Novice - Gold

Collegiate NationalsVarsity - Silver1st Novice - Gold

1977Eastern SprintsVarsity - Gold1st Novice - SilverVarsity 4 - SilverLwt 4 - Silver...AND beat Rad-cliffe. It was the 2nd, and last time that the women raced Radcliffe on the Thames the same time as the men.

N.W.R.A. Champion-shipVarsity - Open Eight - Bronze

1979Eastern SprintsVarsity - Gold2nd Varsity - Bronze

Collegiate NationalsVarsity - Gold

The Bulldogs’ program grew in size and with added depth be-came even more successful, claiming their fi rst Charles Will-

ing Cup Team Trophy at the Eastern Sprints in 1986 and followed with another trophy in 1988. The varsity won a pair of Eastern Sprints titles and six boats claimed national championships during the decade, which was capped off by the second and novice eights winning national titles in 1988.

1982 Eastern SprintsVarsity - Silver2nd Varsity - Gold2nd Novice - Silver

1983 Eastern Sprints2nd Varsity - Gold1st Novice - Bronze2nd Novice - Silver

1984 Eastern Sprints2nd Varsity - SilverVarsity 4 - Gold1st Novice - Silver2nd Novice - Silver

Collegiate Nationals2nd Varsity - GoldVarsity 4 - Silver1st Novice - SilverNovice 4 - Gold

1985 Eastern Sprints2nd Varsity - GoldVarsity 4 - Gold

1986 Eastern Sprints1st Novice - Gold

1987 Eastern SprintsVarsity - Silver2nd Varsity - Silver

agging good humor with our borrowed shells, tinybudget and varied roster. Dog over shell rescue when Coach Nat Case's dog Woody panicked and dog-paddled after uswhen not enough women showed up to row one morning and Nat had to get in the shell to even out the number. Slid-ing up and down on the runners when my seat came off dur-ing the fi rst Head of the Charles to include women's eights. The legendary boathouse rigger Jerry Romano (who had his work cut out with our assorted sizes) showing up wacetylene torch when we forgot matches for the birthcandles.” - Betsy Sullivan ‘74

1980

1st Novice - Gold2nd Novice - Silver

Collegiate NationalsVarsity - Silver2nd Varsity - Silver1st Novice - Gold

1988 Eastern SprintsCharles Willing Jr. Team trophy for over-all supremacyVarsity - Bronze

2nd Varsity - Gold1st Novice - Silver

Collegiate NationalsVarsity - Silver2nd Varsity - Gold1st Novice - Gold

1989 Eastern Sprints2nd Varsity - Bronze

e memory from four unbelievably amazing years? Too hard! They all blend together into one big tidal wave of emotions that make my heart swell - camaraderie, commitment, determination, grit, fi erce desire, cour-age, devotion, laughter, tears, euphoria, disappointment, friendship,encouragement and love.” - Rena Hedeman ‘87

ng an amazing race like the time we raced Dart-mouth on the Connecticut River. The conditions were great and the river was fl atter that I’d ever seen it. The coach advised us that they had a fast start and our only hope was to get out fast and try to hang on. We went out fast and pulled away and away and away, instead of our planned sprint we took the stroke down to limit the difference in ourtimes.” - Joyce Nett ‘79

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As women’s rowing grew, Yale continued to be among the top programs in the country. The second eight won the Schweppes International Regatta

in 1992 and the varsity four won a national championship in 1993. The varsity eight won a bronze at the Eastern Sprints and a silver medal at the Collegiate Nationals in 1994. The NCAA hosted its fi rst championship in 1997 and the Bulldogs claimed fi fth place as a team at the inaugural event.

The fi nal year of the decade marked the groundbreaking of the Gilder Boathouse and Yale claimed a bronze medal in the varsity eights at the Eastern Sprints and a gold medal at the IRA Regatta in 1999.

1991 Eastern Sprints1st Novice - Silver2nd Novice - Bronze

1993 Collegiate NationalsVarsity 4 - Gold

1994 Eastern SprintsVarsity - BronzeVarsity 4 - Bronze1st Novice - Silver

Collegiate NationalsVarsity - Silver

1995 Eastern Sprints2nd Varsity - Silver

1997 Eastern Sprints2nd Varsity - Silver

NCAA5th Place Team

1999 Eastern Sprints1st Novice - Bronze2nd Novice - Bronze

IRA Championship2nd Varsity - Gold

Women’s Rowing at Yale

"On April 17, 2010 we lost to Princeton by two lengths of open water. Our previously undefeated season was a joke. From our fi rst stroke at practice the following Monday we pulled like our lives depended on it. We attacked the warmup, even the row in to the dock. For the fi rst time, the nine of us had an unspoken understanding: every stroke, every second was precious. I'll never forget that feeling of deter-mination. It was greater than any one of us. That feeling, that visceral resolve is my strongest memory of YWC. It's also my proudest memory. I can still feel how hard we worked when we were down and it's more valuable than any number of trophies and medals." - Alice Henly, Class of 2010

… it really has always been about the people. I have never met a more inspiring, passionate, dedicated, driven and motivated up of individuals- both the rowers and the coaches. Together, both on and off the water, we helped each other achieve goals we

never thought possible as individuals or as a team. We supported each other through diffi cult times and were the fi rsthappy occasions together. When I think back on my time at Yale, it is of these friendships and teammates I think of fiwith the greatest fondness.” - Amy Winkelstein ‘96

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2010 Eastern SprintsCharles Willing Jr. Team trophy for overall su-premacyVarsity - Gold2nd Varsity - BronzeVarsity Four - Silver3rd Varsity - Silver2nd Varsity Four - Silver

NCAA6th Place TeamVarsity - Gold

2011 Eastern Sprints2nd Varsity - SilverVarsity Four - Bronze

NCAA11th Place Team

2012 Ivy League Championship3rd Place Team2nd Varsity - BronzeVarsity Four - Bronze2nd Varsity Four - Gold

NCAA10th Place Team

2013 Ivy League Championship5th Place TeamVarsity - SilverVarsity Four - Silver

NCAA8th Place Team

Yale has maintained its standing among the nation’s top programs and reached new heights. The Bulldogs have advanced to 14 consecu-tive NCAA championships and earned a second-place team fi nish in 2004. The varsity won back-to-back NCAA championships in 2007

and 2008 and then added a third title in 2010.

Yale added three Charles Willing Cup Team Trophies in 2007, 2009 and 2010.

2000 Eastern SprintsVarsity - NCAA Qualifi erNovice 4 - Bronze

2001 Eastern SprintsVarsity - NCAA Qualifi er2nd Varsity - Bronze

Henley Women’s RegattaVarsity - Open Eight - Gold

Henley Royal RegattaVarsity - Henley Prize Semifi nalist

2002 Eastern SprintsVarsity - Silver2nd Varsity - Bronze

NCAA6th Place Team3rd Varsity - Bronze

2003 Eastern Sprints3rd Varsity - Bronze4th Varsity - Bronze1st Novice - Bronze

NCAA10th Place Team

2004 Eastern SprintsVarsity - Bronze2nd Varsity - Silver

NCAA2nd Place TeamVarsity - Silver

2005 Eastern SprintsVarsity - GoldSecond Varsity - SilverVarsity Four - SilverNCAA

7th Place Team

Henley Women’s RegattaVarsity - Open Eight - Gold2nd Varsity four - Frank Harry Cup

Henley Royal RegattaVarsity - Henley Prize Semi-fi nalist

2006 Eastern SprintsVarsity - Bronze2nd Varsity - SilverVarsity Four - Bronze

NCAA10th Place Team

2007 Eastern SprintsCharles Willing Jr. Team tro-phy for overall supremacy

Varsity - Gold2nd Varsity - Bronze1st Novice - BronzeVarsity Four - Gold

NCAA4th Place TeamVarsity - Gold

2008 Eastern SprintsVarsity - Silver2nd Varsity - BronzeVarsity Four - Gold

NCAA4th Place TeamVarsity - Gold

2009 Eastern SprintsCharles Willing Jr. Team trophy for overall su-premacy

Varsity - Gold2nd Varsity - SilverVarsity Four - Gold1st Novice - Gold2nd Varsity Four - Gold

NCAA3rd Place Team2nd Varsity - GoldVarsity Four - Bronze

Henley Women’s RegattaElite Eight - GoldSenior Eight - Gold

Henley Royal RegattaElite Eight - Remenham Cup fi nalist

my favorite racing memories of YWC was at the Princeton Chase last fall. By the e race, we had closed the gap between our boat and the Princeton boat that started

ahead. Our coxswain was yelling at their coxswain to yield, and when she didn't, our coxswain essentially ran them over until they were forced to steer wide on the turn It was acoxswain essentially ran them over until they were forced to steer wide on the turn.moment of sheer guts that I think embodies our bulldog tenacity...and ramming Pron their home course was truly satisfying.”Maddie Lips ‘14

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* Member of 1980 U.S. Team that did not compete at Moscow Games due to boycott

Yale Women’s Crew and the Olympics

TAYLOR RITZEL ‘10 (4TH FROM LEFT)

GINNY GILDER ‘79 ASHLEY BRZOZOWICZ ‘04 ANNE WARNER ‘77

TAYLOR RITZEL ‘10

2004 NCAA Team Championship - 2nd Place

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