We are Endeavor

  • Lesleh started her rowing career in St. Catharines, Canada 52 years ago. Her family were all involved in rowing. Her Dad was a captain and president of the club and her Mom worked tirelessly as a volunteer for over 40 years, and her brother Scott was a lightweight Canadian National Team oarsman and is now a Rowing Canada U23 Coach.

    Lesleh started out as a high school rower, and was encouraged to make the transition to coxswain in the summer of 1976 while a freshman in high school. She made her first Canadian National Team in 1977 at 15 with a crew from her hometown racing the 4+ at the 1977 World Championships placing 4th . She competed on the National Team through 1986. In 1980, following the boycott of the Olympics she was recruited to race with four Canadian men at the Royal Henley Regatta in England and was the first Canadian woman to participate. She competed in the 1984 Olympics in the women's 8 and continued on the Canadian Team through 1986, when she retired to start a family.

    Her children, Eric, Kendall, Eden, Rae and Delaney soon rounded out her "home crew”, which has expanded to 7 grandkids, and in October of 2024 a great grandchild will make his debut.

    In 2005 Lesleh returned to the sport.  She founded Chinook Performance Racing in 2014 along with some friends.  In 2021 she was ready for another challenge and started Endeavor Racing Alliance with Cassandra Cunningham of P3Pe.net

    She is currently the Director of Rowing for Tempe Junior Crew in Tempe Arizona, as well as the Administrative Director of Endeavor Racing Alliance.   

    "I love this sport. I love the people. I especially love the opportunity to help athletes improve their efficiency and speed, and as a coxswain I still love being in the driver's seat!"


  • Cassandra Cunningham began her athletic quest at Mills High School in Millbrae, CA where she competed in cross country and track for four years. Entering college, she began her next sport in women's rowing. While at Sacramento State, Coach Cunningham earned three state championship titles as well as winning the 1995 Pacific Coast Rowing Championships in the Women's Varsity Eight. In 1996 she earned a Bachelor of Science in Physical Education. After graduation she spent three years training with the Women's U.S. Rowing National Team. She is a five-time winner at the US National Elite Championships.She earned international silver medals in the women’s lightweight quad at the 1998 World Rowing Championships and the 1999 Pan American Games. After her time on the national team, Coach Cunningham earned a Master of Education in Administration at the University of Massachusetts while simultaneously coaching the school's varsity women's lightweight rowing team. Post graduate school she moved back to California where to begin teaching Physical Education at San Francisco City College and coaching boy's rowing at Junipero Serra High School transforming it from a club program to a varsity sport. Coach Cunningham has spent nine years assisting with the US Women's U19 National Rowing Team. She continues to train and race. Rowing continues to keep her centered and balanced as a coach and teacher. Plus she loves to race with her strong, smart, sassy women team mates!


  • Lindsay Shoop is an Olympic Champion rower, a three-time world champion, and a two-time US

    National Rowing Hall of Fame inductee. She is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist, holds

    her MSEd in exercise physiology from the University of Miami, and is the architect of USRowing’s

    Indoor Rowing Coach certification (a valuable resource for those who row on the water too).

    Over the past decade she has been a program director for youth sport, has coached at every level from

    youth through elite, has worked alongside national and international non-profit agencies, and has been

    a sport commentator for NBC Olympics, ESPN, ACC Network, BIG Ten, NCAA, and USRowing to

    name a few.

    Lindsay has written several articles on the topics of sport and health and is the author of Better Great

    Than Never, which chronicles her life-changing journey from overweight to Olympic gold.

    Currently, Lindsay is a coach and speaker who works with private clients and who travels to coach

    camps and clinics, to provide race commentary, and to present before major corporations, academic

    institutions, and national and international sport conferences.

    When she is not coaching, speaking, writing, or commentating, Lindsay enjoys biking, beach trips, and

    spending time with friends and family.

  • Nora learned to row at Harvard when she joined Radcliffe Crew in 1987. Although she left

    Boston in 1991, rowing on the Charles always feels like coming home.

    After a 20+ year hiatus during which she became a masters swimmer, she rediscovered rowing

    and joined Carnegie Lake Rowing Association (CLRA) in Princeton. As a sweep rower with CLRA

    she won numerous medals in local and national regattas.

    In 2016 she joined Chinook Performance Racing (CPR), medaling in the Senior Masters 4+ at the

    Head of the Charles. She also raced with CPR at both international (World Masters Games- New

    Zealand, Masters Henley-UK, FISA Worlds – France) and national regattas (Masters Nationals,

    HOCR, HOSR).

    Learning to scull during her time with CPR, she now enjoys rowing a single and sometimes

    sweeping with the Ann Arbor Rowing Club (AARC) near her home in Michigan. During the

    pandemic she was also a member of the Frisco Rowing Center and can’t wait to spend more

    time outdoors in Colorado.

  • At 16, I was introduced to rowing by my best friend (a coxswain) in Madison, Wisconsin. From the moment I first held an oar, I was captivated, shifting my focus from typical teenage pursuits to mastering this challenging sport. As someone who struggled with sports ball, rowing's seated nature was a blessing. My high school rowing career led me to a junior national team development camp, where a back injury unfortunately derailed my progress. I continued rowing briefly in college at the University of Minnesota before illness forced an early retirement. Fast forward 25 years to Oakland, California, in 2019. My oldest son's brief stint with rowing rekindled my passion for the sport. As soon as he quit, I returned to the water, realizing that rowing had been the missing piece in my life all along. On the water, working alongside other women and chasing speed, I feel most connected to my true self. The empowerment and focus I experience while rowing transcends the chaos of everyday life. Despite health challenges over the years, I'm grateful that my body still allows me to participate in this sport I love. Rowing isn't just a sport for me—it's a pursuit of personal fulfillment and a celebration of what my body can achieve.

  • Kristine Malcolm began her serious pursuit of athletics in high school and college playing volleyball, basketball and track.  After college she dabbled in 4-WO(man) beach volleyball in Southern California.  Fast forward – she began rowing when her youngest son was 6 months old in 2002 – in the desert of Tempe, AZ - and hasn’t looked back.  While always rowing with her small home club – early on she sought additional opportunities to improve her skills and race at larger national and international regattas.  She has coached a masters program and was the head rowing coach of Arizona State University.  ”I love the mental and physical aspects of rowing – working to find the rhythm with like-minded athletes is a gratifying challenge.  I have come to appreciate that each chapter is a little different and, though it’s not a success-only journey, embracing the continuous learning is the reward.”

  • Christy has been actively rowing and racing for 20 years.  She is a powerhouse at 118 pounds (if that), and has been an integral part of Endeavor since day one.   She is a mother of four, grandmother of 3, pet mom of 2, and married 40 plus years to Woody Harrelson’s doppleganger, Mike Holland.   Nicknamed Jacque O, Christy brings style, wit and push to this team.   She lead our women’s four to gold at Henley Masters and continues to be an important member of ERA.

  • August Felso is a competitive coxswain with over 14 years of experience across all levels of the sport. He first connected with Endeavor in 2018 and has been fortunate to travel and race around the world with the team ever since. Based in Boston, August spends much of his free time on the Charles River with the Riverside men’s sweep team (go Stripes!). He also offers private coaching for high school and collegiate coxswains.

  • Mari learned to row on the Charles River during high school, after realizing she wasn't very good at ball sports. Since then, she has rowed at CRI in Boston, Texas Rowing Center in Austin, and even spent some time on the Thames with Imperial College London before moving to Philly in 2012. Over the past 11 years on Boathouse Row, Mari has found some of her greatest friendships, raced at the masters level in most boat classes (sweep and scull), and medaled locally as well as at Masters Nationals and Masters Worlds. Though a native of Argentina, Mari spent half of her childhood in Boston and loves heading back home to the Head of the Charles whenever she gets the chance. Mari has also been coaching since 2007, when she unexpectedly stepped in as the novice girls' coach at Brookline High School, her alma mater, and never looked back. Since then, she has coached at the high school, collegiate, and masters levels at Boston University, Texas Rowing Center, Temple University, and Philadelphia Girls' Rowing Club. 

    A lightweight rower and PennAC member, when Mari is not on the water she can usually be found running - training for her next marathon or the Schuylkill Navy Run (with which she has a love/hate relationship) - or searching for the best tacos in town. Mari is a licensed social worker and the director of programs at Students Run Philly Style, a non-profit organization where she leads running and mentorship programs for young people. She dreams of a world where young people can overcome their hardest days and communities can find healing through the power of sport. So in her nonexistent free time, Mari is ever so slowly working towards her PhD in social work and social research at Bryn Mawr College.

  • I learned  to row at the University of Pennsylvania in the mid-1970’s and balanced an instant love of the sport with an equal passion for Earth Science. Fast forward 20 years to 2000, family and career in hand, it was an easy task to rekindle my passion for training hard, rowing and competing. I feel equally devoted to both sweep and scull, and all things related to moving boats better and faster, most importantly with friends and teammates. I have been fortunate to have had the opportunity to compete at many prestigious regattas, and proud to have medaled at many of them.

     I spend most of the year in Boulder CO, and the balance in northern Maine. I love to love to ski, hike and run in Colorado and play on slick rock and in canyons in Utah. There  are few things more special than life on the lake in Maine—where often the water is beyond glassy, the silence is barely broken by bubbles running under my single and the drop of my blades, and an eagle soars overhead--but the synchronicity and intensity of rowing and racing with equally determined teammates (in any boat configuration), eliminating everything but working hard and together from the noise in your head, can’t be topped.

  • Alix was a walk-on to the Yale Women's Crew in 1979. After a freshman year struggling to get stronger and learn to row in the second Novice boat, Alix spent the winter in the rowing tanks and made the Varsity boat in the spring of her sophomore year. Three years on the Yale varsity included an Eastern Sprints win and a second place finish in the nationals. Alix took up sculling after her sophomore year and competed in the Nationals along with two Sports Festivals and was invited to a number of development camps after graduation. Law school, marriage to a Navy officer and two kids interrupted Alix's rowing career for nearly two decades but she began working in the rowing business as an employee, and eventually the CEO, of Nielsen-Kellerman (makers of the NK CoxBox and SpeedCoach). Alix took up sculling again as a C Master (now an F!) and has earned dozens of medals in regional and national sculling and sweep events (including racing the single at HOCR multiple times) - mostly competing as a member of Vesper Rowing Club on Boathouse Row in Philadelphia. She continues in her role as the CEO of NK and also competes her two horses in dressage where she has earned her bronze and silver medals and is pursuing her gold medal - a much bigger challenge than winning rowing races.

  • Kathryn (Kate) Ackerman began rowing as a walk on her freshman year at Cornell. As a senior in the openweight Varsity 8+, she decided to slim down and give post-collegiate rowing a try as a lightweight. She won multiple gold medals as a lightweight rower at the US Olympic Festival, American Rowing Championships, US Elite Nationals, Canadian Henley, Head of the Charles, and represented the US at World University Games and on the National Team in the lightweight women’s quad. Dr. Kate earned her MD from Johns Hopkins and her Masters in Public Health at Harvard. She completed her internal medicine residency at Penn, her sports fellowship at Boston Children’s Hospital, her endocrine fellowship at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and a research fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital. An Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, she is the Founder and Director of the 501C3 International Biennial Female Athlete Conference and the Wu Tsai Female Athlete Program at Boston Children’s Hospital. She is a Founding Leadership Council Member of the Wu Tsai Human Performance Alliance, a $220 million-dollar human performance research collective, with Dr. Kate leading the female athlete research component.

    Her research focuses on female athlete health, bone health, relative energy deficiency in sport (REDs), sports performance, and sports injury prevention. She has authored/co-authored over 150 scientific papers and book chapters, given over 300 scientific talks, and her Ted Talk,” What girls and women in sports need to unlock their potential” has received nearly 1.5 million views.

    Dr. Kate is a member of the IOC’s Women’s Health and REDs working groups, a member of World Rowing’s Medical Commission, a co-chair of the USOPC’s Women’s Health Task Force, and the Chair of USRowing’s Medical and Sports Science Committee. Since 2008, she has been the US Team Physician at twelve U19, U23, Senior World, and Beach Sprints Championships and was the US Rowing Team Physician at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

    Dr. Kate is a fierce advocate for female athlete health and performance across the lifespan and loves training and racing with her ERA teammates for life!

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  • Freya started her journey in rowing as a high schooler in Asheville, NC. She quickly found her passion for coxing and continued her rowing career at Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts. She graduated with her Master’s in Teaching in 2019 and teaches elementary school in the city of Worcester. Freya enjoys running, yoga, playing with her pets, and coxing fast boats.

  • Tara took up rowing as an adult after a knee injury ended her professional cycling aspirations. She first learned to scull on Lake Merced in San Francisco. Tara is a feisty lightweigh rower who can row any seat- any time- any boat! When not rowing, Dr. Walhart conducts immunotherapy research to develop better CAR T-cells to treat cancer. She has an amazing cat, SamCat. When she's not rowing or working she enjoys traveling, dancing, and spending time with awesome people. She credits Lesleh Wright and John Kaitz as having the greatest influence on her rowing development.

  • Tracy Falkenthal started rowing in 1982 at Berkeley High then Varsity Boston University, NBRC, Marin, CoeurD’Alene, Chinook & TexasRowingCenter. She lives in Austin where she rows and coaches full time. Tracy’s rowing accomplishments include winning UK Henley Masters, FISA Master’s WorldsChampionships, 4xHead of The Charles, 6x Masters National Championships. Additionally, Tracy won the IFBB Pro (International Federation of BodyBuilding) in Physique & Figure in 2016. In addition to a rowing coach she is also a personal training & health coach.

    “I’m looking to promote rowing for all by adding culture & diversity to the sport. Changing the “elitist“ attitude & appearance of rowing will help our sport grow & thrive.”

  • Amy Anderson Allen started her competitive drive playing softball in her early years, soon after graduating Arizona State University, women’s Tennis became the irresistible sport all the way up into her 40’s. Rowing began much later in 2018, which has become a lifelong passion, as well as a personal goal to be in the best possible health one can acheive. Type 1 Diabetes is a constant challenge but that has not slowed her down, focusing on health and wellness are a priority. Amy’s other interests are the Special Olympics, which she coached for over 20 years, including swimming, track and field, cross country, ice-skating and tennis. Amy now heads the Leaders Council for the Special Olympics of IL.  

    Sights for 2025 are Coastal Rowing, (endurance racing). 

  • I learned to row as a walk-on at the University of Minnesota in 1985, when we were all walk-ons. I fell in love with rowing on the Mississippi River, serving as varsity captain for two years and forging life-long friendships with like-minded women. I participated in a couple sports festivals and development camps, then moved to the newly formed US sculling center in Occoquan, VA, where I met my future husband, Allan Green. I was the spare for the 1991 Pan Am Games and competed in the 1x in the 1993 World University Games. I retired from competitive rowing, got married, got my masters in mechanical engineering, raised three sons, and ran marathons to keep my sanity. Fast forward to 2017 when my middle son, Dylan, wanted to learn to scull. His passion for sculling got my husband and me back into our singles with 612 Endurance, racing at masters nationals and a few other regattas most years. I didn’t realize how much I had missed having rowing in my life. I was invited to row with Endeavor in 2023 and am thrilled for the opportunity to race with similarly motivated athletes, setting and reaching challenging goals, and forging wonderful friendships, again. 

  • Janet learned to row at the University of Rochester in 1986, where she served as team captain and stroked a gold medal lightweight eight at Eastern Sprints. After college, she trained at the U.S. National Lightweight Team training center in Boston while attending selection camps for the U.S. lightweight 4-. During this time, she earned medals at some large regattas such as the Lucerne Regatta, World University Games, Elite Nationals, Head of the Charles, and Canadian Henley. As a master’s rower, she has recent wins at the Head of the Charles, the Heineken Roeivierkamp, and the San Diego Crew Classic. Her home club on the west coast is the Bair Island Aquatic Center (BIAC) in Redwood City. Janet has rowed with Endeavor Racing Alliance since its inception in 2021.

    In addition to training and racing, Janet is enjoys coaching and working with athletes of all ages and abilities. She is currently an assistant coach for the Redwood Scullers junior team and is the Technical Director of the venerable Twin Donut Rowing Club. She has coached at the Craftsbury Sculling Center since 2016.

  • My name is Renee Cunningham and I live in Littleton, Colorado. I began rowing in the fall of 1996 after being inspired during my internship at the Olympics in Atlanta. After rowing a year on the club team at Michigan State University the women’s program was elevated to varsity status. Our varsity boat qualified for the NCAA championships in our 1 st year as a program and placed 9 th overall. I was honored to be part of a team that was the foundation for the rowing program for the university. I have continued to row ever since graduating as rowing became part of my blood. The friendships and time on the water is what I need to get through my day-to-day life. I am so thankful for the support of my husband and two kids that allow me to continue to compete at an elite level. I have been fortunate to be able to compete in the World Master’s games (New Zealand) , World Master’s Regatta, Head of the Charles, Heineken Roeivierkamp regatta, US Master’s Nationals, Canadian Henley , San Diego crew classic and many other regattas. I look forward to the next chapter racing with Endeavor Racing Alliance!

  • Caryn is a two-time Olympic champion (and three-time Olympic medalist) in the women’s eight.  She has a JD from Columbia Law School, an MBA from Oxford Saïd Business School, and works as a corporate attorney in Boston.  She is also President of the US Olympians and Paralympians Association.

  • Home City/State: Boston, Massachusetts USA

    Started rowing at 40 years old and passion keeps growing strong. Love the opportunity it brings to meet others with like passion to row and race all over the world. Cross training to stay strong off the water includes biking, hiking, hill climbing, beach walking at sunrise and of course erging, having earned a couple hammers along the way. Home team of Community Rowing Inc. Women’s Competitive Team in Boston, but known to race with anyone/any time!

  • Heather began competitive rowing at the University of Pennsylvania as a walk-on freshman with Penn Women’s Crew. Heather remains an active PWC alumnae organizer with a deep love of the Schuylkill and PWC. Penn is also where Heather met her favorite training and life partner, fellow masters competitor Gerry Friel.

    Racing with PWC, US National Championships, National Team Development Camp and US Olympic Sports Festival provided early competitive and team experiences that were life changing. While Heather hung up her oar for a while to raise three children in CT, it seemed inevitable she would eventually find masters rowing.

    Being part of a community of athletic women that supports and inspires each other in rowing, parenting, health and all life’s challenges is truly motivating and life enriching beyond words. Racing and traveling the world with them is icing on the cake.

  • I began rowing my freshman year at the University of New Hampshire Rowing Club under Jennie Marshall. Upon graduation I moved to Boston to row with Riverside and BRC. I was selected for the US National team as a spare for the LWT 4- in 1994 (gold medal). I competed in the 1998 World Championships (with Cass Cunningham, Lisa Schlenker and Sara Den Bensten) in the LWT 4x, winning a silver medal. I competed in Senior Nationals from 1994-1998. I have 5 HOCR medals that I truly love. I promptly retired, got married, had three kids, completed a Master's Degree in Special Education and ran five marathons. In 2018 my daughter started rowing in high school and after a 20-year break, I decided to give rowing another try. I have realized that there are no friendships like the ones you make in rowing. The sport draws amazing, dedicated, hardworking people that cannot be found anywhere else.

  • Isabelle started rowing at McGill University after being a member of both the track and basketball teams. She then spent some time training at the national training center while doing graduate studies at Western University, and competed at the Commonwealth Regatta and the World University Games. She took a few years off rowing to train and race in long distance running, cross country skiing and cycling and returned to rowing as a master in Ottawa a few years ago. Isabelle is a cancer survivor and mom to a very active toddler who keeps her on her toes and likes to tag along on outdoor adventures.

  • Shannon Kaplan began rowing in 2004 by learning to scull at one of the clubs on Boathouse Row.  Always an athlete, Shannon swam in high school, played water polo in college, and dabbled in triathlon before finding rowing. Shannon quickly took to sculling and spent several years on various HP teams where she also eventually learned to sweep row too.  

    During her HP career she won races at Elite National Championships, Canadian Henley Golds and HOCR.  In 2012 Shannon stepped away from HP rowing and switched over to masters rowing, allowing her to continue enjoying the sport she had grown to love while also getting more serious about her career.  As a masters rower, she has found joy in the camaraderie, training, and celebrations with all of her amazing team mates, and found continued success along the way.  

    She has been part of many winning crews at Masters Nationals, Masters World Regatta, San Diego Crew Classic, and HOCR (one of her favorite regattas and one you are likely to find her most stressed out about when it comes to racing the single!).  

    Outside of rowing, Shannon also competes in cycling and dabbles in the occasional triathlon or running event.  She and her husband (also a rower) are proud cat parents. She works in the construction industry as an engineer and in firmwide operations and is a co-owner of her engineering firm.

  • Growing up in a 'rowing' family in St. Catharines Ontario, home of the Canadian Henley, there was very little chance that I would not grab an oar myself. I started in high school, just on the cusp of girls involvement in the sport at the high school level. I rowed in the varsity program at the University of Western Ontario, with the St. Catharines Rowing Club, and more recently with some extremely talented masters crews throughout North America. There have been many memorable races and wins over the years; the Ontario University Championships, Canadian Henley, Head of the Charles, FISA Master's, Henley Royal (master's version) with a few 'bucket list' locations checked off along the way.

    Over the last 20 plus years, I have coached at the Club and High School level, and most recently, sit on the Row Ontario Board of Directors, currently as Chair of the newly formed Diversity and Inclusion Committee. 

    My rowing 'family' has grown, and I feel blessed that I can continue to be involved in this sport, and continue to meet (and row with) some amazingly strong women.

  • Angela Moquin has been a rower for 30 years, starting in college and working her way into master’s rowing soon after.  During that time, she has coached at the high school and collegiate level and continued to train as a master’s athlete.  She has been certified as a Level 1 Coach from USRowing, has been trained as a Technical and Medical classifier for adaptive rowing athletes and is now competing as masters rower at a national and international level.  For the past 15 years she has been working as a physical therapist, rehabilitating individuals that cover the spectrum including chronic pain, accidents/injuries, and surgery.  She incorporates a variety of treatment methods.  Her treatments are very manual therapy oriented and reach beyond simply treatment of musculoskeletal problems.  She is certified in the Functional Movement Screen which is used to analyze basic stability and mobility patterns that could affect not only your performance as an athlete but also leave you susceptible to injury if not addressed.  She has a passion for educating her patients and gaining quality of movement, while understanding that not all bodies respond the same to training and injury.

  • Growing up in St. Catharines, Ontario the home of Canadian Henley, I first started rowing in 1983 and fell in love with the discipline, intensity and comradery of both training and competing.  Rowing has remained an integral part of my daily life for the last 40 years, and I’m ecstatic that my children have now found the same love for this sport. 
    In 2020 when covid shut down competitions, I became the first woman to row 52km across Lake Ontario, but because of my competitive nature, I decided to cycle 100 km back to the start line to surpass the few men who had crossed before me.
    Rowing is a sport which challenges the mind, body and soul, building character, drive and determination and these skills are invaluable to living life to the fullest.  I have been blessed throughout my rowing career and look forward to any and all future challenges both on and off the water. 

  • EMILY ROCKETT

    Home City/State: Ithaca, NY

    An enthusiastic but not very talented cross country and track runner throughout high school and College, Emily discovered rowing while studying abroad at Oxford University. After her crew (Exeter W1) won highest blades on the river in 2009 Torpids, she was hooked. After a year away from the sport that coincided with her first year of law school, she joined a local boat club and taught herself to scull. Over the past ten years, she has trained and raced predominantly in the 1x, medaling in Masters events at the Head of the Charles, the Head of the Hooch, and CRASH-B's. She also has three Fish Heads proudly displayed on the wall in her office. 

    A hysterectomy slowed her down temporarily, but has not stopped her quest to break a 7:00 2k before she turns 40. She is very excited to row at more regattas in bigger boats with the amazing women of Endeavor!  

    When Emily is not rowing, she loves to run, hike, cross-country ski, and camp in beautiful upstate New York. She is the General Counsel of Ithaca College. 

  • Erin was recruited her Junior year to the  San Diego State University Rowing Team in 2001. After graduating, she remained competitive in kickboxing,  CrossFit, and weight lifting. 

    In 2019, Erin broke her neck and sustained an incomplete spinal cord injury leaving her paralyzed below the chest. In 2021 she began searching for a competitive para athlete program to focus on recovery. After contacting her local rowing club, she began working with Lesleh Wright after a 20 year break in rowing. She completed her first para race  at the Head of the Charles racing a P3 2x with Beth Slikas after 3 months of training.  Erin raced and won the Crew Classic in 2022 with Pam

    Neuharth another ERA member and will return again in 2023. 

    Erin continues to row and recover from her spinal cord injury. Her goal is to become a master rower,  continue to compete, and enjoy all the grace and patience the sport of rowing has to offer.

  • In the fall of 2000 I walked on to the Radcliffe Heavyweight Crew Team as a freshman at Harvard and it was the best and luckiest decision I ever made. I rowed there for four years, stroked the 4+ to bronze at Sprints, and was a member of the 2003 NCAA Champion squad. 

    Post-graduation I found my way to masters rowing, first in Marina Del Rey, CA and then (for 19 years and counting) in Boston at CRI and Union Boat Club. I've surprised myself a bit in my 1x - including a win at Masters Nationals in 2017 - but mostly I've been lucky to be a part of phenomenal team boats that keep me in love with this sport after 25 years. And the Endeavor women are some of the very most inspiring humans I've ever been around. 

    After 20 years working in ad agencies I started my own brand strategy consultancy this past April. And I'm exploring the worlds of trail marathoning and mountaineering when I'm not on the water.

  • I was introduced to rowing at The Ohio State University following career-ending injuries as a D1 volleyball player. Crew opened an entirely new world of sport with teammates who valued success as something bigger than themselves and my love of racing was forged on the Olentangy, the Schuylkill and the Charles.

    Decades later, my son found rowing in high school which inspired my return to the water. Although I was born a sweep rower, my recent foray with sculling has led to profound connections with my son racing in parent/child events and with Endeavor Racing Alliance. The greatest teams are great because of the accountability they have for themselves and for one another. To have found this again in rowing is such a gift. Even more so because my three boys are learning that you can chase dreams at any age.

    When not competing with ERA, you can find me training on Griggs Reservoir with the Greater Columbus Rowing Association. 

  • David Scott Peters began his rowing journey in 1980 as a freshman at Atlantic City High School in Atlantic City, New Jersey. His natural talent and dedication quickly became evident, culminating in a standout senior year where his 4+ team secured victories at both the prestigious Stotesbury Cup Regatta and the City Championships.

    Following high school, David earned a scholarship to Northeastern University, where he continued to excel in rowing while pursuing his studies. He graduated in 1989, having been part of a highly competitive rowing program that further solidified his love for the sport.

    After a break from rowing, David rekindled his passion in 2020 with the purchase of an oar board rower. This led him to join the Rio Salado Rowing Club in 2021, where he began competing again. His commitment to the sport deepened, and in 2022, he started racing with the Endeavor Racing Alliance, marking a new chapter in his lifelong connection to rowing.

  • I am a Canadian, living in Utopia, Ontario. My name is Cheryl Arends and I have been rowing for a few decades. Took up the sport for the simple reason that I had a crush on a guy who also rowed. Never did date him!
    I joined up with Lesleh and her crew of wonderful, competitive, beautiful, strong women for the Head of the Charles in 2014 and have not looked back since. What a ride! Since joining this team, I have been to The US, New Zealand, Holland and hope to get to other far off places to train and race.
    Not a stranger to the race course at all but I also dabble in the coaching aspect of the sport. I hold a certified Masters Indoor Rowing certification which allows me the privilege to certify other coaches/ trainers to train/ teach indoor rowing classes. They are a hoot!! I've been running indoor rowing classes over 8 years now, and the popularity keeps growing. To see women competing on the indoor circuit is awe inspiring, to say the least!
    I've taken up cycling to do some cross training and love it! When you can't get out and row, go for a ride
    Rowing....best community of athletes ever

  • Cara is a three time US National Team member in flatwater and 2019 World Champion in the Lightweight

    Women’s Pair. In 2023, Cara raced in the World Rowing Coastal Championships in the USA01 Coastal

    Women’s Coxed Quad. It was her first year competing in Coastal Rowing.

    Cara started rowing in 2001 as a freshman walk-on for Lehigh University’s Club Crew team. In 2006,

    Cara moved to Philadelphia, PA, and joined Undine Barge Club where she learned to scull. She is a nine time

    US National Champion and six time Canadian Henley gold medalist in combined sweep and scull.

    Other notable finishes include a Head of the Charles win in 2021 and second place finish in 2022 in the Women’s Championship Double.

    Cara is Founder and High-Performance Coach at Be Brave High Performance. She is currently pursuing her professional coaching credentials through the International Coaching Federation, as well as a MS in Health and Human Performance. Cara serves as an Athlete Representative on USRowing’s DEI Commitiee and maintains an Athlete Blog at https://carastawicki.com/.

    Cara is going on 15 years married to her college sweetheart. HARMONY is one of her top five CliftonStrengths; she’s a team boat girl at heart and always up for a row!

    Hometown: Wall, NJ

    Current: Lambertville, NJ and Sarasota, FL

  • Angela Schneider, BA’82, MA'85, MA’87, PhD’93 started her university athletic career as a shot putter with the Mustangs track and field team in 1978-79 under coach Bob Vigars. She immediately left her mark with a silver medal at the Ontario Women's Intercollegiate Athletics (OWIAA; later OUAA, now OUA) Championships. In 1979 she was recruited by Jerry Patchell, Western rowing coach, who identified her athletic abilities as a rower. Angela fell in love with the sport. In her first year as a novice, her crew won the OUAA Championships. She made the Varsity rowing team in 1980 and won the Canadian Interuniversity Athletic Union (CIAU; now U SPORTS) Championships.

    Numerous gold medals followed. Beyond OUAA and CIAU championships, Angela earned international victories at the Dad Vail Eastern American University Championships in Philadelphia and at the famous Head of the Charles Regatta in Boston. At the latter, her crew was drawn to start at the end of the field in 41st position - normally a stark disadvantage - but the determined group passed multiple boats to win.

    Angela successfully landed a seat in the Canadian women’s eight in 1983, winning a silver medal at the biggest international regatta in Lucerne, Switzerland followed by fourth place at the world championships in Nottingham. Angela achieved her greatest international triumph in 1984 in the coxed four when she again won a silver medal in Lucerne followed by the silver medal for Canada at the Olympic Games in Los Angeles.

    Alongside her athletic career, Angela, a Rhodes Scholar nominee, had outstanding academic success. She completed her studies with two master’s degrees in physical education and philosophy, and a doctorate in philosophy-applied sport ethics. She is a world-renowned expert in philosophy of sport with a focus on fair play, doping, Olympism, human rights and gender. Her expertise has been recognized by the International Olympic Committee, which appointed her director of ethics and education at the World Anti-Doping Agency (2002-03).

    In 1984 Angela started her teaching career at Western as lecturer in the department of philosophy. She has since held a cross appointment in women’s studies and feminist research and became a tenured professor in the School of Kinesiology in 2021. Her work has been honoured by the Canadian Association for the Advancement of Women in Sport with the Carol Anne Letheren Award, and by the Canadian Olympic Association with the Tait McKenzie Medal.

    Angela has also held various administrative positions, serving as assistant dean of ethics and equity in the Faculty of Health Sciences from 1997-2002, and as director of the health ethics resource centre in the Faculty of Health Sciences from 1999-2002. Since 2019 Angela has served as director of the Western’s International Centre for Olympic Studies.

    Angela remains a loyal supporter of the Western rowing team and plays an outstanding role as board member of the Mustangs Old Oar Committee. She was also a founding member, and president, of the Women’s Athletic Alumnae, and later co-president of the Western Mustang Athletic Alumni (WMAA).

    Angela is an exceptional ambassador for Western and is very deserving of the WMAA Lifetime Achievement Award.

  • Karen started rowing in 1983 at Smith College. She has competed with Riverside, Boston Rowing Center, NU, Masters Coaching and now has found a home at Endeavor.

    Along the way she won a Pan Am Gold medal in 1991 for the US in the Quad, has raced the HOCR about 35 times over the past 40 years (can't count!), had a son who is now 21(!) and NOT rowing (very sad), and coached Tufts, NU and Smith for 30 years.

  • was a member of the inaugural Oxford University Women's Boat Club Osiris crew to race and win on the Tideway. She raced with the crew that won the 2015 Henley Women's Regatta and semi-finaled at the Henley Royal Regatta. Recently, Katie was a 2021 Head of the Charles competitor in the women's senior 8+. She is a 2013 Marshall Scholar and graduated #1 in her class from the US Naval Academy. Katie just recently completed 8 years of active duty onboard a Navy destroyer and an aircraft carrier. She is looking forward to more time on the river.

  • I found rowing in 1980 after I had destroyed my knee vaulting, gymnastics on horseback; or more specifically, twirling around on galloping horses.  I rowed a few seasons in high school then returned to my first love of horses.  After a 30 year break from rowing, two human children and a career as a competitive master swimmer, I came back to rowing in 2010.  I returned to my roots at Los Gatos Rowing Club joining the woman competitive group.  By education I have a MS in Clinical Psychology and am a Marriage, Family Therapist.  I have multiple certifications in nutrition and currently practice as a health coach.  I love, breed, and occasionally show a rare breed dog, the Danish-Swedish Farmdog.

    I have rowed and raced many places throughout the world and am undecided whether I love racing or the journey more.  One thing is for sure, I absolutely love and adore my team mates and have had the honor to race with the best rowing athletes in the world in many boat classes.   I do my best to always live this:  “Be strong when you are weak, Be brave when you are scared, Be humble when victorious, Be BADASS EVERYDAY”.

  • I started rowing as a walk on in college in 1985 (back when you could walk on).  I fell in love with all things rowing and rowed through four years of college, two at Loyola Marymount in LA and two at UC Berkeley.  I rowed for two years in San Francisco while in grad school in 1996-98, then moved to Arizona and on to other sports.  After a long hiatus I returned to rowing in 2013 and have not looked back!  The blending of power and grace, raw determination and science, striving with people who motivate and inspire, captivates me daily.  Any seat, any boat, any time!

  • I began rowing as a Freshman in high school and haven't stopped since :) I believe I've raced in every seat in a boat, even as a coxswain during a dash event at the Dad Vail! I have a special fondness for racing on the Schuylkill since it's where I learned to row, but also love competing with my wonderful teammates at new locations. Rowing has taken me all over the world, to locations including San Diego, the UK, and even China.

    When not rowing, I've taken up running to stay fit, and I currently work for the local Blue Cross Medicare Advantage plan.

  • Adriane Turner is a competitive rower with 12+ years of rowing experience. She started rowing at UC Santa Barbara, where she was ranked all- American for 4 years and helped the team achieve second at nationals. Since college, Adriane has rowed with various masters teams across California, Massachusetts, and Colorado. She currently lives in Louisville, Colorado and is always looking for a good reason to row her single. Her hobbies include triathlon, hiking, swimming, and rock climbing. 

  • Although I entered college with the intention to study biology and music, it wasn't long until a coxswain in the cafeteria asked me to walk on to the Rutgers University rowing team. Not long after, I quit my sorority, put down my flute for good, changed my major from biology to economics, had my first experiences with rowing blisters - and never looked back. While an injury as a novice sidelined me at that time, it didn't stop me from picking up an oar again in 2002 with a masters club when I moved to Washington, DC for work. I graduated quickly from the recreational program into a very competitive women's masters sweep program where I rowed - and learned - for many years. In 2011, I stepped away and got married, had a child, recovered from breast cancer, and became a volunteer EMT (in addition to my full time career in technology). However, I realized that I would never be able to replace the rowing-sized hole in my life (and my soul) with anything less. I returned to competitive rowing with a vengeance in 2017 and have never felt more strong, alive and excited for the future. I can row any seat, any boat, any side, any time. There are no people like rowing people. And I couldn't feel more blessed to be part of Endeavor.

    When I'm not rowing, you can find me with sailing with my husband and young son, wiping mud off my golden retriever, listening to podcasts in my Jeep Wrangler with the soft-top down, (over)eating pizza and Starbucks, watching documentaries and traveling the world.

  • Groton School, undefeated, high school champs

    U.S. Junior Team

    Yale Women's Varsity: 2nd in Champ 8 HOCR, National Collegiate Champs lightweight 4+

    Lightweight Development Camp: Canadian Henley Champs 8+/4+

    BRC: HOCR Lightweight Champ Double 1st, singles trials, doubles camp, Canadian Henley Champ Double,

    HOCR US lightweight team alum eight for last 30? years as we slowly decline from the champ eight to the 60-plus Masters!

    This will be my first dabbling in masters rowing, have been competing in dressage, eventing, marathon, triathlon, nordic skiing, swimming, road biking and most recently, gravel. Alix James and I have been training together for over 40 years.

  • Saratoga Springs, NY

    Sports has always been my therapy since childhood playing basketball and soccer. Running became my default sport after high school and I have run 3 marathons and many half marathons.  A business colleague who was a rower asked me if I ever rowed before and quite honestly I didn’t know anything about the sport. He suggested that I should give it a try due to my 6’1” stature. Ironically, I met the Varsity Girls coach at Saratoga Rowing that same year and he urged me to bring my daughter to a practice. That was 2007, she was 15 and I was 42.  We were both hooked from the first day! She was on Varsity and I joined the Masters. After 17 years I mostly train on my own in my single when not traveling to various rowing clinics.  I feel blessed to have made many lifelong friends and have traveled to some amazing places to row and race.  Rowing accomplishments are medals in US Masters Nationals, Canadian Masters Nationals, Canadian Henley, UK Masters Henley and Head of the Charles.  I love the challenge and fitness that the sport provides and look forward to continuing until I can no longer get into a boat.  Another fun fact, I became a USRowing Referee this year and completed Level 2 coaching.

  • Lisa began her rowing career in 1986 at the University of Western Ontario rowing Women’s Eights.  A keen adventurer, her work life has taken her around the Globe and rowing was her staple; connecting her to amazing rowing communities wherever she landed.  From Tokyo, Japan to Miami, Florida her passion for rowing has never dimmed and taught her to say ‘yes’ to everything from single sculls, pairs, doubles, quads or eights.  Learning that versatility and flexibility provides challenges and opportunity to compete internationally across all disciplines with like-minded individuals who love to live and laugh.  She has raced across North America and Europe earning lots of medals and smiles along the way.  Every medal and trophy has a story, however she doesn’t hesitate to say her most favorite and memorable regatta undoubtedly was Royal Henley Masters UK, where she earned Gold with her Endeavor crew.  Lisa currently resides in Vancouver, British Columbia where she owns a craft distillery producing whiskey, vodka and gin… in fact, Lisa produces a Gin line-up proudly named …Endeavour Gin!

  • Dawn has been rowing on and off (mostly on!) the past 45 years. After rowing at the University of Pennsylvania, she continued her rowing career with National Team Development Camps, US Olympic Sports Festivals and Elite Nationals representing Potomac Boat Club, Vesper Boat Club and New Haven Rowing Club, among others, as she relocated cities for work.  After taking a 17 years hiatus to raise two children, cofound two biotechnology companies, and dabble with marathons and triathalons, Dawn regained her senses and re-immersed herself into rowing. These days she is once again based in Philly and has earned dozens of medals in Regional, National (Masters Nationals) and international competitions (FISA Master Worlds, Canadian Henly Masters, etc). Masters rowing and the comraderie of her fellow team members provides the perfect antidote to life’s stresses.

  • Rachel learned to row (and got hooked on rowing) in college at the University of California, Irvine where she received her bachelor’s in Biological sciences. She then earned her Doctorate of Physical Therapy at Chapman University and returned to more serious rowing at Long Beach Rowing Association. Rowing training and working in a sports med outpatient clinic (as well as doing physical therapy for rowers at the boathouse) she made lifelong friends and had the time of her life! Her highest achievement in rowing was a 

    silver medal at the 2013 World Championships in the US 

    lightweight women’s 4x. 

    Today, she lives in San Diego, CA with her 3 kids and husband. She recently started her own private practice, Lighten Physical Therapy, specializing in rehab and performance for rowers, triathletes, and golfers. And of course, continuing to love rowing! 

  • Jeff has been active in sport since he could walk, playing soccer from the age of 4 through club

    team play at the University of Georgia. He dabbled in other athletics throughout that time,

    including baseball, football, basketball and cross country. After college, Jeff pursued running

    and began racing 5k’s and 10k’s, ultimately settling on long distance races including half and full

    marathons, completing dozens of the 26.1 mile race around the country as a sponsored athlete.

    Jeff transitioned to cycling and triathlons as he began his family, and he continues to cross train

    with running and cycling to this day.

    Seeking something a little different, Jeff decided to give rowing a try after he encouraged one of

    his children to take up the sport. He quickly fell in love with it and has been pursuing excellence

    in rowing for more than 10 years. Jeff has competed in all boat categories and has raced in

    many regattas including Masters Nationals (Golds in 4+, 2-), Masters Worlds (Gold in 4+),

    HOCR (multiple Top 5 finishes), Head of the Hooch, San Diego Crew Classic, Royal English

    Henley, Royal Canadian Henley, and many other regional regattas. His passion for rowing led

    him to pursue his coaching certification and has been coaching masters rowers for 7 years,

    including recreational athletes and now coaching his home club’s women’s competitive team.

    Jeff and his wife Bleu (an Endeavor teammate) have four children and are enjoying being empty

    nesters traveling and going on “rowcations” together. Jeff has worked in laboratory facility

    design and operation for 30 years, having the opportunity to travel to more than two dozen

    countries and helping developing, resource limited, and war-torn countries develop and

    implement public health and agricultural security infrastructure.