2007 Heavyweight Women

pair , eight , and quad

Coaches: Carsten Hassing, Michelle Darvill

 

Darcy Marquardt

Hometown: Richmond, BC
Birth date: March 22, 1979

Club affiliation: University of Victoria

Interests: Cooking, travel, community volunteer work (Best Buddies), film, reading, outdoor activities.

Education:
-University of Victoria
-Hugh McRoberts Secondary School

Key results:
World Championships/Olympics
2006 - 1st, women's pair (Eton, England)
2004 - 4th, women's pair (Athens, Greece)
2003 - 3rd, women's eight (Milan, Italy)
2002 - 2nd, women's four; and 6th, women's eight (Seville, Spain)

World Cups
2007 - 4th, women's pair (Linz, Austria)
2006 - 1st, women's pair (Munich, Germany)
2004 - 2nd, women's pair (Munich, Germany)
2003 - 3rd, women's eights (Lucerne, Switzerland)

Athletic Distinctions:
2004 - Richmond's all-round athlete of the year award
2003 - Richmond's senior female athlete award
2001 - Women's crew of the year award, Rowing Canada Aviron
1999 - Rookie of the year, UVIC novice rowing

Other info: Darcy learned to row in her first year at the University of Victoria (1998-99), where she eventually achieved a degree majoring in French and minoring in Psychology. Her career path has since lead her in the direction of physiotherapy, which she hopes to complete the masters program after 2008. She worked as a lifeguard for eight years (until 2005) and also holds certification as a CanFitPro personal trainer.

Jane Rumball

 

Hometown: Fredericton, NB
Birth date: July 9, 1978

Club affiliation(s): Fredericton Rowing Club, NB; Western Rowing Club, London, ON

Interests: Motivational speaking for various organizations. Research interests: women's health and sports medicine, rowing injuries, endocrinology and respirology. Clinical Research Associate, Fowler Kennedy Sport Medicine Clinic Athlete Ambassador, Right to Play. Volunteer, Athletes in Action

Education:

PhD in Sports Medicine (2007, UWO)
MSc in Sports Medicine (2002, UWO)
BSc in Kinesiology (2000, UWO)
Entered into MD program at U of Toronto beginning Sept 08

Key results:

2007 - 4th, women's pair World Cup, (Linz, Austria)
2006 - 1st in the W2-, World Rowing Championships, Eton, Great Britain
2006 - 1st in the W2-, Munich World Cup - with Darcy Marquardt
2005 - 7th in the W2x, Lucerne World Cup, Switzerland
2004 - 9th in the W4-, World Rowing Championships, Banyoles, Spain
2003 - 13th in the W2x, World Rowing Championships, Milan, Italy
2002 - team spare, World Rowing Championships, Seville, Spain
2002 - 1st in the W2x and 2nd in the W1x, World University Championships, Nottingham, GBR
2002 - 1st in the W1x and W4x, Commonwealth Rowing Championships, Nottingham

 

Updated: August 2007

 

 

Heather Mandoli

Hometown: Kelowna, BC
Birth date: October 28, 1982
Club affiliation: Western Rowing Club, London, ON. Kelowna Rowing Club

Education:

University of Michigan BSc. (Kinesiology) '04
University of Western Ontario BEd '06

Interests: Golfing, biking, cooking, reading, travelling, community volunteer work (Right to Play, Big Sisters)

Key results:
2007 - 4th in the W8+, Linz World Cup, Austria
2006 - 5th in the W8+, World Rowing Championships, Eton, England
2006 - 7th in the W2-, Munich World Cup - with Romina Stefancic
2004 - 3rd in the W4-, World U23 Championships, Poznan, Poland


Other info: All-American in rowing at University of Michigan. Among 2005 British Columbia Premier’s Athletic Award Recipients.

 

Ashley Brzozowicz

Hometown: Toronto, ON
Birth date: Dec. 17, 1982
Club affiliation: Western Rowing Club, London, ON
Interests: Reading, films, photography

Education:
BA (History of Art), Yale University, 2004

Key results:

2007 - 4th in the W8+, Linz World Cup, Austria
2006 - 5th in the W8+, World Rowing Championships, Eton, England
2004 - 2nd at NCAA champs
2002 - 2003 - member of Under 23 World Regatta teams

 

Kaylan Vander Schilden

Hometown: Victoria, BC
Birth date: June 9, 1984

Club affiliation: Gorge Rowing Club, BC; Victoria City RC; UC Berkeley (California)
Interests: Cooking, drawing and yoga

Education: Oak Bay High School/Victoria High School; University of California, Berkeley (2006 graduate)

Key results:

2007 - 4th in the W8+, Linz World Cup, Austria
2006 - 5th in the W8+, World Rowing Championships, Eton, England
•Four-time All-American
•Two-time NCAA Champion

 

 

Sabrina Kolker

Hometown: West Vancouver, BC
Birth date: September 14, 1980

Club affiliation: Burnaby Lake Rowing Club, BC

Interests: Tennis, running, snowboarding, hiking, playing the piano (Grade 9 Piano, Royal Conservatory of Music), volunteer with London hospice, Noble House Vancouver, Thames Valley Children's Health volunteer, Special Olympics basketball coach, adaptive snowboarding and kayaking instructor.

Education: BA in English with a minor in Human Biology from Stanford University; MA in French from Stanford University. Admitted to and will begin studies at the University of British Columbia medical school in the fall of 2008.


Key results:

2007- 4th in the women's eight (W8+) at Linz World Cup, Austria
2006 - 5th in the W8+, World Rowing Championships, Eton, England
2004 - 7th in the W8+, Olympics, Athens, Greece
2004 - Champion, Canadian Monster Erg, Victoria, BC
2003 - 5th in the W4-, World Championships, Milan, Italy
2003 - Pac 10 Champion, 3rd place NCAAs in 8+
2002 - 4th in the W4- Under 23 World Regatta, Genoa, Italy (competed for USA)
2002 - 1st in the university division and 5th in the international division, Crash B - World Indoor Regatta, Boston, MA

updated August 2007

 

Sarah Bonikowsky

Hometown: Orangeville, ON
Birth date: August 23, 1982

Club affiliation: University of Victoria
Interests: Surfing, snowboarding, mountain biking, road biking and music.

Education: BA (Honours) from UVic with major in philosophy and a minor in Greek and Roman studies.

Key results:

2007 - 4th in the W8+, Linz World Cup, Austria
2006 - 5th in the W8+, World Rowing Championships, Eton, England
2005 - 1st in the Championship W4+, Head of the Charles, Boston, MA

Romina Stefancic

Hometown: Victoria, BC
Birth date: July 21, 1978

Club affiliation: University of Victoria
Interests: Traveling, foreign movies, paragliding

Education: BSc in Geography and Environmental Studies

Key results:

2007 - 4th in the W8+, Linz World Cup, Austria
2006 - 5th in the W8+, World Rowing Championships, Eton, England
2005 - 9th in the W2x, Lucerne World Cup, Switzerland
2004 - member of the Canadian Olympic W8+.
2001-03, 1st Canadian University Championships (UVic)
1999 - 3rd in the W1x, Under 23 World regatta (rowing for Slovenia)
1996 - 1st in the W1x, World Junior Championships (rowing for Slovenia)

Other info: Received Canadian citizenship in early 2004. Career goal is to work in developing countries on environmental issues.

Katie Reynolds

Hometown: St. John, NB
Birth date: May 16, 1982

Interests: napping, cooking and cleaning, tutoring.

Education:
BA University of Michigan, 2004; BEd University of Western Ontario, 2005;
Working on a Masters in special education and educational psychology.

Key results:

2007 - 4th in the W8+, Linz World Cup, Austria
2006 - 5th in the W8+, World Rowing Championships, Eton, England
2004 - 3rd in the W4-, Under 23 World Regatta, Poznan, Poland

Buffy Williams

Hometown: St. Catharines, Ont.
Birth date: March 27, 1977
Club Affiliation: St. Catharines Rowing Club
Education: University of Victoria; Oxford University.

Key results:

2007 - 4th in the W8+, Linz World Cup, Austria
2004 - 4th in the women's pair, Olympics, Athens, GRE
2003 - 3rd in the women's eight, World Championships, Milan, Italy
2000 - 3rd in the women's eight, Olympics, Sydney, AUS
1999 - 3rd in the women's eight, World Championships, St. Catharines, CAN
1998 - 3rd in the women's eight, World Championships, Cologne, GER
1998 - 2nd in the women's four, Cologne, GER
1997 - 2nd in the women's eight, World Championships, Aiguebelette, FRA
1993 - 4th in the Junior women's four

Other info: Married to men's team member, Barney Williams - they have a young son, Tavin.

 

Lesley Thompson-Willie

Hometown: London, ON
Birth date: September 20, 1959
Club affiliation: London Rowing Club, ON
Occupation: Teacher/librarian

Education: B.A. in Physical Education and B. Ed.


Olympics: On six Olympic teams - 1980 (Games boycotted); 1984, 2nd in the W4+; 1988, 7th in the W4+; 1992, 1st in the W8+; 1996, 2nd in the W8+; 2000, 3rd in the W8+.

In between, she won many World Championship and World Cup medals as the coxswain in the senior women’s program for 21 years.

After 2000, Lesley took a break from coxing at the National Team level – she worked at a London, Ontario high school, and coached development and high school crews. Re-joined National Team in 2006.

Other info: is a member of the Canadian Olympic Sports Hall of Fame. Married Paul Willie after 2000 Olympics.

Anna-Marie de Zwager

Hometown: Victoria, BC
Birth date: Sept. 17, 1976

Club affiliation: Gorge Rowing and Paddling Centre, BC

Education: BSc Kinesiology - University of Victoria (2000)

Key results:
2007 7th - W4x, World Cup, Linz, Austria
2007 1st - CRASH B Sprints, Boston, MA
2006 1st place W1x, Canadian National Championships, Welland, ON
2006 7th place - W4x, World Championships Eton, GBR
2005 5th place finish W1x, World Cup, Lucerne, Switzerland
2004 - 7th place finish W8+, Olympic Games, Athens, Greece
2003 - 13th place finish W2x, World Championships, Milan, Italy

Other info/interests: Tutoring high school students, watching movies, listening to music, cooking and baking, cycling, working at the local Co-op grocery store, yoga
Anna-Marie was the starting goalkeeper for the UVic varsity field hockey team for five years. (National Champions for three of those years and placed second the other two years).

Updated: August 2007

Krista Guloien

Hometown: Port Moody, BC
Birth date: March 20, 1980
Club Affiliation(s): Simon Fraser University, University of British Columbia
Interests: Shopping, socializing, and family.

Education: BA (Criminology), Simon Fraser University

Other info: Competitor at the 2006 World Championships in the Heavyweight women's four.

Janine Hanson

Birth date: Dec 14, 1982
Hometown: Winnipeg, Man.
Club Affiliation: Winnipeg Rowing Club
Interests: Working with children
Education: University of Michigan, Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology and Movement Science (2006)

Other info: Goal is to become a certified aquatic therapist.

 

Rachelle de Jong

 

Hometown: Regina, SK
Birth date: April 30, 1979

Club affiliation(s): Regina Rowing Club, SK; UVic, BC
Occupation: Student/ athlete
Interests: Reading, movies, hiking, cooking

Education:
BSc (Biology) University of Victoria; student of naturopathy at the Canadian College of Naturopathic medicine in Toronto.

Key results:
2006 - 7th in Quadruple Sculls, World Championships 2006 (Eton, England)
2004 - alternate on Olympic team in Athens, Greece
2003 - 4th in the 4-, World Championships, Milan, Italy
2002 - 2nd in the W4-, World Championships, Seville, Spain
2002 - 6th in the W8+, World Championships, Seville
2002 - 4th in the W8+, Munich World Cup, Germany
2001 - 2nd in the W2-, US Nationals, Camden, NJ
2000 - 1st in the W8+, Women's Henley, Henley-on-Thames, England
2000 - 2nd in the W8+ at Henley Royal Regatta, Henley-on-Thames
1997 - 1st in the W4- and 2nd in the W8+, Jeux Canada Games, Brandon, MB

Other info: Plans to be a naturopathic doctor with a private practice.

 

 

 

Spares:

 

 

Zoë Hoskins

Hometown: Edmonton, AB
Birth date: January 17, 1981
Club Affiliation: Edmonton Rowing Club
Interests: Swimming, cycling, running, cross-country skiing, reading, photography, coaching for Special Olympics London (swimming, basketball, curling).

Education: BA (Journalism) University of Southern California, 2002. Working towards a Masters in Physiotherapy.
Ross Sheppard High School, Edmonton, AB, 1998

Key results:
2007 - 1st in Quadruple Sculls, 2nd Women's Pair (with Nathalie Maurer). Pan American Games (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
2007 - 7th in Quadruple Sculls, World Cup (Linz, Austria)
2006 - 7th in Quadruple Sculls, World Championships 2006 (Eton, England)

2004 - 3rd in the W1x, RCA non-Olympic Speed Orders
2003 - 7th in the W4-, World Under 23 Regatta, Belgrade, Yugoslavia
2003 - 5th, in the W1x, RCA Olympic Speed Orders
2002 - 7th in the W4-, World Under 23 Regatta, Genoa, Italy
1998 - 1st in the W2x and W4x, Can-Am-Mex regatta

Other info: Sister of former M8+ member, Andrew Hoskins.
Supported by the Alberta Sport, Recreation, Parks and Wildlife Foundation.

Andréanne Morin

Hometown: Montreal, QC
Birth date: Aug. 9, 1981

Club affiliation: Montreal Rowing Club
Interests: Reading and cooking

Education:
Phillips Exeter Academy, 2000; BA (Political Economy) Princeton University, 2006

Key results:
2006 - 5th in the W8+, World Rowing Championships, Eton, England
2006 – NCAA National Champion
2004 – member of the CAN Olympic women’s 8+
2003 – 3rd in the W8+, World Championships, Milan, Italy
2003 - 3rd in the W8+, Lucerne World Cup, Switzerland

Other info: has been in National program since 2001; hopes to pursue studies in law after 2008.