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Megan Kalmoe
Megan Kalmoe

Class:
Senior
Hometown:
St. Croix Falls, Wis.
High School:
St. Croix Falls
Height / Weight:
5-10 / 165


High School Sports: Cross country, basketball and softball.
High School Awards: Team captain for both the cross country and basketball teams ...member of the National Honor Society ...senior class vice president and student body president ...graduated fourth in her class ...section leader and drum major in band ...recipient of the Arion Award for most outstanding musicianship ... two-time all-conference selection in softball ... Recipient of the Marketplace, Greg Fey Memorial and Dayton's "Project Imagine" scholarships.
Major at Washington: English and Latin.

Husky Rowing Experience: 2005 (Junior) --Rowed all season in UW's varsity eight crew ... after rowing in the No. 5 seat in the season-opening Windermere Collegiate Classic, moved into the No. 4 position for the remaining seven regattas ... Opened the season with a 2-1 record with dual wins over Texas and Wisconsin at the Windermere Classic ... UW's top boat won duals against Washington State and Oregon State ... finished second to a powerful Czech Republic crew in the Windermere Cup ... UW's varsity eight finished fourth at the Pac-10 championships and sixth in the petite final at the NCAA championships. 2004 (Sophomore) --Rowed in the No. 5 seat on the junior varsity boat ... collected a bronze medal at the Pac-10 Championships in the junior varsity event ... helped the Huskies to a sixth-place finish in the junior varsity race at the NCAA Championships. 2003 (Freshman) --Member of the top novice boat, rowing in the No. 3 seat ...helped the JV crew win the Windermere Cup and Oregon State dual races ... UW finished third in the novice race at the Pac-10 Championships.

Personal: Daughter of Mary Martin and Dean Kalmoe ...mother is an attorney ...father is the Assistant Director for for the Department of Disability Services in Minnesota.

I chose Washington because: Its location in the beautiful, musical, diverse, bohemian city of Seattle.
The best thing about Seattle is: The weather.
My best race was: Women's four heat race No. 1 at 2005 U-23 World Championships in Amsterdam, Holland. After coming off the line dead last and being a length down to Canada (who called our bow ball at the 750-meter mark) we came back to win by a length of open water and qualify for the grand final.
After I graduate, I plan to: Get an English PhD, write a great American novel, move to South Africa and lead a fabulously worldly life.
If I could tell my incoming teammates one thing, it would be: Treat every practice, test, work out and race as a gift; to be able to do what we love every day is a blessing. Celebrate it!

Kalmoe says: "Watch out for buoys...and then door on `em."

Go Huskies!