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Kiel Petersen
Kiel Petersen

Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Poulsbo, Wash.
High School:
Shawnigan Lake, B.C.
Height / Weight:
6-4 / 200


High School Sports: Rowing.
High School Awards: Bronze medal at 2002 Canadian Secondary School Rowing Championships.
Major at Washington: Business Marketing.

Husky Rowing Experience: 2005 (Junior)--Stroked the junior varsity eight for the opening three events before being promoted to the varsity eight crew ... moved into the stroke position of the top boat for the Windermere Cup, which UW won over the Czech Republic and Cornell ... helped the varsity eight place fourth at the IRA championships ... collected a silver medal in the varsity eight race at the Pac-10 championships ... a second-team academic All-American ... competed with the UW eight at The Great Race in New Zealand during September. 2004 (Sophomore)--Rowed in UW's winning eight at the Washington State dual race. . 2003 (Freshman)--Trained with the Huskies' freshmen.

Personal: Son of Randi Strong-Soderstrom and Jeff Petersen ... father is a small business owner and mother is a real estate agent ... has an older brother, Erik (30) and older sister, Kirsten (23).

I chose Washington because: Proximity to home and legendary rowing program.
The best thing about Seattle is: Dinners at the Soelling household.
My best race was: 2005 Windermere Cup because it was my first race in the Varsity-8 and we beat a strong Czech Republic crew and Cornell.
After I graduate, I plan to: Possibly row at Oxford, maybe National Team, maybe start a career.
If I could tell my incoming teammates one thing, it would be: Enjoy your time rowing because it won't last forever!

Petersen says: "Do the work, follow the program, and you will succeed."

Go Huskies!