Alex Japhet

Junior Women’s Pair

Birthdate: 12/13/1989  

Height: 5’10”  

Weight: 150

Birthplace: Chicago, Ill.

Hometown: Edmonds, Wash.

Residence: Edmonds, Wash.

High School: Kamiak High School

Began Rowing: 2005, Everett Rowing Association

Club Affiliation: Everett Rowing Association

Training Location: Everett, Wash.

Current Coach: Marketa DeQuine

Years on National Team: One -- 2007, Junior

National Results: Won the women’s junior pair at the 2007 USRowing Club National Championships...Finished fifth in the women’s eight at the 2007 USRowing Youth National Championships...Won gold in the junior women’s four with coxswain at the 2006 USRowing National Championships...Finished third in the women’s eight at the 2006 USRowing Youth National Championships.

Facts of Interest: Alex enjoys going to the beach, shopping, camping and running...She lists winning a gold medal in the junior women’s four with coxswain at the 2006 USRowing National Championships and winning a medal in the women’s eight at the 2006 USRowing Youth National Championships as her most memorable sporting achievements...Alex lists Padraic McGovern, her first varsity coach at Everett, as the most influential person in her sporting career and former teammate and junior national team member Adrienne Mecham as her personal hero because she is the most humble of world-class strokes...She plans to study sports medicine and physical therapy next year as a freshman at Duke University.