MEGAN KALMOE

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Hometown: St. Croix Falls, Wis.

Current Residence: Princeton, N.J.

Club Affiliation: USRowing Training Center

Began Rowing: 2002

Date of Birth: 8/21/83

Height: 5’10”

Weight: 165

High School: St. Croix Falls High School

Undergraduate Education: University of Washington, Latin and English, 2006

Occupation: (1) Tutor, (2) Barista 

Employer: (1) Princeton University, (2) Main Street Cafe

Current Coaches: Tom Terhaar, Laurel Korholz

International Results: Finished fourth in the double sculls at the 2008 FISA World Cup stop in Lucerne, Switzerland...Finished seventh in the double sculls at the 2008 FISA World Cup stop in Munich...Won a gold medal in the women's four at the 2005 FISA Under 23 World Championships.

National Results: Won the double sculls at the 2008 National Selection Regatta #2...Finished second in the quadruple sculls and fourth in the double sculls at the 2007 USRowing National Championships...Finished sixth in the double sculls at the 2007 National Selection Regatta #3...Finished ninth in the varsity eight at the 2006 NCAA Championships...Finished 12th in the varsity eight at the 2005 NCAA Championships...Finished sixth in the second varsity eight at the 2004 NCAA Championships...Finished second in the intermediate pair and fourth in the senior pair at the 2004 USRowing National Championships.

Personal: Megan is a first-time senior national team member and Olympian...Megan enjoys reading, writing, film, running, horseback riding, knitting and living green. She was a first-team selection to the Pac-10 All-Academic team in 2004, 2005 and 2006; 2006 All- Pac-10 Conference; 2006 All-Region (West); Academic All-American in 2005 and 2006; 2006 All-American; and 2006 University of Washington Team Captain and 101 Club Scholar Athlete. After finishing her rowing career, Megan would like to travel to all the world’s largest and most celebrated parties including Carnival, Mardi Gras, New Year’s Eve on Times Square, Oktoberfest, Superbowl, etc.; travel to all of the U.S. National Parks; hike the Appalachian Trail; coach college rowing; and write an Academy Award-winning screenplay. Her favorite television show is Dancing with the Stars and her favorite food is Kraft Macaroni & Cheese. Megan’s favorite authors are Toni Morrison, Ernest Hemingway and Charlie Kaufman. Her favorite Olympic moments include Kerri Strug’s vault at the 1996 Olympic Games, and the Chinese figure skating pair of Zhang and Zhang in 2006, when they failed to land on their attempt at a quadruple salchow throw, a move never before completed in any competition, and came back to finish the program and win a silver medal.

(updated 6/4/2008)