Rebecca Waldo

2009: Rower on the First Varsity Women’s boat, which took second place in the New England Championships grand final, beating Trinity by a half-a-second for the silver medal as well as raising the bar for future Bates crews by setting a new record of 6:58.086…. The First Varsity boat again came in second in the grand final for the NCAA Division III Women’s Rowing Championships, finishing behind Williams with a time of 6:30.77 and more than five seconds before third place Trinity I, leading the team to an overall second place finish in the Division III of the NCAAs, as well as the best showing by any Bates team ever at an NCAA championship…. Waldo also was chosen as an Second Team All-American.

2008: Rower on the First Varsity Women’s boat, which took third place in the New England Championships grand final in early May (6:53.348) and third place the following weekend, at the ECACs grand final, finishing in 6:57.118 on the 2,000-meter course…. The First Varsity crew also won the petite finals at the NCAA Women’s Rowing Championship in late May (7:07.47), helping their team to an overall fifth-place finish in the Division III of the NCAAs. 

High School: Photography Editor of School Newspaper…. Lettered in cross country for three years and crew for two years…. XC Team Won NEPSTA Championships in 2006 and 2007…Part of Andover’s second boat that won NEIRAs in 2006…Went to the finals of the women’s Henley Regatta in 2007.