Three Exonians in Beijing, Competing in Rowing and Cycling
August 8, 2008
2008 Olympic rowers Andreanne Morin ’00 and Sabrina Kolker ’98 during a visit to campus in 2006. Here joined by fellow rowers Michael Blomquist ’99 and Sloan Duross ’95.
Three women contenders in Beijing are carrying with them memories of Exeter. Two – Andreanne Morin '00 and Sabrina Kolker '98 – compete for Canada on the rowing team. Georgia Gould '98 competes for the U.S. in mountain biking.
Kolker and Morin are repeat Olympians, having competed in Athens in 2004.
For Gould, the route to the Olympics has been truly uphill. Here's an excerpt from her profile in The Exeter Bulletin, Summer 2007:
"Georgia Gould ’98 says it comes as a bit of a shock to Exeter friends who haven’t seen her in a while to learn that she is a professional athlete—a member of the LUNA women’s mountain bike team, where she has been something of a phenom. “I wasn’t an organized sports person,” she says of her Exeter days. “I was very rebellious; I had dreadlocks. All my old friends are like, ‘You are an athlete?’ " Read more …
See the Olympic Games race results and biographies of Morin, Kolker and Gould...
For updated coverage of the Olympics, see the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games website...
Rowing enthusiasts can watch Olympic coverage at ROW2K...
For an Exonian perspective on Olympic coverage, see the photo diary of Joy Fahrenkrog '98 (Olympic News Service)...
Interested in learning more?
See the profile of Gould at NBCOlympics.com...
Read more about Gould in the Baltimore Sun...
Read about Morin's selection to the Canadian women's eight rowing team at CBC Olympics...
Read about Kolker's recent selection to the women's pair rowing team...
