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HOLLY METCALF
CREW
At the season-opening Quinsigamond Snake
Regatta in Worcester, the MIT Novice 8 boat
(pictured left) captured the event for the second
straight season. The Engineers crossed in a time
of 16:50.6 to defeat Holy Cross by a margin
of two minutes and 40 seconds. In addition,
the Novice 4 boat finished second out of six
boats. (FULL STORY)
2019 HEAD OF THE FISH
At the Head of the Fish in Saratoga
Springs, the collegiate 8+
(pictured left) captured the race
with a time of 11:09.48 to defeat
Marist by a six-second margin. The
collegiate 8+ 2V boat was second,
while the 3V8 placed eighth. The
1V8 crew was comprised of one
junior, three sophomores and five
first-years. (FULL STORY)
QUINSIGAMOND SNAKE REGATTA
The 2020-21 team is captained by senior
Dhamanpreet Kaur ‘21 and junior Allison King
‘22. Kaur is a native of Renton, Wash., while King
hails from Brisbane, Australia.
At the 2019 Head of the Charles, the team posted a pair of top-10 finishes over the
two-day event. The Engineers were 10th in the women’s club eights on Saturday of
the competition and first-year Portia Gaitskell crossed in sixth in the women’s club
singles race on Sunday morning. (FULL STORY)
The Engineers had 16 student-athletes named
to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll
for earning a GPA of a 3.2 or higher (on a 4.0
scale) in the spring semester. In addition,
five members of the MIT program posted
a perfect a 5.0 GPA on the Institute’s 5.0
grading scale. Overall, MIT now has 238 alltime
Patriot League Academic Honor Roll
selections. (FULL STORY)
The Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association
(CRCA) named 13 members of the MIT
team as CRCA Scholar-Athletes for the
2020 season. To be eligible for the award,
a student-athlete must have a cumulative
GPA of a 3.5 or higher (on a 4.0 scale) for
their career. Erica Flear ‘20 and Aigneis
Frey ‘20 were honored for the third time in
their careers, while Annika Heuser ‘21 and
Dhamanpreet Kaur ‘21 are now two-time
selections. (FULL STORY)
“Getting up for 6am practices to battle
the current of the Charles has instilled in
me grit, commitment and discipline like
nothing else. Being a captain holds the
gratification of working to help each and
every team member achieve their goals
and make the most out of their experience
as a collegiate athlete. There’s simply no
feeling like being out on the water, the sun
just above the horizon, pulling your absolute
hardest in perfect harmony with the seven
other girls in your boat, the coxswain
guiding you to overtake the competitors
and into the sweet embrace of victory.”
- Dhamanpreet Kaur ‘21
Holly Metcalf is in her 14th season as the head coach of the MIT openweight crew team in
2020-21. The 2017 Patriot League Coach of the Year, she was also a six-time member of the
U.S. National Team who has captured five World Championship and Olympic medals, including
the Olympic gold in 1984. (FULL BIO)