Sweat Like an Olympian
Kendall Chase
Tokyo 2020 Olympics
7
National teams
7th
Highest Olympic finish
6
World Championship
Medals
Assistant Coach for MIT Women's Lightweight Crew team
Starts rowing between 11th and 12th grade
Attends a "learn to row" camp at Mile High (club team) and a camp at Cal.
Drops all other sports (soccer, basketball) to focus entirely on rowing.
Invited to a high-performance/pre-selection camp in Austin, Texas. Finishes top three on the erg test but struggles in the on-the-water seat races.
Pulls a 7:30 on a 2k erg test after only a few months of rowing.
Her high school coach texts the Junior National Team coach, Liz Trond, to put her on the national radar.
Attends an in-person ID camp in Washington, D.C.
Finished third in the pair at 2011 USRowing Youth National Championships.
Invited to Junior High Performance camp, quickly bumped up to Selection camp
Summer 2010
Winter 2011
Fall 2010
Spring
2011
June
2011
Summer 2011
Travels to U19 World Rowing Championships as an alternate
June 2012
Attends selection camp again, makes the straight four (4-) the priority boat of the team. Wins silver at the World Rowing Junior Championsips in the 4- !
Wins gold in the pair at 2012 USRowing Youth National Championships, 6th in the 4+
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Gets recruited to row at University of California Berkely
Fall
2011
Summer 2012
Starts college, begins rowing with University of California Berkeley
Fall 2012
Gold in varsity eight at NCAA Women's Rowing Championships
Spring
2013
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3rd in varsity eight at 2014 NCAA Women's Rowing championships
`Spring 2014
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Makes U23 National team, wins gold in 4+ and 8+ at 2014 Word Rowing Under 23 Championships
Summer 2014
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Silver in varsity eight at 2015 NCAA Women's Rowing Championships
`Spring 2014
2014 Sportswomen of Colorado award recipient
`Spring 2014
2015 Sportswomen of Colorado award recipient
`Spring 2015