FULL-TIME SQUAD

MEN

Name: Charlie Biddle

Hometown:  Bryn Mawr, PA

Began Rowing:  2001 at The Shipley School

Undergraduate Education:  Bates College, History

Occupation:  Rowing Coach, Development Intern

Racing Highlights:  Placed second in the Senior B Single at the 2008 Canadian Henley Regatta… placed third in the Intermediate Quad at the 2007 USRowing Club National Championship… participated in the Temple Challenge Cup at the 2009 Henley Royal Regatta… placed third in the Varsity Eight at the 2009 New England Collegiate Championship… placed 2009 sixth in the Varsity Eight at the ECAC Invitational… placed first in the Varsity Eight at the 2008 Quinsigamond Snake Regatta… placed second in the Freshmen Eight at the 2006 New England Championship… placed third in the Senior Four at the 2005 Scholastic National Championship… placed third in the Senior Four at the 2005 Stotesbury Regatta.

Personal:  Charlie recently graduated from Bates and continues to pursue his rowing interests in Philadelphia.  He would like to pursue a career in development or alumni relations in secondary schools and universities.  Outside of rowing, Charlie is interested in lawn sports, bikes and reading biographies.  He enjoys cinema and breakfast, and relishes the memory of his trip to Henley Royal Regatta after college graduation – quite a trip that was.

 

Name:  Guillaume Dupont

Hometown:  Paris, France

Began Rowing:  1999

Education:  Ecole Centrale Nantes (France) and Berlin Technical University (Germany) Double Master’s Degree in Engineering, 2008

Occupation:  Business Development Engineer, Meteodyn

Racing Highlights:  Placed fourth in the Pair at the 2000 French Championship… raced in the final in the Eight at the 2006 French Cup… placed first in the Lightweight Quad at the 2007 German University Championship… placed first in the Single at the 2008 Uniten Rowing Invitational in Malaysia… placed second in the Eight at the 2009 Head of the Trent in Nottingham, UK, placed 44th in the Eight at the 2009 Head of the River Race in London, UK.

Personal:  Everywhere in the world, Guillaume finds good rowing clubs and nice partners to practice with: Cercle Nautique de France and Université Nantes Aviron in France; SC Berlin-Köpenick and Potsdamer RC in Germany; SARA in Singapore; Nottingham RC in the UK; and finally Undine Barge Club in Philly!  In addition to traveling, he likes running, cooking and learning new languages – currently Tamil.

  

Name: Paul Garberson

Hometown: Alma, Michigan

Began Rowing: 2002

Undergraduate Education: Michigan State University

Occupation: Market Research Analyst at Studley

Racing Highlights: Placed first in the Lightweight Intermediate Single at the 2009 Schuylkill Navy Regatta.

Personal: Paul moved to Philadelphia after graduating college and has lived in the city ever since.  He worked a number of odd jobs until finding a career and industry that he loves at Studley.  In his spare time, Paul teaches erg classes at a gym in Center City.

 

Name: Bob O’Loughlin

Hometown: Corning, New York

Began Rowing: 2003

Undergraduate Education: Williams College, Art History and Economics, 2007

Occupation: Economic Research Analyst at the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia

Racing Highlights: Placed third in the Lightweight Intermediate Quad at the 2008 USRowing Club National Championship.

Personal: Bob enjoys running, skiing, cycling, glassblowing and bridge.  His favorite quote: “If there’s a submerged log in the river, I’ll find it.”  Bob will be leaving Philadelphia after next summer to attend law school (location yet to be determined).

 

Name: Andy Quinn

Hometown: Honeoye Falls, New York

Began Rowing: 1996 at Binghamton University

Undergraduate Education: Rutgers University, Civil Engineering, 2001

Occupation: Professional Engineer, Urban Engineers, Inc.

Racing Highlights: Placed second in the Lightweight Eight at the 1999 IRA Regatta… placed third in the Lightweight Pair at the USRowing World Championship Trials… placed second in the Lightweight Double at the 2002 USRowing National Selection Regatta II… placed second in the Lightweight Single at the 2007 USRowing Club National Championship… placed sixth in the Lightweight Quad at 2008 World Championships… placed first in the Lightweight Single at the 2009 USRowing Spring Speed Order… placed first in the Lightweight Double at the 2009 National Selection Regatta I and National Selection Regatta II… placed tenth in the Lightweight Double at the 2009 World Cup I in Banyoles, Spain.

Personal: Andy began rowing after his best friend from high school encouraged him to join the club team in college.  His personal hero is Jim Barker and his parents have been two of the most influential people in his athletic career.  He is a licensed professional engineer in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York, Maryland and Delaware.  Andy is a Pisces.  He is right-handed and has blue eyes.

  

Name:  Mike Sciblo

Hometown:  Havertown, Pennsylvania

Began Rowing:  2001 at St. Joseph’s Prep

Undergraduate Education:  University of Delaware, Accounting, 2009

Occupation:  Accountant at DMi Partners, Inc.

Results Highlights:  Placed second in the Junior Varsity Four at the 2004 Scholastic Rowing Nationals… placed third in the Second Varsity Eight at the 2005 Stotesbury Cup Regatta… placed first in the Third Varsity Lightweight Four at the 2007 EARC Sprints… placed third in the Intermediate Lightweight Quad at the 2008 USRowing Club National Championship… placed first in the Varsity Lightweight Eight at the 2009 SIRA Regatta… placed first in the Varsity Lightweight Eight at the 2009 Dad Vail Regatta.

Personal:  Mike graduated from the University of Delaware in 2009 with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting. He enjoys concerts, Quizzo and trying new foods. Mike plans on moving to the city to continue training for the next few years, and would like to thank his grandfather, Joe McFadden, for introducing him to rowing.

  

Name:  Dan Urevick-Ackelsberg

Hometown:  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Education:  Central High School; Macalester College, B.A.; University of Pennsylvania Law School, JD

Began Rowing:  1999 as a freshman in college

Occupation:  Staff Attorney, Community Legal Services, Inc.

Rowing Highlights:  Placed first in the Lightweight Double and Lightweight Quad at the 2005 USRowing Club National Championship… placed first in the Senior Lightweight Double and Senior Lightweight Quad at the 2005 Canadian Henley Regatta… placed first in the Lightweight Double at the 2006 National Selection Regatta III… raced in the Lightweight Double for the 2006 United States National Team… raced in the Lightweight Quad for the United States National Team… placed second in the Lightweight Single at the 2008 National Selection Regatta I… placed first in the Lightweight Double at the 2008 Non-Qualified Olympic Trials.

Personal:  Dan is a Philadelphia native.  He enjoys falling asleep at 9:15 p.m., and watching the Phillies, the Eagles, the Sixers, and Curb Your Enthusiasm.  He has trouble understanding how his family and his girlfriend put up with him.

 

WOMEN

Name: Laura Altimari

Hometown: King of Prussia, Pennsylvania

Began Rowing: Summer of 2000 for a local township youth rowing camp

Undergraduate Education:  Temple University, Secondary Education – English, December 2009

Occupation: Student

Racing Highlights: Placed third in the Junior Varsity Four at the 2003 Stotebury Cup Regatta… placed second in the Junior Varsity Four at the 2004 Scholastic Rowing Nationals… placed second in the Varsity Eight at the 2006 Atlantic 10 Championship… placed sixth in the Second Varsity Eight at the 2007 Dad Vail Regatta… placed fifth in the Varsity Eight at the 2009 Atlantic 10 Championship… placed first in the Varsity Eight at the 2008 and 2009 Tampa Mayor’s Cup Regatta.

Personal: Laura currently has one semester left until she completes her undergraduate degree at Temple.  She will be student-teaching in the fall at J.R. Masterman High School in Philadelphia.  After graduation, she hopes to find a job teaching locally, and spend more time with friends and family who she has not been able to see during four busy years as a student-athlete at Temple.

 

Name:  Katie Brown

Hometown:  Harleysville, Pennsylvania

Began Rowing:  2005 as a freshman at Penn State University

Education:  Penn State University, BA in Art History, Minor in the Legal Environment of Business, 2009

Occupation:  Masonry Restoration and Conservation Project Manager/Estimator, Dan Lepore & Sons Company

Racing Highlights:  Placed second in the Varsity Lightweight Eight at the 2007 and 2009 Mid Atlantic Collegiate Crew Championships… placed first in the Varsity Lightweight Eight at the 2006 Head of the Occoquan… placed first in the Lightweight Four (2008), second in the Varsity Lightweight Eight (2007, 2008), second in the Varsity Eight (2009) and third in the Novice Lightweight Eight (2006) at the Lehigh River / Neuweiler Cup… placed third in the Varsity Lightweight Eight at the 2006 and 2007 Philadelphia Frostbit Regatta… placed second (2007) and third (2008) in the Varsity Lightweight Eight at the Murphy Cup Regatta… placed first in the Novice Four (2006), second in the Novice Eight (2006) and third in the Lightweight Eight (2007) at the Head of the Ohio… placed third in the Collegiate Eight at the 2009 Marietta Invitational… placed first in the Varsity Eight at the 2009 UNC Invitational… placed fourth in the Club Eight at the 2007 Knecht Cup… placed sixth in the Varsity Lightweight Eight at the 2007 Dad Vail Regatta.

Personal:  Katie has lived outside of Philadelphia all her life.  After suffering a knee injury in high school that prevented her from continuing to play lacrosse, Katie began rowing when a friend of hers convinced her to join the rowing team in college, and she fell in love with the sport. Katie enjoys painting, visiting museums, volunteering, watching the Phillies and Eagles, going to the beach, spending time with family and friends, and anything Penn State. She plans on attending graduate school at the University of Pennsylvania for Conservation.

  

Name: Jessie Lamont

Hometown: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Began Rowing: 

Undergraduate Education: LaSalle College, Nursing, 2009

Occupation: Registered Nurse

Racing Highlights: Placed first in the Intermediate Quad at the 2008 Independence Day Regatta and USRowing Club National Championship… placed third in the Intermediate Single at the 2008 USRowing Club National Championship.

Personal: Jessie is a Philadelphia native and recently graduated with her nursing degree from LaSalle.  She has a twin sister and is very close to everyone in her family.  In addition to rowing, she enjoys running and is competing in the 2009 Philadelphia Triathlon.

 

Name: Heather Johnson

 

Name: Meghan Sarbanis

Hometown: Hampstead, New Hampshire

Began Rowing: January, 1996

Undergraduate Education: Villanova University

Occupation: Occupational Therapist

Racing Highlights: Meghan has placed in the following races:

  • CRASH-B’s: Placed third in the Collegiate Lightweight category (1999)… placed second in the Collegiate Lightweight category (2000)… placed first in the International Lightweight category (2003)
  • Dad Vails: Placed first in the Novice Eight (1997)… placed first in the Lightweight Eight (1997, 1998, 1999 and 2000)
  • IRA’s: Placed second in the Lightweight Eight (1997, 1999, 2000)… placed first in the Lightweight Eight (1998)
  • USRowing Club and Elite National Championships: Placed first in the Intermediate Lightweight Four and Eight (1999)… placed first in the Intermediate Double and Quad (2002)… placed first in the Senior Lightweight Double, and Elite Lightweight Double, Pair and Four (2003)… placed first in the Elite Lightweight Single and Double (2004)… placed first in the Elite Lightweight Double (2005)… placed first in the Senior Lightweight Single, Open Double and Elite Double (2008)… placed second in the Senior Lightweight Eight (1999)… placed second in the Senior Open Eight (2002)… placed second in the Elite Double (2005)… placed second in the Senior Open Single, Single Dash and Senior Quad (2008)… placed third in the Elite Single and Senior Lightweight Single (2005)… placed third in the Senior Lightweight Single and Senior Quad (2007)… placed third in the Elite Single (2008)
  • Canadian Henley: Placed first in the Open Quad (2002)… placed first in the Open Double (2008)
  • World Championships: Placed fourth in the Lightweight Pair (2003)
  • Head of the Charles: Placed third in the Lightweight Eight (1999)… placed second in the Lightweight Four (2005)… placed first in the Lightweight Four (2006 and 2007)

Personal: Meghan is the oldest of four children and works as an Early Intervention Pediatric Therapist. She is most proud of helping to found the now semi-annual Schuylkill Navy Blood Drive in December of 2002, which has helped to save approximately over 850 lives. (285 pints of blood have been collected to date). In addition to rowing, Meghan enjoys biking, hiking, walking, water skiing, running, sleeping, eating and drinking coffee.  She hates weight-lifting and does it only when she has to. Meghan is notorious for losing and breaking things (even including herself!) and, as a result, has often joked that she needs to coat herself in bubble-wrap.

 

Name: Jessica Schane

Hometown: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Began Rowing: 2001 as a freshman in college at Oklahoma City University

Undergraduate Education: Southern Methodist University, Sociology, 2006

Occupation: Capital Campaign Coordinator for the Christ Church Preservation Trust

Racing Highlights: Placed first in the Intermediate Quad at the 2008 USRowing Club National Championship… placed third in the Intermediate Double at the 2008 USRowing Club National Championship… placed first in the Lightweight Single at the 2008 Head of the Ohio and Head of the Occoquan… placed second in the Lightweight Four at the 2008 Head of the Charles.

Personal:  Jess first came to Philadelphia in the summer of 2004, later moving to the city permanently in 2006.  She loves blueberries and classic rock, and believes that practice is not something you “have” to do everyday, but instead is something you “get” to do.

 

Name: Heather Schofield

Hometown: Concord, New Hampshire

Began Rowing: 2005 as a senior in high school

Undergraduate Education: Boston College, Biology, 2009

Occupation: Scientific Technician, Fox Chase Cancer Center

Racing Highlights: Placed first in the Novice Eight at the 2006 ECAC Regatta… placed first in the Varsity Eight at the 2006 Foot of the Charles… placed fourth in the Varsity Eight at the 2009 ACC Championships… placed second in the Intermediate Lightweight Four, Intermediate Lightweight Quad, and Senior Lightweight Four at the 2009 USRowing Club National Championship… placed second in the U23 Lightweight Straight Four and the Senior Lightweight Quad at the 2009 Canadian Henley Regatta. 

Personal: Heather moved to Philadelphia to work and row after graduating from Boston College in 2009.  She enjoys traveling, reading, and watching sports.  She plans to attend graduate school for Biology in the future.

 

Name: Cara Skola

Hometown: Wall, New Jersey

Began Rowing: 2001 as a freshman in college

Education: Lehigh University, B.A. in Journalism and Political Science, 2005; M.A. in Political Science, 2006

Occupation: Risk Management, Veritable, LP

Racing Highlights: Placed first in the Collegiate Eight at the 2002 Head of the Charles… placed second in the Championship Eight at the 2002 Head of the Schuylkill… placed first in the Collegiate Eight at the 2003 and 2004 Frostbite Regatta… placed first in the Intermediate Quad at the 2007 Schuylkill Navy and Independence Day Regattas… placed second in the Intermediate Quad at the 2007 USRowing Club National Championship… placed first in the Intermediate Single at the 2008 Schuylkill Navy Regatta… placed first in the Intermediate Quad at the 2008 Independence Day Regatta and USRowing Club National Championship… placed first in the Open Double and Open Quad at the 2008 Head of the Schuylkill.

Personal: Cara has been living and rowing in Philadelphia since 2006, after earning her master’s from Lehigh.  During college, she studied in both London, England and Madrid, Spain.  In addition to rowing, Cara loves swimming, running and yoga, and has taken up a recent interest in cooking.  She was married in November 2008, and will always remember taking wedding pictures on the beach in the freezing cold (in bare feet!). 

 

Name: Elizabeth Welsh

Hometown: Haverford, Pennsylvania

Began Rowing: 2000 as a freshman at The Agnes Irwin School

Undergraduate Education: The University of Virginia, Bachelor of Science in Nursing, 2009

Occupation: Registered Nurse

Racing Highlights: Placed third in the Intermediate Pair at the 2007 USRowing Club National Championship… placed first in the Intermediate Quad at the 2008 USRowing Club National Championship.

Personal: Liz enjoys being outdoors in almost any weather.  In addition to rowing, she loves running and biking.  Two of her favorite past times are knitting and speaking German.

 

SUMMER 2009

MEN

Name: David Ansell

Hometown: Fort Washington, Pennsylvania

Began Rowing: 2003 as a freshman at La Salle College High School

Undergraduate Education: Hobart College, Biology and Economics, 2011

Occupation: Student

Racing Highlights: Placed first in the Lightweight Eight at the 2004 Frostbite Regatta… placed second in the Lightweight Eight at the 2007 Stotesbury Cup Regatta… placed first in the Novice Eight at the 2008 New York State Collegiate Championship… placed first in the Novice Eight at the 2008 Liberty League Championship… placed third in the Lightweight Quad at the 2008 USRowing Club National Championship… placed first in the Intermediate Lightweight Double at the 2008 Independence Day Regatta.

Personal: In addition to rowing, Dave enjoys playing other sports including basketball and soccer.  He also loves music, having played the viola since he was nine and the guitar since he was thirteen.  Dave is currently in college and would like to attend medical school after he earns his undergraduate degree.  One of his rowing goals is to make the U23 National Team as a lightweight sculler.

 

Name: James Barker

Hometown: Lafayette Hill, Pennsylvania

Began Rowing: 2002 with his Grand-Pop on the weekends

Undergraduate Education: Marist College, History, 2011

Occupation: Student

Racing Highlights: Placed first in the Freshman Eight at the 2004 City Championships… placed first in the Junior Varsity Single at the 2005 City Championships… placed third in the Junior Varsity Eight at the 2006 Stotesbury Cup Regatta… placed first in the Freshman Eight at the 2008 MAAC Championship… placed first in the Varsity Eight at the 2009 MAAC Championship.

  

Name:  Hugh McAdam

Hometown:  Nashua, New Hampshire

Began Rowing:  2004 as a freshman in college

Undergraduate Education:  Washington College, Clinical / Counseling Psychology, 2004

Occupation:  Professional Job Hunter

Racing Highlights:  Placed first in the Lightweight Eight at the 2007 USRowing Club National Championship… placed second in the Lightweight Four at the 2007 USRowing Club National Championship… placed second in the Lightweight Four at the 2008 Knecht Cup… placed fourth in the Lightweight Four at the 2008 Dad Vail Regatta.

Personal:  Hugh enjoys mountain biking, cycling, triathlons and traveling.  He plans to finish an upper-level degree in psychology, and would like to get into coaching and teaching when his competitive rowing career is done.

 

Name: Ian McCreadie             

Hometown: Chester Springs, Pennsylvania

Began Rowing: 2008 as freshman in college

Undergraduate Education: Georgia Institute of Technology, Aerospace Engineering, 2012

Occupation: Student

Racing Highlights: Placed first in the Novice Heavyweight Eight at the 2008 Head of the Chattanooga… placed first in the Novice Heavyweight Eight at the 2008 Head of the Hooch… placed first in the Novice Heavyweight Eight at the 2009 Florida IRA’s.

Personal: Ian plans to continue rowing through college as he works to finish his degree.  He likes to run trail races and long distance races, and hopes to compete in a triathlon or marathon one day.  He also enjoys playing Ultimate Frisbee and volleyball, as well as watching movies in his spare time.

 

WOMEN

Name: Wystan Carswell

Hometown:  Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania

Began Rowing: 2007

Undergraduate Education: Lafayette College, Civil Engineering

Occupation: Structural Engineering Graduate Student, University of Massachusetts Amherst

Racing Highlights:  Competed in the Lightweight Four at the 2008 Head of the Charles… placed seventh in the Lightweight Four at the 2008 Head of the Schuylkill… placed first in the Lightweight Women’s Eight and Varsity Women’s Eight to help win back the River Cup at the 2009 Lehigh-Lafayette River Cup… competed in her first race in the single (U23 Lightweight) at the 2009 Royal Canadian Henley… placed second in the Club Eight at the 2009 Head of the Schuylkill.

Personal:  In addition to rowing and engineering, Wystan loves food and cooking, coffee and bagels, cycling, climbing, sleeping, reading and history.  Wystan does not love sleep deprivation, slipped discs and student debt.

 

Name: Kate McFetridge

Hometown: West Deptford, New Jersey

Began Rowing: 2007 as a freshman in college

Undergraduate Education: University of Southern California, Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, 2011

Occupation: Student; Summer Lifeguard and Tutor

Racing Highlights: Raced in the Novice Eight in the Grand Final at the 2008 San Diego Crew Classic… placed first in the Pair at the 2009 Pacific Coast Regatta… college team placed eleventh in the 2009 NCAA Championship.

Personal: Kate loves to ride horses, read, listen to music and spend time on the beach.  She thinks that dinner parties, and breakfast with friends and family are the best parts of life!

 

Name: Nicole Wagner

Hometown: Horsham, Pennsylvania

Began Rowing: 2006 as a walk-on novice in college

Undergraduate Education: Temple University, Secondary Education – Social Studies and History, 2010

Occupation: Student

Racing Highlights: Placed sixth in the Junior Varsity Eight at the 2007 Dad Vail Regatta… placed third in the Lightweight Eight at the 2009 Atlantic 10 Championship… placed third in the Varsity Eight in the Petite Final at the 2009 San Diego Crew Classic… placed first in the Intermediate Double at the 2009 Navy Day Regatta.

Personal: Nicole will be entering her senior year at Temple with 36 credits remaining as an undergrad.  Upon graduation, she plans to pursue a masters degree in Geography and Urban Studies.  She is a second degree black belt in Isshinryu Karate and a beginning white belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. Nicole enjoys all outdoor activities including rowing, hiking, rock climbing, camping and cycling. She also loves to travel and would like to backpack through Europe in the future.

 

Name: Kate Wood

Hometown: Dallas, Texas

Began Rowing: 2003 at the Dallas Rowing Club

Undergraduate Education: Texas A&M, International Business and Marketing, 2002

Occupation: Product Development and Production

Racing Highlights: Placed second in the Intermediate Quad at the 2005 USRowing Club National Championship… placed second in the Senior Quad at the 2005 USRowing Club National Championship… placed third in the 2005 Head of the Charles… placed second in the Lightweight Four at the 2008 Head of the Charles.

Personal: Kate has been rowing at Undine since fall, 2007.  Since that time, the people at Undine have grown to be part of her family.  They have helped challenge her in all aspects of life.