Davies, Lofgren to Race for U.S. in Olympics
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.— Former Radcliffe rowers
Caryn Davies ’05 and Esther Lofgren ’08-09 will race in
the U.S. women’s eight in the 2012 London Olympic Games,
USRowing has announced.
They join former Harvard oarsmen Henrik Rummel ’09 and Will
Newell ’11 on the U.S. squad. All told, six former Harvard
and Radcliffe rowers will compete in the Olympics. Rummel and
Newell will race in the men’s heavyweight and lightweight
fours, respectively. Malcolm Howard ’05, meanwhile, will race
with the Canadian men’s eight and former Crimson heavyweight
teammate Brodie Buckland ’06 will represent Australia in the
men’s pair.
The rowing competition at the 2012 Olympic Games will take place
at the Eton Dorney Rowing Centre at Dorney Lake, about 25 miles
west of London, July 28-Aug. 4. The U.S. women’s eight is the
defending Olympic champion and six-time defending world
champion.
Davies is one of six athletes returning to the U.S. eight after
helping the boat win gold at the 2008 Beijing Games. The Ithaca,
N.Y., native is competing in her third Olympics, having helped the
U.S. eight place second in 2004 in Athens. She has earned four
World Rowing Championships gold medals. She and Lofgren helped the
eight set a world record on the way to gold at the 2012 World
Rowing Cup in Lucerne, Switzerland.
Lofgren is competing in the Olympics for the first time, but is no
stranger to the U.S. women’s eight. She aided in the
boat’s victories in the 2010 and ’11 World Rowing
Championships. A native of Newport Beach, Calif., Lofgren also took
silver in the four in both the 2008 and ’09 World Rowing
Championships.
