Megan Cooke

Megan Cooke
Personal information
Born May 5, 1980 (1980-05-05) (age 35)
Los Gatos, California, U.S.
Medal record
Women's rowing
Representing  United States
World Rowing Championships
2006 Eton Eights [1]
World Rowing Cup [2]
2006 Lucerne Coxless Pairs
2007 Lucerne Coxless Pairs
2007 Lintz Coxless Pairs

Megan Cooke Carcagno (born May 5, 1980 in Los Gatos, California)[3] is an American rower. She competed at the 2007 Lucerne World Cup and 2007 Lintz World Cup. She won silver medals in coxless pairs at Lucerne and Lintz. She competed at the 2006 Lucerne World Cup in the coxless pairs. She won a gold medal with partner Anna Mickelson.[2]

Megan competed in the FISA World Rowing Championships in Eton, United Kingdom. She helped her team win a gold medal with a world best time of 5:55.50.[1]

After finishing rowing for the US National team, Cooke was hired as an assistant coach for the University of Wisconsin Badgers. She works primarily with the novices, who have been particularly strong in the past, winning 2 of the last 3 NCAA South/Central Championships in the Novice 8.

Megan was named the new varsity assistant coach at the University of Wisconsin beginning in the fall of 2013.[4]

Megan attended the University of California at Berkeley.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Megan Cooke helps US 8 to Gold Medal Accessed: August 18, 2008
  2. 1 2 Anna Mickelson Cummins bio Accessed: August 18, 2008.
  3. ↑ Megan Cooke's Profile
  4. ↑ http://www.uwbadgers.com/sports/w-rowing/mtt/megan_cooke_carcagno_736349.html


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