Two recent University of Notre Dame rowing graduates will play a key role for the United States in the 2018 Rowing World Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, starting on Monday, September 10. Molly Bruggeman (’14) and Erin Boxberger (’17) will make up the engine of the Women’s Four (W4-), becoming the first pair of Notre Dame alumnae to compete at the Olympic/World Championship senior level in the same boat.
“We are very proud that Molly and Erin will be representing the United States at the World Championships,” head coach Martin Stone said.
“We wish them and all of Team U.S.A. the best of luck.”
U.S. Rowing Women’s Four
Erin Reelick (Brookfield, CT / Princeton)
Molly Bruggeman (Dayton, OH / Notre Dame)
Erin Boxberger (Overland Park, KS / Notre Dame)
Madeline Wanamaker (Neenah, WI / Wisconsin)
U.S. Rowing Women’s Four Schedule
Monday, September 10
Heats begin at 10:42 a.m. local (3:42 a.m. ET)
Tuesday, September 11
Repechages begin at 4:13 p.m. local (9:13 a.m. ET)
Thursday, September 15
Semifinals begin at 5:12 p.m. local time (10:12 a.m. ET)
Bruggeman and Reelick competed together in the W4- at last year’s World Rowing Championships, finishing fourth. The U.S. team captured fourth in the event at the 2018 World Rowing Cup in Lucerne, Switzerland.
Bruggeman (three times) and Boxberger (three times) join Amanda Polk (four times) as the only three members of the Notre Dame rowing team to earn multiple All-America honors in their careers. Polk won an Olympic gold medal as a member of the W8+ in 2016.
The 2018 World Rowing Championships will take place on an artificial canal in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. The canal has a total length of 2,300 meters (all races are 2,000 meters) and will host 900 rowers from 62 nations. The opening ceremony for the event is Saturday, September 8, while all rowing will be wrapped up by Saturday, September 15.
Erin Boxberger Bio
At Notre Dame:
- 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017 University of Notre Dame Rowing Team
- 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017 NCAA Championship Participant (finished ninth in 2014)
- 2017 CRCA Pocock All-America First Team
- 2014 CRCA Pocock All-America First Team
- 2013 CRCA Pocock All-America Second Team
- 2017 CRCA South All-Region Team
- 2014 CRCA South All-Region Team
- 2013 CRCA Central All-Region Team
- 2017 All-ACC First Team
- 2014 All-ACC First Team
- 2013 All-Big East First Team
- Big East Boat of the Week – March 20, 2013
With U.S. Rowing:
- 2013 World Rowing Under-23 Championships, W8+, Gold Medal
- 2014 World Rowing Under-23 Championships, W8+, W4-, Gold Medal
- 2017 World Rowing Cup II, W8+, Third Place
- 2018 World Rowing Cup II, W4-, Fourth Place
Personal:
- Birthplace: Shawnee, KS
- Hometown: Overland Park, KS
- Current Residence: Princeton, NJ
- Current Club: U.S. Rowing Training Center – Princeton, NJ
Molly Bruggeman Bio
At Notre Dame:
- 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 University of Notre Dame Rowing Team
- 2012, 2013, 2014 NCAA Championship Participant (finished ninth in 2014)
- 2014 CRCA Pocock All-America Second Team
- 2013 CRCA Pocock All-America First Team
- 2012 CRCA Pocock All-America First Team
- 2014 CRCA South All-Region Team
- 2013 CRCA Central All-Region Team
- 2014 All-ACC First Team
- 2013 All-BIG EAST First Team
- ACC Crew of the Week – April 29, 2014
- BIG EAST Crew of the Week – May 2, 2012
With U.S. Rowing:
- 2012 World Rowing Under-23 Championships, W4-, Sixth Place
- 2013 World Rowing Under-23 Championships, W4x, Sixth Place
- 2014 World Rowing Under-23 Championships, W8+, W4-, Gold Medal
- 2016 World Rowing Championships, W4-, Second Place
- 2017 World Rowing Championships, W4-, Fourth Place
- 2017 World Rowing Cup II, W8+, Third Place, W4-, Fourth Place
- 2018 World Cup II, W4-, Fourth Place
Personal:
- Birthplace: Dayton, OH
- Hometown: Dayton, OH
- Current Residence: Princeton, NJ
- Began Rowing: Dayton Boat Club, 2007
- Current Club: U.S. Rowing Training Center – Princeton, NJ
You can follow along with the 2018 World Championship regatta here.