Liz Ponder
Assistant Coach Liz Ponder is in her third year with The Mountain
Lakes Rowing Club.
Before coming to Mountain Lakes she was the head novice coach of the
Cincinnati Junior Rowing Club.
She also had the chance to coach at the US Junior National Team
Development camp this past summer.
Liz has also earned her certification as a Level II Rowing Coach by US
Rowing.
Liz is a 2007 graduate of the University of Minnesota, where she earned
a Bachelor of Arts degree in Physiology. She is now working towards her
doctorate in Physical Therapy at Long Island University, Brooklyn
campus.
Rowing Highlights
Liz started rowing for the Cincinnati Junior Rowing Club (CJRC) as a freshman in high school. During her time there, she placed first every year at the Midwest Regional Championships and won the 2002 and 2003 national championships in the team's first eight. In 2002, she was invited to attend the US Rowing Junior National Team Development camp during the summer. Liz was recruited to the University of Minnesota where she had a full athletic scholarship. She rowed for another four years, finishing second place at the Big Ten Championships her freshman year, earning Big Ten Championship titles her junior and senior year, and a Big Ten Championship team win her senior year with a record total of 150 points.
