Briefs

Rowing signs six recruits

The UCLA women’s rowing team has scanned the nation for
recruits, signing three women from each coast to National Letters
of Intent.

Christina Briggs, from Greenwich, Conn. (Greenwich High School),
is a rower for the Mianus River Rowing Club. She is also an
accomplished student who has studied at Oxford University and
Harvard University during the summer.

Hannah Hartman, from Tiburon, Calif. (Tamalpais High School),
rows for Marin Rowing Association, an association that has provided
the current Bruin squad with members Anja Wanberg and Emma
Winder.

Margaret Hoffecker, from Arlington, Va., is a coxswain at St.
Andrew’s School in Middletown, Del. She coxed the Water
Street Rowing women’s senior eight to second place in the New
Jersey State Championships.

Anna Lindel, from Danbury, Conn. (Choate Rosemary Hall), is a
four-year letterwinner in rowing and swimming and a Dean’s
list student. She joins current Bruin rower Heather McCluskey from
Choate Rosemary Hall.

Megan McQuown, from San Diego, Calif. (University City High
School), is a coxswain for the San Diego Rowing Club (SDRC). She is
the top coxswain at SDRC for the second consecutive year and will
join Bruin rower Liz Pallas-Jacobs from SDRC.

Kirsten Moore, from San Francisco, Calif. (Lowell High School),
rows for Pacific Rowing Club. Moore is extremely versatile as she
is able to row both starboard and port.

“We are very pleased with the results of our recruiting
efforts so far this year and our six early signees,” head
coach Amy Fuller said in a statement. “We continue to attract
some of the best members of the top California junior programs and
we are starting to see a stronger interest in UCLA rowing from
throughout the country.”

Compiled by Robert Costa, Daily Bruin Contributor.