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18 Facts About Megan Cooke

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Megan Cooke was a gold medalist at the 2006 World Rowing Cup and a gold medalist at the 2006 FISA World Rowing Championships, assisting in setting a world best time for the US National Team.

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Megan Cooke was a 2006 champion at the Henley Royal Regatta and the Head of the Charles Regatta.

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Megan Cooke was born on May 5,1980, in Los Gatos, California.

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Megan Cooke began rowing her sophomore year of high school.

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Megan Cooke was on the rowing team at the University of California at Berkeley, earning first team All-American honors twice along with first team All-Region and first team All-Pac accolades.

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Megan Cooke was the co-captain of the rowing team her junior and senior years, earning fourth place at the 2000 NCAA Championships and third place in the 2002.

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Megan Cooke joined the US National Team for rowing in 2004.

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8.

Megan Cooke was a 2006 Henley Royal Regatta champion and 2006 Head of the Charles Regatta champion.

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Megan Cooke won a silver medal in coxless pairs and a gold medal in the women's pair with partner Anna Mickelson at the 2006 World Rowing Cup in Lucerne.

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Megan Cooke placed fifth in the 2006 World Rowling Cup in Munich.

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Megan Cooke competed in the 2006 FISA World Rowing Championships in Eton, helping her team win a gold medal with a world best time of 5:55.50.

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Megan Cooke was a silver medalist at the World Rowing Cup in Lintz.

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Megan Cooke retired from the US National Team in 2008.

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

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Megan Cooke was named varsity head coach of the Duke University Women's Rowing program in 2016.

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Megan Cooke coached the team to a second-place finish at ACC's even without fielding a boat for the 2nd Varsity 4+, with the 1st Varsity and 2nd Varsity 8+'s as well as the 1st Varsity 4+, taking second place; the team's best performance since 2006.

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Megan Cooke won CRCA Regional Coach of the Year and the Duke University staff, consisting of assistant coaches Chuck Rodosky and Chase Graham, won CRCA Division I Staff of the Year.

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Megan Cooke is married to Simon Carcagno and has three sons.