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| Born | May 5, 1980 (1980-05-05) (age 44) Los Gatos, California, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse | Simon Carcagno | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Megan Cooke Carcagno (born May 5, 1980) is an Americanrower. She was a gold medalist at the 2006World Rowing Cup and a gold medalist at the 2006FISAWorld Rowing Championships, assisting in setting aworld best time for the U.S. National Team. She was also a 2006 champion at theHenley Royal Regatta and theHead of the Charles Regatta.
Megan Cooke was born on May 5, 1980, inLos Gatos, California.[3] She began rowing her sophomore year of high school.[4] Cooke graduated from theUniversity of California at Berkeley in 2002 with a degree in psychology.[4][5]
Cooke was on therowing 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.[6] She was the co-captain of the rowing team her junior and senior years, earning fourth place at the 2000NCAA Championships and third place in the 2002. In 2001 she won a silver medal in the women's four without coxswain at the 2001World Under-23 Championships.[5] Cooke joined the U.S. National Team for rowing in 2004. Her last year on the national team was 2007. In 2006, as part of the U.S. World Champion women's eight, she helped set a world record for Team USA. She was also a 2006Henley Royal Regatta champion and 2006Head of the Charles Regatta champion.[4] She won a silver medal in coxless pairs and a gold medal in the women's pair with partnerAnna Mickelson at the 2006World Rowing Cup inLucerne.[2] She placed fifth in the 2006 World Rowling Cup inMunich.[7] Cooke competed in the 2006FISAWorld Rowing Championships inEton, helping her team win a gold medal with a world best time of 5:55.50.[1] She was a silver medalist at the World Rowing Cup inLintz. An injury in 2008 set Cooke back during the Senior Women's National Team's bids for the2008 Summer Olympics.[4] She retired from the U.S. National Team in 2008.
After retiring from the United States National Team in 2008, Cooke worked as an assistant rowing coach for theUniversity of Wisconsin, winning 2NCAA South/Central Championships in the Novice 8. Cooke was named the new varsity assistant coach at theUniversity of Wisconsin beginning in the fall of 2013.[8] Cooke was named varsity head coach of theDuke UniversityWomen's Rowing program in 2016.[9] She 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. In 2016 she was awarded ACC Coach of the Year. This resulted in the team's first bid to NCAA's in Sacramento, California. The team achieved its highest CRCA ranking at 12th, with the team finishing in 17th at NCAA's in a tiebreaker. The 2nd Varsity 8+ and the 1st Varsity 4+ won their C Finals at NCAA's. She 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.[5][6]
Cooke is married toSimon Carcagno and has three sons.[9]
Simon CarcagnoDuke UniversityUniversity of Wisconsinrowing team
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