Anna Goodale

Anna P. Goodale (born March 18, 1983) is an American rower. She has rowed on four world championship U.S. women’s eight crews and competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics, where she won a gold medal in women's eight.[1][2]

Anna Goodale
Personal information
BornMarch 18, 1983 (1983-03-18) (age 40)
Montville, Maine
Home townCamden, Maine, U.S.
Alma materSyracuse University
Medal record
Women's rowing
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2008 BeijingWomen's eight
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2006 Eton Eight
Gold medal – first place 2007 Munich Eight
Gold medal – first place 2009 Poznan Eight
Gold medal – first place 2010 Cambridge Eight

Early life and education

Anna Goodale was born to Martha Derbyshire and Nat Goodale in Montville, Maine. She spent most of her time on a sheep farm and was homeschooled until age nine.[2][3] Goodale is a great-great-granddaughter of James H. Smith Jr. and Pauline Sabin and of Yale athlete Tom Shevlin.[4] She attended Camden Hills Regional High School and graduated from Syracuse University in 2005.[5] She studied illustration at Syracuse and is skilled in using a range of mediums, with a focus on watercolor and pastel.[6] She also enjoys playing the viola.[7]

Career

College

At Syracuse, Goodale was a member of the varsity eight team and received various awards and honors for her rowing achievements, including being named three time Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association All-American, earning first team distinctions in 2003 and 2005, and a second team honor in 2004.[8][9]

Beginning as a walk-on,[10] by senior year, she had become the team captain and won the Soladay Award, the most prestigious award given to a student-athlete by Syracuse Athletics.[5][11][12]

Olympics

Goodale joined the United States National Women's Rowing Team in 2005. At the international level, she has won gold in the eight event multiple times at the World Rowing Championships, World Rowing Cup, and the Olympic Games.[13] She has also placed in the pair event at various Rowing World Cup stops, won silver in the eight at the 2006 World Rowing Cup in Lucerne, and won the Remenham Cup at the 2006 Henley Royal Regatta. She has also finished in the top 4 in the eight event at the 2005 World Rowing Championships.[14] She won a gold medal in women's eight at the 2008 Summer Olympics.[15][16][17]

Goodale has had a successful career in national rowing competitions. She has placed in the top four in several pair events, including finishing fourth at the 2010 National Selection Regatta #3 and sixth at the 2010 National Selection Regatta #2. In addition, Goodale has also had several notable finishes in the championship eight event, including winning gold at the 2006, 2005, and 2009 Head of the Charles Regattas, and coming in second place at the 2009 USRowing National Championships. Goodale has also had success in other events, such as winning silver in the four at the 2007 USRowing National Championships and finishing second in the four at the 2004 U.S. Senior and Junior World Championship Trials.[14]

Goodale announced in June 2011 that she was officially retired from rowing and planned to move to Ecuador with her father.[18]

Coaching

In 2014, Goodale spent the 2014-15 school year as an assistant coach for the rowing team at Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington. During the 2015 NCAA Championships, the Gonzaga Bulldogs achieved their best-ever team finish of 17th place.

Goodale served as the assistant coach and the head novice coach for Ohio State University's Women's Rowing Team from Fall 2015 until 2019.[6][19][20]

Since 2019, she has served as the head coach and executive director of the Megunticook Rowing club in Camden, Maine.[19][21][22]

Honors

She was inducted into the Maine Sports Hall of Fame in 2015 and the Midcoast Sports Hall of Fame in 2011.[14][23]

She was the first women to have her number retired at Syracuse — along with basketball legend Felisha Legette-Jack and lacrosse player Katie Rowan Thomson.[24][25]

Personal life

Goodale is married to Wes Walker, who was an assistant volleyball coach at Eastern Washington University. She has two sons.[19]

See also

References
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  2. Griffin, Nancy (2021). Maine's Greatest Athletes. Down East Books. p. 34. ISBN 978-1-60893-741-7. Retrieved December 29, 2022.
  3. "Anna Goodale: Olympic Gold comes from growing up in Maine". Maine Insights Newsmagazine. June 15, 2020. Retrieved December 29, 2022.
  4. Sean Mulcahy, Morgan Paige, Francesca Iacovangelo, and Anna Goodale (July 23, 2007). Rowing with Anna Goodale and the US National Team (youtube video). Princeton, New Jersey: PressPass TV.
  5. "Anna Goodale - Rowing". Syracuse University Athletics.
  6. "Anna Goodale". Ohio State Buckeyes. May 18, 2018. Retrieved December 29, 2022.
  7. Pepperman, Jess (March 2007). "Magic Eight". Rowing News: 54. Retrieved December 29, 2022.
  8. "Goodale Strikes Gold Again". Syracuse University Athletics. September 1, 2009. Retrieved December 29, 2022.
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  10. Morelli, Marie (August 18, 2008). "Rower went from SU walk-on to gold medalist". Syracuse Post-Standard. Retrieved December 29, 2022.
  11. "Soladay Award". Syracuse University Athletics. Retrieved December 29, 2022.
  12. Cook, Kristyn. Tennis Media Guide 2005-06 (PDF) (Report). cuse.com. p. 26. Retrieved December 29, 2022.
  13. "World Rowing - Athletes in Poznan: Anna Goodale". World Rowing. January 24, 2012. Retrieved December 30, 2022.
  14. Waltz, Ken (May 7, 2014). "Lofty achievement: Goodale rows into enshrinement". Knox County VillageSoup.
  15. "Anna GOODALE". olympics.com. Retrieved December 30, 2022.
  16. "Anna Goodale's Guide to Watching Rowing". Smithsonian Magazine. July 26, 2012. Retrieved December 30, 2022.
  17. Bombatch, John (June 28, 2016). "Olympic Day a hit at Eastwood". Fairborn Daily Herald. Retrieved December 29, 2022.
  18. "Around the Rings". Archived from the original on April 5, 2012. Retrieved July 1, 2011.
  19. Lowe, Mike (May 9, 2021). "Family ties pull Olympic gold medalist back to Maine". Portland Press Herald. Retrieved December 29, 2022.
  20. Harvey, George (December 12, 2018). "Anna Goodale shares life experiences, rowing knowledge as Ohio State University coach". PenBay Pilot. Retrieved December 29, 2022.
  21. Miller, Zack (December 5, 2019). "Olympic gold medalist Goodale brings wealth of knowledge, experience to role". Knox County VillageSoup. Retrieved December 29, 2022.
  22. "Megunticook Rowing appoints former Olympian Anna Goodale as executive director". PenBay Pilot. November 6, 2019. Retrieved December 30, 2022.
  23. "Anna Goodale of Camden inducted into Maine Sports Hall of Fame". PenBay Pilot. April 14, 2015. Retrieved December 29, 2022.
  24. Enslin, Rob (February 9, 2022). "50 Years of 'Cuse Women's Athletics". syracuse.edu. Retrieved December 29, 2022.
  25. Bailey, Stephen (August 11, 2021). "Syracuse announces first 3 women's jersey honorees: Felisha Legette-Jack, Anna Goodale, Katie Rowan Thomson". 247Sports. Retrieved December 30, 2022.
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