VARSITY ROWING
SAMANTHA FAHED
MEGHAN FARRELL
LONGWOOD, FLA. SENIOR
PHOENIX, ARIZ. JUNIOR
Awards and Honors Named to the Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll three semesters. Fall 2011 Finished second in the stroke seat of the varsity four grand final night sprints and placed first in the open four at the Head of the Oklahoma … Helped the varsity eight to a first place finish in the seven seat at the Head of the Marina. Spring 2011 Finished first in the petite finals of the Oak Ridge Invitational as a member of the varsity four in the bow seat … Helped lead team to second-place overall finish at Big 12 Championships in the varsity four … Claimed a win over Iowa at the Longhorn Invitational in the second varsity four.
Fall 2011 Finished first in the three seat of the varsity eight grand final collegiate night sprints and second in the bow seat of the varsity open pair at the Head of the Oklahoma… Finished second in the bow seat of the varsity eight at the Head of the Colorado … Claimed a second place finish in the bow seat of the third varsity open pair at the Head of the Marina … Placed first in the varsity open eight and first in the varsity open four at the Autumn Rowing Festival. Spring 2011 Finished fourth in the grand final as a member of the varsity eight at the Conference USA Championships … Placed second as a member of the varsity eight at the Windermere Cup … Helped lead team to second place overall finish at Big 12 Championships in the varsity eight.
Fall 2010 Finished eighth in the stroke seat of the open eight “D” at the Head of the Colorado … Rowed as a member of the collegiate eight “D” in the Head of the Oklahoma.
Fall 2010 Rowed as a member of the open four “A” and open eight “A” at the Head of the Colorado, finishing second in both races … Rowed as a member of the collegiate eight “A”, open four “A” and collegiate single at the Head of the Oklahoma, claiming third in the grand final, second and fifth respectively.
Spring 2010 Member of the second-place team at the Big 12 Championship ... Placed third at the Big 12 Championship as a member of the varsity four at the stroke position ... Earned a bronze medal at the SIRA Championships at the three seat ... Recorded wins over SMU and Kansas as a member of the second varsity eight at the stroke position at the OU Invitational.
Spring 2010 Placed second at the Big 12 Championship as a member of the first varsity eight in the five seat ... Earned a silver medal at the SIRA Championships at the five seat ... Placed second in the Cal Cup at the San Diego Crew Classic at the five seat.
Fall 2009 Rowed at the two seat to place 12th at the Boot of the Oklahoma in the stampede qualifier and fourth in the Petite Final ... Finished fourth in the varsity four stampede qualifier at the stroke position. At Central Florida Placed third novice eight at South/Central NCAA Regional at UCF ... Dual wins in novice eight over Texas, Oregon State, Stanford and Miami. High School Participated in lacrosse and weight lifting in high school ... Member of the honor roll all four years of high school. Personal Parents are Clara and Sam Fahed ... Has three siblings: Sydney, Shelby and Savannah ... Psychology major.
Fall 2009 Finished second in the Grand Final at the bow position at the Boot of the Oklahoma ... Rowed three seat to finish 32nd at the Head of the Charles with the championship eight. High School Member of the Tempe Junior Crew for two years ... Team captain 2008-09 ... Named Novice of the Year 2007-08 ... Placed sixth at Youth Nationals in varsity double in 2008 ... Placed fifth at Youth Nationals in varsity quad in 2009 ... Placed first at Club Nationals in varsity quad in 2009 ... Placed first at Club Nationals in varsity double in 2009 ... Placed third at Club Nationals in varsity single. Personal Full name is Meghan Elizabeth Farrell ... Parents are Echo and Bob Farrell ... Has one sibling, Maddie ... Health and exercise science major.
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Women’s Rowing