Jen Kaido '03 Rows U.S. to Fifth Place Finish at 2008 Beijing Olympic Games
8/17/2008 12:02:33 PM
BEIJING - Former Cornell University women's rower Jen Kaido '03 completed her participation in the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympic Games, finishing just out of the medals as she helped to row the U.S. to a fifth place finish in the women's quadruple sculls this morning at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park.
The crew of Kaido, Margot Shumway, Lindsay Meyer and Lia Pernell finished fifth, clocking a 6:25.86. China came from behind to win the gold medal in a 6:16.06, while Great Britain finished second in a 6:17.37. Germany won the bronze in a 6:19.56.
A three-time national team member, Kaido was part of the silver medal winning women's quadruple sculls crew at the 2008 Rowing World Cup in Lucerne, Switzerland . She finished eighth in the double sculls at the 2007 FISA World Championships and fifth in the double sculls at the 2007 FISA World Cup stop in Lucerne. Kaido was part of the sixth-place boat in the quadruple sculls at the 2006 FISA World Championships and the fourth-place boat in the quadruple sculls at the 2006 FISA World Cup stop in Lucerne. She served as an alternate at the 2005 FISA World Championships after winning bronze in the quadruple sculls at the 2005 FISA World Cup stop in Munich.
An animal science major at Cornell, Kaido joined the Big Red rowing team as a senior after transferring from SUNY-Cobleskill, where she was named Female Athlete of the Year as a volleyball and track athlete in 2000-01. The West Leyden, N.Y. native trains out of Princeton, N.J.