Poppy Montgomery '24 Recruiting Profile

Holy Names AcademySeattle, WAWomen's Rowing

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Height5'4"

Weight135lbs

Age18

Primary PositionOpen Weight

Secondary PositionLightweight

Dominant HandStarboard

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June 2022

Personal Statement

www.poppybmontgomery.com

I am excited to announce that I have committed to row D1 at Washington State University from fall 2024.

Hi, my name is Poppy Montgomery I’m a Senior and 17 years old. I was first introduced to rowing the summer of 2019 after I moved from the UK. I have three passports, so I'm very lucky!

For 4 years I've taken leading roles rowing (sweep, scull and bowing) a variety of boat classes at Pocock Rowing and now at Holy Names Academy in Seattle, WA. This is my fourth year racing competitively on the varsity High School team, and I won the coaches’ prize in Freshman year for most improved.

In my Sophomore year, I was selected from 60 athletes in our HS crew program to represent Holy Names at major races including Head of the Charles (securing our spot for 2022) and at US Youth Nationals placing 10th in the nation at U17 8+ (seat 7). In my Junior year, I ended up competing in a 4+ at the HOCR beating our previous year's Holy Names 4+ boat by over a minute and place 6th at US Nationals in 2V 8+ (seat 7).

As a Junior & Senior, we complete an even more comprehensive set of physical tests (see my athlete stats in the section below) to place us in boats for Head of the Charles in addition to matrix on water to find our fastest boats. I'll keep my PR's updated!

Throughout my life I’ve played a lot of sports including gymnastics (competing at state champs), netball, triathlons and snowboarding. However, rowing is my passion because I'm a highly focused, hard working, motivated athlete comfortable performing individually as well as part of the team. I like to train hard, and I love the competition. I'm excited for what's ahead and the progress I can make both in my challenging academic program of honors classes at Holy Names and in my daily crew and weight training schedule.

As I start to look ahead, I’m keen to find the college program that fits well with my competitive nature.

Athletics

High School Information

Years w/ Varsity
3 years
2023 Varsity Team
Team Awards
1V at Head of the Charles 2023
2022 Varsity Team
Team Awards
Regional Champs, State Champs, US Nationals - U19 (6th place 2V W8+) • Fastest 2V 8+ (1st in Region/State) • Fastest 2V 2- (1st in Region/State)
2021 Varsity Team
Team Awards
US Nationals - U17 W8+ (10th place / 4th Place 'B' Final) • Fastest U17 W team in the NW Region/State, State Champs, Regional Champs
2020 Junior Varsity Team
Team Awards
Affected by COVID

Coach References

High School Head Coach
Coach Chris Marr

Events

Camp/Event
2023 Head of the Charles (4.8K)
10/20/23 to 10/22/23
(Age 17) Women's Junior 8+ placing 33 of 90 competitors
Camp/Event
2023 Tail of the Lake (4K | 1st, 1st, 3rd)
10/01/23 to 10/01/23
1st - U19 8+ (bow seat - #22) - winning over 2nd place by 21 seconds • 1st - U19 2- (bow seat - #529) - winning by tiny margin over 2nd place but 25 seconds over 3rd place finisher from Holy Names • 3rd - U19 4+ (bow seat - #303) - Holy Names in top three boat finish positions • Results: https://www.herenow.com/results/#/races/21184/results
Camp/Event
2023 US Youth Nationals (2K | 2V 8+ | 6th in USA)
6/08/23 to 6/11/23
Grand "A" Final - 6th place | Semi Final - Ranked 5th but came in 3rd! | time trial placed 11th of 27
Camp/Event
2023 NW Youth Regional Championships (2K | 1st 2V 8+ | 1st 2V 2-)
5/19/23 to 5/21/23
• 1st - 08:30.139 | Women's Youth 2V 2- (1st) • 1st - 07:00.753 | Women's Youth 2V 8+ (1st)
Camp/Event
2023 Brentwood International Regatta (1500m - 3rd)
4/28/23 to 4/30/23
(Age 17) U19 Women's 8+ placed 3rd of 11 boats - racing in 1V category even though we are Holy Names 2V boat! Final 'A' - Seat 7 - 05:24.38 (3rd) only 8 seconds slower than Holy Names 1V racing in same 'A' Final! • We beat school 1V teams: Vancouver College, Brentwood College School, Shawnigan Lake School, Seattle Preparatory School and Lakeside School and club 1V teams: Rose City Rowing Club, Mount Baker Rowing Club, Green Lake Rowing Club, Bainbridge Island Rowing, Victoria City RC
Camp/Event
2023 | 7:05.00 | UW Title IX (2K | 1st) )
4/22/23 to 4/22/23
# 4: Women's Jr 8+ • 1st with a boat record of 7:05.00 • Event: https://www.regattacentral.com/regatta/entries/competitors/?job_id=8476&event_id=2 • Results: https://herenow.com/results/#/races/21084/results
Camp/Event
2023 | 07:10.187 (4th) | San Diego Crew Classic - Women's Youth B ZLAC Rowing Club Cup 8+ (4th overall)
4/01/23 to 4/02/23
Heat 1 - Seat 7 - 07:32.244 (2nd) | Final 'A' - Seat 7 - 07:10.187 (4th) only 2 seconds slower than Holy Names 1V racing in 'A' Final 15 mins earlier who also placed 4th!
Camp/Event
2023 | 07:14.373 (1st) | Husky Open Women's 8+ 2V - Flight 2
3/25/23 to 3/25/23
1st - Women's 8+ 2V • Results: https://herenow.com/results/#/races/21083/results • Video Highlights: https://youtu.be/2MRHSbottik
Camp/Event
2023 Green Lake Regatta 1K (4+ 2nd place, 8+ 1st place)
3/18/23 to 3/18/23
(Age 16) Women's 4+ - 2nd • Women's 8+ - 1st • Results: https://www.crewtimer.com/regatta/r12485
Camp/Event
2022 Head of the Charles (4.8K)
10/22/22 to 10/23/22
(Age 16) Women's Junior 4+ placing 25th of 90 competitors. Matrix and on-land testing to select top 16 from 50 girls in HS Crew Roster • Results: https://www.regattacentral.com/regatta/results2/eventResults.jsp?job_id=6144&event_id=54
Camp/Event
2022 University of Washington (UW) Pairs Rowing Camp (Residential)
7/11/22 to 7/15/22
(Age 16) Week long residential camp with a focus on 'Pairs', developing strong balance, great feel for the catch, and suspension.
Camp/Event
2022 US Rowing Youth Nationals 2K - 10th in USA
6/09/22 to 6/12/22
(Age 16) U17 Women's 8 'B Final' - seat 7 | 10th place overall in USA | 4th place in 'B Final' with a PR time missing 3rd place by 0.3 secs. Our boat beat all other U17 crews in the Northwest, making us both region and state fastest U17 boat • Results: https://herenow.com/results/#/races/21018/results
Camp/Event
2022 Northwest Youth Regional Championships (2K)
5/20/22 to 5/22/22
(Age 16) We were excluded from the Women's U17 8+ final for having a non-age compliant coxswain. We subsequently raced with a fully compliant crew in an exhibition heat at the end of the day in very similar conditions to the official A final - flat and calm, with very little direct competition. The last qualified crew in our event finished with an 8:00.6, the winning crew finished with a 7:45.7, and we finished exhibition with a 7:12.6. Prior to being excluded and with a non-age compliant coxswain, we pulled a 6:48.3 against the next fastest official time, 7:13.8.
Camp/Event
2022 Brentwood Regatta (2K)
4/29/22 to 5/01/22
(Age 16) U17 Women's 8+ placed 2nd and U17 Coxed Quad placed 2nd
Camp/Event
2022 Southern CA Cup (1500m)
3/11/22 to 3/13/22
(Age 15) Matrix to select top 24 from 56 girls in HS Crew Roster. This selection was used for the rest of the 2022 Spring season to seed V1, V2 and U17 boats. Women's U17 8+, placed 2nd and Women's U17 un-coxed quad, placed 2nd
Camp/Event
2021 Head of the Charles (4.8K)
10/22/21 to 10/24/21
(Age 15) Women's coxed Quad - 21st of 52 competitors. Matrix to select top 16 from 61 girls in HS Crew Roster. This selection was used for the rest of the fall/winter season. • Results: https://www.regattacentral.com/regatta/results2/eventResults.jsp?job_id=6143&event_id=58
Camp/Event
2021 Tail of the Lake (6K)
10/03/21 to 10/03/21
(Age 15) Race #27 Women's 2x // 5th // 16:57.8 AND Race #35 Women's 4x // 4th // 16:27.0 • Results: https://herenow.com/results/#/races/20914/results
Camp/Event
2021 U19 Olympic Development (ODP)
6/20/21 to 7/16/22
(Age 15) 4 weeks of comprehensive training in Florida: https://odp.usrowing.org/a-day-in-the-life/ at the USRowing U19 ODP. Small boat skills, sweeping and sculling, nutrition, mental preparation, basic rigging, technique analysis, race preparation, recovery and rest, injury prevention, strength training, mobility, safe lifting standards, periodization and athletic development.
Camp/Event
2021 Northwest Youth Regionals (2K)
5/21/21 to 5/23/21
(Age 15) Women's 8+, placed 2nd
Camp/Event
2020 Northwest Youth Regionals (CANCELLED)
5/22/20 to 5/24/20
Cancelled due to COVID 19
Camp/Event
2019 Northwest Youth Regionals (2K)
5/17/19 to 5/19/19
(Age 14) Novice 8+ - Pocock Crew: Training 3 times per week from Feb 2019 (paused in September 2019 due to clash in gym/rowing training schedules). Invited to be part of the High School experienced program even though still a middle-schooler. Rowed in Regional regatta in Lake Vancouver in May 2019
Camp/Event
2019 Gold-Diamond State Gymnastics Tournament
3/29/19 to 3/29/19
(Age 13) Seattle Gymnastics Academy Excel program: Training 3 times per week as a Platinum level competing in local, regional and state competitions on beam & bars, floor and vault. Placed 6th in age group (Gold level) at State in March 2019 across the four equipment types.
Camp/Event
2016 - 2018 Elite athlete program for Tormead High School
9/05/16 to 6/29/18
(Age 11 - 13) Selected for Gymnastics elite athlete program which included additional training/mentoring, nutrition and psychology classes.
Camp/Event
2016 Awarded 'All Round Athlete' Cup
7/01/16 to 7/01/16
(Age 11) All Round Athlete Cup for the most promising all around athlete.
Camp/Event
2016 Awarded scholarship for 'Exhibition of Sporting Promise'
3/16/16 to 3/16/16
(Age 11) Netball Scholarship. Decided not to attend the school and declined the sports scholarship.
Camp/Event
2016 Athletics (High Jump record)
9/02/13 to 6/30/17
(Age 11) Athletics & Cross Country: Competed in the school cross country squad (2013-2017) and broke the school record for High Jump and won the high jump cup.
Camp/Event
2022 Tail of the Lake (4K)
# 24: Flight 2 - Women's 4+ (bow seat) - 16:10.2 (5th) # 44: Flight 3 - Women's 2- (bow seat) - 18:13.7 (4th) https://www.herenow.com/results/#/races/21051/results
Camp/Event
2022 HUSKY OPEN (2K)
(Age 15) U17 Women's 8+ placed 2nd and U17 Coxed Quad placed 4th • Results: https://www.herenow.com/results/#/races/20983/results
Camp/Event
2021 Head of the Lake (6K)
(Age 15) WOMENS JR 4+ CUP (5th place) • Results: https://www.regattacentral.com/regatta/results2/eventResults.jsp?job_id=7480&event_id=13

Training

June 18 - July 18th 2021 - U19 Olympic Development Camp, Florida
1 year
4 weeks of comprehensive training: https://odp.usrowing.org/a-day-in-the-life/ at the USRowing U19 ODP. Small boat skills, sweeping and sculling, nutrition, mental preparation, basic rigging, technique analysis, race preparation, recovery and rest, injury prevention, strength training, mobility, safe lifting standards, periodization, athletic development.
Holy Names Crew - (15 hrs per week)
3 years
Fall/Winter/Spring training - 5 days per week, 3hrs per day. 3 days on water and 2 days strength & cardio,
Ongoing SteeringUwright/P3pE Junior Rowing Winter & Summer Training Camps
1 year
Priority invites from Chinook Performance Racing (selected 2021 ODP athletes) to join junior athletes from across the country for 4 weeks of training and racing: https://www.steeringuwright.com/camps/youth-camps.
U19 US Rowing Olympic Development Camp, Sarasota FL (4 week training camp)
1 year
(Age 15) Attended - 4 weeks of comprehensive training in Florida at the USRowing U19 ODP camp. Small boat skills, sweeping and sculling, nutrition, mental preparation, basic rigging, technique analysis, race preparation, recovery and rest, injury prevention, strength training, mobility, safe lifting standards, periodization and athletic development. Learn more: https://usrowingodp.org/odpgirls. (Age 16) Invited to ODP Camp again but unable to attend due to conflicting commitments
2022 Fall Testing for Head of the Charles (Overall 4th of 50 varsity athletes - not weight adjusted)
1 year
HNA FALL 2022 TESTING Overall 4th of 50 varsity crew team athletes • Not weight adjusted RUNNING 1 mile run (6:52) - 5th - (PR) Verified: 08/22/2022 • Hill run (0:39) - 10th - Verified: 08/25/2022 • 5K run (24:35) - 4th - (PR) Verified: 08/29/2022 • 400m run (1:23) - 5th - Verified: 09/02/2022 • ERG 6K Erg (26:42.4) - 12th - Verified: 08/25/2022 • Max Watts (420)- 23rd - Verified: 08/25/2022 • Max Joules 3x10 (496.15) - 18th - Verified: 09/01/2022 • STRENGTH & GYMNASTICS 200m sled w/70lbs (4:26) - 18th - Verified: 08/24/2022 • Max 1 min push-up (20) - 4th - Verified: 08/30/2022 • Max 1 pull-up (bodyweight + 7.5lbs) - 5th - Verified: 08/30/2022 • Max 1 min situp with ab mat (40) - 5th - Verified: 08/30/2022 • Wall walk (1ft) - 1st - Verified: 08/30/2022 • Max 4 min burpees & box jumps (81) - 1st - Verified: 08/30/2022 • Max Front Squat (135lbs) - 5th - (PR) Verified: 08/31/2022 • Max Push Press (95lbs) - 5th - (PR) Verified: 08/31/2022 • Max Deadlift (225lbs) - 5th - (PR) Verified: 09/02/2022 •

Additional Sports

Gymnastics
2 years
Club/Travel Team
USA 2018 - 2020 - Excel Platinum Level competing at State Competitions for Seattle Gymnastics Academy. Ended gymnastics due to COVID.
Other
4 years
Varsity Team
UK 2016 - 2018 Netball - Varsity HS Captain and Center Player. UK 2014 - 2018 Netball - Club/Travel Center Player. Netball: Training 4 times per week (twice in school, twice with club). Captain of school "A" team at senior school (with A to F teams). C
Gymnastics
2 years
Varsity Team
British Schools Gymnastics: Training 5 days per week in a school that specializes in gymnastics. Selected for Tormead U12 Nationals Team to compete in British Schools Championships with a specialism in vault and floor.
Gymnastics
4 years
Club/Travel Team
UK 2012 - 2016 - Competing in county/regional level in floor and vault between. Gold level certifications across floor, beam, bars and vault.