Mary has been in the 9th seat for the past 14 years. She’s held the 9th seat in the United States Women’s eight for the past eight years and dreams about going for the 2012 Olympics. Mary coxed the 2004 Olympic eight to a Silver medal finish ending a 20-year Olympic drought. She and her Athens teammates set the foundation for a successful campaign toward the 2008 Olympics where Mary steered the eight to two World Championship titles in 2006 and 2007 in route to a Gold medal performance at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. (From her website,http://www.9thseat.com ). The St. Louis Rowing Club was honored to host Mary for two days of classroom and on the water training.