Madeleine Smerin Class: Junior Hometown: Fairfax, Va. High School: Lake Braddock Last College: Florida Institute of Technology Height: 5-8

At Virginia: Transferred to Virginia in the fall of 2006.

At Florida Tech: Division II first-team All-America at Florida Institute of Technology ... rowed for two years after walking on the crew ... member of the 2K and 6K school record crews ... won a gold medal at the collegiate 4 at the 2005 Head the Charles Regatta ... earned a gold with the V4 at the Florida Intercollegiate Regatta ... placed fourth at the 2006 NCAA Division II National Regatta.

High School: Graduated from Lake Braddock Secondary School in three years ... rowed for Thompson's Boat Center ... attended USRowing Sculling Development Camp at UMass-Amherst.

Personal: Born 10-24-86 in New York City ... parents are Larry and Alicia Smerin ... volunteers at elementary schools in Northern Virginia ... environmental science major.