Rowing

Head Coach: Joe McCarrie
Varsity Assistant Coaches: Sabrina Pauli, Samantha Szlachta '22, Katie Ernst '19
Learn to Row Coaches: Allison Hoffmann
COLLEGE RECRUITERS:
Please contact Coach Joe McCarrier at jmccarrie@merion-mercy.com.
🏆 Medal Performances (Recent Years)
2025:
Varsity 8+ - Bronze at City Championships
Second 8+ A - Bronze at City Championships
Freshman 8+ - Bronze at City Championships
2024:
Varsity 8+ - Gold at Navy Day Regatta
2024 Manny Flick Brigantine Cup Winners
2023:
Varsity 4+ - 6th at USRowing Youth Nationals in B Final
Varsity 4+ - Gold at Navy Day Regatta
Varsity 4+ - Bronze at City Championships
Varsity 4+ - Bronze at the USRowing Mid-Atlantic Youth Championships
2022:
Varsity 4+ - Bronze at USRowing Youth Nationals in B Final
Varsity 4+ - Gold at City Championships
Varsity 4+ - Silver at Stotesbury Cup Regatta
Varsity 4+ - Silver at USRowing Mid-Atlantic Youth Championships
Second 8+ - Silver at City Championships
Freshman 8+ - Silver at City Championships
Lightweight 4+ - Gold at Scholastic Nationals
Freshman 8+ - Silver at City Championships
Freshman 8+ - Silver at the USRowing Mid-Atlantic Youth Championships
Freshman 8+ - Silver at Stotesbury Cup Regatta
🏅 National-Level + Prestigious Regatta HighlightS
Head of the Charles (2024):
- Four boats—including an alumnae entry—competed in Boston
- Alumna Grace O’Connor ’24 (Yale) helped set a course record
SRAA Nationals (2022):
- Lightweight 4+ – Gold
USRowing Youth Nationals (2019):
- Lightweight 4+ – Gold
- Advanced to Henley Women’s Regatta in the UK
🎓 College Recruitment Success
Merion Mercy sends more than half its senior rowers to D1 programs. In just the past few years, athletes have continued rowing at top programs such as:
- Yale University
- Brown University
- The University of Texas
- University of Notre Dame
- Georgetown University
- Cornell University
- Boston College
- Rutgers University
- Bucknell University
- George Washington University
- Syracuse University
- Boston University