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Heather Weisel, a former United States national team rowing coach and collegiate head coach, who also helped lay the foundation of the Old Dominion University rowing club as a former coach, was named head coach for the University's first intercollegiate women's rowing team on Aug. 1. Weisel served as head coach for the men's and women's teams at The College of New Jersey (2005), Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) and Lafayette College (1999-2000). In two stints at WPI (1995-99 and 2000-02), Weisel led her crew to first place finishes at the City Championships in Worcester, the Donahue Cup in Boston and the New England Rowing Championships. No stranger to international competition, Weisel was a member of the United States Rowing coaching staff that competed in Seville, Spain and Milan, Italy, where her women's double team finished ninth at the FISA World Rowing Championships in September of 2003. She served as the rowing coach for Old Dominion's men's and women's club team from 1988-1994, guiding the club from six members to 60 during her tenure. She served as an advisor to the ODU club team this past year in addition to her work as a speech language pathologist. As a competitor at Purdue University, Weisel competed three years for the Boilermakers, winning a gold medal at the 1986 Mid-West Championships. Weisel is a 1988 graduate of Purdue University, where she earned a Bachelor of Science degree in audio/speech science and a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology. She holds an MS degree in speech pathology from Old Dominion. She resides in Virginia Beach with her husband Brett and their daughter Caitlyn Joy.
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