Five current and former Stanford rowers were named to the U.S. and Canadian Olympic teams, marking the most rowers Stanford has ever sent to the Olympics. Rising junior Elle Logan and rising sophomore Lindsay Meyer will both compete for the U.S. women as members of the women’s eight boat and women’s quadruple sculls boat, respectively.

On the men’s side, three Stanford alumni will look to earn medals in Beijing. Jamie Schroeder ‘05 will compete in his second Olympic Games as a rower on the U.S. men’s quadruple sculls boat, David Banks ‘05 will be the bowman of the U.S. men’s four boat and Adam Kreek ‘06 will see his second Olympics as a member of the Canadian men’s eight.

Women’s rowing coach Yasmin Farooq will also make the trip to Beijing this August, where she will serve as NBC’s rowing analyst. This will be the two-time Olympian and world champion’s third stint in the booth for NBC.

Meanwhile Stanford’s freshman eight boat raced into the second round of the Henley Royal Regatta yesterday, at Henley-on-Thames, England. After defeating South Africa’s University of Stellenbbosch by four lengths, the Stanford frosh will now have to face the Fitzwilliam College team of Cambridge today.