Girls' Crew

MAPL CHAMPS
2007, 2008, 2013, 2016, 2018, 2021, 2023

Congratulations to the Girls' Crew 1V boat on winning the 2023 Stotesbury Senior Four event!

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Meet Coach Redos

John Redos ’09 holds a bachelor of science in communication from Cornell University (2013) and a master in sociology from the University of Oxford (2014). He returns to his alma mater as a member of the English faculty and head girls’ rowing coach. John’s teaching career has taken him to Oxford, where he taught psychology and English at Greene’s Tutorial College, and to Montenegro, where he taught at University of Montenegro and coordinated teacher education workshops and seminars as a Fulbright Grant Finalist. He also worked for a year as a research assistant at Harvard's Graduate School of Education investigating the social aspects of teacher and student interactions.

John brings 12 years of rowing experience to Blair Academy. He began his rowing career at Blair during his sophomore year. At Blair, he medaled at the Stotesbury Regatta in his sophomore, junior, and senior years. After he and his teammates achieved gold in the Senior 4+ at Stotesbury in 2008, his crew was the first Blair boat to ever attend the USRowing Youth National Championships where they achieved a silver medal in the Open 4+ event.

After Blair, John was recruited to Cornell University, where he rowed Division I for their Varsity Lightweights for four years. At Cornell, his freshman crew achieved gold at the 2010 Eastern Sprints Regatta. Following his freshman year, John achieved varsity letters in his sophomore, junior, and senior years. While at Cornell, John represented the United States as a member of the U23 National Team in 2010 and 2012 in the Lightweight Men’s Quadruple Sculls. Upon graduating Cornell, John transitioned to openweight and rowed for Taurus Boat Club (UK) at the Henley Royal Regatta in 2013, where his crew made it to the semi-finals in the Brittania Challenge Cup. John finished his rowing career in Oxford, where he rowed openweight for Oxford University Boat Club. He sat bow in the winning Isis crew at the 2014 Oxford and Cambridge Boat Races. Following the Boat Race, John returned to Oriel College, University of Oxford and helped his crew achieve Head of the River at Summer Eights, a race originating in 1815.

John transitioned into coaching by serving as the head men’s rowing coach at Keble College, University of Oxford for three years. During his time at Keble, John and his assistant coach built the team from five rowers and one coxswain into a team of five competitive eights that trained three seasons during the academic year. In his first season, John helped enable the club to post its most successful season in over 40 years.

John is married to Dr. Suzana Markolovic, Blair science teacher, cross country coach and track coach.

Contact Coach Redos at redosj@blair.edu for any questions.

Meet Coach Gardner

Annie Gardner joins Blair as a girls' crew coach and a faculty member in the English department. As an undergrad at Dartmouth, she rowed four years on their crew team, serving as team captain her junior and senior years. After Dartmouth, Annie was the head girls' varsity coach at the Austin Rowing Club for three years, running the juniors program and working closely with a team of coaches to build a positive and empowering culture for athletes. She built a competitive program qualifying for Nationals each spring. In addition to her extensive rowing experience, Mrs. Gardner has her 200 hour yoga teaching certification and is a crossfit level 1 certified trainer. She is passionate about movement as medicine and the ability of the body to grow, heal, and strengthen, which are key components for rowers. She and her fiancé, Steve, reside at Lake House, which is adjacent to the Siegel Property.

Meet Coach Hoyer

Crew coach and college counselor Molly Hoyer joined Blair's faculty as an English teacher in 2018 after earning a bachelor’s degree from Wellesley College in Comparative Literature, with a focus on French and Arabic language in North African literature. After starting as a novice on the rowing team in the fall of her first year, Molly went on to row for the next four years. She competed in the team's first varsity eight at each NCAA Division III championship, including the varsity eight that won the NCAA Division III championship in 2016. Molly teaches English 2 and 3, and in addition to coaching rowing, will be the assistant coach for the JV field hockey team in the fall; she serves as the Housemaster of South Cottage. 

View more recent photos on Blair's Photoshelter or past seasons (2004-2018) on Blair's Flickr.

Rowers who competed internationally

Ava Gamble '21
U23 USA National Team, 2022

Petra Csanyi '22
U19 Hungarian National Team, 2022
U23 Hungarian National Team, 2023

Emily Tierney '25
U19 USA National Team, 2023

With construction completed in 2021, the Crew Training Center is the latest campus enhancement to be completed as part of Blair’s 2018-2025 Strategic Plan, All In. The Center (formerly the Park Street maker space), is a state-of-the-art facility especially designed and constructed to facilitate training over the winter months. It features dedicated weight- and ergometer-training areas, as well as an eight-seat sweep/sculling tank. This new facility, along with the J. Li Golf Training Center and winter sports complex, reflects Blair’s continuing commitment to provide student-athletes with the resources, equipment and support necessary to excel at the highest levels. Blair is only one of a handful of high schools in the United States to offer such a training center, highlighting how the School is prioritizing the growth of its rowing program.