Meredith’s Liz Euiler To Compete At 2019 Pan American Games

Liz Euiler was around 12 when she borrowed a neighbor’s boat to try rowing for the first time. Taking to it right away, she could never have imagined where this endeavor would take her.
With her father by her side, they were quickly immersed into the small, friendly and enthusiastic world of rowing. Finding support and encouragement from her new found friends, she started winning small regional races and the seeds were planted for her dreams of winning the big races.
Around 2003 her father (Meredith native, Paul Euiler) convinced some local friends to help him start the Winnipesaukee Rowing Club, a 501(c)(3) formed to provide a way for local kids to learn to row and compete. He became a certified US Rowing coach and continued over the years to attend countless educational seminars, attaining the highest level of certification and turning his teams into highly respected and winning competitors all over the Northeast and Canada. His daily, completely volunteer, dedication over the years paid off for many kids who were awarded scholarships to college through their rowing – including his own daughter, whose love for rowing started it all.

Liz continued to make a name for herself in college. Her coach at UMASS was skeptical at first because she was such a small kid in a tall person’s sport. Before the end of her first semester, she had proven herself to be a major force on the team and was awarded “Novice of the Year” at the end of her freshman year and Atlantic 10 All-Conference 1st team and Captain by senior year.
Liz wanted to go to Graduate school and also continue working towards her rowing goal of making the national team. The coach at Brock University in St. Catharines, Ontario made her an offer that fit perfectly into her plans. She continued to race and train with more amazing coaches while getting her Masters in Kinesiology.
Working her way up into the world of elite rowing, the next step was joining old friends at Philadelphia’s boathouse row. It’s considered the center of the rowing community in the US. She settled into the elite program at Vesper Boat Club while working toward her PhD at Drexel University.

Liz has had many wins (multiple national championships and Canadian Henley wins) and many disappointments over the past years of racing.
Yet recently, while training in a pair (2 rowers, one oar each), she and her pair partner, Solveig Imsdahl, qualified to compete in Rio de Janeiro at the Pan American Qualification Regatta last December. They raised the money to get to Rio, rowed very well and were able to secure their spot to compete for Team USA at the 2019 Pan American Games coming this July and August in Lima, Peru. As an added bonus, the two were recently awarded the Schuylkill Navy Female Athletes of the Year.
We are very proud of our Meredith girl who stayed her course!
If you would like to support Liz’s experience at the Pan American Games in Lima, Peru, tax-deductible donations can be made to:
Winnipesaukee Rowing Club
P.O. Box 1165
Meredith, NH 03253

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