Women’s Rowing Adds O’Sullivan as Assistant Coach
September 8, 2023 | Women's Rowing
BOSTON – Former All-AAC rower Ciara O'Sullivan will join the Boston University women's rowing program as an assistant coach ahead of the 2023-24 season, Director of Women's Rowing Malcolm Doldron announced on Friday.
"We are absolutely delighted to announce Ciara O'Sullivan's arrival to BU," said Doldron. "Her commitment to supportive and collaborative coaching, coupled with her boundless enthusiasm, makes her an exceptional addition to our team. I look forward to watching Ciara inspire and empower our student-athletes."
O'Sullivan arrives to Commonwealth Ave. following three years at Smith College, the latter two seasons as a graduate assistant coach. Last year, the Pioneers finished third as a team in the NEWMAC Championships, leading to the Varsity 8 and 2V8 reaching the Petite Finals in the NIRC Regatta.
During her year as the volunteer assistant coach at Smith, O'Sullivan also served as an assistant with the junior girls' rowing team at Northfield Mount Hermon school in Gill, Mass. under head coach Lou Kinder. During the summer of 2021, she helped coach a High Performance Junior program out of Penn AC Rowing Association in Philadelphia, helping the team to a program-best finish at Summer Nationals.
O'Sullivan was a four-year member of the Temple women's rowing program. Competing in the Varsity 8 in all four of her seasons, she helped the Owls tie their best-ever finish at the AAC Championships in 2018 and 2019, capturing fourth in both seasons.
Following her collegiate career, O'Sullivan competed with the High Performance sculling team at the Vesper Boat Club in Philadelphia, Pa.
A native of Upper Darby, Pa., O'Sullivan graduated from Temple in 2019 with a degree in Sociology. She later earned her Masters in Exercise and Sport Studies while at Smith in 2023.
"We are absolutely delighted to announce Ciara O'Sullivan's arrival to BU," said Doldron. "Her commitment to supportive and collaborative coaching, coupled with her boundless enthusiasm, makes her an exceptional addition to our team. I look forward to watching Ciara inspire and empower our student-athletes."
O'Sullivan arrives to Commonwealth Ave. following three years at Smith College, the latter two seasons as a graduate assistant coach. Last year, the Pioneers finished third as a team in the NEWMAC Championships, leading to the Varsity 8 and 2V8 reaching the Petite Finals in the NIRC Regatta.
During her year as the volunteer assistant coach at Smith, O'Sullivan also served as an assistant with the junior girls' rowing team at Northfield Mount Hermon school in Gill, Mass. under head coach Lou Kinder. During the summer of 2021, she helped coach a High Performance Junior program out of Penn AC Rowing Association in Philadelphia, helping the team to a program-best finish at Summer Nationals.
O'Sullivan was a four-year member of the Temple women's rowing program. Competing in the Varsity 8 in all four of her seasons, she helped the Owls tie their best-ever finish at the AAC Championships in 2018 and 2019, capturing fourth in both seasons.
Following her collegiate career, O'Sullivan competed with the High Performance sculling team at the Vesper Boat Club in Philadelphia, Pa.
A native of Upper Darby, Pa., O'Sullivan graduated from Temple in 2019 with a degree in Sociology. She later earned her Masters in Exercise and Sport Studies while at Smith in 2023.
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