Northeastern University Athletics

Katherine Glessner rowed for the Northeastern varsity from 2005 to 2007, earning All-American status in each of her final two seasons, as well as Second-Team All-New England in 2005.
 
A native of Seattle, Wash., Glessner led Northeastern to a pair of eighth-place finishes and a sixth-place finish at the Eastern Sprints during her time on Huntington Avenue. She earned the school's Outstanding Varsity Oarswoman award in both 2006 and 2007.
 
A two-time gold medal winner in the eight at the World Rowing Under-23 Championships, Glessner went on to a very successful national and international rowing career.
 
In 2009, she finished second in the Championship Eight at the Head of the Charles Regatta. That same year, she won gold in the eight at the USRowing National Championships and finished third in the pair at the National Selection Regatta No. 2. Internationally, she won gold in the eight at the World Rowing Championships and finished second in the eight at the Rowing World Cup stop in Lucerne.
 
A year later, in 2010, Glessner finished sixth in the pair at the National Selection Regatta No. 3 and claimed third in the pair at the National Selection Regatta No. 2. In international competition, she won gold in the eight at the World Rowing Championships and also captured gold in the eight at the Rowing World Cup stop in Lucerne.
 
In 2011, the former Husky won the pair at the Senior World Championship Trials and finished fifth in the pair at the National Selection Regatta No. 2. She enjoyed great international success that year, finishing eighth in the pair at the World Rowing Championships and first in the eight at the World Rowing Cup stop in Lucerne. She went on to win the coveted Remenham Challenge Cup at the Henley Royal Regatta setting a course record in the process.
 
In 2012, she finished eighth in the quadruple scull at the Samsung World Rowing Cup II and claimed fourth in the quadruple sculls at the Samsung World Rowing Cup I.