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  Caroline Blackington

Caroline Blackington

Player Profile

Class:
Sophomore

Hometown:
Saratoga Spring, N.Y.

High School:
Saratoga

Height:
5-6

Experience:
1L

10/20/2012

Rowing Wins Bronze Medal at Head of the Charles Regatta

Alabama finished ahead of more than 30 crews in the Club 8+ race, including Boston College, George Mason, Tennessee, Radcliffe and Massachusetts

10/12/2012

Rowing Season Preview

A very young Crimson Tide squad is ready for the 2012-13 season

04/21/2012

Rowing Wins Second Varsity 4+ Against Iowa

The Crimson Tide's seniors were also honored in their final home race on the Black Warrior River

Alabama Highlights:
Freshman - 2011-12
Started her Crimson Tide career as part of the Varsity 8+ at the Head of the Hooch ... part of the Second Varsity 8+ second-place finish at the Oak Ridge Regatta ... rowed with the First Varsity 8+ in their sixth-place finish in the Jessop-Whittier Cup race and in their fifth-place finish in the Women's Collegiate Varsity Invitational Petite Final at the San Diego Crew Classic ... rowed with the First Varsity 8+ in Rhode Island ... rowed with the Second Varsity 8+ and the First Varsity 4+ against Iowa ... part of the Second Varsity 8+ boat that rowed against Dartmouth and Cornell ... part of the fourth-place Second Varsity 8+ boat at the C-USA Championships.

Prep Highlights:
Rowed for Saratoga Rowing Association ... two-time 2011 CSSRA National Champion ... took first place at the NYS Championship Regatta in 2008, 2009, 2011 ... won the 2010 SRAA Nationals ... won the 2011 CSSRA National Regatta 2011 took second at the 2011 US Rowing Youth National Championship ... took third at the 2010 Head of the Charles Regatta ... finished third at the 2011 SRAA Nationals ... took fourth at the 2010 Canadian Henley Regatta ... Uganda Relief Club.

Personal Information:
Full name: Caroline Rose Blackington ... daughter of Colette and Thomas Blackington ... brothers, Harrison and Samuel ... sister, Hannah, rows for the University at Buffalo ... pre-major studies ... born June 16, 1993.