Fireside Chat Speaker

J. Sloan DuRoss '95
Olympic Rower

On campus on March 9, 2006

A native of Portland, ME, and a 1995 graduate of Exeter, where he took up rowing, Sloan DuRoss is a five-time member of the US National rowing team in the sweep/sculls event: Under 23 in 1997-98; Pan American Games in 2003; Senior in 2002 and 2004. Sloan has a B.S. in Engineering from Brown University and worked as a business analyst for a dot-com and then a large bank before stopping to focus on rowing. He is interested in attending business school and making a career in renewable energies after his rowing career is finished. He is currently a coach for the Saugatuck Rowing Club. He trains in Boston and Princeton under coach Kris Korzeniowski.

International Results

2005 FISA World Championships Men’s Double Sculls 10th
2004 Olympic Games Men’s Quadruple Sculls 11th
2004 BearingPoint World Cup – Lucerne Men’s Quadruple Sculls 7th
2004 Olympic Qualification Regatta Men’s Quadruple Sculls 2nd
2003 Pan American Games Men’s Double Sculls 3rd
2003 Pan American Games Men’s Quadruple Sculls 4th
2002 FISA World Championships Men’s Quadruple Sculls 10th
1998 Nation’s Cup (Under 23 Worlds) Men’s Eight 2nd
1997 Nation’s Cup (Under 23 Worlds) Men’s Eight 2nd

National Results

2005 National Selection Regatta 2 Men’s Double Sculls 1st
2003 Pan American Games Trials Men’s Double Sculls 1st
2001 U.S. National Championships Men’s Double Sculls 2nd
1998 U.S. National Championships Men’s Four with Coxswain 3rd
1998 U.S. National Championships Men’s Eight 3rd
1997 U.S. National Championships Men’s Eight 3rd
1997 Men’s Collegiate Championships (IRAs) Men’s Varsity Eight 2nd
1996 U.S. National Championships Men’s Pair with Coxswain

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