International Results
Finished seventh in the single sculls at the 2024 World Rowing Cup II...Finished fourth in the single sculls at the 2023 World Rowing Championships...Finished third in the single sculls at the 2023 World Rowing Cup II Regatta…Finished 13th in the single sculls at the 2022 World Rowing Championships...Won The Princess Royal Challenge Cup for single sculls at the 2022 Henley Royal Regatta...Won a bronze medal in the double sculls at the 2022 World Rowing Cup II...Finished ninth in the single sculls at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games...Finished second in the single sculls at the 2021 World Rowing Cup II...Finished third in the the single at the 2019 World Rowing Championships...Finished fourth in the single sculls at the 2019 World Rowing Cup II...Finished fourth in the single sculls at the 2018 World Rowing Championships...Finished fourth in the single sculls at the 2018 World Rowing Cup III and seventh at the 2018 World Rowing Cup I...Finished fifth in the quadruple sculls at the 2017 World Rowing Championships...Finished sixth in the pair at the 2014 World Rowing Cup 1...Finished fifth in the quadruple sculls at the 2013 World Rowing Championships...Finished sixth in the quadruple sculls at the 2013 World Rowing Cup III...Won bronze in the quadruple sculls at the 2012 Olympic Games...Finished eighth in the quadruple sculls at 2012 World Rowing Cup II...Finished fourth in the quadruple sculls at the 2012 World Rowing Cup I...Won gold in the four at the 2011 World Rowing Championships...Won gold in the eight at the 2011 World Rowing Cup III...Won the Princess Grace Challenge Cup at the 2011 Henley Royal Regatta...Won gold in the eight at the 2010 World Rowing Under 23 Championships.
National Results
Won the single sculls at the 2024 U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Team Trials - Rowing...Won the single sculls at the 2023 Senior National Team Trials…Won the single sculls at the 2022 World Championships Trials II...Won the double sculls at the 2022 National Selection Regatta II...Won the single sculls at the 2022 National Selection Regatta I...Won the single sculls at the 2020 U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Rowing #1...Finished second in the 2019 Gold Challenge Cup...Won the 2019 U.S. Lotman Challenge...Won the single sculls at the 2019 Senior World Championships Trials I...Finished fourth in the 2018 Gold Challenge Cup...Finished second in the 2018 U.S. Lotman Challenge...Won the single sculls at the 2018 National Selection Regatta I...Finished second in the 2017 U.S. Lotman Challenge...Finished second in the single sculls at the 2017 Senior World Championships Trials...Finished fifth in the pair at the 2016 National Selection Regatta I...Finished 10th in the pair at the 2015 National Selection Regatta I...Finished third in the varsity eight at the 2014 NCAA Championships...Won the varsity eight at the 2013 NCAA Championships...Won the Championship Eight at the 2012 Head of the Charles Regatta...Won the four at the 2011 World Rowing Championships Trials...Won the four at the 2011 Senior World Championships Trials...Finished fourth in the varsity eight at the 2011 NCAA Championships...Finished fourth in the varsity eight at the 2010 NCAA Championships...Won the varsity eight at the 2010 Pac-10 Championships.
Personal
Kara was a competitive swimmer throughout high school. During Kara’s senior year of high school, she was encouraged by a family friend to look into rowing collegiately, which led her down the path to becoming a recruited walk-on at UC Berkeley. Kara was named the Pac-10 Conference Newcomer of the Year in 2010 and won Cal’s Most Promising Freshman Award. She was a four-time All-American. Kara was named USRowing’s Female Athlete of the Year in 2019. Her hobbies include adventures with her dog, Luna. She also enjoys camping, swimming, road biking, and cooking. Kara lists the late Cal coxswain Jill Costello as her personal hero and her parents as most influential.
