2020-21 Women's Rowing Roster
Roster
Kretzer, Anna

Anna Kretzer
- Height:
- 5-10
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- San Francisco, Calif.
- High School:
- Sacred Heart Cathedral Prep
Bio
2022-23 / Fifth Year
CRCA Scholar Athlete…CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll...competed in nine races for the Dragons…won the Head of the Schuylkill Regatta with the Second Varsity 8…took silver at the Knecht Cup Regatta and Kerr Cup Regatta…victorious with V4+ at Kelly Cup Regatta…runner-up at CAA Championships in Marci.
2021-22 / Senior
CRCA Scholar-Athlete...CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll...competed in nine races for the Dragons...won gold medals at Knecht Cup Regatta, Kerr Cup Regatta and Kelly Cup Regatta...led DU to wins against La Salle and Villanova...placed second at CAA Championships with Varsity 4.
2020-21 / Junior
Competed in eight races for the Dragons, seven of them in the Varsity 4…part of second place finishes at the CAA Championships and the Kelly Cup Regatta.
2019-20 / Sophomore
Granted another season of eligibility by the NCAA due to the COVID-19 pandemic…named a Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association Scholar-Athlete…received a place on the CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll…placed third in the second varsity eight grand final at the 1969 Cup on Mercer Lake in New Jersey (Nov. 2)…rowed to a fourth-place finish with the second varsity eight in the Club Championship 8+ race at the Head of the Schuylkill Regatta (Oct. 26)…featured in the women’s junior varsity 8+ race at the Navy Day Regatta on the Schuylkill (Oct. 12)…raced in the varsity eight B boat at the Princeton Chase on Lake Carnegie in Princeton, N.J. (Oct. 27).
2018-19 / Freshman
Sat in the stroke seat of the varsity four for all but once race in the spring…in the stroke seat, helped the varsity four win a gold medal at the CAA Championships for the second-straight year (May 19)…placed sixth in the varsity four at the Dad Vail Regatta (May 11)…finished third in the varsity four at the Eastern Sprints on Lake Quinsigamond in Worcester, Mass. (May 5)…earned silver in the varsity four at the Kerr Cup Regatta (April 20)…helped capture the women’s team points trophy at the George Washington Invitational with two varsity four wins over Duquesne and GW (April 12-13)…placed third in the third varsity four at the Cooper Sprints on the Cooper River in New Jersey (March 24)…in the second varsity eight, finished second only to the Drexel varsity eight in the varsity eight race with La Salle to open the spring on the Schuylkill River (March 16).
Background
Attended Sacred Heart Cathedral Prep in San Francisco, Calif….rowed for the Pacific Rowing Club for three years…finished fourth at the 2018 USRowing Southwest Regional…took sixth at the 2018 San Diego Crew Classic…broke the record for Female U19 Large Team Longest Continual Row with a time of 31 hours and 18 minutes in 2017…twice named the club’s most improved rower.
Personal
Daughter of Andrew and Eric Kretzer…has two younger sisters, Maura and Grace…grandfather, William Kretzer, played basketball and baseball at Canisius…majoring in nursing.
CRCA Scholar Athlete…CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll...competed in nine races for the Dragons…won the Head of the Schuylkill Regatta with the Second Varsity 8…took silver at the Knecht Cup Regatta and Kerr Cup Regatta…victorious with V4+ at Kelly Cup Regatta…runner-up at CAA Championships in Marci.
2021-22 / Senior
CRCA Scholar-Athlete...CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll...competed in nine races for the Dragons...won gold medals at Knecht Cup Regatta, Kerr Cup Regatta and Kelly Cup Regatta...led DU to wins against La Salle and Villanova...placed second at CAA Championships with Varsity 4.
2020-21 / Junior
Competed in eight races for the Dragons, seven of them in the Varsity 4…part of second place finishes at the CAA Championships and the Kelly Cup Regatta.
2019-20 / Sophomore
Granted another season of eligibility by the NCAA due to the COVID-19 pandemic…named a Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association Scholar-Athlete…received a place on the CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll…placed third in the second varsity eight grand final at the 1969 Cup on Mercer Lake in New Jersey (Nov. 2)…rowed to a fourth-place finish with the second varsity eight in the Club Championship 8+ race at the Head of the Schuylkill Regatta (Oct. 26)…featured in the women’s junior varsity 8+ race at the Navy Day Regatta on the Schuylkill (Oct. 12)…raced in the varsity eight B boat at the Princeton Chase on Lake Carnegie in Princeton, N.J. (Oct. 27).
2018-19 / Freshman
Sat in the stroke seat of the varsity four for all but once race in the spring…in the stroke seat, helped the varsity four win a gold medal at the CAA Championships for the second-straight year (May 19)…placed sixth in the varsity four at the Dad Vail Regatta (May 11)…finished third in the varsity four at the Eastern Sprints on Lake Quinsigamond in Worcester, Mass. (May 5)…earned silver in the varsity four at the Kerr Cup Regatta (April 20)…helped capture the women’s team points trophy at the George Washington Invitational with two varsity four wins over Duquesne and GW (April 12-13)…placed third in the third varsity four at the Cooper Sprints on the Cooper River in New Jersey (March 24)…in the second varsity eight, finished second only to the Drexel varsity eight in the varsity eight race with La Salle to open the spring on the Schuylkill River (March 16).
Background
Attended Sacred Heart Cathedral Prep in San Francisco, Calif….rowed for the Pacific Rowing Club for three years…finished fourth at the 2018 USRowing Southwest Regional…took sixth at the 2018 San Diego Crew Classic…broke the record for Female U19 Large Team Longest Continual Row with a time of 31 hours and 18 minutes in 2017…twice named the club’s most improved rower.
Personal
Daughter of Andrew and Eric Kretzer…has two younger sisters, Maura and Grace…grandfather, William Kretzer, played basketball and baseball at Canisius…majoring in nursing.
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