Mary McCagg

Mary McCagg rowed in the US eight at the 1992, 1996, and 2000 Olympics, competing alongside her twin sister Betsy McCagg both times. The two began rowing at the Lakeside School in Seattle before going east to attend Harvard. In 1989 the twins led the Radcliffe eight to an undefeated season. Both were inducted into the Harvard Hall of Fame in 2004. Mary won three World Championship medals, two in 1993 in the pair and eight, and gold in the eight in 1995. She also won a gold medal in the pair at the 1995 Pan American Games, and won 11 national titles.

Mary McCagg later went into publishing, working first as an intern in the summer for the Radcliffe Publishing Course. She later ended up being an assistant publishing manager at Candlewick Press in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She has served on the Board of Directors for USA Rowing and was an assistant chef de mission for the 2004 USA Olympic Team.