University of Tennessee Athletics
Rowing
- Title:
- Student Assistant
AT TENNESSEE:
FALL 2008:Â Opened the campaign with a gold in the champ 8+ and a silver in the champ 4+ at the Chattanooga Head Race...Rowed in the seven seat at the Head of the Charles Regatta, helping her shell to finish 14th in the C8+...Notched another first-place finish in the championship 8+ at the Head of the Tennessee...Also combined with fellow senior Caroline Howell to win the double...Brought home a bronze medal in both the C8+ and the C4+ at the Head of the Hooch...Capped the fall with two fourth-place finishes at the Rivanna Romp.
2007-08:Â Earned six medals during the fall season...Led her shell to gold in the C8+ at the Chattanooga Head Race and Head of the Hooch...Notched a win in the C4+ in Chattanooga...Helped the C8+ crew to fifth at the Head of the Charles, its best finish in program history...Teamed with Libi Bruncvíkova' in the double, taking gold at the Head of the Hooch and silver at the Rivanna Romp...Led the V8+ to back-to-back wins over Minnesota and Louisville to open the spring...Helped the shell to defeat No. 4 Princeton and finish less than two seconds behind No. 2 Yale...Part of the highest-ranked V8+ in program history, taking the No. 4 spot on May 1...Guided the squad to sixth place in the grand final of the Aramark Sprints...Helped UT finish fourth in the "C" final at NCAA Championships...Became Tennessee's second three-time CRCA Pocock All-American...Also named to the CRCA All-South Region First Team...Selected as a CRCA National Scholar Athlete...Collected her third Academic All-SEC honors.
2006-07:Â Claimed a silver in the C8+ and gold in the Champ 2x at the Chattanooga Head Race...Pushed UT to a seventh-place finish in the C8+ at the Head of the Charles Regatta...Earned two gold medals at the Head of the Tennessee...Won gold with the C8+ crew at the Head of the Hooch...Led UT's top C8+ shell to a third-place result at the Rivanna Romp...Competed with the First Eights for the entirety of the spring...Helped the V8+ top Louisville, Stanford and Washington State...Led her shell to a fourth-place finish in the V8+ grand final at Aramark Sprints...Part of Tennessee's third-place boat in the V8+ petite final at NCAA Championships...Claimed her second straight CRCA Pocock All-America selection...Earned First-Team All-South Region honors...Also named a CRCA National Scholar Athlete...Named Academic All-SEC.
2005-06:Â Member of the Club 8+ squad which took home the gold at the Head of the Charles and third in the Champ 8+ at the Head of the Hooch...Claimed a fourth-place finish in the C8+ event at the Rivanna Romp... Led her shell to the win over Louisville...Powered UT to a bronze medal in the grand finals of the Aramark Sprints...Assisted the shell to a "C" final win at the NCAA Championships...Selected as a second-team CRCA Pocock All-American...Also garnered first-team CRCA All-South Region honors...Earned listing on the SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll...Over the summer, broke a world record for ages 19-26 in the 100K indoor row.
HIGH SCHOOL:
Graduated from St. Oran's College in 2004...Member of the North Island Under 18 team from 2003-04 and New Zealand Youth Olympic Team in 2005...Set a world record in WU19 Indoor Rowing Marathon in 2004...Also a member of the cross country, tennis and netball teams.
PERSONAL:
Pursuing a degree in studio art with an emphasis in painting...Enjoys painting and drawing in her spare time...Aspires to represent New Zealand in the Olympics...Has one sister, Philippa, 26...Erin-Monique Shelton was born Dec. 17, 1986, in Lower Hutt, New Zealand, to parents Leo and Anthea Shelton.
GETTING TO KNOW ERIN-MONIQUE
What are your favorite foods? pasta, veggies, dark chocolate
What is your most prized possession? my imagination; without it I would be lost
Favorite thing about Knoxville:Â First Fridays at the downtown art galleries
What is something that most people don't know about you? that my favorite thing to do out of anything in the world is to eat breakfast with my nana
What is your dream job? be a (well-paid, of course) artist
If you could have dinner with any three people, who would they be? Sir Edmund Hillary, Wassily Kandinsky and Nana
