Princeton University Athletics
Helen Betancourt Named New Assistant Coach For Open Crew
September 16, 2005 | Women's Rowing - Open
Sept. 16, 2005
Helen Betancourt, a standout rower in recent Ivy League history, has been named the new assistant coach for the Princeton open crew. She replaces Wendy Levash, who was named the head coach of the Dartmouth program this summer.
Betancourt will assist head coach Lori Dauphiny in the recruiting efforts and will serve as the head coach for the Princeton novice crew.
"She is an exceptional coach and athlete, and we feel very fortunate that she will be coaching at Princeton," Dauphiny said. "She brings a considerable amount of experience to the program as an Olympic athlete and most recently, the head women's rowing coach at George Washington University."
Betancourt was the team alternate at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia, and she represented the United States at the World Championships in Croatia, Canada, Germany and France. A member of the gold-medal winning crew at the U-23 World Championships in Belgium, she experienced collegiate rowing at the highest level when she was part of the national championship squad at Brown in 1996.
Betancourt graduated from Brown in 1998, where she was the team captain and was named one of the 100 greatest athletes of the century at Brown in 2000.
The Princeton open crew, which placed second at the NCAA championships in 2005, have won 22 straight dual races.