Athletes

Tamara Jenkins competed in her first Olympic Games in Sydney after winning the women's K-1W and K-2W 500m final at the 2000 U.S. Olympic Canoe/Kayak Flatwater Team Trials. She placed first overall in the 2000 Silver Blade Regatta and first in the K-2W 200m, 500m and 1,000m ICF World Cup races. In 1999, she compiled first-place finishes in the K-2W and K-4W 500m National Team Trials. At the 1999 International Regattas in Slovakia and Austria, Jenkins placed first in the K-2W 1000m and K-2W 500m. Also in 1999, she won the K-2W and K-4W 500m at the Pan American Games Team Trials and the K-2W 200m, 500m and 1,000m at the national championships. In 1998, Jenkins placed first in the K-2W and K-4W 500m races at the National Team Trials. At the 1998 Miyoshi Cup, her foursome won first place in both the 200m and the 500m. In 1997, she placed first in the K-4W 1,000m at the International Regatta in Amsterdam. Her first major victory came in 1996 with a first-place finish in the K-1W Junior World Trials. (10/00)