Erin O'Connell has been elected for a second term as Female Vice Chair ©USRowing

Four positions have been filled on the Board of Directors at USRowing following elections.

Erin O'Connell has been elected for a second term as Female Vice Chair, while Jim Dietz has won a third spell as Male Vice Chair.

O’Connell first joined the Board of Directors in December of 2010 and was elected Board President in March of 2014.

A former coxswain and then coach at the University of Washington, she served on the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Women’s Rowing Committee.

Dietz, meanwhile, was first elected to the Board of Directors in 2010 and competed at the Olympics in 1972 and 1976.

Jim Dietz has won a third term
Jim Dietz has won a third term ©USRowing

A 50-year member of USRowing, he is also the head coach of the University of Massachusetts.

Both Vice Chairs were elected unopposed. 

Elsewhere, Joe Manion has been elected as Mid-Atlantic Regional Representative to the Board of Directors while Willard Donoho will fill the role for the Midwest region.

John Musial and Derek Blazo have been appointed into referee co-coordinator positions.