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Career Accolades 

  • Two-time IRA team champion
  • IRA national champion with Varsity Eight (2018-19)

As a Senior (2020-21)

  • Stroked the varsity eight against Saint Mary’s and San Diego, and stroked the varsity four against San Diego
  • Stroke at the Big Row in the lightweight team’s win over Cal’s openweight 4V8
  • Helped Stanford to a sweep of UC San Diego as the stroke with the varsity eight

As a Junior (2019-20)

  • Fourth in the Lightweight Fours at the Head of the Charles
  • Fourth in the Eights in the openweight Head of the American

As a Sophomore (2018-19) •IRA Champions

  • Member of the national champion Varsity Eight, which posted a 6:32.825 in the Grand Final at IRA Championships
  • Member of the Varsity Eight, which won its Grand Final at WIRA Championships

As a Freshman (2017-18) • IRA Champions

  • Member of the national champion Varsity Eight, which won Grand Final by open water at IRA Championships
  • Captured the Lightweight Eight title at the Head of the Charles

Prior to Stanford 

  • 2017 graduate of The Branson School
  • Member of Marin Rowing Association from 2013-17
  • Served as the Marin Rowing Association Team Captain from 2016-17
  • Earned bronze in the Junior Youth Nationals Lightweight Women's Youth Varsity 8+ in 2017
  • Finished sixth in the Junior Youth Nationals Lightweight Women's Youth 8+ in 2016
  • Finished fifth in the Junior Youth Nationals Lightweight Women's Youth 4+ in 2015

Personal

  • Parents are Douglas Smythe and Katie Morris, both visual effects artists at Lucasfilm
  • Father won an Oscar for Best Visual Effects for the 1992 film "Death Becomes Her"
  • Joined four teammates in rowing an erg marathon to raise money for food banks during the COVID-19 pandemic
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2017-18
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2018-19
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2019-20