[Mary]

My name is Mary Benedict, and I live in Gainesville, Florida, US. I row with Gainesville Area Rowing on Newnan’s Lake, (also known as Lake Pithlachocco), where indigenous people of Florida have made boats & paddled for thousands of years.

I am a former college sweep rower who picked up sculling at 50. I purchased a single during COVID and am looking forward to correcting the bad habits I developed rowing on my own.