SDSU 2008-09
Predominately rowed with the Second Varsity Eight boat ... Saw action from the seven seat, five seat, three seat and bow seat ... Best showing came in the five seat when the 2V8 boat won the Parker Cup Regatta ... Also logged a second place finish from the five seat at Sacramento State ... At the seven seat she helped SDSU take eighth of 19 at the Newport Autumn Rowing Festival ... Rowed the three seat at the San Diego Crew Classic, where the Aztecs finished fourth of six in both the Petite Final and the third preliminary heat ... Boat was second at UCLA when she rowed the bow seat ... Worked up to the Varsity Eight boat by the end of the season ... At the third seat, she was on the sixth-place boat at the WIRA Championships (Grand Final) and third-place boat of four in the second preliminary heat ... Also appeared in the Varsity Eight boat at UC Davis, where she rowed the five seat in the second-place showing.
SDSU 2007-08
Rowed four times with the Novice Eight boat and four with the Second Novice Eight boat ... Was a part of a winning boat in 50 percent (4-of-8) of her races ... Three of her victories came with the Novice Eight boat - Parker Cup Regatta (1st of 2 boats/four seat), San Diego City Championships (1st of 3 boats/four seat) and WIRA Championships (1st of 18 boats/four seat) - and another came with the Second Novice Eight boat (1st of 3 boats/four seat) ... Rowed the four seat in the Novice Eight[apos]s runner-up placing of 17 at the San Diego Crew Classic.
HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB
Competed in water polo and swim at Palm Desert HS... Was team captain for both sports ... Earned CIF third team honors for water polo.
PERSONAL
Kristin Amy Guissanie was born on June 17, 1988, in Palm Springs, Calif. ... Daughter of Carol Castanien and Guy Guissanie... Favorite athlete is Michael Phelps... Major is pre-physical therapy... Career aspirations of becoming a physical therapist.