Getting to Know .... Charlotte Almond

Throughout the remainder of the Spring of 2020, we will check in with the players on the University of Louisville rowing team as they complete their semesters online. This week we check in with Charlotte Almond. The freshman from Northwich, England, just finished her shortened inaugural season with the Cardinals.

Q: What is your favorite pump-up song?
A: Glorious by Macklemore

Q: What is your favorite pregame meal?
A: Scrambled eggs or granola and fruit

Q: Where is your favorite place you have competed?
A: Eton Dorney, the 2012 Olympic Rowing Lake

Q: Excluding your sport, what is your favorite sport to watch
A: I like to watch rugby.

Q:What is your favorite movie?
A: I like the movies Mamma Mia or High School Musical.

Q: What is a hobby that you have that most people do not know you have?
A: Power boating on the sea

Q:Do you have any pre-race rituals?
A: I listen to pump music and try not to over think.

Q:If you could pick any college to compete against, who would it be?
A: Virginia because my best friend from home goes there.

Q: Who is your hero/role model?
A: Great Britain's silver medallist rower Vicky Thornley

Q: If you could eat one meal for the rest of your life, what would it be?
A: It would be my mum's fajitas.

Q: What is your favorite animal to see at the zoo?
A: I enjoy seeing the monkeys.

Q: What is your biggest pet peeve?
A: One of my pet peeves is listening to loud eaters.

Q: If you could go against anyone one-on-one, who would it be?
UofL rower Grace Herbert

Q: If you could see one artist in concert, who would it be?
A: I would love to see Adele.

Q: What is your favorite song to sing karaoke to?
A: I would sing karaoke to Ready or not by Bridget Medler.

Q: What is one thing most people do not know about you?
A: People probably don't know that I have two goats.

Q: Besides your own, what is one sport you wish you were really good at?
A: Diving

Q: Who is your celebrity crush?
A: Zac Efron because of High School Musical

Q: What celebrity do people often say you look like?
A: Adele

Q: Who is your favorite fictional character?
A: Winnie the pooh because he is so chill.

Q: What is your best memory/experience playing your sport?
A: The first time I got in the boat on our first day at training because this was my only chance to row this year

Q: Why did you choose Louisville?
A: I chose Louisville because of the people and the coaches but also the campus didn't seem too big and it also did the major I really wanted to do

Q: How do you know coming to Louisville was the right decision for you?
A: I know it was the right decision because when it is time to come home for example for winter break or summer break I never want to leave, and im always excited to come back.

Q: What is one thing our program has taught you?
A: The programme has taught me resilience and overcoming problems when things don't go exactly to plan

Q: What is your favorite thing about our team/program?
A: The favourite thing about my team is the girls and the coaches as we are like a family and always have each others back

Q: What is the best part about being a student-athlete at Louisville?
A: The experiences and the opportunities we get on campus

Q: What do you miss most about being on campus?
A: I miss my friends and not seeing them everyday

Q: What are you doing with yourself during your free time?
A: I am doing things I don't normally do for example sit and read a book or sort my wardrobe out

Q: What's one thing you wish you had with you during this time?
A: My friends/teammates

Q: How are you continuing to stay in shape during this time?
I am using erg bike, erg, yoga, running and long dog walks

Q: How have you and your teammates been keeping in contact?
A: We have been Facetiming most days and talking everyday on the Group chat seeing what everyone is doing each day.

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