[2] Wearing Adelaide University colours Cross competed for national titles at the Australian Rowing Championships on numerous occasions.

[4] Cross made her Australian representative debut in Montreal in 1984 at the first World Rowing Championships that included lightweight events.

The crew performed well taking the silver medal with Cross and her Australian champion team-mate Karin Riedel up the bow end.

They gained some international experience with a valuable tour of North America before coming back to Tasmania for the 1990 World Rowing Championships in Lake Barrington.

She coached the South Australian State Junior Development Team and at Pembroke School and Prince Alfred College.