Molly Bruggeman, a 2014 University of Notre Dame graduate who earned a spot in the Women’s Eight for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, will begin competition on Monday, July 29th, at 6 a.m. ET.
The Varies-Sur-Marne Nautical Stadium will serve as the rowing competition venue for the 2024 games.
A full schedule of available broadcasts is available here. The heats will be shown on the E! Network starting at 5 a.m. ET and all events can be seen live on Peacock.
Next stop: Paris 🥖🇫🇷
A Tokyo 2020 alternate, Molly Bruggeman will make her Olympic debut in the women’s eight at the #Paris2024 Olympics 🔥
🎥 Watch Molly’s journey to the USRowing National Team: https://t.co/bpJsosCRtV pic.twitter.com/byvCLDzGbo
— USRowing (@usrowing) July 18, 2024
Bruggeman’s spot on the team marks the fourth-consecutive Olympiad that a Notre Dame rower will be involved with the national team. Amanda Polk (‘08) was an alternate for the U.S. team in 2012, then won a gold medal with the women’s eight in Rio during the 2016 games. Bruggeman was an alternate for the 2020 games in Tokyo and has now earned a spot on one of the two boats that will compete for a medal in Paris.
“We are so happy for Molly that she will be a part of this year’s Olympic team,” Irish head coach Martin Stone said. “Her dedication over the past eight years that earned this opportunity is a testament to her character and work ethic. All of us here at Notre Dame are so proud that she will represent the United States and our program at the highest level of rowing competition.”
How Notre Dame Rowing helped prepare Molly Bruggeman for the 2024 Olympics https://t.co/VefjsaRfYz
— Notre Dame Rowing (@NDRowing) July 18, 2024
A three-time All-American at Notre Dame from 2011-14, Bruggeman and Polk are the only three-time All-Americans in program history. Bruggeman led the Irish to a BIG EAST Championship in 2013 and a second-place conference finish in the team’s inaugural season in the ACC (2014). She also helped the Irish advance to the NCAA Championship regatta in 2012, 2013 and 2014, finishing as high as ninth in ‘14.
Bruggeman has been a part of nine U.S. national teams and has competed internationally in sculls, fours, pairs and eights along the way. She won gold in the four at the 2023 World Rowing Cup II and also claimed gold in the four at the 2017 World Rowing Championships. She also won the pair in the 2015 Pan American Games.
From Dayton, Ohio, Bruggeman graduated in 2015 from the University of Notre Dame with a degree in anthropology and pre-health. She has also served as an assistant coach with the Minnesota Rowing Team when she is not training for the national team in Princeton, New Jersey.