Caitlin Connelly Women's Rowing Roster

AS A FRESHMAN: Rowed majority of spring season with the second novice eight boat, before moving to the novice eight boat at the BIG EAST Championships … earned a pair of third-place results in the first event of the season against Duke and Buffalo, finishing in 5:36.5 in the first heat and 5:41.2 in the second … against Michigan and Michigan State, placed third after stopping the clock at 7:35.3 … stepped into the novice four boat the following day, finishing third against Buffalo and Purdue with a mark of 9:18.8 … later rowed again with the second novice eight, knocking off Purdue with a clip of 8:02.8 … placed second in the novice four grand final at the BIG EAST Championships, trailing Villanova, after recording a mark of 8:51.112 … at the Central/South Sprints, qualified for the petite finals and raced to a fifth-place results after registering a 7:46.32 clip … opened up her fall season racing with the Notre Dame ‘B’ novice eight boat at the Irish[apos]s home meet … helped her crew to a third-place finish in flight two against Indiana, Iowa and Michigan State, stopping the clock at 15:14.90.

PREP AND PERSONAL: Graduated from Cretin-Derham Hall in St. Paul, Minn. … attended the same high school as current Irish football player Michael Floyd … born June 11, 1991 in Hanau, Germany … daughter of Tim (a 1983 Notre Dame graduate) and Leslie Connelly … aunt, Maureen Kirk, also attended Notre Dame and is a member of the class of 1993 … has two siblings: Megan and Patrick … enrolled in the First Year of Studies.