Rowing Finishes Challenging Weekend At Big Ten Invitational

The University of Notre Dame rowing team competed against several of the nation’s top teams at the Big Ten Invitational, held at Nathan Benderson Park in Sarasota, Florida, on Friday, April 18 and Saturday, April 19, 2025. 

The field featured Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association ranked teams of No. 3 Washington, No. 6 Tennessee, No. 9 Rutgers, No. 11 Penn, No. 12 Michigan, No. 17 Oregon State, No. 18 Harvard, No. 21 Indiana and No. 24 Southern Cal. 

Strong performances were turned in on the final day of racing Saturday morning by the Second Varsity Eight, which finished second behind Harvard and ahead of UCLA, Miami FL, Minnesota and Wisconsin. Also on Saturday, the Third Varsity Eight finished second to Southern Cal and ahead of UCLA, SMU, Indiana and Miami FL. 

The Irish will return to action next weekend in Bloomington, Indiana, when they face Indiana and Michigan State in a final tune up for the ACC Championship, to be held at Clemson, South Carolina, May 16-17. 

Full Results Recap

1V8 – 

Natalie Hoefer, Neev Gamble, Grayson Conway, Lily Crook, Amelia Haney, Emma Hopsicker, Maggie Newell, Christina Steinki, Annamarie Wallis (coxswain)

Flight One – Friday Morning

1. Washington, 6:17.285
2. Indiana, 6:24.039
3. Penn, 6:26.681
4. Clemson, 6:30.661
5. Notre Dame, 6:38.054
6. Iowa, 6:39.401

Flight Four – Friday Afternoon

1. Oregon State, 6:27.033
2. Michigan State, 6:32.687
3. Southern Cal, 6:33.379
4. Clemson, 6:33.829
5. Notre Dame, 6:37.318
6. Minnesota, 6:37.608

Flight Three – Saturday

1. Harvard, 6:32.495
2. UCLA, 6:41.048
3. Notre Dame, 6:41.501
4. Minnesota, 6:44.591
5. Miami FL, 6:45.141
6. Wisconsin, 6:47.691

1V4 – 

Michaela Carroll, Molly Hackett, Elizabeth Tessen, Claire Macy, Nicolette Cottingham (coxswain)

Flight One – Friday Morning

1. Washington, 7:13.243
2. Penn, 7:23.261
3. Indiana, 7:25.535
4. Clemson, 7:26.433
5. Notre Dame, 7:40.150
6. Iowa, 7:55.690

Flight Four – Friday Afternoon

1. Minnesota, 7:29.973
2. Southern Cal, 7:25.733
3. Clemson, 7:27.997
4. Oregon State, 7:31.405
5. Notre Dame, 7:39.063
6. Michigan State, 7:47.913

Flight Three – Saturday

1. Harvard, 7:22.238
2. Minnesota, 7:26.748
3. UCLA, 7:33.084
4. Miami FL, 7:35.465
5. Notre Dame, 7:43.365
6. Wisconsin, 8:01.751

2V4 – Friday

Victoria Gordon-Brown, Anna Kahl, Lauren O’Grady, Madison Naman, Lily Frantantonio (coxswain)

Flight One – Friday Morning

1. Washington, 7:22.945
2. Penn, 7:32.200
3. Clemson, 7:34.852
4. Indiana, 7:39.386
5. Notre Dame, 7:54.443
6. Iowa, 8:06.192

Flight Four – Friday Afternoon

1. Southern Cal, 7:28.402
2. Clemson, 7:32.172
3. Minnesota, 7:36.480
4. Oregon State, 7:38.672
5. Michigan State, 7:43.774
6. Notre Dame, 7:49.230

2V4 – Saturday 

Grace Taylor, Anna Kahl, Victoria Gordon-Brown, Morgan Rice, Lily Frantantonio (coxswain)

Flight Three – Saturday

1. Harvard, 7:31.794
2. UCLA, 7:39.793
3. Notre Dame, 7:47.367
4. Minnesota, 7:48.349
5. Miami FL, 7:48.756
6. Wisconsin, 7:57.628

2V8 – 

Caroline Johnson, Lily Smith, Scarlett Quinn, Nora Barth, Reece McNutt, Julia Clavi, Courtney French, Maya Fister, Margaret Abbott (coxswain)

Flight One – Friday Morning

1. Washington, 6:26.329
2. Penn, 6:34.454
3. Indiana, 6:39.968
4. Clemson, 6:40.724
5. Notre Dame, 6:50.965
6. Iowa, 6:56.826

Flight Four – Friday Afternoon

1. Southern Cal, 6:39.732
2. Oregon State, 6:40.696
3. Minnesota, 6:41.869
4. Notre Dame, 6:43.144
5. Michigan State, 6:43.569
6. Clemson, 6:43.574

Flight Three – Saturday

1. Harvard, 6:45.121
2. Notre Dame, 6:50.635
3. UCLA, 6:51.976
4. Miami, 6:53.880
5. Minnesota, 6:58.121
6. Wisconsin, 7:17.340

3V4 – 

Marie Golden, Riley Clavi, Rory Klocke, Lilly Keegan, Joyce Kang (coxswain)

Flight One – Friday Morning

1. Michigan, 7:23.459
2. Notre Dame, 7:50.530
3. Southern Cal, 8:02.201
4. Iowa, 8:04.636

Flight Two – Friday Afternoon

1. Ohio State, 7:43.103
2. Notre Dame, 7:54.300
3. Indiana, 8:00.309

Flight One – Saturday

1. Rutgers, 7:25.789
2. Michigan, 7:36.716
3. Ohio State, 7:39.755
4. Notre Dame, 8:08.337

3V8 – Friday

Grace Taylor, Morgan Rice, Christina Spira, Christina Henning, Maeve McMahon, Caroline Logan, Reyna Lewis, Elle Kilgannon, Grace Collins (coxswain)

Flight Three – Early Friday Afternoon

1. Ohio State, 6:47.496
2. Notre Dame, 6:52.501
3. UCLA, 6:54.033
4. Duke, 7:01.575
5. Indiana, 7:04.350
6. SMU, 7:24.764

Flight Two – Friday Afternoon

1. Rutgers, 6:56.457
2. Michigan, 7:03.425
3. Notre Dame, 7:09.319
4. Michigan State, 7:10.298
5. Clemson, 7:17.929
6. Duke, 7:23.964

3V8 – Saturday

Lauren O’Grady, Caroline Logan, Christina Spira, Christina Henning, Maeve McMahon, Elle Kilgannon, Reyna Lewis, Madison Naman, Grace Collins (coxswain)

Flight Two – Saturday

1. Southern Cal, 6:59.348
2. Notre Dame, 7:00.858
3. UCLA, 7:05.229
4. SMU, 7:09.582
5. Indiana, 7:13.151
6. Miami FL, 7:14.798