Novice Women

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Novice Year (2023-2024): Served as one of two women’s team Novice Captains. Raced in the WN8+ at Music City, taking gold. Raced in the WN8+ at Bald Eagle, taking bronze.

Favorite Memories:

Novice Year: Earning first place in Music City and improving my rowing abilities with my fellow novice women.

Personal: Likes baking, playing the Wii, hanging out with friends

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Glenbrook North High School

High School: Varsity Tennis

Novice Year (2023-2024): Raced in the WN8+ at Music City, taking gold. Raced in the WN4+ at Bald Eagle.

Favorite Memories:

Novice Year: “Driving down to nashville for the music city head race and seeing the city for the first time!”

Personal: Minor in the Hoeft Technology and Management Program. Loves to listen to new songs, go adventures, and make smoothies! Member of Illinois Business Consulting, Student Alumni Ambassadors, Gies Ambassadors, Women in Finance Academy, Business Innovation Team for the Disruption Lab

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Delhi Public Schools Sushant Lok

High School: Was a member of the dance team and played cricket.

Novice Year (2023-2024): Raced in the WN8+ at Music City, taking gold. Raced in the WN8+ at Bald Eagle, taking bronze. Raced in the WN4+ at Bald Eagle.

Favorite Memories:

Novice Year: Racing at Music City and flipping the XXS during spring break.

Personal: Dancer on UIUC Fizaa, Research Assistant at Neurocognitive Behaviour Lab. Enjoys a good murder mystery, hiking, singing, and playing the piano. Extreme enthusiast of pink and glitter with a passion for sitcoms and bollywood music.

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Beijing Etown Academy

High School: Sabre fencer and Fence Captain, long distance running.

Novice Year (2023-2024): Raced in the WN8+ at Music City, taking gold. Raced in the WN8+ at Bald Eagle, taking Bronze.

Favorite Memories:

Novice Year: “Flipping the XXS and hanging out with friends over spring break.”

Personal: Involved in undergraduate studies as a member of the Shapiro lab, working on drugs to induce necrosis to enhance cancer immunotherapy. Loves watching movies, listening to music, hanging out with friends, and trying new sports.

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Dunlap High School

High School: Tennis, Badminton, Dance (ballet, contemporary)

Novice Year (2023-2024): Raced in the WN8+ at Music City, taking gold. Raced in the WN8+ at Bald Eagle.

Favorite Memories:

Novice Year: Racing in Nashville, flipping the XXS during spring break.

Personal: Member of Women in Finance, Alpha Phi Omega service fraternity, and Illinois Design Consulting. Enjoys art, fashion, running, and learning new languages. Passionate about traveling; aspires to visit every continent.

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Elgin High School

High School: 3 years rowing with Crystal Lake Rowing Club, 9 years karate, 4 years weightlifting.

Novice Year (2023-2024): Raced in the WV8+ at Music City, taking bronze. Raced the WN8+ at Bald Eagle, taking bronze.

Favorite Memories:

Novice Year: Spring break trip shenanigans, especially jumping off the dock at the end of our last row

Personal: Illini Strings (cello), Women in Civil & Environmental Engineering (WCEE), WIMSE LLC, Society of Women Engineers (SWE), GFX Global Sustainability Scholar. Loves traveling, her favorite destination having been Iceland. Enjoys most outdoors activities, especially hiking. Plant mom, sole boat carrier, duck enthusiast. She says: “I’ve been trying to contact you about your vehicle’s extended warranty.”

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The Chicago High School for the Arts

Novice Year (2023-2024):

Favorite Memories:

Novice Year: “Going on the spring break trip to Georgia!”

Personal: Enjoys listening to music and playing the clarinet, as well as spending time with friends and family. Minor in Computer Science. FAA Ambassador, James Scholar, and SOM Student Advisory Board member.

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Northside College Prep High School

High School: Swam for 4 years, swim team captain jr/sr year. Rowed for 2 years with CRF.

Novice Year (2023-2024): Served as one of two women’s team Novice Captains. Raced in the WV8+ at Music City, taking bronze. Raced in the WN8+ at Bald Eagle, again taking bronze.

Favorite Memories:

Novice Year: Spending time with the novice women over spring break

Personal: Is a member of BLNKD (photography club) and Illinois Data Science Club; enjoys reading, baking, and visiting National Parks. Interested in infectious disease research.

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Taft High School

High School: Cross Country/Track and Field

Novice Year (2023-2024): Raced in the WN8+ at Music City, taking gold. Raced in the WN8+ at Bald Eagle.

Favorite Memories:

Novice Year: “Sculling over Spring Break with Katherine and hanging out with the team.”

Personal: Works at Campus Recreation in the Aquatics Department. Interests include reading, listening to music, and baking. She says “I love combining my interest in science and nature with my passion for art by making drawings of wildlife and people.”

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Resurrection College Prep

High School: Played Basketball, Volleyball, and Track and Field

Novice Year (2023-2024): Raced in the WN8+ at Music City, taking gold. Raced the WN8+ at Bald Eagle, taking bronze.

Favorite Memories:

Novice Year: Winning Music City!

Personal: Loves to read, very outdoorsy, and likes watching scary movies. Member of October Lovers club. Just Dance master.