2022-23 Women's Rowing Roster
Roster
Mackenzie Rugg
- Height:
- 5-5
- Class:
- Fifth Year
- High School:
- Cedar Springs
- Hometown:
- Cedar Springs, Mich.
2023 (Fifth Year): Academic All-Big Ten and Big Ten Distinguished Scholar … Competed in the in the 2V4 races in the stroke seat of the third four at the Sunshine State Invitational (3/31-4/1), finishing third in both the semifinal heat on Friday (7:34.40) and earning a bronze medal in the grand final (7:31.87) … At the Big Ten Invitational (4/7-8), stroked the third varsity four, capturing one third-place finish on Friday afternoon in an All-Big Ten race and two fourth-place finishes … Raced twice in the bow seat of the fourth varsity four at the Spartan Invitational (4/15), posting times of 8:27.72 and 8:43.11 … Finished fourth behind two Ohio State entries and Indiana in a time of 7:57.8 in the two seat of the third varsity four at the Ohio State Invitational (4/22) … In a finals-only event at Women’s Sprints (4/30) in the bow seat of the third varsity four, earned a silver medal in a time of 7:33.370, behind only Rutgers.
2022 (Senior): Academic All-Big Ten selection ... Debuted at the Ohio State Regatta (4/9) with the varsity four crew … Took second place in the morning session race, finishing ahead of Oklahoma in 7:45.4 … Again raced as a member of the v4 crew at the Big Ten Invitational (4/15), taking third place in day one’s race with a time of 7:58.106, beating Tennessee in open water … Took third place again on day two with a time of 7:32.412, four seconds ahead of Notre Dame’s boat … Placed third with the second varsity four crew at the Dale England Cup (4/30), finishing the race in 7:50.8 two seconds ahead of Clemson’s crew … Sat in the two seat for the third varsity four race at the Big Ten Championships (5/15), crossing the finish line at 7:52.579 in seventh place.
2021 (Junior): Big Ten Distinguished Scholar … Academic All-Big Ten … CRCA Scholar Student-Athlete … In a pair of dual races at Ohio State, (3/27) finished eight seconds behind second-place Oregon State in the second varsity eight, and was clocked in a time of 7:35.47 in the afternoon session … Earned a pair of third-place finishes in the five seat of the second varsity eight at the B1G/ACC Double Dual (4/3), posting times of 7:42.02 and 8:04.90 in the two sessions against nationally-ranked Duke, Michigan, and Virginia … Lined up once again against some of the nation’s top crews in the three seat of the second varsity eight at the Big Ten Invitational in Cincinnati (4/17-18), earning an open-water win over Louisville in the first session (6:59.28) and clocking times of 7:14.41 and 7:02.124 the next two races … Earned a decisive open-water win at Eastern Michigan (4/24) in the bow seat of the second varsity eight, registering a time of 7:12.54 … Finished third in the second varsity eight (six seat) at Indiana’s Dale England Cup (5/1), posting a time of 7:17.12 … At the Big Ten Championships (5/16), rowed in the two seat of the second varsity eight, finishing eighth in a time of 7:13.581.
2020: Academic All-Big Ten Selection … CRCA Scholar-Athlete ... Season was canceled due to Covid-19.
