2025 Women's Rowing Roster
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Vanden Boom, Ruby
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Ruby Vanden Boom
- Height:
- 6-2
- Class:
- Sophomore
- High School:
- Genazzano FCJ College
- Hometown:
- Melbourne, Australia
Bio
2025 (Sophomore): CRCA National Scholar-Athlete Award recipient … Academic All-Big Ten … In the 2V8, finished second in its semifinal heat (7:02.44) to advance to the A Final, where it finished sixth (6:48.24) at the at the Sunshine State Invitational (3/28-29) … At Eastern Michigan (4/5), earned an open-water victory over the hosts (6:36.6) in the second varsity eight … Was in the second varsity eight at the Big Ten Invitational (4/18-19), finishing fourth by four-tenths of a second in the first race, ( 6:39.374) – ahead of Ohio State and SMU; MSU tied for fifth in a dead heat in its second race with Clemson ( 6:43.569) and rebounded with a third-place heat finish on Saturday morning in a time of 6:46.077 behind Oklahoma and SMU … Clocked in a time of 7:47.47, raced in the second varsity eight and finished third to Indiana and a length back on Notre Dame at the Dale England Cup (4/26) … In the second varsity eight at IRA sprints (5/4), took the victory in the petite final (7:16.653, open water over second-place Drexel) after narrowly missing the grand final in the morning heats … In the 2V8, won the Petite Final at the Big Ten Championships (5/17-18), finishing seventh overall in a time of 6:33.436, a full second ahead of UCLA (6:34.420).
2024 (Freshman): In the novice eight A entry, rowed to a third-place finish (7:17.39) in the semifinal heat at the Sunshine State Invitational (3/29-30), then finished fourth in the Grand Final (6:55.10) ... Finished third to host Michigan and MSU’s B entry (4/6) in the third varsity eight/first novice (7:12.98) ... In the novice eight boat, was fourth behind Alabama, Clemson, and Wisconsin (7:21.39), finished third to Indiana and Notre Dame (7:15.70) and fourth behind UCLA, Oklahoma, and Minnesota (7:15.70) at the Big Ten Invitational (4/19-20) ... At Indiana for the Dale England Cup (4/27), finished second by less than a second to host Indiana in the novice eight (7:22.5-7:23.2) ... In the novice eight at Sprints (5/5), finished fifth in the morning prelims behind Brown, Temple, Boston College, and Columbia (7:25.67) and advanced to the Grand Final, finishing sixth (7:59.36) ... In the novice eight, finished seventh at the Big Ten Championships (5/19), clocked in a time of 6:57.042
Prior to MSU: Rowing captain and Sportswoman of the Year in 2022 at the Genazzano FCJ College out of Melbourne … Gold medal winner at the 2022 Australian Rowing Championships in a Schoolgirl XIII sprint … Three-time College ERGO champion from 2019-22 … Australian Rowing Champion in a U19 Coxed XIII 2K.
Personal: Daughter of Jane and Ben Vanden Boom … Has two siblings … Aspires to be an interior designer … Enjoys watching the Australian Football League.
2024 (Freshman): In the novice eight A entry, rowed to a third-place finish (7:17.39) in the semifinal heat at the Sunshine State Invitational (3/29-30), then finished fourth in the Grand Final (6:55.10) ... Finished third to host Michigan and MSU’s B entry (4/6) in the third varsity eight/first novice (7:12.98) ... In the novice eight boat, was fourth behind Alabama, Clemson, and Wisconsin (7:21.39), finished third to Indiana and Notre Dame (7:15.70) and fourth behind UCLA, Oklahoma, and Minnesota (7:15.70) at the Big Ten Invitational (4/19-20) ... At Indiana for the Dale England Cup (4/27), finished second by less than a second to host Indiana in the novice eight (7:22.5-7:23.2) ... In the novice eight at Sprints (5/5), finished fifth in the morning prelims behind Brown, Temple, Boston College, and Columbia (7:25.67) and advanced to the Grand Final, finishing sixth (7:59.36) ... In the novice eight, finished seventh at the Big Ten Championships (5/19), clocked in a time of 6:57.042
Prior to MSU: Rowing captain and Sportswoman of the Year in 2022 at the Genazzano FCJ College out of Melbourne … Gold medal winner at the 2022 Australian Rowing Championships in a Schoolgirl XIII sprint … Three-time College ERGO champion from 2019-22 … Australian Rowing Champion in a U19 Coxed XIII 2K.
Personal: Daughter of Jane and Ben Vanden Boom … Has two siblings … Aspires to be an interior designer … Enjoys watching the Australian Football League.
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