2022-23 Women's Rowing Roster
Roster
Garner, Carolynn
Carolynn Garner
- Height:
- 5-11
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Traverse City Central
- Hometown:
- Traverse City, Mich.
Bio
2024 (Senior): Big Ten Sportsmanship Award recipient … Academic All-Big Ten … CRCA Scholar-Athlete … Advanced to the Grand final in the Varsity Eight at the Sunshine State Invitational (3/29-30) after a fourth-place semifinal finish (7:14.14), and then took sixth in the Grand Final (6:44.17) ... In the second varsity eight, finished second to host Michigan (7:07.8) (4/6) ... In the second varsity eight, finished fourth to Clemson, Alabama, and Wisconsin (6:58.51), fourth behind Indiana, (6:56.54), and fifth behind UCLA, Minnesota, Oklahoma, and Clemson (6:58.75) at the Big Ten Invitational (4/19-20) ... At Indiana for the Dale England Cup (4/27), finished second to host Indiana in the varsity eight (6:55.3) ... In the second varsity eight at Sprints (5/5), finished second in the morning prelims behind Rutgers (7:13.87) and advanced to the Grand Final, finishing fifth (7:14.86) behind Brown, Rutgers, Columbia, and Dartmouth ... In the varsity eight, finished sixth at the Big Ten Championships 2023 (Junior): Academic All-Big Ten and Big Ten Distinguished Scholar … Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association (CRCA) Scholar Athlete … Rowed in the five seat of the varsity eight at the Sunshine State Invitational (3/31-4/1), where the Spartans finished third to Miami and six seats behind Wisconsin (6:41.53) in the opening heat and finished sixth in the grand final in a time of 6:41.30 … Rowed in the five seat of the varsity eight in the three races at the Big Ten Invitational (4/7-8), earning a second-place finish in the first race behind UCLA (6:44.672) and finishing fourth in the second two races … Split the two races in the five seat of the varsity eight at the Spartan Invitational (4/15), falling to Miami before rebounding with a win over Temple (6:28.87) … Finished third to Indiana and Ohio State in a time of 7:01.06 in the five seat of the varsity eight at the Ohio State Invitational (4/22) … In the four seat of the varsity eight, staged a furious charge over the final 500 at Women’s Sprints (4/30), but finished a half a second behind first-place Dartmouth in a time of 6:37.390 in the Third-Level Final – a time which was better than three boats in the Petite Final … Finished in eighth place in the three seat of the second varsity four at the Big Ten Championships (5/14), clocked in a time of 7:58.575.
2022 (Sophomore): Academic All-Big Ten ... Debuted at the Ivy/Big Ten Double Dual (3/26) as the bow seat in the varsity four boat … Took fourth place with the varsity four crew at the Doc Hosea Invitational (3/27), earning an open water finish with a time of 8:06.14 … Switched to the 3v4 boat at the Ohio State Regatta (4/9) in the two seat, helping the crew to an 8:00.40 finish against Ohio State … Raced with the third varsity four crew at the Big Ten Invitational (4/15) … Placed third in the 3v8 boat at the Dale England Cup (4/30), finishing the race in 7:04.8 … Raced with the second varsity four crew at the Big Ten Championships (5/15), clocking in a time of 6:56.998.
2021 (Freshman): Had a pair of third-place finishes in the four seat of the varsity eight at a double dual at Ohio State (3/27), twice taking on a top-five crew (Ohio State), and clocked in times of 7:11.37 and 7:33.39 … Earned a pair of third-place finishes in the four seat of the varsity eight at the B1G/ACC Double Dual (4/3), posting times of 7:15.29 and 7:35.66 in the two sessions against nationally-ranked Duke, Michigan, and Virginia … Lined up once again against some of the nation’s top crews at the Big Ten Invitational in Cincinnati (4/17-18), rowing in the three seat of the varsity eight in times of 7:02.82, 7:13.21, and 6:59.27 over the three heats … Earned a decisive open-water win at Eastern Michigan (4/24) in the five seat of the second varsity eight, registering a time of 7:12.54 … Finished third in the second varsity eight (five seat) at Indiana’s Dale England Cup (5/1), posting a time of 7:17.12 … Rowed in the three seat of the varsity eight at the Big Ten Championships, clocked in a time of 6:54.560.
Prior to MSU: Rowed for four years for Chris Bott at Traverse City Central, twice captaining the team … Earned a silver and two bronze medals at the State Games of Michigan in summer 2019 after a pair of bronze medals in 2018 … Also lettered four years in varsity hockey, and was the U19 state runner-up with the Traverse City North Stars in 2016.
Personal: Daughter of Rick and Bobbi Garner … Father was a 15-year PGA professional … Member of the National Honor Society and was a four-year Honor Roll Student … Northwestern Michigan College Dean's List Student … Will pursue a degree in chemistry.
2022 (Sophomore): Academic All-Big Ten ... Debuted at the Ivy/Big Ten Double Dual (3/26) as the bow seat in the varsity four boat … Took fourth place with the varsity four crew at the Doc Hosea Invitational (3/27), earning an open water finish with a time of 8:06.14 … Switched to the 3v4 boat at the Ohio State Regatta (4/9) in the two seat, helping the crew to an 8:00.40 finish against Ohio State … Raced with the third varsity four crew at the Big Ten Invitational (4/15) … Placed third in the 3v8 boat at the Dale England Cup (4/30), finishing the race in 7:04.8 … Raced with the second varsity four crew at the Big Ten Championships (5/15), clocking in a time of 6:56.998.
2021 (Freshman): Had a pair of third-place finishes in the four seat of the varsity eight at a double dual at Ohio State (3/27), twice taking on a top-five crew (Ohio State), and clocked in times of 7:11.37 and 7:33.39 … Earned a pair of third-place finishes in the four seat of the varsity eight at the B1G/ACC Double Dual (4/3), posting times of 7:15.29 and 7:35.66 in the two sessions against nationally-ranked Duke, Michigan, and Virginia … Lined up once again against some of the nation’s top crews at the Big Ten Invitational in Cincinnati (4/17-18), rowing in the three seat of the varsity eight in times of 7:02.82, 7:13.21, and 6:59.27 over the three heats … Earned a decisive open-water win at Eastern Michigan (4/24) in the five seat of the second varsity eight, registering a time of 7:12.54 … Finished third in the second varsity eight (five seat) at Indiana’s Dale England Cup (5/1), posting a time of 7:17.12 … Rowed in the three seat of the varsity eight at the Big Ten Championships, clocked in a time of 6:54.560.
Prior to MSU: Rowed for four years for Chris Bott at Traverse City Central, twice captaining the team … Earned a silver and two bronze medals at the State Games of Michigan in summer 2019 after a pair of bronze medals in 2018 … Also lettered four years in varsity hockey, and was the U19 state runner-up with the Traverse City North Stars in 2016.
Personal: Daughter of Rick and Bobbi Garner … Father was a 15-year PGA professional … Member of the National Honor Society and was a four-year Honor Roll Student … Northwestern Michigan College Dean's List Student … Will pursue a degree in chemistry.
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