2017-18 Women's Rowing Roster
Roster
Puidokas, Amy

Amy Puidokas
- Class:
- Sophomore
- High School:
- Grand Blanc
- Hometown:
- Grand Blanc, Mich.
Bio
2018: Started the season in the second varsity four at the Oak Ridge Cardinal Invitational, (3/17-18), defeating boats from Miami, Tulsa, and Tennessee … Also raced in the final second novice race of the Invitational … Edged by Harvard/Radcliffe and fell to Yale in the Big Ten/Ivy League Double Dual in the second varsity four (3/24) … Racing in the second varsity four at Ohio State (3/31), fell to both Michigan and the host Buckeyes … Picked up a pair of wins at the Big Ten Double Dual (4/6), defeating both Iowa and Indiana by open water in the third varsity four … At the Big Ten/ACC Challenge in the third varsity four (4/21), fell to both Ohio State and Notre Dame … Raced to a bronze-medal finish at the Big Ten Championships in the third varsity four (5/12), behind Ohio State and Michigan.
2017: Opened the season in the second novice eight at the Oak Ridge Cardinal, finishing second to Notre Dame in a time of 7:09.409 and ahead of Kansas and Tennessee (3/11) ... On Sunday at Oak Ridge (3/12), was third behind Virginia and the Spartan novice eight, clocked in a time of 7:23.320, an open --water margin over fourth-place Tennessee ... Rowed in a pair of second novice eight races at Michigan (3/25), finishing the morning heat second behind Ohio State by less than a half a second, as OSU was clocked in 7:35.94 and MSU just 0.44 seconds back in 7:36.36. Michigan was open water behind the two other crews, ... In the afternoon, the Spartans recorded a heat-winning time of 7:31.94, open water over the rest of the field -- the Buckeyes timed in at 7:42.09, and Michigan about a half a length back in a time of 7:44.49 ... In a Big Ten Double Dual at Indiana (4/1), raced Iowa twice; the morning session was timed as a 7:15.18 pace for the Spartans, and MSU increased the margin to more than 14 seconds in the afternoon session (7:19.30), with Iowa behind in a time of 7:33.72 ... Hosting a Big Ten Double Dual on Lake Ovid (4/8), twice raced in three- boat affairs against No. 11 Wisconsin and No. 3 Michigan; in the morning, finished third (7:23.34) - just six-tenths back of second-place Michigan (7:22.74) -- and in the afternoon, MSU was third in a time of 7:26.75, just under six seconds behind the Wolverines (7:21.32) and almost 15 behind Wisconsin (7.11.85) ... In the novice eight, raced twice on the Charles River in Cambridge, Mass. (4/22-23) against several Boston-area crews. In the Saturday race, posted a time of 7:28.862, bested by Northeastern (7:13.269) but holding an open-water lead at the finish over UMass (7:52.381). The Spartans and Huskies were in a dogfight as they made their way down the course, but the Spartans caught a crab ... Fell to Radcliffe (7:04.3) in the Sunday race, with MSU second in 7:13.0. Boston College had two entries in the event, which finished in 7:27.2 and 7:31.7.
Prior to MSU: Attended Grand Blanc High School in Grand Blanc, Mich... Four time letterwinner in basketball, volleyball and soccer... Was named to the All-Conference and All-District teams in all three sports... Named to the All-State team in soccer...
Personal: Born on May 29, 1998 in Grand Blanc, Mich... Daughter of Tony and Judy... Sister to Kara, Eric and Steve... Sister, Kara, rowed for the University of Michigan... Hobbies include baking and arts and crafts... Majoring in computer science.
2017: Opened the season in the second novice eight at the Oak Ridge Cardinal, finishing second to Notre Dame in a time of 7:09.409 and ahead of Kansas and Tennessee (3/11) ... On Sunday at Oak Ridge (3/12), was third behind Virginia and the Spartan novice eight, clocked in a time of 7:23.320, an open --water margin over fourth-place Tennessee ... Rowed in a pair of second novice eight races at Michigan (3/25), finishing the morning heat second behind Ohio State by less than a half a second, as OSU was clocked in 7:35.94 and MSU just 0.44 seconds back in 7:36.36. Michigan was open water behind the two other crews, ... In the afternoon, the Spartans recorded a heat-winning time of 7:31.94, open water over the rest of the field -- the Buckeyes timed in at 7:42.09, and Michigan about a half a length back in a time of 7:44.49 ... In a Big Ten Double Dual at Indiana (4/1), raced Iowa twice; the morning session was timed as a 7:15.18 pace for the Spartans, and MSU increased the margin to more than 14 seconds in the afternoon session (7:19.30), with Iowa behind in a time of 7:33.72 ... Hosting a Big Ten Double Dual on Lake Ovid (4/8), twice raced in three- boat affairs against No. 11 Wisconsin and No. 3 Michigan; in the morning, finished third (7:23.34) - just six-tenths back of second-place Michigan (7:22.74) -- and in the afternoon, MSU was third in a time of 7:26.75, just under six seconds behind the Wolverines (7:21.32) and almost 15 behind Wisconsin (7.11.85) ... In the novice eight, raced twice on the Charles River in Cambridge, Mass. (4/22-23) against several Boston-area crews. In the Saturday race, posted a time of 7:28.862, bested by Northeastern (7:13.269) but holding an open-water lead at the finish over UMass (7:52.381). The Spartans and Huskies were in a dogfight as they made their way down the course, but the Spartans caught a crab ... Fell to Radcliffe (7:04.3) in the Sunday race, with MSU second in 7:13.0. Boston College had two entries in the event, which finished in 7:27.2 and 7:31.7.
Prior to MSU: Attended Grand Blanc High School in Grand Blanc, Mich... Four time letterwinner in basketball, volleyball and soccer... Was named to the All-Conference and All-District teams in all three sports... Named to the All-State team in soccer...
Personal: Born on May 29, 1998 in Grand Blanc, Mich... Daughter of Tony and Judy... Sister to Kara, Eric and Steve... Sister, Kara, rowed for the University of Michigan... Hobbies include baking and arts and crafts... Majoring in computer science.
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