2021-22 Women's Rowing Roster
Roster
Lear, Catryna

Catryna Lear
- Height:
- 5-8
- Class:
- Sophomore
- High School:
- Notre Dame Academy
- Hometown:
- Cincinnati, Ohio
Bio
2023 (Junior):Â Saw her first action of the season in the stroke seat of the fourth varsity four at the Spartan Invitational (4/15), posting times of 8:27.72 and 8:43.11.
2022 (Sophomore): Sat in the four seat with the third varsity eight boat at Eastern Michigan (4/2), beating EMU’s crew in open water with a time of 7:43.82 … Raced with the third varsity four crew at stroke at the Big Ten Invitational (4/15), posting a time of 8:06.076 and a fourth-place finish on day one of racing … Raced with the fourth varsity eight boat at the Dale England Cup (4/30), taking second place in their race with a time of 7:22.4.
2021 (Freshman): 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 as the stroke 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 … At the Big Ten Invitational in Cincinnati (4/17-18), clocked times of 7:29.64, 7:45.35, and 7:09.62 as the stroke of the novice eight … In a race featuring two Spartan boats, stroked the novice eight to victory at Eastern Michigan (4/24) in a time of 7:41.67, open water over the next two entries … In the stroke seat of the varsity four, clocked in a time of 8:17.50 at Indiana’s Dale England Cup (5/1) … Stroked the varsity four at the Big Ten Championships (5/16), finishing eighth in a time of 8:04.884.
Prior to MSU:  Rowed for the Cincinnati Junior Rowing Club … Team Captain … In the fall of 2019, Earned a pair of gold medals and a fourth-place finish (at Head of the Hooch) in the varsity eight, and a pair of top-two finishes in the coxed four … Earned medal finishes in seven of eight races as a junior in the eight and four, including a silver in the eight and bronze in the four at the Midwest Junior Rowing Championship in spring 2019 … Won the novice coxed four in the 2018 Midwest Junior Rowing Championship.Â
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Personal:  Daughter of Jerry Lear … Honor Roll student … Intended MSU major is finance.
2022 (Sophomore): Sat in the four seat with the third varsity eight boat at Eastern Michigan (4/2), beating EMU’s crew in open water with a time of 7:43.82 … Raced with the third varsity four crew at stroke at the Big Ten Invitational (4/15), posting a time of 8:06.076 and a fourth-place finish on day one of racing … Raced with the fourth varsity eight boat at the Dale England Cup (4/30), taking second place in their race with a time of 7:22.4.
2021 (Freshman): 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 as the stroke 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 … At the Big Ten Invitational in Cincinnati (4/17-18), clocked times of 7:29.64, 7:45.35, and 7:09.62 as the stroke of the novice eight … In a race featuring two Spartan boats, stroked the novice eight to victory at Eastern Michigan (4/24) in a time of 7:41.67, open water over the next two entries … In the stroke seat of the varsity four, clocked in a time of 8:17.50 at Indiana’s Dale England Cup (5/1) … Stroked the varsity four at the Big Ten Championships (5/16), finishing eighth in a time of 8:04.884.
Prior to MSU:  Rowed for the Cincinnati Junior Rowing Club … Team Captain … In the fall of 2019, Earned a pair of gold medals and a fourth-place finish (at Head of the Hooch) in the varsity eight, and a pair of top-two finishes in the coxed four … Earned medal finishes in seven of eight races as a junior in the eight and four, including a silver in the eight and bronze in the four at the Midwest Junior Rowing Championship in spring 2019 … Won the novice coxed four in the 2018 Midwest Junior Rowing Championship.Â
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Personal:  Daughter of Jerry Lear … Honor Roll student … Intended MSU major is finance.
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