2017-18 Women's Rowing Roster
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Sutka, Clare
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Clare Sutka
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Theodore Roosevelt
- Hometown:
- Wyandotte, Mich.
Bio
2019: Named to Academic All-Big Ten during the spring season … Big Ten Sportsmanship Award Winner at the 2019 Big Ten Rowing Championships ... Sat in the four seat in all six regattas for the second varsity eight … Had a season-best time of 6:28.56 in the finals of the Lake Wheeler Invite … Defeated Indiana twice at the Ivy League-Big Ten Double Dual with times of 6:40.8 and 7:04.55 … Defeated Rutgers at the Big Ten Double Dual with a time of 6:37.12 … Took second at the Dale England Cup with a time of 7:46.5 … Finished behind Michigan and Louisville on May 5 with a time of 6:48.91 … Took fifth at the Big Ten Championships with a time of 6:42.497.
2018: CRCA National Scholar-Athlete … Big Ten Distinguished Scholar … Academic All-Big Ten … Rowed in the four seat of the second varsity eight to open the season at the Oak Ridge Cardinal Invitational, (3/17-18), defeating boats from Miami, Minnesota, Clemson, and Tennessee … Raced Harvard/Radcliffe and Yale in the six seat at the Big Ten/Ivy League Double Dual in the second varsity eight (3/24) … Stroked the varsity four at the Pac-12 Challenge (3/31), defeating USC by open water but falling to Cal and Stanford … Dropped a pair of races at the Big Ten Double Dual (4/6), falling to Iowa and Indiana in the varsity four … Moved into the two seat of the V4 for the Big Ten/ACC Challenge (4/21), falling to Duke and Notre Dame … Raced to a sixth-place finish at the Big Ten Championships in the varsity four (5/12).
Fall 2017: Rowed in the Head of the Charles with the Spartan varsity eight, finishing 25th in the Championship Eights.
2017: A 2017 Academic All-Big Ten Selection ... Opened the season with strong performances at the Oak Ridge Cardinal in the second varsity eight, finishing second to Virginia in a time of 6:48.672 and defeating Notre Dame and West Virginia in the morning session and posting a heat victory in a time of 6:51.429 over Clemson, Minnesota, and the Mountaineers in the afternoon (3/11) ... On Sunday at Oak Ridge (3/12), was fourth behind Michigan, Virginia, and Tennessee in a time of 6:52.579 ... Posted a commanding victory in the opening Big Ten race of the season in the varsity eight at Rutgers, defeating the Scarlet Knights by more than 10 seconds (7:00.9) ... In the second varsity eight, rowed at Princeton with Brown in the day after the B1G opener (3/25). Finished third behind No. 10 Princeton and No. 5 Brown in a time of 7:10.7 ... In a Big Ten Double Dual at Indiana (4/1), rowed in the second varsity eight and clocked a 6:56.16 lined up against No. 14 Iowa, 15 seconds behind the Hawkeyes, and was about a length behind the Hoosiers in the afternoon (6:45.61-6:50.91), but had a half-length advantage on Kansas at the finish line ... Hosting a Big Ten Double Dual on Lake Ovid (4/8), finished second to No. 11 Wisconsin ( 6:29.44 -6:53.34) in the morning and was about a length of open water behind Minnesota in the afternoon session in the second varsity eight (6:49.08) ... Raced in a pair of varsity four entries in Cambridge, Mass on the Charles River, finishing with open water over Northeastern (7:28.400- 7:35.290), with UMass and BU battling it out for third (4/22) ... Completed the weekend on the Charles in the V4 by finishing in a time of 7:30.9, just under a length ahead of Radcliffe (7:33.6), and both crews were 30 seconds ahead of Boston College (4/23)... At the Big Ten Championships (5/14) in the Varsity four, finished fourth in a time of 7:11.257, about a length ahead of fifth-place Indiana at the finish ...
2016: Split a pair of races against Michigan at the Big Ten/ACC Challenge in the second novice eight, besting the Wolverines by nearly a length in the morning session (7:21.9-7:25.4), and falling to UM in a time of 7:52.7 later that day ... Posted a great effort in a pair of three-boat races against Michigan and Rutgers at the Big Ten Double Dual (4/3) in the second novice eight races in Princeton, NJ, winning the first race over Michigan by four seats and the host Scarlet Knights by open water (7:29.3), and opening up the margin over the Wolverines to 15 seconds in the second session ... Took a commanding victory from host Ohio State in the second novice eight race in Columbus (4/24) , clocked in a time of 6:58.4 -- more than 20 seconds ahead of the Buckeyes ... At Michigan (4/30), finished a length behind the host Wolverines, clocked in a time of 7:16.9, compared to 7:12.9 for UM ... At the Big Ten Championships (5/15) in Indianapolis, was a part of the second novice eight entry that finished fifth (7:06.559) ...
2018: CRCA National Scholar-Athlete … Big Ten Distinguished Scholar … Academic All-Big Ten … Rowed in the four seat of the second varsity eight to open the season at the Oak Ridge Cardinal Invitational, (3/17-18), defeating boats from Miami, Minnesota, Clemson, and Tennessee … Raced Harvard/Radcliffe and Yale in the six seat at the Big Ten/Ivy League Double Dual in the second varsity eight (3/24) … Stroked the varsity four at the Pac-12 Challenge (3/31), defeating USC by open water but falling to Cal and Stanford … Dropped a pair of races at the Big Ten Double Dual (4/6), falling to Iowa and Indiana in the varsity four … Moved into the two seat of the V4 for the Big Ten/ACC Challenge (4/21), falling to Duke and Notre Dame … Raced to a sixth-place finish at the Big Ten Championships in the varsity four (5/12).
Fall 2017: Rowed in the Head of the Charles with the Spartan varsity eight, finishing 25th in the Championship Eights.
2017: A 2017 Academic All-Big Ten Selection ... Opened the season with strong performances at the Oak Ridge Cardinal in the second varsity eight, finishing second to Virginia in a time of 6:48.672 and defeating Notre Dame and West Virginia in the morning session and posting a heat victory in a time of 6:51.429 over Clemson, Minnesota, and the Mountaineers in the afternoon (3/11) ... On Sunday at Oak Ridge (3/12), was fourth behind Michigan, Virginia, and Tennessee in a time of 6:52.579 ... Posted a commanding victory in the opening Big Ten race of the season in the varsity eight at Rutgers, defeating the Scarlet Knights by more than 10 seconds (7:00.9) ... In the second varsity eight, rowed at Princeton with Brown in the day after the B1G opener (3/25). Finished third behind No. 10 Princeton and No. 5 Brown in a time of 7:10.7 ... In a Big Ten Double Dual at Indiana (4/1), rowed in the second varsity eight and clocked a 6:56.16 lined up against No. 14 Iowa, 15 seconds behind the Hawkeyes, and was about a length behind the Hoosiers in the afternoon (6:45.61-6:50.91), but had a half-length advantage on Kansas at the finish line ... Hosting a Big Ten Double Dual on Lake Ovid (4/8), finished second to No. 11 Wisconsin ( 6:29.44 -6:53.34) in the morning and was about a length of open water behind Minnesota in the afternoon session in the second varsity eight (6:49.08) ... Raced in a pair of varsity four entries in Cambridge, Mass on the Charles River, finishing with open water over Northeastern (7:28.400- 7:35.290), with UMass and BU battling it out for third (4/22) ... Completed the weekend on the Charles in the V4 by finishing in a time of 7:30.9, just under a length ahead of Radcliffe (7:33.6), and both crews were 30 seconds ahead of Boston College (4/23)... At the Big Ten Championships (5/14) in the Varsity four, finished fourth in a time of 7:11.257, about a length ahead of fifth-place Indiana at the finish ...
2016: Split a pair of races against Michigan at the Big Ten/ACC Challenge in the second novice eight, besting the Wolverines by nearly a length in the morning session (7:21.9-7:25.4), and falling to UM in a time of 7:52.7 later that day ... Posted a great effort in a pair of three-boat races against Michigan and Rutgers at the Big Ten Double Dual (4/3) in the second novice eight races in Princeton, NJ, winning the first race over Michigan by four seats and the host Scarlet Knights by open water (7:29.3), and opening up the margin over the Wolverines to 15 seconds in the second session ... Took a commanding victory from host Ohio State in the second novice eight race in Columbus (4/24) , clocked in a time of 6:58.4 -- more than 20 seconds ahead of the Buckeyes ... At Michigan (4/30), finished a length behind the host Wolverines, clocked in a time of 7:16.9, compared to 7:12.9 for UM ... At the Big Ten Championships (5/15) in Indianapolis, was a part of the second novice eight entry that finished fifth (7:06.559) ...
Prior to MSU: Attended Theodore Roosevelt High School in Wyandotte, Mich. ... Four-year state qualifier in swimming ... Named all-state in 2011 and academic All-America in 2012 ... Named "Bear of the Year" as a freshman ... Team MVP during her sophomore-senior years ... DRL champions in 2014 ... Finished 11th in the state in the 100-yard backstroke as a junior.
Personal: Born July 19, 1997 ... Daughter of Patrick and Maria Sutka ... Plans to major in special education ... Father, Patrick, mother, Maria and aunt, Stacey, all attended MSU ... High school class president ... PBIS leader ... National Honor Society member.
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