2023-24 Women's Rowing Roster
Roster
Haley Rinehart
- Height:
- 6-0
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Walled Lake Northern
- Hometown:
- White Lake, Mich.
2025 (Senior):  In the second varsity four, finished fourth in the B final (7:52.46) at the Sunshine State Invitational (3/28-29) after taking fourth in the Saturday semifinal heat (7:52.46) … Lined up for the varsity four race along with MSU and Eastern Michigan at Ford Lake (4/5), and helped the second varsity four to a second-place time of 7:57.4, good for open water over the hosts … At the Big Ten Invitational in Sarasota (4/18-19), earned fifth, sixth, and fourth place finishes, respectively, in the varsity four., as the Spartans were in contact with both second place Oklahoma (7:36.715) and third-place Clemson (7:37.989) as they crossed the line in 7:38.816, open water ahead of Iowa in the regatta finale …. 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 … Finished fourth in the varsity four in the petite final at the Big Ten Championships (5/17-18), open water over Wisconsin in a time of 7:28.107.
2024 (Junior): In MSU’s B entry into the second varsity four, advanced to the Grand Final in the Varsity Eight at the Sunshine State Invitational (3/29-30) after a fourth-place semifinal finish (8:16.81), and then took sixth in the Grand Final (7:48.94) ... Finished second to host Michigan (4/6) in the third varsity four race (8:05.18) ... In the third varsity four, finished fourth behind OSU, Indiana, and Wisconsin (8:16.47), fourth behind Michigan, Iowa, and Indiana (8:21.36) ), and was fourth in the final race behind Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin (8:04.57) at the Big Ten Invitational (4/19-20) ... At Indiana for the Dale England Cup (4/27), finished third to host Indiana’s two entries in the second varsity four ... In the second varsity four at Sprints (5/5), finished fourth in both the morning preliminary (8:17.81) ahead of Temple, and the petite final (8:41.01), ahead of Cornell and Boston College ... In the third varsity four, finished seventh at the Big Ten Championships (5/19), clocked in a time of 7:47.559.
2023 (Freshman): Rowed in the seven seat of the novice eight in every race … In the 3V8+ races at the Sunshine State Invitational (3/31-4/1), earned a gold medal and won both races: by a half-length margin over Kansas (6:50.23) in the first race and a four-tenths of a second (6:49.39) over the Jayhawks in the second …  Competed in the 3V8 races at the Big Ten Invitational (4/7-8), winning two races and finishing second to B1G foe Ohio State in the third … Earned a pair of open-water victories at the Spartan Invitational (4/15), against MSU’s 3V8 and Eastern Michigan’s novice eight in the morning (7:00.3) and MSU’s 3V8 and over Miami’s 3V8 in the afternoon session (7:10.30) … Finished third to Ohio State and Indiana in a time of 7:10.2 at the Ohio State Invitational (4/22) ... In a finals-only event at women's sprints (4/30) rowed in the stroke seat of the second novice eight and earned bronze (7:17.290) behind Northeastern and Columbia ...Earned MSU’s top finish at the Big Ten Championships (5/14), finishing in fifth place in a time of 7:06.151 – ahead of Rutgers, Iowa, and Minnesota.
PRIOR TO MSU:Â Attended Walled Lake Northern High School in Commerce, Michigan, for four years from 2017 to 2021... Was a three-year letterwinner in basketball at Walled Lake, taking home the conference championship in her senior season.
PERSONAL:  Daughter of Carrie and Mark Rinehart... Has an older sister, Amelia, and a younger brother, Luke ... Amelia was a rower at Clemson ... Pre-law major  Is the social media director for EWIL (Empowering Women in Law) at Michigan State... Hopes to become a sports attorney one day, and represent athletes in contract negotiations.
