2017-18 Women's Rowing Roster
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Nielsen, Halle
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Halle Nielsen
- Class:
- Sophomore
- High School:
- Forest Hills Central
- Hometown:
- Ada, Mich.
Bio
2020: Academic All-Big Ten Selection …. CRCA Scholar-Athlete ... Big Ten Distinguished Scholar … Season was canceled due to Covid-19.
2019: Named Academic All-Big Ten during the spring season … Sat in the varsity eight boat for all six regattas … Had a season-best time of 6:29.17 in the finals of the Lake Wheeler invitational on April 27 … Turned in a time of 6:36.54 in the morning heat at Lake Wheeler … Finished sixth at the Big Ten Championship regatta with a time of 6:35.124 … Opened the season with time of 6:37.9 and 6:44.48 at the Ivy League-Big Ten Double Dual … Varsity eight finished in 6:31.82 ad 6:52.36 at the Big Ten Double Dual on April 13 … Took third at the Dale England Cup with a time of 7:21.5 … Defeated Louisville on May 5 finishing with a time of 6:36.53.2018: CRCA National Scholar-Athlete … Big Ten Distinguished Scholar … Academic All-Big Ten … Opened the season in the three seat of the varsity eight at the Oak Ridge Cardinal Invitational, (3/17-18), defeating boats from Miami, Minnesota, Clemson, and Tennessee … Moved into the stroke seat against Harvard/Radcliffe and Yale in the Big Ten/Ivy League Double Dual in the second varsity eight (3/24), a seat she would not relinquish for the remainder of the season … Went up against stiff competition at the Pac-12 Challenge (3/31), in races against USC, Cal, and Stanford … At the Big Ten Double Dual (4/6), fell to Iowa in the morning race before rebounding with a half-length win over Indiana in the afternoon … Raced at the Big Ten/ACC Challenge (4/21), defeating San Diego twice and downing Notre Dame, but falling to Duke … Raced to a eighth-place finish at the Big Ten Championships (5/12).
2017: Opened the season with strong performances at the Oak Ridge Cardinal in the novice eight, finishing a half-length behind Virginia in a time of 6:52.551 and defeating Notre Dame and West Virginia in the morning session and posting a heat victory in a time 6:58.975 with a 45-second margin over the Mountaineers and Tennessee in the afternoon (3/11) ... On Sunday at Oak Ridge (3/12), was less than a second off the pace of first-place Virginia (6:48.318) and defeated the Spartan 2N8 and Tennessee by several lengths of open water ... Rowed in a pair of novice eight races at Michigan (3/25), opening the day by finishing ahead of the host Wolverines and visiting Radcliffe in a time of 7:07.53, more than 11 seconds ahead of UM and 17 in front of Radcliffe ... Was second to Yale in the evening session, nine seconds behind the Bulldogs but still six seats ahead of Michigan in a time of 7:02.73 ... In a Big Ten Double Dual at Indiana (4/1) in the novice eight, posted a pair of commanding open-water victories, defeating the Hawkeyes by more than 26 seconds in a time of 6:44.62 before finishing 23 seconds ahead of second-place Kansas and more than 27 seconds over Indiana (6:54.80) ... Hosting a Big Ten Double Dual on Lake Ovid (4/8), rowed to a pair of commanding wins on the day in the novice eight, clocked in 6:46.35 in the morning, about a half a length of open water ahead of UW (6:52.35); MSU then had a 28-second margin over Minnesota in the afternoon ( 6:50.24 - 7:18.44)... Racing on the Charles River in Cambridge, Mass. in the second varsity eight, was about a second off the pace of Northeastern (4/22), and was two seats behind at the finish (6:42.684 -- 6:43.731) ... Was eight seconds behind No. 16 Radcliffe (6:44.6- 6:52.6) in a second raceday on the Charles (4/23) ...In the second varsity eight at Big Ten Championships (5/14), finished sixth behind Indiana in a time of 6:32.868, four seats ahead of Minnesota...
Prior to MSU: Attended Forest Hills Central High School in Ada, Michigan... Played lacrosse in high school and was a team captain and made the Second All Conference Lacrosse Team...
Personal: Born on August 30, 1998 in Oak Harbor, Washington... Daughter of Rick and Ann Nielsen... Sister to Brett... Hobbies include singing, listening to `80s music and reading... Majoring in animal science and is an aspiring veterinarian.
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Thursday, April 10
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