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Karina Mitrius - 2026 Women's Rowing Roster
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Karina Mitrius
- Height:
- 5-11
- Class:
- Sophomore
- High School:
- Marian
- Hometown:
- Bloomfield Hills, Mich.
2026 (Sophomore): Academic All-Big Ten Selection … Earned Big Ten Distinguished Scholar honors … Opened the Big Ten Invitational (4/17-18) with a fourth-place finish, open water ahead of Sacramento State (7:53.373), then was third ahead of Wisconsin and San Diego on Saturday afternoon (7:43.339), then helped the 3V4 to a third-place finish in the final Sunday session (8:09.504) … In the third varsity four, defeated a pair of Indiana entries by open water at IU’s Dale England Cup in a time of 8:00.3 (5/2) … In the V4, was fifth in the Petite Final at the Big Ten Championships (5/17) …
2025 (Freshman): At the Sunshine State Invitational (3/28-29), rowed in the fourth varsity eight/second novice eight and finished third in the semifinal heat (7:28.97) to advance to the A final, where it finished fifth (7:11.03) … Lined up with both MSU and EMU In the third varsity eight race at Eastern Michigan (4/5), earned an open-water victory over the Eagles but fell to their fellow Spartans, clocking a time of 7:35.5 … Racing in the fourth varsity eight/second novice eight at the Big Ten Invitational (4/18-19), earned two silver-medal finishes and one third-place in an all-B1G Saturday heat … At the Dale England Cup at Indiana (4/26), took first place in the fourth varsity eight race in a time of 8:25.0, open water over Notre Dame and IU … Earned a silver medal in the fourth varsity eight (5/4) at IRA Sprints, a half-length behind Rutgers to earn MSU's first-ever medal at the event in three all-time appearances (8:07.690) … Earned a sixth-place finish in the fourth varsity eight at the Big Ten Championships (5/17-18), clocked in 6:59.711.
Prior to MSU: Attended Marian High School in Bloomfield Hills, MI … Earned varsity letter for track and field freshman year … Named all-region for 100m hurdles as a sophomore… Home rowing club is the Detroit Boat Club Crew.
Personal: Daughter of Ilona and Aleus Mitrius … Has two older brothers, Romas and Lukas … Plans on majoring in landscape architecture, aspiring to a career as a landscape architect.
2025 (Freshman): At the Sunshine State Invitational (3/28-29), rowed in the fourth varsity eight/second novice eight and finished third in the semifinal heat (7:28.97) to advance to the A final, where it finished fifth (7:11.03) … Lined up with both MSU and EMU In the third varsity eight race at Eastern Michigan (4/5), earned an open-water victory over the Eagles but fell to their fellow Spartans, clocking a time of 7:35.5 … Racing in the fourth varsity eight/second novice eight at the Big Ten Invitational (4/18-19), earned two silver-medal finishes and one third-place in an all-B1G Saturday heat … At the Dale England Cup at Indiana (4/26), took first place in the fourth varsity eight race in a time of 8:25.0, open water over Notre Dame and IU … Earned a silver medal in the fourth varsity eight (5/4) at IRA Sprints, a half-length behind Rutgers to earn MSU's first-ever medal at the event in three all-time appearances (8:07.690) … Earned a sixth-place finish in the fourth varsity eight at the Big Ten Championships (5/17-18), clocked in 6:59.711.
Prior to MSU: Attended Marian High School in Bloomfield Hills, MI … Earned varsity letter for track and field freshman year … Named all-region for 100m hurdles as a sophomore… Home rowing club is the Detroit Boat Club Crew.
Personal: Daughter of Ilona and Aleus Mitrius … Has two older brothers, Romas and Lukas … Plans on majoring in landscape architecture, aspiring to a career as a landscape architect.
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