2023-24 Women's Rowing Roster
Roster
Kaylie Wright
- Height:
- 6-0
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Patrick Henry
- Hometown:
- Ashland, Va.
2025 (Senior):  In the 2V8, finished second in its semifinal heat (7:02.44) to advance to the A Final, where it finished sixth (6:48.24) at the at the Sunshine State Invitational (3/28-29) … At Eastern Michigan (4/5), earned an open-water victory over the hosts (6:36.6) in the second varsity eight  … Was in the second varsity eight at the Big Ten Invitational (4/18-19), finishing fourth by four-tenths of a second in the first race, ( 6:39.374) – ahead of Ohio State and SMU; MSU tied for fifth in a dead heat in its second race with Clemson ( 6:43.569) and rebounded with a third-place heat finish on Saturday morning in a time of 6:46.077 behind Oklahoma and SMU … 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 … In the 2V8, won the Petite Final at the Big Ten Championships (5/17-18), finishing seventh overall in a time of 6:33.436, a full second ahead of UCLA (6:34.420).
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) ... At Sprints (5/5), finished fifth in the third varsity four Grand Final ahead of Columbia and Boston College (8:34.23) , falling to two entries from both Rutgers and Brown .
2022 (Freshman): Raced with the second novice eight crew at Ohio State (4/9), taking second place in the morning session race with a time of 7:28.4 and winning the afternoon session’s race with OSU and Indiana, finishing in 7:23.8 … Joined the second novice eight crew again at the Big Ten Invitational, taking third place on day one with a time of 7:35.639 … Again took third in the afternoon session, and won the final race of the invite ahead of Minnesota, Iowa and Indiana in 7:01.219 … Helped the second novice eight crew to a fourth-place finish in 7:18.326 at the Big Ten Championships (5/15).
Prior to MSU:  Began rowing as a sophomore at Patrick Henry … Also joined River City Crew Club as a sophomore … First two regattas were the Head of the Chickahominy and the Occoquan Challenge in 2018 in a varsity eight … Rowed in advanced summer programs for sweeping during her first two years of rowing and participated in an advanced sculling program the summer of 2020 … As a junior, placed second at the Head of the Chick in the varsity eight and also earned a silver medal at the Richmond Chase … Three-year swimming letterwinner, qualifying for regionals all three seasons …  Placed first at VHSL regionals as a freshman in the 100 butterfly ,, Earned a new personal best in the 200 free as a junior when she finished third at regionals, and earned team MVP honors.
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Personal:  Daughter of James and Elizabeth Wright … Aspires to a career as Orthopedic specialist or Physicians Assistant.
