2023-24 Women's Rowing Roster
Roster
Lucy Botting
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- St. Margaret's College
- Hometown:
- Christchurch, New Zealand
2025 (Graduate Student): CRCA National Scholar-Athlete Award recipient … Big Ten Distinguished Scholar and Academic All-Big Ten … 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 … 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 (Senior): Big Ten Distinguished Scholar … Academic All-Big Ten … CRCA Scholar-Athlete … In the varsity four, rowed to a third-place finish (7:49.44) in the semifinal heat at the Sunshine State Invitational (3/29-30), then finished eighth in the Grand Final (6:55.17:28.270) ... In the second varsity eight, finished second to host Michigan (7:07.8) (4/6) ... In the varsity four, finished third behind Alabama and Clemson (7:48.19), fourth behind Indiana, Notre Dame and SMU (7:56.07), and third behind Clemson and UCLA and ahead of Minnesota and Oklahoma (7:37.56) at the Big Ten Invitational (4/19-20) ... At Indiana for the Dale England Cup (4/27), finished second to host Indiana in the second varsity eight (7:16.5) ... In the second varsity eight at Sprints (5/5), finished second in the morning prelims behind Rutgers (7:13.87) and advanced to the Grand Final, finishing fifth (7:14.86) behind Brown, Rutgers, Columbia, and Dartmouth ... In the varsity eight, finished sixth at the Big Ten Championships (5/19), clocked in a time of 6:36.510 ...
2022 (Freshman): Made her debut at Eastern Michigan (4/2) with the second varsity eight crew in the two-seat … Defeated EMU with a time of 7:29.56 … Raced with the third varsity four crew in the stroke position at Ohio State (4/9) … Took second place in a dual race with the Buckeyes, crossing the finish line in 8:00.40 … Raced at stroke with the second varsity eight crew at the Dale England Cup (4/30), crossing the finish line at 6:56.5 … At the Big Ten Championships (5/15), rowed in the stroke seat of the second varsity eight, registering a time of 6:56.998.
Prior to MSU: As a senior, helped St. Margaret's to a South Island Club Championship in the U19 eight, as well as in the U19 coxed four … Captured a silver in the U18 South Island Secondary Schools coxed four as well as posting the fastest time in New Zealand in the U18 eight … In the St Margaret's College Sports Awards as a junior and a senior, won awards for Ongoing Excellence in Sport - Rowing, while also capturing awards in the U18 eight for Most Successful Crew and Best Performed Overall Sports Team … As a junior, won gold at the Maadi Cup in the U18 eight and U17 coxed four, setting a New Zealand course record in the four … Member of the South Island U18 Representative team and Canterbury Women's U20 Interprovincial Team … From the Zonta Sports Awards member of the Outstanding Team of Sportswomen (U18 8+), Earned the St. Margaret's College Pocket as a sophomore as she helped the U16 eight to bronze at the Maadi Cup, and also earned bronze a year prior at the Maadi Cup in the U15 eight … Participated in the North vs South U18 Regatta as well as the Interprovincial Regatta in 2019.
Personal: Daughter of Phil and Karen Botting … Has one older brother, Tom … Young Enterprise Scheme Regional Champion for Canterbury North and earned Academic Achievement and Effort Awards in Business Studies at St. Margaret's … Undecided on a major.
