2017-18 Women's Rowing Roster
Roster
Romero, Luisa

Luisa Romero
- Class:
- Sophomore
- High School:
- Schurr
- Hometown:
- LaPuente, Calif.
Bio
2018: Rowed in the seven seat of the second varsity eight to open the season at the Oak Ridge Cardinal Invitational, (3/17-18), defeating boats from Miami, Minnesota, Clemson, and Tennessee … Raced Harvard/Radcliffe and Yale in the Big Ten/Ivy League Double Dual in the seven seat of the second varsity eight (3/24) … Went up against stiff competition at the Pac-12 Challenge (3/31), racing in the second varsity eight 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 in the second varsity eight bow seat … Raced at the Big Ten/ACC Challenge in the second varsity eight, returning to the seven seat (4/21) and defeating San Diego twice and downing Notre Dame, but falling to Duke … Raced to a eighth-place finish at the Big Ten Championships in the second varsity eight (5/12).
2017: Opened the season in the second novice eight at the Oak Ridge Cardinal, finishing second to Notre Dame in a time of 7:09.409 and ahead of Kansas and Tennessee (3/11) ... On Sunday at Oak Ridge (3/12), was third behind Virginia and the Spartan novice eight, clocked in a time of 7:23.320, an open --water margin over fourth-place Tennessee ... Rowed in a pair of second novice eight races at Michigan (3/25), finishing the morning heat second behind Ohio State by less than a half a second, as OSU was clocked in 7:35.94 and MSU just 0.44 seconds back in 7:36.36. Michigan was open water behind the two other crews, ... In the afternoon, the Spartans recorded a heat-winning time of 7:31.94, open water over the rest of the field -- the Buckeyes timed in at 7:42.09, and Michigan about a half a length back in a time of 7:44.49 ... In a Big Ten Double Dual at Indiana (4/1), raced Iowa twice; the morning session was timed as a 7:15.18 pace for the Spartans, and MSU increased the margin to more than 14 seconds in the afternoon session (7:19.30), with Iowa behind in a time of 7:33.72 ... Hosting a Big Ten Double Dual on Lake Ovid (4/8), twice raced in three- boat affairs against No. 11 Wisconsin and No. 3 Michigan; in the morning, finished third (7:23.34) - just six-tenths back of second-place Michigan (7:22.74) -- and in the afternoon, MSU was third in a time of 7:26.75, just under six seconds behind the Wolverines (7:21.32) and almost 15 behind Wisconsin (7.11.85) ... Had a rough day in the novice eight at the Big Ten Championships (5/14), as the Spartans caught an ejection crab in the final 500 that dictated an eighth-place finish.
Prior to MSU: Attended Schurr High School in Montebello, Calif... Three time letterwinner in Track and Field... Placed second in 4x100 relay in the Almont League in 2016... Competed in Taekwondo and was able to represent both the United States and Mexico in tournaments... Won the Bronze medal in September 2014 for Team Mexico... Won Bronze in May 2015 and June 2015 for Team USA.
Personal: Born October 9, 1997 in Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico... Daughter of Pascual and Iliana... Sister to Iliana, Antonio, Mariel, Guillermo, Armando and Santiago... Was a Leadership and Negotiation Award UN Model... Majoring in political science.
2017: Opened the season in the second novice eight at the Oak Ridge Cardinal, finishing second to Notre Dame in a time of 7:09.409 and ahead of Kansas and Tennessee (3/11) ... On Sunday at Oak Ridge (3/12), was third behind Virginia and the Spartan novice eight, clocked in a time of 7:23.320, an open --water margin over fourth-place Tennessee ... Rowed in a pair of second novice eight races at Michigan (3/25), finishing the morning heat second behind Ohio State by less than a half a second, as OSU was clocked in 7:35.94 and MSU just 0.44 seconds back in 7:36.36. Michigan was open water behind the two other crews, ... In the afternoon, the Spartans recorded a heat-winning time of 7:31.94, open water over the rest of the field -- the Buckeyes timed in at 7:42.09, and Michigan about a half a length back in a time of 7:44.49 ... In a Big Ten Double Dual at Indiana (4/1), raced Iowa twice; the morning session was timed as a 7:15.18 pace for the Spartans, and MSU increased the margin to more than 14 seconds in the afternoon session (7:19.30), with Iowa behind in a time of 7:33.72 ... Hosting a Big Ten Double Dual on Lake Ovid (4/8), twice raced in three- boat affairs against No. 11 Wisconsin and No. 3 Michigan; in the morning, finished third (7:23.34) - just six-tenths back of second-place Michigan (7:22.74) -- and in the afternoon, MSU was third in a time of 7:26.75, just under six seconds behind the Wolverines (7:21.32) and almost 15 behind Wisconsin (7.11.85) ... Had a rough day in the novice eight at the Big Ten Championships (5/14), as the Spartans caught an ejection crab in the final 500 that dictated an eighth-place finish.
Prior to MSU: Attended Schurr High School in Montebello, Calif... Three time letterwinner in Track and Field... Placed second in 4x100 relay in the Almont League in 2016... Competed in Taekwondo and was able to represent both the United States and Mexico in tournaments... Won the Bronze medal in September 2014 for Team Mexico... Won Bronze in May 2015 and June 2015 for Team USA.
Personal: Born October 9, 1997 in Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico... Daughter of Pascual and Iliana... Sister to Iliana, Antonio, Mariel, Guillermo, Armando and Santiago... Was a Leadership and Negotiation Award UN Model... Majoring in political science.
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