2023-24 Women's Rowing Roster
Roster
Maya Elbaranes
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Evangelisches Gymnasium
- Hometown:
- Vienna, Austria
2024 (Senior): Big Ten Distinguished Scholar … Academic All-Big Ten … CRCA Scholar-Athlete … Advanced to the Grand final in the Varsity Eight at the Sunshine State Invitational (3/29-30) after a fourth-place semifinal finish (7:14.14), and then took sixth in the Grand Final (6:44.17) ... In the varsity eight, finished second to host Michigan (6:45.96) (4/6) ... In the varsity eight, finished fourth to Alabama, Wisconsin and Clemson (6:47.34), third behind Indiana and Notre Dame and ahead of SMU (6:47.79), and fourth ahead of Oklahoma (6:37.81) at the Big Ten Invitational (4/19-20) ... In the varsity eight at Sprints (5/5), finished fourth in the morning prelims behind Northeastern, Columbia and Rhode Island (7:08.34) and finished fourth in the petite final (7:16.82) behind George Washington, URI, and Boston College ... In the varsity eight, finished sixth at the Big Ten Championships (5/19), clocked in a time of 6:33.221 ...
2023 (Junior): Academic All-Big Ten and Big Ten Distinguished Scholar … Rowed in the seven seat of the varsity eight at the Sunshine State Invitational (3/31-4/1), where the Spartans finished third to Miami and six seats behind Wisconsin (6:41.53) in the opening heat and finished sixth in the grand final in a time of 6:41.30 … Moved to the bow seat of the varsity eight for the three races at the Big Ten Invitational (4/7-8), earning a second-place finish in the first race behind UCLA (6:44.672) and finishing fourth in the second two races … Split the two races in the bow seat of the varsity eight at the Spartan Invitational (4/15), falling to Miami before rebounding with a win over Temple (6:28.87) … Finished third to Indiana and Ohio State in a time of 7:01.06 in the bow seat of the varsity eight at the Ohio State Invitational (4/22) … In the bow seat of the varsity eight, staged a furious charge over the final 500 at Women’s Sprints (4/30), but finished a half a second behind first-place Dartmouth in a time of 6:37.390 in the Third-Level Final – a time which was better than three boats in the Petite Final … Finished in eighth place in the bow seat of the varsity eight at the Big Ten Championships (5/14), clocked in a time of 6:40.953.2022 (Sophomore): First Team All-Big Ten selection and Academic All-Big Ten … Raced primarily with the first varsity eight crew in the stroke seat … Took home two second-place finishes in the first Regatta of the season, the Ivy/Big Ten Double Dual (3/26) … Finished in fifth ahead of Rhode Island at the Doc Hosea Invitational (3/27), crossing the finish line in 7:02.83 … Won at Eastern Michigan (4/2) over EMU’s crew by more than 15 seconds, clocking in at 7:09.66 … Raced in a pair of races at the Ohio State Regatta (4/9), coming away with an event-best race time of 6:49.9 … Took third place in Session I’s varsity eight race at the Big Ten Invitational (4/15), finishing in 6:42.683 … Also took third on day two in open water ahead of Dartmouth with a time of 6:38.308 … Raced stroke with the varsity eight crew at the Big Ten Championships (5/15), finishing the race in 6:46.488.
2021 (Freshman): Second Team All-Big Ten selection … Had a pair of third-place finishes in the varsity eight (seven seat) at a double dual at Ohio State (3/27), twice taking on a top-five crew (Ohio State), and clocked in times of 7:11.37 and 7:33.39 … Earned a pair of third-place finishes in the six seat of the varsity eight at the B1G/ACC Double Dual (4/3), posting times of 7:15.29 and 7:35.66 in the two sessions against nationally-ranked Duke, Michigan, and Virginia … Lined up once again against some of the nation’s top crews at the Big Ten Invitational in Cincinnati (4/17-18), stroking the varsity eight in times of 7:02.82, 7:13.21, and 6:59.27 over the three heats … Posted a six-seat win over Eastern Michigan as the stroke of the varsity eight, clocked in a time of 7:03.20 … Finished third in as the stroke of the varsity eight at Indiana’s Dale England Cup (5/1), but closed the margin from the previous races against both IU and Minnesota, clocking a time of 6:52.30 … Stroked the varsity eight at the Big Ten Championships, clocked in a time of 6:54.560.
Prior to MSU: Member of the Austrian National Team … In 2019 competed extensively internationally: won a silver medal at the 58th International Rowing Challenge in the U18 lightweight single scull, took sixth at the DRV Junior Regatta in the U18 quadruple scull, earned a third place finish in the B-final at the European Junior Rowing Championships in the quad, and second place in the World Junior Championships in the C Finals of the quad … Came away with second-place finishes in both 2018 and 2019 at the Austrian National Championships in the lightweight single scull … Earned silver (2019) and bronze (2018) medals at the Austrian Indoor Championships in the U18 Lightweight Juniors … Took second place in 2019 and 2019 at the Viennese Championships in the U18 single scull, and in 2019 also won a silver medal in double scull and a bronze in the quad.
Personal: Daughter of Joshua and Eva Elbaranes … Pursuing a degree in business.