2023-24 Women's Rowing Roster
Roster
Sophia Ring
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Huron
- Hometown:
- Ann Arbor, Mich.
2024 (Senior): In the 2V8, finished second to Miami in the semifinal heats of the Sunshine State Invitational (3/29-30), and then finished fourth in the Grand Final (6:46.57) ... In the second varsity eight, finished second to host Michigan (7:07.8) (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) ... At Indiana for the Dale England Cup (4/27), finished second to host Indiana in the varsity eight (6:55.3) ... 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): Big Ten Sportsmanship Award recipient … Stroke of the varsity eight for every race on the season … At the Sunshine State Invitational (3/31-4/1), 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 … Stroked the varsity eight in 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 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 at the Ohio State Invitational (4/22) … 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 at the Big Ten Championships, clocked in a time of 6:40.953. Â2022 (Sophomore): In a pair of races at the Ivy/Big Ten Double dual (3/26), finished nine seconds behind first-place Harvard in the second varsity eight with a time of 6:56.3, and clocked another second-place finish in the afternoon session, finishing in 7:07.2 behind Yale … In the seven-seat of the second varsity eight boat at Eastern Michigan (4/2), earned a win over EMU in 7:29.56 … Took second place finishing ahead of Oklahoma in the second varsity eight race at Ohio State (4/9), clocking in a time of 7:07.5 … Sat in the bow seat of the varsity eight crew for a race at the Dale England Cup (4/30), placing fourth with a time of 6:57.1 … In the two seat of the varsity eight boat at the Big Ten Championships, clocked in a time of 6:46.488.
2021 (Freshman): Stroked in the varsity four in a pair of dual races at Ohio State to open the season (3/27), clocking times of 8:14.40 and 8:30.82 in the two sessions … Against nationally-ranked Duke, Michigan, and Virginia at the B1G/ACC Double Dual (4/3), stroked the varsity four, clocking times of 8:27.49 and 8:50.79 … At the highly competitive Big Ten Invitational in Cincinnati (4/17-18), earned a win in the stroke seat of the varsity four over then-No. 17 Minnesota in a time of 7:39.029 and finishing a seat behind Louisville (7:41.44) and adding a third race time of 8:09.691 … Stroked the varsity four to a decisive open-water win at Eastern Michigan (4/24), registering a time of 7:25.07 … Finished third in the second varsity eight (seven seat) at Indiana’s Dale England Cup (5/1), posting a time of 7:17.12 … At the Big Ten Championships (5/16), rowed in the three seat of the second varsity four, earning a sixth- place finish in a time of 8:03.894.
Prior to MSU:  Rowed at Huron as well as Washtenaw Rowing Center … Placed second at the Midwest Scholastic Championships and fifth at scholastic nationals as a junior … Qualified for the finals at Canadian Henley with WRC … Placed 29th at Head of the Charles as a sophomore and 36th as a junior in the youth four.
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Personal:  Daughter of Chris and Catherin Ring … Father was a tennis player at the University of Detroit … Plans on majoring in kinesiology.