A NATIONAL RUNNER-UP finish in the Varsity+ 8 race provided the 2022-23 season highlight for the Stanford women's lightweight rowing program.
The team of coxswain Lydia Garnett, freshman Juliette Lermusiaux at stroke, Hannah Justicz, Emily Molins, Brooke Ruszkiewicz, Ella Moore, Lauren Howe, Mikayla Chen and bow seat Sophie Molins placed second to Princeton by six seconds to secure second at the Intercollegiate Rowing Association Championships in West Windsor, New Jersey.
The Cardinal finished sixth in the overall standings and also got a boost from a seventh-place finish from the Varsity4+ team of coxswain Valerie Gonzalez, Charlotte Burnham, Annie Cloud, Dhamanpreet Kaur, and Jordan Stock.
Justicz and Lermusiaux were named Pocock Racing Shells All-Americans and, in addition to their IRA success, were part of the Varsity Eight+ boat that captured the Western Intercollegiate Rowing Association title. In addition to the Eight, the Cardinal 4+ boat won a WIRA crown at Lake Natoma in Folsom.
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Honors
Charlotte Burnham
WIRA Varsity 4+ champion
Mikayla Chen
IRA Varsity 8+ runner-up
WIRA Varsity 8+ champion
CRCA National Scholar-Athlete
IRA All-Academic
Annie Cloud
WIRA Varsity 4+ champion
Lydia Garnett
IRA Varsity 8+ runner-up
WIRA Varsity 8+ champion
CRCA National Scholar-Athlete
IRA All-Academic
Valeria Gonzalez
CRCA National Scholar-Athlete
IRA All-Academic
Lauren Howe
IRA Varsity 8+ runner-up
WIRA Varsity 8+ champion
CRCA National Scholar-Athlete
IRA All-Academic
Hannah Justicz
Pocock Racing Shells All-American
IRA Varsity 8+ runner-up
WIRA Varsity 8+ champion
Dhamanpreet Kaur
WIRA Varsity 4+ champion
CRCA National Scholar-Athlete
IRA All-Academic
Juliette Lermusiaux
Pocock Racing Shells All-American
IRA Varsity 8+ runner-up
WIRA Varsity 8+ champion
Isha Mehrotra
WIRA Varsity 4+ champion
CRCA National Scholar-Athlete
Emily Molins
IRA Varsity 8+ runner-up
WIRA Varsity 8+ champion
CRCA National Scholar-Athlete
IRA All-Academic
Sophie Molins
IRA Varsity 8+ runner-up
WIRA Varsity 8+ champion
CRCA National Scholar-Athlete
IRA All-Academic
Ella Moore
IRA Varsity 8+ runner-up
WIRA Varsity 8+ champion
Brooke Ruszkiewicz
IRA Varsity 8+ runner-up
WIRA Varsity 8+ champion
Jordan Stock
WIRA Varsity 4+ champion