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Colleen Visnic 2019-20 Women's Rowing Roster

Height 5-4
Class Senior
Hometown Branford, CT
High School Branford
Colleen Visnic - Women's Rowing - Notre Dame Fighting Irish
Bio

AS A SENIOR (2020-21)

  • Coxswain of the Irish V8 Saturday morning, placing third, and the 2V8 on Sunday, placing third at the Oak Ridge Cardinal Invitational (3/13-14)
  • Led the Irish 2V8 at the Big Ten Invite (4/17-18) which finished second, fourth and third in three races
  • Coxswain of the Irish 2V8 at the Longhorn Invitational (4/24) which finished first in the B Final
  • Led the Irish second varsity eight at the ACC Championship (5/14-15) which finished fourth in the Grand Final

AS A JUNIOR (2019-20):

  • The 2019-20 season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

AS A FRESHMAN (2017-18) AND SOPHOMORE (2018-19): 

Year Event Boat Cox Heat Place Time Opponents
2017-18 Oak Ridge Cardinal Invitational 3V8 C 2 of 4 6:42.900 Tennessee, Minneosta, Clemson
2017-18 Oak Ridge Cardinal Invitational 3V4 C 1 of 2 7:11.819 Tulsa
2017-18 at Princeton 1V4 C 2 of 3 8:00.1 Princeton, Columbia
2017-18 Lake Natoma Invitational 1V4 C 2 of 4 7:29.2 California, Gonzaga, Sacramento
2017-18 Lake Natoma Invitational 1V4 C 2 of 4 7:30.8 Stanford, Alabama, Sacramento
2017-18 Lake Natoma Invitational 1V4 C 4 of 4 7:45.4 California, Brown, Stanford
2017-18 vs. Ohio State, Michigan State 1V4 C 1 of 2 7:18.6 Michigan State
2017-18 vs. Ohio State, Michigan State 1V4 C 2 of 2 7:34.4 Ohio State
2017-18 Dale England Cup 1V4 C 2 of 4 6:33.11 Indiana, Penn, Duke
2017-18 ACC Championship 1V4 C 2 of 4 7:22.029 Duke, Clemson, Boston College
2017-18 ACC Championship 1V4 C 3 of 6 7:15.875 Virginia, Duke, Clemson, Louisville, Syracuse
2018-19 Cardinal Invite Varsity 8 C 3 of 3 5:48.789 Louisville, Alabama
2018-19 Cardinal Invite Varsity 8 C 2 of 3 5:37.608 Wisconsin, Clemson
2018-19 Cardinal Invite Varsity 8 C 1 of 3 5:46.098 Tennessee, Miami
2018-19 Lake Natoma Invite Varsity 8 C 2 of 3 6:37.19 California, Tulsa
2018-19 Lake Natoma Invite Varsity 8 C 2 of 3 6:31.0 Brown, Sacramento State
2018-19 Lake Natoma Invite Varsity 8 C 2 of 3 6:27.78 USC, Gonzaga
2018-19 Dale England Cup Varsity 8 C 2 of 3 7:20.18 Indiana, Michigan State
2018-19 Longhorn Invitational Varsity 8 C 4 of 4 6:38.950 Texas, Indiana, USC
2018-19 Longhorn Invitational Varsity 8 C 3 of 4 6:36.708 USC, Oregon State, Oklahoma
2018-19 ACC Championship First Varsity 8 C 2 of 4 6:34.528 Virginia, Clemson, Miami
2018-19 ACC Championship First Varsity 8 C 4 of 6 6:41.019 Virginia, Duke, Syracuse, Louisville, Clemson


HIGH SCHOOL: 

  • Member of the Connecticut Boat Club during her prep/high school career.
  • Helped the CBC finish in first place at the 2014 Saratoga Invitational in the Novice Eight.
  • Also on the Connecticut Boat Club first-place U.S. Rowing Northeast Regionals district championship in the Women’s Junior Novice Eight (2014) and the Third Varsity Eight (2015).
  • Served as the CBS coxswain in 2016 and 2017, leading the 2016 Women’s Novice Eight and Women’s Novice Four to first-place finishes at the U.S. Rowing Northeast Regionals district championships.
  • Coxed the CBC varsity eight into the B Finals of the U.S. Rowing Youth Nationals in 2017, finishing sixth.
  • The CBC graduating class of 2017 ended up sending eight rowers to Division 1 collegiate programs.
  • Earned two varsity letters in high school, one in track and field at Branford High School and one in alpine skiing at Southington High School.
  • A 2016 first-team all-state selection in the Connecticut Interscholastic Ski League.
  • Finished as the third female in the 2015 New Haven Road Race 13-19 age group, ending the 20-kilometer race in 1:43.25.
  • Attended the 2013 United States Ski Team Development Camp.
  • Member of the Science National Honor Society, Yale Young Women Leader Honor Society and served as secretary of the World Language National Honor Society.

PERSONAL:

  • Daughter of Kevin and Molly Visnic, along with sisters Emily and Mary Kate and brother George.
  • Family has a strong alpine skiing tradition, as sister Emily competed in alpine skiing at Northeastern University, sister Mary Kate at the University of New Hampshire and brother George currently competes in alpine skiing at Fairfield College Preparatory School.
  • Great grandfather Herbert Connelly is a 1940 graduate of the University of Notre Dame.
  • Enrolled in the Mendoza College of Business with a major in finance along with a minor in data science.