Katherine Linnemanstons 2009-10 Women's Rowing Roster

AS A SENIOR: Raced with the varsity eight boat for the entire spring schedule for the Irish … placed first in opening regatta of the spring against Buffalo with a time of 6:10.9 … came across the finish line in second in Indianapolis with a time of 6:29.0 against Indiana, Purdue, and Eastern Michigan … helped the Irish varsity eight boat to a second place finish in the Lake Natoma Invitational behind only Tennessee, finishing at 6:33.0 … qualified for the finals at Lake Natoma by placing second in both preliminary heats behind California and Stanford in heats one and two, respectively … won the preliminary heat for the varsity eight in the BIG EAST Championships (6:56.5) qualifying the boat for the finals … went on to finish second in the finals behind Louisville after concluding the race with a time of 6:42.83 … crossed the line fourth (6:35.18) at the Oak Ridge Regional finals behind Virginia, Clemson, and Duke … qualified for those finals by coming in second behind Virginia in the prelims with a time of 6:43.41 … teamed up with Emily Crosby to finished seventh in the Head of the Rock Regatta in the varsity pair (18:27.99) … helped the Notre Dame ‘A’ boat to a fifth-place finish (16:23.88) in the varsity eight race … member of the Notre Dame varsity eight ‘2’ boat that finished fourth vs. Tulsa clocking in at 14:47.1 … finished eighth in the varsity four race vs. Tulsa (12:25.3).

AS A JUNIOR: Rowed during the spring season as a member of the varsity eight boat for the second straight season … selected as a second-team BIG EAST All-Conference team … opened the schedule up with a second-place result against Duke and Buffalo in heat one of two, recording a time of 5:05.7 … won the second heat after posting a mark of 5:12.3 … finished third place two weeks later against Michigan and Michigan State, crossing the line at 6:46.9 … the following day, notched a victory against Indiana, Purdue, Buffalo and Eastern Michigan after posting a time of 7:06.0 … in a morning session race against USC, earned a second-place result, freezing the clock at 6:52.07 … returned in the afternoon to take on UCLA, finishing second to the Bruins after recording a time of 7:36.33 … secured a prelim heat victory at the BIG EAST Championships, setting the pace at 6:53.989 … went on to capture grand final gold at the championships after posting a time of 7:17.587 … at the Central/South Sprints, earned a bid into the petite finals where the boat went on to finish in fourth place backed by a time of 6:44.52 … raced in the collegiate eight boat coxed by Sarah Keithley, finishing in a time of 15:48.08, good for a fifth-place finish at the Head of the Rock regatta … also raced in the collegiate four boat coxed by Jacqueline Gilhooly, crossing in a time of 17:26.86 for a seventh-place finish … rowed with the Notre Dame varsity four ‘A’ boat to an 11th place, 15:24.7 completion versus Indiana and Iowa … brought home a third-place finish in the varsity eight ‘A’ boat of flight 2 in 13:05.9 against Iowa, Indiana and Michigan State … named to the BIG EAST All-Academic Team.

AS A SOPHOMORE: Grabbed a seat with the varsity eight crew for the spring season with the Irish … earned a runner-up result against Michigan State, crossing the finish line in 7:47.14 … went on to win a three-team race the following day against both Indiana and Purdue, stopping the clock at 5:33.00 … at the San Diego Crew Classic, finished in fifth place during the qualifying heat by posting a final time of 6:51.07 … the crew went on to grab third place in the petite final and finished in a time of 7:02.39 … posted a couple of third-place finishes at the four-team regatta hosted by Ohio State … completed the course in a time of 6:31.54 in the morning session, crossing after Ohio State and Brown, respectively … improved their time in the afternoon session, completing the course in 6:27.33 in crossing behind Brown and Minnesota … qualified for the grand final at the BIG EAST Championships by winning its preliminary heat in a time of 6:52.725 … secured the silver medal in the grand final, finishing behind Louisville with a time, by finishing the course in a time of 6:35.775 … at the Central/South Region Championships, helped her boat to a spot in the petite finals by finishing third in the preliminary heat in a time of 6:39.59 and then fifth in the semifinal heat in a time of 6:17.00 … in the petite final, recorded a fifth-place finish in a time of 6:24.10 … took part in the Head of the Rock Regatta with the varsity eight ‘C’ boat, helping the crew to a sixth-place finish (27 boats) and a finishing time of 16:58.80 … rowed in the Southland Regatta with the varsity eight ‘A’ boat where the crew finished with a Irish best time of 17:11.20 … the finish qualified the boat for the varsity eight c final where it was clocked in a time of 7:12.30 … received her first monogram with the program.

AS A FRESHMAN: Part of novice eight crew during the spring season … a member of the varsity four gold boat that started the spring by winning its first three races versus Northeastern … competed at the Lubbers Cup in the varsity four ‘A’ boat that finished third and the novice four boat that placed first in a time of 7:50.10 … rowed against Michigan State and Indiana with the top novice eight crew that finished first in one of its two races … helped the varsity four blue boat to a second-place finish at the Indiana Invite and the novice eight boat to a first-place finish with a time of 6:48.3 … rowed in the novice eight boat at the Charles River Challenge and earned a victory against Boston University … led the novice eight crew to the gold medal at the BIG EAST Championships as her boat posted a winning time of in 7:05.50 … helped the novice eight boat earn a fifth-place finish in the Grand Final of the Central/South Region Championships … member of the varsity eight crew that placed 14th at Head of the Rock … also part of the novice eight crew that placed third at Head of the Rock (17:12.55) behind two boats from Wisconsin … rowed for the novice eight crew that finished eighth in the Cal-Sag Regatta.

PREP AND PERSONAL: A multi-sport athlete, she participated in softball, basketball and club rugby while attending Divine Savior Holy Angels … led her rugby team to four consecutive national titles … invited to tryout of the U-19 national rugby team … a National Honor Society member … Spanish club president … her brother John attended Notre Dame and her sister, Elizabeth, is currently attending and is a member of the rowing team … her mother Robin played basketball and track while at Lawrence University, while her father John was a member of the wrestling and football teams there … born in Milwaukee, Wis. on August 11, 1989 … daughter of John and Robin Linnemanstons … has an older brother John and younger sister Elizabeth … graduated from the College of Science with a dual degree in science-business and spanish.