2013-14 Women's Rowing Roster

Kendra Rask 2012-13 Women's Rowing Roster


Height 5'3''
Class Junior
Hometown Honolulu, HI
High School Punahou
Kendra Rask - Women's Rowing - Notre Dame Fighting Irish
Bio

AS A JUNIOR: Raced in both novice and varsity boats during junior campaign … made season debut at the Oak Ridge Cardinal Invitational with the second varsity four boat … rowed to a runner-up finish behind Louisville in the Saturday morning session with a time of 7:39.552 … stroked the Irish second four to a second place result (7:42.207) against ACC foe Virginia … second varsity four ‘B’ entry finished in third place during the final day of the Oak Ridge Cardinal Invite (7:53.230) behind Duke and the Notre Dame ‘A’ boat in the race … placed third in lone race at the ACC/Big Ten Challenge with the third varsity four boat … pulled in ahead of Alabama with a time of 6:57.50 with the novice eight/third varsity eight boat at the Dale England Cup … earned a first place finish over Rhode Island in 6:50.30 in final race of the regular season to close the Dale England Cup.

AS A SOPHOMORE: Competed in multiple novice boats for the Irish … at the Oak Ridge Cardinal Invitational, raced with the first novice four boat that beat Buffalo in 8:31.90 before moving to the B team third varsity four crew that finished third … finished the Tennessee trip in the second varsity four boat which crossed second to Kansas in the last race of the day … pulled for the third varsity four boat that came in second in both races behind Michigan at Michigan State … moved into the second varsity four boat at the Ohio State Invitational … crossed behind Michigan in 8:34.90 in the morning session, only to fall behind the host Buckeyes in the afternoon with a time of 8:42.96 … stayed with the second varsity four boat at the Lake Natoma Invitational … finished first race firmly in second, only to cross in third place behind California and Wisconsin in the second race … started in the second varsity four A-team boat then moved into the first varsity four B-team lineup at the fifth annual Dale England Cup … finished the event back with the second varsity four A-team, beating host Indiana and the Irish B-team boat with a time of 8:59.3 … crossed the finish line of the grand final race at the BIG EAST Championship in second with a mark of 7:58.314.

AS A FRESHMAN: Rowed against Virginia twice with the fourth varsity four in the Oak Ridge Cardinal Invite, placing second in both races at 7:38.47 and 7:58.88, respectively … helped the third varsity eight ‘B’ boat take third with a time of 7:30.70 at the BIG EAST Invite.

PREP AND PERSONAL: Swam distance for her high school swim team while at Punahou School, lettering all four years … Division Champion and second in state for the 200 freestyle her sophomore year … swam with the club team Rainbow Aquatics and was a Western Zone qualifier … was a member of the Hawaii Club at her high school … received the Outstanding Achievement in Social Studies Award by her high school … attended the same high school as Notre Dame football players Manti Te[apos]o and Robby Toma … born in Lihue, Hawaii … daughter of Robby and Pamela Rask … father graduated from Notre Dame in 1983 … has one sibling- Kayla … enrolled in the Mendoza College of Business, majoring in marketing.