Tylah Gantt Women's Rowing Roster

AS A FRESHMAN: Competed in multiple novice boats in her first season with the Irish … at the Oak Ridge Cardinal Invitational, finished third in the first novice four boat before jumping to the third varsity four B-team, which finished third (8:30.20) behind defending NCAA champion Virginia and Notre Dame[apos]s A-team … competed on the A-team of the first novice eight boat at Michigan State, crossing the finish line first in 7:26.00 before wrapping up the weekend in the second novice eight boat that also finished ahead of host Michigan State … finished second to Michigan in the first novice eight boat in both races at the Ohio State Invitational … raced with the novice eight B-team and second varsity four boat B-team at the fifth annual Dale England Cup … the four-boat came in second place in its first race at an 8:21.4 pace … finished the weekend with the second varsity four B-team crew, coming in third behind Notre Dame[apos]s A-team and host Indiana, setting a mark of 10:13.9.

PREP AND PERSONAL: Graduated from the Stony Brook School … participated on the basketball, track, and tennis teams … earned six varsity letters and was captain of the basketball and tennis teams … as a senior posted a 17-1 record on the tennis team … won the Swanson trophy for superior athletic performance … was named all-county, all-league, and all-division … was featured in The Village Patch, a local newspaper, as athlete of the week … as a junior posted an 18-0 tennis record and earned all-county, all-league and all-division post-season honors … as a freshman, competed on the tennis team at St. Andrew[apos]s … off the courts, was named Stony Brook Female Athlete of the Year and was named an Outstanding Participant in the 2012 National Achievement Program … was vice-president of the senior class … daughter of Jeffrey and Elondia Gantt … has one brother, Lanier … cousin Lloyd Weeks played basketball at Penn State … uncle, William Gantt played football and track at Florida A&M … another cousin, Blake Walker, plays professional basketball for Venezuela … enrolled in the Mendoza College of Business.