Stephanie Szegedi 2007-08 Women's Rowing Roster
AS A SENIOR: Served as the coxswain for the varsity eight boat for the second consecutive season … opened the spring season with a second-place result against Michigan State, stopping the clock in a time of 7:47.14 … earned a race victory the following day against Indiana and Purdue, completing the course in a time of 5:33.00 … at the San Diego Crew Classic, secured a spot in the petite final by posting a time of 6:51.07 during the preliminary heat … earned third in the petite final, behind UCLA and Iowa, with a time of 7:02.39 … grabbed a pair of third-place finishes at the four-team regatta hosted by Ohio State … in the morning session completed the course in a time of 6:31.54, crossing behind Ohio State and Brown … finished behind Brown and Minnesota in the afternoon session with an improved time of 6:27.33 … at the BIG EAST Championships, earned a spot in the grand final with a preliminary heat victory in a time of 6:52.725 … grabbed second place in the grand final, behind Louisville, with a final time of 6:35.775 … earned a spot in the petite finals at the Central/South Region Championships after finishing third in the preliminary heat (6:39.59) and then finishing fifth in the semifinal (6:17.00) … in the grand final, earned fifth place by finishing the course in a time of 6:24.10 … served as the coxswain for the varsity eight ‘C’ boat at the Head of the Rock Regatta where she lead her crew to a ninth-place finish (27 boats), and a time of 16:58.80 … also served as the coxswain for the varsity four ‘A’ boat where they finished the race in fourth place (30 boats) with a time of 17:41.10 … then coxed the varsity eight ‘B’ boat to a ninth place finish (23 entries) at the Southland Regatta, in a time of 17:11.02 … the top 10 finish placed the crew in the ‘C’ final where they completed the course in 7:12.30 … named to the BIG EAST Academic All-Star Team … garnered third monogram with the Irish program.
AS A JUNIOR: Primary coxswain for the varsity eight crew for a majority of the spring season … led the varsity eight gold to a first-place finish versus Northeastern … led the second varsity eight to victories over Stanford and UCLA at the Pac-10 Challenge … steered the second varsity eight to first and second-place finishes against Michigan State … coxswain of the second varsity eight crew that earned a first-place finish at the Indiana Invite (6:32.5) … guided the boat in the second varsity eight to two first-place finishes and a second-place finish at the Charles River Challenge … led the varsity eight to gold medal for the third consecutive year at the BIG EAST Championships with a time of 6:43.60 … coxed the Irish varsity eight to a second-place finish in the Petite Final at the Central/South Region Championships in a time of 6:47.70 … coxswain of the Irish crew that finished 14th out of 23 entries in the varsity eight division at Head of the Rock … her crew then finished 16th out of 22 entries in the Cal-Sag Regatta with a time of 16:44.60 … then led the Irish to a fourth place finish in the varsity eight final D fleet … named to the BIG EAST Academic All-Star Team for the second year … earned second monogram in the program.
AS A SOPHOMORE: Coxswain for varsity four boat competition throughout the season, but served as coxswain for second varsity eight crew at the NCAA Championships where she helped her boat to an appearance in the Petite Final … led open four boat to a fourth-place finish in the Petite Finals at the Central/South Region Championship … helped the second varsity four boat to a second-place finish in the Finals at the BIG EAST Championships as Notre Dame captured the overall team title … coxed the second varsity four boat against Virginia and Princeton … coxswain for the first varsity four crew in a win at the Lubbers Cup (8:35.59) … led the second varsity four boat against Michigan State and Michigan … coxed the varsity four ‘A’ boat to a win over the four ‘B’ bat and Cincinnati … coxswain for one first varsity four race and one second varsity four race against Tennessee and Minnesota … coxed the eight ‘E’ boat at the Head of the Rock in the fall … named to the BIG EAST Academic All-Star Team … earned first monogram with the program.
AS A FRESHMAN: Coxswain for top Irish novice eight boat in the spring … earned three second-place finishes against Tennessee and Minnesota in spring opener … led her boat to a first-place finish in the novice eight ‘A’ race at Lubbers Cup with a winning time of 7:37.28 … won Petite Final of novice eight at San Diego Crew Classic in 7:17.90 … took second in novice eight Grand Final at BIG EAST Championships in 6:58.92 … won the Petite Final at Central/South Region Championships in 7:09.90 … coxswain for the novice in their impressive third-place finish at the Head of the Rock in the novice eight … finished in a time of 19:03.34 … at the Head of the Elk her boat finished fourth in a time of 17:14.57 in the novice eight-a.
PREP AND PERSONAL: Earned four letters in lacrosse and three in swimming during her prep career … named all-state in lacrosse as a junior … holds the South Lyon lacrosse team single-season record for assists … participated in National Honor Society and Young Life … served as senior class vice-president … daughter of Steve and Susan Szegedi … older of two children … born Nov. 9, 1987, in Detroit, Mich. … a member of the Notre Dame Academic Honors Program for Student-Athletes … enrolled in the College of Engineering as a chemical engineering major.