Bria Ragauckas

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Bria Ragauckas, Riley Vincent, Cecilia Kern

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Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Rutherford, N.J.
High School:
Rutherford

2024-25: Competed in the Music City Head Race and the Head of the Hooch in the fall as well as the Oak Ridge Cardinal Invite, SIRA Championship Regatta, Lake Wheeler Invitational and the ACC Championship in the spring season… At the Music City Head Race, rowed at the No. 7 seat in the Varsity 8C boat that finished fourth and at the No. 1 seat, helping the Varsity 4C boat to a time of a third-place showing… At the Head of the Hooch, rowed at the No. 7 seat in the Varsity 8B boat that placed second in the Women’s Championship 8+ race and at the No. 1 seat, helping the Varsity 4C boat to a third-place finish… At the Oak Ridge Cardinal Invite, rowed at the No. 8 seat, helping the 3V8 boat to a third-place finish in its heat on Saturday and Sunday… At the SIRA Championship Regatta, rowed at the No.3 seat for the Varsity 4B boat that finished third in its time trial, fourth in the semifinal and second in Saturday’s final… At the Lake Wheeler Invitational, rowed at the No. 3 seat, helping the 2V4 boat to a fourth-place finish in its heat and another fourth-place showing Friday’s second round and a fifth-place finish in the third round… At the ACC Championship, rowed at the No. 2 seat in the 2V4 boat which finished sixth in its heat on Friday and third Saturday’s Petite Final ahead of Notre Dame, Boston College and SMU… Named to the All-ACC Academic Rowing Team and the ACC Academic Honor Roll

2023-24: At the Oak Ridge Cardinal Invitational, on the 2V4 boat that finished fourth with a time of 7:58.942 in the morning session and fourth with a time of 7:57.848 in the evening session; wrapped up the ORCI with a third-place showing (8:06.886)… At the Sunshine State Invitational aboard the 2V4 boat that finished fifth with a time of 8:44.58 and fourth in the petite final (7:57.85)… At the SIRA Championship, helped the 2V8B boat that finished third in its semifinal with a time of 7:21.468 followed by a fifth-place finish in the ‘A’ final (7:08.939)… At the Lake Wheeler Invitational, on the 3V8 boat that placed sixth in the morning heat (7:57.838) and fourth in afternoon heat (7:48.196); the 3V8 boat finished clocked a time of 7:29.747 for a sixth-place showing in its heat on the final day at Lake Wheeler… At the ACC Rowing Championship, helped the V4 boat finish second in the Petite Final with a time of 7:39.445

Prep: Bria came to UofL from Nereid Boat Club in Rutherford, New Jersey, where she had rowed since seventh grade. While she was there, she competed in races such as Head of the Charles in 2022, Youth Nationals placing fifth in 2021 and 14th in 2022, Summer Nationals placing second in 2021, and the Mid-Atlantic Championships placing second in 2021, third in 2022, and first in 2023.

Personal: Born on January 14, from Rutherford, N.J. Parents are Taryn and Brian and has two sisters, Jadyn and Cailey. Major is biology.