Cecilia Kern

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Bria Ragauckas, Riley Vincent, Cecilia Kern

Photo by: Adam Creech | Louisville Athletics

Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Newtown, Pa.
High School:
Villa Joseph Marie

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, coxed the Varsity 8C boat to a fourth place finish and the Varsity 4C boat to a third-place finish… At the Head of the Hooch, coxed the Varsity 8C boat in the Women’s Championship 8+ … At the Oak Ridge Cardinal Invite, coxed the Varsity 4 boat to a third place finish in its heat and the Varsity 4 boat to a second-place showing in its heat on Sunday… At the SIRA Championship Regatta, coxed for the Varsity 4B boat to a third place finish in its time trial and finished fourth in the semifinals… Guided the Varsity 4B boat in the Varsity 4B Final, taking second… At the Lake Wheeler Invitational, coxed the 2V4 boat to a fourth-place finish in its heat and another fourth-place showing in Friday’s second round… Guided the 2V4 to a fifth place showing in Saturday’s third round… At the ACC Championship, coxed 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 ACC Academic Honor Roll.

2023-24: At the Alabama Head of the Black Warrior River – Coxswain of the Novice 8 boat that finished second in their debut race with a time of 19:58.1… At the Rivanna Romp on the Rivanna Reservoir- Coxed the Novice 8 to a fifth-place showing with a time of 15:33.7…At the Oak Ridge Cardinal Invitational, coxswain of the 2V4 boat that placed fourth with a time of 7:57.848 Saturday’s evening session… At the Sunshine State Invitational, guided the 2V4 boat that finished fifth with a time of 8:44.58 and a fourth place showing in the petite final (7:57.85)… At the SIRA Championship, coxswain of the Novice 4 boat that placed fifth with a time of 8:07.514… At the ACC Rowing Championship, coxed the 3V8 boat to a third place showing in the petite final with a time of 7:07.838… Named to ACC All-Academic Team and Academic Honor Roll.

Prep: Cecilia comes to UofL from the Villa Joseph Marie High School Rowing team, where she started as a coxswain her freshmen year. Cecilia coxed the V8 and the V4 as a junior where her boat got third in the V4 at Stotesbury Cup Regatta and second in the V4 at PSRA City Championships. As the only senior on the rowing team during her final year at Villa, she had the privilege of coxing the V8 down the Head of the Charles; her spring season she participated in the Horvat-Manny Flick Series. As a junior and senior, Cecilia was named captain of her team.

Personal: Born on April 2, from Newtown, Pa. Parents are Theresa and Joel Kern and has a sister, Emma who plays club volleyball at Purdue University. Major is sport administration.