Lexi Bernard

Photo by: Adam Creech | Louisville Athletics

Photo by: Adam Creech | Louisville Athletics

Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Sellersburg, Ind.
High School:
Jeffersonville

2024-25: Raced in the Music City Head Race and Head of the Hooch in the fall and the Oak Ridge Cardinal Invite, Sarasota 2K, SIRA Championship Regatta, Lake Wheeler Invitational and ACC Championship in the spring… At the Music City Head Race, stroked the Varsity 8 boat to a first place finish with a time of 17:46.5 and rowed at the No. 4 seat to help the Varsity 4A boat tie for first… At the Head of the Hooch, rowed at the No. 8 seat in the Varsity 8 boat that finished first with a time of 14:41.984 in an all-Louisville field at the Head of the Hooch… Rowed at the No. 4 seat in the Varsity 4 boat that finished first with a time of out of eight… At the ORCI, rowed at the No. 8 seat to help the Varsity 8 boat to a third place finish in its heat against Duke and Notre Dame on Saturday and at the No. 8 seat to help the Varsity 8 boat to a third-place finish in its heat against North Carolina and Alabama on Sunday at the ORCI… At the Sarasota 2K, rowed in the No. 8 seat in the 2V8 boat to a fourth-place finish in its heat against UCF, Alabama, Kansas, Old Dominion, and High Point and in the No. 8 seat in the 2V8 boat to a fourth-place finish… At the SIRA Championship Regatta, rowed at the No.4 seat in the Second Varsity boat in the 2V8 Time Trials and Semifinals, finishing first in both races, beating teams such as Stetson and Vanderbilt… Rowed in the 2V8 final in the No.4 seat, helping them to a first-place finish… At the Lake Wheeler Invitational, rowed at the No. 1 seat to help 2V8 boat to a second-place finish in its heat and a third-place showing in Friday’s second round and yelped the 2V8 finish third in Saturday’s third round… At the ACC Championship, rowed at the No. 7 seat, helping the 2V8 boat place third in the Petite Final with a time after being edged by Clemson and finishing 1.413 seconds behind first place Notre Dame… On the first day of the championship, the 2V8 crew placed fifth in its heat.

2023-24: Aboard the 2V4 finished fifth with a time of 18:46.7 at the Alabama Head of the Black Warrior River…- Rowed with the Varsity 8 boat that turned in a time of 13:44.9 for an eighth place and aboard the 2V4 boat placed 15^th with a mark of 15:29.5 at the Rivanna Romp… On the V8 boats that finished third with a time of 6:40.480 in the morning session and second with a time of 6:36.331 on day one of the Oak Ridge Cardinal Invitational… Closed out the ORCI with a first place finish and a time of 6:38.632 with the V8s… On the V8 boat that placed fourth with a time of 7:19.56 on day one and finished first with a time of 6:41.56 in the Petite Final at the Sunshine State Invitational… Rowed with the V8 boat that finished in first place in the semifinals with a time of 6:39.977 and won the A Final with a time of 6:38.351 at the SIRA Championship… At the Lake Wheeler Invitational aboard the V8 boat place fourth in the morning session (6:56.079) and again in afternoon session (7:10.377) – also at Lake Wheeler helped the V8 boat win its heat with a time of 6:48.945… Helped the V8 boat to a third place showing in the petite finals with a time of 6:35.638 at the ACC Championship.

2022-23: At Rivanna Romp, she rowed in the Novice Varsity 8 that turned in a time of 15:42.2 for sixth place. On Saturday morning at ORCI, she rowed in the 3V8 boat that finished third with a 7:08.263. In the afternoon session at the ORCI, she rowed in the 3V8 boat that finished third with a time of 7:04.226. At the Sunshine State Invitational, she rowed in the 2V8 boat to a third-place finish with a time of 6:55.46. In the SSI grand final of the 2V8 race, she rowed the Cardinals to a seventh-place finish with a time of 6:44.80. In the head-to-head regatta against Michigan, she was aboard the 2V8 boat that finished third in 6:55.94. In the prelims of the ACC Championship in Raleigh, she rowed the 2V8 boat to a fourth-place finish with a time of 6:52.035 to advance to the petite final. She rowed the 2V8 boat to a victory in the petite final at the ACC Championships, going 6:59.787.

Prep: Lexi came to Louisville from Sellersburg, Ind. as a novice. While attending Jeffersonville High School, she was a member of the gymnastics team.

Personal: Daughter of Jorge Bernard and Stacy Taylor-Bernard. Born on December 26. Major is biology.