Madeline Giron

Photo by: Adam Creech | Louisville Athletics

Photo by: Adam Creech | Louisville Athletics

Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Benicia, Calif.
High School:
Miramonte

(2024-25): Participated in the Music City Head Race and Head of the Hooch in the fall along with 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, rowed at the No. 7 seat in the Varsity 8B boat that finished third and at the No. 2 seat to help the Varsity 4A boat tie for first place… At the Head of the Hooch, rowed at the No. 3 seat in the Varsity 8B boat that placed second in an all-Louisville field in the Women’s Championship 8+ race… Rowed at the No. 3 seat, helping the Varsity 4C boat to a third-place finish… At the ORCI, rowed in the No. 5 seat in the 2V8 boat to a third place finish on Saturday and at the No. 5 seat, helping the 2V8 boat to a third place showing on Sunday… At the Sarasota 2K, rowed in the No. 3 seat in the 2V8 boat to a fourth-place finish in its heat against UCF, Alabama, Kansas, Old Dominion, and High Point… Rowed in the No. 3 seat in the 2V8 boat to a fourth-place finish with a time of 6:54.54 at the Sarasota 2K… At the SIRA Championship Regatta, rowed in the No.1 seat for the Second Varsity boat in the Second Varsity 8 Time Trials and Semifinals, finishing in 1^st place in both races with times of 6:16.102 and 7:15.092 beating teams such as Stetson and Vanderbilt… Rowed in the Second Varsity 8 Final (2v8) in the No.1 seat for the Second Varsity 8 boat, finishing in first place while clocking a time of 7:00.875… At the Lake Wheeler Invitational, rowed at the No. 2 seat to help 2V8 boat to a second-place finish in its heat and a third-place showing in Friday’s second round… Helped the 2V8 to a time of 6:44.565 to finish third in Saturday’s third round at Lake Wheeler… At the ACC Championship, rowed at the No. 7 seat, helping the 2V8 boat place third in the Petite Final with a time of 6:31.850, good for a third-place finish after being edged by Clemson (6:31.234) and finishing 1.413 seconds behind Notre Dame which won with a time of 6:30.437… On the first day of the championship, the 2V8 crew placed fifth in its heat with a time of 6:43.286… Named to the All-ACC Academic Rowing Team and the ACC Academic Honor Roll.

2023-24: At Alabama’s Head of the Black Warrior River helped the 3V4 finish sixth with a time of 18:52.6… At the Rivanna Romp aboard the 2V8 that finished with a time of 15:01.7 and the 3V4 boat that clocked in at 16:37.5… At the Oak Ridge Cardinal Invitational, rowed with the V8 boat that finished third in the morning session with a time of 6:40.480 and second with a time of 6:36.331 in the evening; also n the V8 boat that finished in first with a time of 6:38.632 on the final day of the ORCI… At the Sunshine State Invitational, aboard the V8 boat that finished fourth with a time of 7:19.56 on day one and finished first in the petite final with a time of 6:41.56… At the SIRA Championship rowed with the V8 boat that finished first in the semifinal race with a time of 6:39.977 and went on to finish first in the grand final (6:38.351)… At the Lake Wheeler Invitational on the V8 boat that placed fourth in its heat the morning session (6:56.079) and in afternoon session (7:10.377) on Friday and placed first in its heat with a time of 6:48.945 on Saturday… At the ACC Rowing Championship, helped the V8 boat to a third place showing in the petite final with a time of 6:35.638…Named to ACC All-Academic Team and Academic Honor Roll.

2022-23: At Rivanna Romp, she rowed in the 5v4 boat that was 27^th with a time of 16:22.3. In the morning session of the ORCI, she rowed in the 2V8 boat that finished third with a time of 6:44.590. In the afternoon session of the ORCI, she was in the 2V8 boat that finished third, turning in a 6:56.908. In the Sunday session of the ORCI, she rowed in the 2V8 boat that finished fourth, just two seconds out of third. 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 grand final of the 2V8 race, she rowed the Cardinals to a seventh-place finish with a time of 6:44.80 at SSI. 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.

2021-22: Rowed in the V4 boat that boarded a time of 7:16.853 on Day 1 of the ORCI. On Day 2 at the Oak Ridge Cardinal Invitational, she rowed in the 2V8 boat that finished third with a time of 6:47.026. At the Sunshine State Invitational, she rowed in the 2V4 boat that finished sixth in the grand final with a time of 7:49.30. At the Lake Wheeler Invitational, she helped the 3V8 boat to a third place finish with a time of 7:22.189. In the head-to-head competition with Michigan, she was in the 3V8 boat that boarded a time of 7:20.56. At the ACC Championships at Clemson, she was in the 2V8 boat that finished sixth in the grand final with a time of 6:51.290.

Prep: Rowed for Oakland Strokes since her junior year. She played multiple sports at Miramonte High School including, volleyball, softball, cheer and stunt team. She attended middle school at Oakland School for the Arts pre-professional training in classical dance ballet-contemporary, and was a member of a competitive hip- hop team throughout high school in Oakland.

Personal: She is the daughter of Summer Giron. Born Nov. 28. Major is computer science and engineering.