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2019-20 Women's Rowing Roster

Kiele Erickson

  • Height 5-8
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Putnam City North
  • Hometown Oklahoma City, Okla.

Biography

Returning national champion aiming to help UCO maintain its dominant record in the water ... Has been a contributing factor in the Varsity 8+ boat for two years and will be again as a junior ... Has two V8 gold medals at the NCAA Division II women's rowing national championships in two seasons with the Bronchos.

2017-2018: Stroked the V8+ that dominated the NCAA National Championships in Sarasota, Fla. ... The V8+ won by six seconds, making it not only the Bronchos first V8+ undefeated season, but also winning each spring race by open water ... Won the team National Championship for the first time by six team points ... Stroked the V8+ that won the West Region at WIRA Regatta in Sacramento, Calif., helping move the Bronchos to the No. 1 position in the country ... Stroked the V8+ that swept the previous national champs, Western Washington, in the Falcon Regatta in Seattle by a time of 17 seconds ... In Central Sprints, she stroked the V8+ that beat Humboldt State by 13 seconds and Nova by 20 ... Stroked the V8+ who placed second in the Tulsa Invite.
 
2016-2017: Stroked the V8+ that won the V8+ National Championship race at Mercer Lake in New Jersey for the first time in UCO rowing history ... The boat won by three seconds in front of Western Washington ... Team earned national runner-up spot just one team point behind Western Washington.
Stroked the V8+ boat that won the Dad Vail Regatta in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for the first time in program history, winning the Southern Region for the first time ... Stroked the V8+ boat that placed second at FIRA in Sarasota, Fla., falling 1.8 seconds behind Florida Institute of Technology ... Stroked the V8+ in the SMU Dual.  UCO followed the D1 school across the finish line by 2.1 seconds.

High school: Second place in the V8+ at head of the Charles (2013) ... First place in the V8+ and V4+ at Head of the Hooch (2013) ... First place in the V8+, V4+, and V1x at Central Youth Championships (2014) ... Fourth place finish at Youth Nationals (2014) ... Also ran track and cross country.

Personal: Forensic Science and Biology major with her ideal job being a Forensic Pathologist ... Favorite hobby is sleeping ... Names the Seattle Seahawks her favorite professional team ... Her top sports memory is winning the NCAA DII National Championships twice, one as a team (2018) and one as a boat (2017) ... Mother was a part of the US National Speed Skating team where she won multiple World Championships.

Historical Player Information

  • 2016-17Freshman

    5'8"
  • 2017-18Sophomore

    5'8"
  • 2018-19Junior

    5'8"
  • 2019-20Senior

    5'8"