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2022-23 Women's Heavyweight Rowing Roster

Ella Hudson

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Warwick, Australia
  • High School Somerville House
  • Concentration Sociology

Biography

Senior - 2022-23

CRCA Scholar Athlete ... Rowed from the bow seat in the Championship 8 race at the Head of the Charles Regatta ... Sat in the bow seat for the A-boat in the Women's 8 and for the C-entry in the Women's 4 at the Princeton Chase Regatta ... Rowed in the bow seat for the 1V8 in the Big 10/Ivy Double Dual ... Sat in the one seat for the 1V8 at the Class of 1975 Cup and the Case Cup ... Competed from the five seat for the 2V8 boat at Eastern Sprints ... Rowed in the three seat for the 2V8 at the Ivy League Championships.

Junior - 2021-22

Sat in the bow seat on the Varsity Eight boat at the Ivy/BIG10 Doubles Dual … Helped her crew earn a 5.1 second victory over Michigan State in the team’s first race since the 2019 season … Sat in the bow seat on the Varsity Eight boat in the team’s race against Brown … Stroked the Varsity Eight boat at the Saratoga Invitational on Fish Creek against No. 6 Princeton, No. 14 Syracuse, Cornell and Bucknell … Rowed in the seventh seat on the first varsity eight boat to a Rowlands Trophy race win over Northeastern in a regatta at Yale … Recorded a time of 6:19.43 with her crew to finish second in the regatta … Rowed seat seven on the Radcliffe 1V boat that finished third at Eastern Sprints …  Sat seat seven on the Radcliffe 1V boat that finished in fifth-place at the Ivy Championships on the Cooper River.

Sophomore - 2020-21

Did not compete due to 2020-21 season cancelation by the Ivy League.

First-Year - 2019-20

Sat in the three seat in the club four event at the Head of the Charles ... Did not compete in the spring due to season cancelation by the Ivy League

Before Radcliffe (Club, High School, Results, etc.):

Competed with Somerville House and Sydney Rowing Club. In 2017, 5x Gold Australian Nationals, 4th in Women’s Henley Quad & 2nd in Holland Beker Women’s Quad. In 2018, 3x silver, 2x bronze at Australian Nationals, competed in Diamond Jubilee Quad at Henley Royal Regatta & rowing co-captain at Somerville House. In 2019, 3x gold & 2x silver Australian Nationals.

Favorite class taken at Harvard:

Leaning In, Hooking Up: Visions of Feminism and Femininity in the 21st Century with Phyllis Thompson

Why Radcliffe?

Radcliffe has allowed me to meet the most exceptional girls and create such close and amazing connections. Joining Rad was one of the best decisions of my life!

If rowers had a walk-out song what would yours be:

Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) - ABBA

Favorite Radcliffe tradition:

Passdown and bagels

Favorite spot on campus:

My room where all my rowing roommates live!

Historical Player Information

  • 2019-20First-Year

  • 2020-21Sophomore

  • 2021-22Junior

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    2022-23Senior

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