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04/28/2012
No. 5 Trojans Defeat No. 8 Bruins, Varsity Eight Remains Perfect
USC remains unbeaten against UCLA in 11 competitions since 2002.
04/22/2012
No. 5 USC Dominates Stanford Invitational
Trojans win seven of eight races Saturday, varisty eight posts fastest time of invitational.
04/14/2012
No. 7 USC Continues Hot Start In Princeton
Trojans win 2-of-3 races against No. 5 Princeton and No. 17 Yale
At USC
Melanie Grindle is a junior starboard entering her third year with the Women of Troy...In 2011, Grindle rowed out of the No. 1 seat for the Varsity Four boat contributing to USC's third place finish in the 4+ Grand Final and fifth place finish overall at the NCAA Championships as well as a third place finish at the Pac-10 Championships and the teams first place finish in the Karen Plumleigh Cup at the San Diego Crew Classic...She also helped the boat to wins over Clemson, Michigan State and Virginia...Grindle excelled in the classroom earning CRCA Scholar Athlete and Pac-10 All-Academic honors...She spent her freshman season with the novice team.
Rowing Highlights
Grindle was a member of the U.S. Rowing Junior High Performance Team in 2010...Attended 2010 U.S. Junior National Team Selection camp...Also trained in Germany with the U.S. Rowing High Performance Team.
Personal
Melanie Jean Grindle was born in San Diego, Calif...Raised in Hanalei, HI...Graduate of Kula High School...Parents are Tom and Jerri...Mother Jerri played soccer at UC Davis and father Tom played professional beach volleyball...Was a three year varsity letter winner on the swim team at Kula High winning the K.I.F. Championship in the 50 freestyle three years in a row. Also won the 100 fly K.I.F. Championship in 2007 and 2008...National Merit Scholar
