Women's Rowing

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    Madara Strautmane
    Madara Strautmane

    Class:
    Freshman
    Hometown:
    Riga, Latvia
    High School:
    Murjanu Sports Gymnasium
    Height:
    6-0
    Position:
    Port
    Experience:
    HS

    06/02/2013

    Trojans Earn Program-Best Fourth-Place NCAA Finish

    The USC women's rowing varsity four claimed silver in its grand final to highlight the final day of NCAA races

    06/01/2013

    Trojans in Pole Position Heading into NCAA Championship Finals

    USC women's rowing advanced all three boats to NCAA grand finals for the second time in program history

    05/31/2013

    Women of Troy Throttle Competition in Preliminary NCAA Heats

    The second-ranked USC women's rowing team took first place in each of its three first-day NCAA heats

    05/19/2013

    USC Varsity Eight Claims Pac-12 Women's Rowing Title

    The top-ranked USC women's rowing team finished second by just a point and a half at the Pac-12 Championships

    04/29/2013

    No. 1 USC and No. 5 UCLA Set to Race in Annual Dual

    The Women of Troy and the Bruins will race on the waters of Ballona Creek in Marina Del Rey on Saturday, May 4

    06/02/2013

    Women's Rowing: NCAA Championships

    The second-ranked Women of Troy completed the 2013 campaign with a program-best fourth-place finish in the NCAA Division I Women's Rowing Championships at Eagle Creek Park on Sunday (June 2). USC's varsity four claimed silver in the fours grand final to take the podium while the Trojans' second varsity eight enjoyed a best-ever finish of fourth place. USC's varsity eight topped off the day with a sixth-place finish in its grand final.

    2012-13
    Madara Strautmane enters her first year with the Trojans and will row from the port side.

    INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE
    Strautmane is a member of the Latvian national team and has rowed with SASS Rowing Club and with AK Majori from 2008-12. In 2012, she won Latvian national titles with the U23 squad in the double and the quad, and took second in the single scull at the national championships. She also won gold in the double at the Latvian 3rd Olympiad and collected a pair of bronze medals in the single and the quad. At the Baltic State Championships, Strautmane took home two gold medals; one in the 2K double and once in the 500-meter double. She also claimed a silver medal in the quad and won third in the 500-meter quads. In 2011, she was crowned the Latvian national champion in the quad and took second place in the double. She also claimed silver and bronze medals at the Baltic State Championships. In 2010, Strautmane won a pair of gold medals in the double (2K and 500m) and had a third-place finish in the Latvian national championship doubles.

    PERSONAL
    Madara Strautmane was born on Dec. 14, 1992, in Riga, Latvia... parents are Juris and Baiba Strautmane... has one brother named Nauris... enjoys basketball, kneeboarding, and wakeboarding... undeclared major.