Tara Flaherty

Class:
Junior
Position:
Port/Starboard
Height:
5-11
Hometown:
La Grange, Ill.
High School:
Lyons Township

At Michigan
• Member of 2021 Big Ten Championship Team
• Big Ten Champion (2021) with the 3V4
• Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (2020)
• Two-time Academic All-Big Ten (2020-21)
• Enrolled in the College of Engineering, majoring in Civil Engineering

Junior (2020-21)
• Rowed in the fourth seat of the 2V4 in Columbus (March 27) as it picked up wins over Indiana and Iowa (7:30.0) in the morning and Ohio State and Michigan State (7:57.66) in the afternoon
• Rowed in the third seat of the 3V4 boat and beat No. 6 Ohio State (7:56.60) at the Big Ten vs. ACC Regatta (April 3)
• Sat in the second seat to help the 2V4 (7:37.51) place second behind Texas and ahead of the U-M 3V4 at Belleville Lake (April 10)
• From the second seat of the 1V4, helped it sweep the first day of the Big Ten Invitational (April 17) as it beat No. 10 Rutgers and t-No. 18 Washington State in 7:23.229, and No. 20 Syracuse, No. 9 Tennessee, and No. 16 Iowa in 7:34.088
• Completed the weekend at the Big Ten Invitational (April 18) in the second seat of the 1V4, helping it beat No. 4 Virginia and No. 3 Ohio State in 7:16.930
• Rowed second in the 2V8 against Iowa and Louisville (May 2), winning with a time of 6:45.5
• Rowed in bow seat for the 3V4 as it won a gold medal in 7:24.468 at the Big Ten Championships at Eagle Creek (May 16)

Sophomore (2019-20)
• Spring 2020 season canceled due to COVID-19

Novice (2018-19)
• Made her Michigan debut at the Big Ten-Ivy League Double Dual (March 29-30)
• Rowed in the three seat to help the first novice eight beat Harvard-Radcliffe in 6:49.2 and finished second to Yale (+3.43) at the Big Ten-Ivy League Double Dual (March 29-30)
• From the three seat, helped the first novice eight sweep No. 10 Virginia in 6:51.2 and Duke in 6:51.7 at the Big Ten-ACC Double Dual (April 6)
• Rowed in the four seat as the second novice eight won a bronze medal in 6:58.407 at the Big Ten Championships on Devil's Lake (May 19)