Meghan Gutknecht

Class:
Junior
Position:
Port/Starboard
Height:
5-7
Hometown:
Guilderland, NY
High School:
Guilderland

At Michigan
• Member of 2019 Big Ten Championship Team
• NCAA Medalist (bronze, 2019 2V8)
• Pocock All-American (2018, second team)
• All-Big Ten selection (2018, first team)
• Big Ten Freshman of the Year (2016)
• Competed for Team U.S.A. at the 2017 Under-23 World Championships, where she helped her boat finish sixth in Quad Sculls
• CRCA Scholar-Athlete (2019)
• Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (2019)
• Three-time Academic All-Big Ten (2017, '18, '19)
• Graduated from the College of Literature, Science and the Arts with a degree in Environmental Sciences and a minor in Anthropology and Urban Studies

Senior (2018-19)
• Part of the Big Ten Boat of the Week (April 2) after wins over Harvard-Radcliffe and Yale
• Helped row U-M to an 11th-place finish at the Head of the Charles (Oct. 21)
• Rowed in the seven seat to help the first varsity eight to wins over Harvard-Radcliffe in 6:30.3 and Yale in 6:35.32 at the Big Ten-Ivy League Double Dual (March 29-30)
• Rowed in the seven seat to help the first varsity eight to an ACC sweep of No. 10 Virginia in 6:30.5, and No. 17 Syracuse and Duke in 6:26.5 at the Big Ten-ACC Double Dual (April 6)
• Was the seventh seat in the first varsity eight when it beat Rutgers in 6:35.11 and suffered its first loss of the year against Ohio State by 0.94 seconds at OSU's Big Ten Double Dual (April 13)
• Rowed in the seven seat as the 2V8 finished +1.57 behind No. 1 Washington for second place ahead of Ohio State at Lake Las Vegas (April 20)
• From the seventh seat, helped the second varsity eight as it bested Louisville and Michigan State on Senior Day at Belleville Lake (May 5)
• Rowed in the second varsity eight's seventh seat as it won a gold medal in 6:30.479 at the Big Ten Championships on Devil's Lake (May 19)
• From the seventh seat, helped the second varsity eight to a bronze medal in 6:15.063 at the NCAA Championships (May 31-June 2) which led to a third-place team finish

Junior (2017-18)
• Earned Pocock All-American honors (second team)
• Competed in a four-piece set scrimmage against Eastern Michigan (Sept. 17), recording 11:03.2 time in the first piece
• At the Head of the Charles (Oct. 22), helped the 1V8 boat to an 11th-place finish in 15:31.401
• Rowed in the 1V8 boat at the Louisville Cardinal Invitational (March 17-18), helping to beat Wisconsin, Minnesota, Yale and Virginia with times of: 6:10.294, 6:15.009 and 5:57.600
•Rowed as part of the 1V8 boat at Ohio State (March 31), beating Clemson in 6:31.44 (+16.94) and No. 9 Virginia (6:30.14; +.2.24)
• Rowed in the first varsity eight boat at the Big Ten Double Dual (April 7), defeating No. 16 Indiana in 6:26.99 (+1.82) before falling to No. 11 Iowa
• Competed as part of the 1V8 boat in Las Vegas, coming in third place with a 6:10.11 finish against No. 1-ranked Washington (-7.51) and No. 3-ranked Texas (-2.01)
• Occupied bow seat in the 1V8 on Senior Day against Louisville (April 29), timing 6:21.00
• At the Big Ten Championships (May 13), helped the 1V8 earn a silver medal in 6:23.022
• Rowed in the 1V8 at the NCAA Championships (May 25-27), helping the boat place 10th nationally in 6:30.981

Sophomore (2016-17)
• Competed in the 1V8 boat that finished in fifth place in 6:44.812 at the NCAA Championships on Sunday (May 28) at Lake Mercer in West Windsor, N.J., helping U-M to a third-place team finish
• Competed in the 1V8 boat that finished in second place in 6:11.194 at the Big Ten Championships on Sunday (May 14) at Eagle Creek Park in Indianapolis, helping U-M to a second-place team finish
• Rowed in the 1V8 boat that helped sweep Louisville with a +14-second win in 6:28.51 on Senior Day at Belleville Lake (April 30)
• Member of the 1V8 boat that rowed against Ohio State, Duke, and Notre Dame at Ohio State's Regatta (April 15) at the Scioto River
• Sat in the bow of the 1V8 boat that beat Minnesota (6:28.01, 6:44.43) and Wisconsin (6:21.59, 6:26.67) in the Big Ten Double Dual (April 8)
• Member of Michigan's 1V8 boat that beat Stanford (6:19.0, 6:22.57) but lost to Washington and No. 1 California in the Pac-12 Challenge (April 1-2)
• Rowed in Michigan's 1V8 boat that went undefeated against Harvard and Yale (March 25)
• Rowed on 1V8 crew that clocked in at 6:24.3, 6:29.0, and 6:23.194 in the Oak Ridge Cardinal Invitational on March 11 and March 12

Freshman (2015-16)
• Earned Big Ten Freshman of the Year honors.
• Helped Michigan 1V8 to 11th-place finish at NCAA Rowing Championships, rowing in No. 2 seat
• Rowed in No. 2 seat on 1V8 at Big Ten Rowing Championships that finished second in the final in a photo finish with Ohio State in 6:22.794.
• Member of 1V8 crew that earned race wins against nationally-ranked crews from Notre Dame, Iowa, Indiana, Wisconsin, Radcliffe, Syracuse and Washington State.
• An immediate contributor as a freshman on Michigan's first varsity eight crew.

Prep
• High School: Guilderland High School (2015)
• Rowed for Albany Rowing Club

Club/International
• Member of U.S. Junior World National Team
• Won bronze medal in quadruple sculls at 2015 Junior World Championships
• Won gold medal at Canadian Henley in Under-19 women's single
• 2014 U.S. Junior World Development Team rower
• Member of Varsity Girls 4+ crew that represented Albany Rowing Center at 2014 U.S. Rowing Youth National Championships

Personal
• Full Name: Meghan Gutknecht
• Enrolled in the College of Literature, Science and the Arts
• Major: Undeclared