Brooke Gietzen

Class:
Senior
Position:
Port
Height:
5-10
Hometown:
Livonia, Mich.
High School:
Franklin

At Michigan
• Member of three Big Ten Championship Teams (2021, '23, '24)
• Two-time Big Ten Champion (2022, 2V8; 2024, 2V8)
• Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (2024)
• Three-time Academic All-Big Ten (2022-23-24)
• Enrolled at the College of Engineering (COE), majoring in Biomedical Engineering

Senior (2024)
• Rowed in the fifth seat of the 2V8 as it timed 6:53.9 over Virginia in the morning and 7:01.5 against Duke in the afternoon at the Big Ten-ACC Challenge (March 30)
• Rowed in the third seat of the 2V8 as it timed 6:44.0 to beat Michigan State (April 6)
• Helped the 2V8 finish second against Texas (April 13) in 6:34.24 from the seventh seat
• Finished second (6:32.958) and first (6:39.970) from the seventh seat of the 2V8 on the first day of the Big Ten Invitational (April 19)
• Placed third (6.39.856) with the 2V8 in the seventh seat on the second day of the Big Ten Invitational (April 20)
• Won a gold medal in 6:15.038 from the fourth seat of the 2V8 to help the team win the Big Ten Championship (May 19)
• Rowed in the sixth seat of the 2V8 as won the Petite Final with a time of 6:31.327 to place seventh overall at the NCAA Championship (May 31-June 2) to help the team finish seventh

Junior (2022-23)
• From the 2V8's sixth seat, timed 7:13.7 against Duke (March 31) and 6:47.19 against Virginia (April 1) at the ACC-Big Ten Double Dual
• On the first day of the Big Ten Invitational (April 7), placed third from the second seat of the 2V8 in 6:33.537 behind Stanford and SMU, and over Indiana; won the afternoon race against Duke, Iowa, and UCLA in 6:29.248
• On the second day of racing at the Big Ten Invitational (April 8), helped the 2V8 finish second in 6:23.787 from the second seat, behind Stanford and ahead of Ohio State and Brown
• Rowed in the second seat of the 2V8 as it timed 6:21.657 against Texas (April 15)
• On Senior Day against Louisville (April 30), helped the 2V8 to a time of 6:27.09 from the sixth seat, a win of 28 seconds over the Cardinals
• Won a silver medal from the sixth seat of the 2V8 (6:37.571) to help the team win the Big Ten Championship (May 14)
• From the sixth seat, rowed with the 2V8 to finish 12th overall (sixth, Petite Final) with a time of 6:45.733 at the NCAA Championship (May 26-28) to help the team place 11th

Sophomore (2021-22)
• Rowed in the third seat of the 2V8 in a scrimmage against Indiana (March 25)
• From the 1V4's second seat, helped sweep Virginia (7:57.2) in the morning and Duke (7:52.9) in the afternoon at the ACC-Big Ten Challenge (April 2)
• Rowed the 2V8's seventh seat, and timed 6:38.49 against Texas (April 9)
• Rowed in seventh seat of the 2V8 on the first day of the Big Ten Invitational (April 15), placing second in the morning to Virginia in 6:37.957 (-.456) and second to Brown in the afternoon in 6:46.249
• Placed second to Stanford with the 2V8 (6:21.081) in the seventh seat on the second day of the Big Ten Invitational (April 16)
• On Senior Day against Louisville (May 1), rowed the 2V8 to a win from the fifth seat with a time of 6:44.4
• From the fifth seat, helped the 2V8 to a gold medal at the Big Ten Championship (May 15) in a time of 6:23.917
• Fifth seat of the 12th-place 2V8 (sixth, Petite Final) at the NCAA Championships (May 29), which timed 6:42.784 to help the team finish 10th

Freshman/Novice (2020-21)
• Made her U-M debut in the 1N8 boat in Columbus, helping the boat time 6:57.9 to beat Iowa and Indiana in the morning and 7:16.97 to beat Ohio State and Michigan State in the afternoon
• At the B1G vs. ACC Regatta (April 3), competed with the 1N8
• Rowed in the fifth seat in the 1N8 as it collected wins over No. 4 Virginia and No. 3 Ohio State in 6:46.177, and over the Cavaliers, Rutgers, and Michigan State in 6:38.198 on the first day of the Big Ten Invitational (April 17)
• Helped keep the 1N8 perfect from the fifth seat on the second day of the Big Ten Invitational (April 18), besting No. 3 Ohio State and No. 16 Iowa in 6:33.313
• Rowed seventh in the 1N8 as it earned victory over Iowa and 2N8 boats from Iowa and U-M at home (May 2)