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Deanna Macolino

Class:
Freshman
Height:
6-1
Hometown:
Adelaide, Australia
High School:
Loreto College Marryatville
Major:
Undeclared

Freshman (2025)
• Made her collegiate debut helping the 1V8 (five) place 15th in Championship Eight event at the Head Of The Charles Regatta (Oct. 20, 2024)
• Rowed in the seventh seat of the 2V8 as it finished second (6:43.97) against Syracuse and Penn in the morning session of the Big Ten/Ivy Dust Up (March 22)
• Timed 6:37.3 with the 2V8 from the seventh seat against Yale during the afternoon session at the Big Ten/Ivy Dust Up
• From the seventh seat of the 2V8, timed 6:56.7 against Oklahoma and 7:14.8 against Virginia at the Big Ten/ACC Challenge (March 29)
• Placed second (6:32.28) with the 2V8 in the stroke seat at Texas (April 12)
• Finished first (6:27.56) in the morning and third (6:37.74) in the afternoon session from the stroke seat of the 2V8 on day one (April 18) of the Big Ten Invitational
• From the stroke seat, placed fourth (6:41.01) in the 2V8 on day two (April 19) of the Big Ten Invitational
• On the first day of the Big Ten Championship (May 17), helped the 2V8 advance to the finals in second place (6:39.85) from the third seat
• Earned bronze in 6:23.80 from the third seat of the 2V8 to help the team finish third overall on finals day of the Big Ten Championship (May 18)
• From the sixth seat, helped the 2V8 advance to petite finals and time 6:26.86 to finish ninth as a boat and 11th as a team at the NCAA Championship (June 1)

Prep
• Attended Loreto College Marryatville in Marryatville, Australia
• House Captain (2023), Principal's Year 12 Academic Award
• Loreto Captain of Boats (2022)
• Competed with SASI/Adelaide University Boat Club
• One-time Australian erg record-holder for 30 minutes at 5K
• Part of two gold medal-winning boats at U19 national championships (4-)
• Rowed in an Open Eight State Champion boat (2023)
• Member of two South Australian U21 State Championship teams (2022, '24) and one South Australian Open State team (2023)
• Also competed in netball, water polo, and swimming, where she was a five-time age champion and won two medals at the state championships

Personal
• Daughter of Nick and Karen Macolino