Notre Dame Women's Rowing practicing on the water on October 6th, 2011
AS A FRESHMAN: Opened the spring season as coxswain of the third varsity eight-light-weight boat before taking over as coxswain of the varsity four boat after the Buffalo regatta ... part of the boat named BIG EAST Boat of the Week April 21 ... defeated Buffalo in her loan race as coxswain of the third varsity eight-light-weight boat with a time of 6:28.9 ... placed first with the varsity four boat in Indianapolis by defeating Indiana, Purdue, Eastern Michigan, and a second Notre Dame boat with a time of 7:56.0 ... qualified for the Lake Natoma Invitational Group "B" final by finishing second (7:17.37) and first (7:27.0) in two preliminary heats against California and Oregon State, and Stanford and Sacramento State ... placed second in the finale behind Wisconsin with a finishing time of 7:23.13 ... victorious in preliminary heat at BIG EAST Championships, stopping the clock at 7:50.91 ... later captured the gold in the finals with a time of 7:31.36 ... placed first in preliminary heat at Oak Ridge Regional with a time of 7:35.2 ... went on to finish second behind Virginia in the Grand Finals while crossing the finish line with a time of 7:22.52 ... guided the Notre Dame novice eight "A" boat to a first-place finish in the Head of the Rock Regatta clocking in at 16:51.16 ... coxed the Notre Dame varsity eight "5" boat to a seventh-place finish vs. Tulsa (16:02.4).
PREP AND PERSONAL: A three-year varsity letter winner as the coxswain at Holy Angels Academy ... team captain junior year and MVP senior year ... received Coaches' Award in 2006 and 2007 as well as the Varsity Coxswain Award in 2007 ... placed fourth place in the Canadian National Schoolboys Regatta her senior year in women's senior 4+ and second-place finish in the Head of the Fish Regatta in the women's light- weight 4+ ... SRAA Scholastic Nationals eighth-place finish in the 2009 lightweight 4+ ... a member of the National Society of High School Scholars ... founder of "Big Sister Little Sister" and the "Carpe Diem Club" ... Student Council Representative, Freshman and Sophomore Class President and Student Body Vice President ... born in Buffalo, N.Y. on May 27, 1992 ... daughter of Mark and Maria Dines ... has two siblings, Catherine and Leila ... recently completed the First Year of Studies program ... enrolled in the Mendoza College of Business.
