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    Abby Meyers  
    Abby Meyers

    Class:
    Senior

    Hometown:
    Dayton, OH

    High School:
    Chaminade-Julienne

    Height:
    5-1


    05/19/2013

    Irish Claim Five Grand Final Titles To Earn 10th Consecutive BIG EAST Championship

    Seven Notre Dame rowers earned all-BIG EAST accolades, Irish coaches named coaching staff of the year

    05/18/2013

    Irish Look For 10th Straight BIG EAST Title Sunday

    Notre Dame has never finished outside the top two teams at the conference races

    04/21/2013

    No. 12 Irish Claim Share Of Third Place At Lake Natoma Invitational

    Notre Dame wins two races on final day of competition

    04/20/2013

    No. 12 Irish Post Strong Finishes On Day One Of Lake Natoma Invitational

    Notre Dame logs eight runner-up finishes against top collegiate crews

    04/06/2013

    Irish Earn Crucial Race Wins At Ohio State Invitational

    No. 13 Notre Dame defeats No. 8 Michigan in pair of varsity eight contests

    06/04/2012

    2011-12 Notre Dame Rowing: A Season in Photos

    Images of the Fighting Irish en route to another BIG EAST championship and NCAA berth.

    10/07/2011

    10/6 Women's Rowing Practice

    Notre Dame Women's Rowing practicing on the water on October 6th, 2011

    09/08/2011

    Irish Rowing Practice

    Photos of the Irish practicing on the river

    FALL 2012: Served as the coxswain for the 12th place varsity eight entry in the championship eight race at the prestigious Head of the Charles Regatta in Boston, Mass. ... the field included the 2012 Olympic gold medalist United States Rowing team, the London Rowing Club and defending national champion Virginia.

    AS A JUNIOR: Served as coxswain for the Irish in the varsity eight boat throughout the season ... named a 2012 CRCA Scholar Athlete, one of six Irish rowers to make the list ... honored with the first varsity eight as BIG EAST Crew of the Week (May 2) ... earned second monogram ... coxed three races in the Oak Ridge Cardinal Invite, winning all three for the first varsity eight boat with a best time of 6:23.00 over Tennessee ... also defeated Minnesota and Kansas (6:25.90), as well as Alabama and Jacksonville (6:34.40) ... coxed against Ohio State with the first varsity eight boat (6:35.39) ... helped the team beat Louisville and Purdue in their second-place finish at Indianapolis (6:27.70) ... competed in all three races at the Virginia Invite, claiming two wins and a best time of 6:27.60 over Clemson ... also finished second to Virginia in the Saturday afternoon session (6:35.40), as well as beating Penn and San Diego (6:40.80) ... coxed against Southern California for the first varsity eight boat (6:32.20) at the Stanford Women's Invite ... later that afternoon, coxed the same boat against Stanford in a close race, finishing second (6:31.70) ... coxed the first varsity eight to a grand final victory over Syracuse, Iowa and Louisville in the BIG EAST Invite (6:41.00) ... qualified for the BIG EAST Championship grand final with a five second win over Syracuse (6:22.016) ... coxed boat to a BIG EAST Championship grand final win over rivals Syracuse, Louisville and Georgetown, sporting a time of 6:31.724 in the win ... went to the NCAA Championships with the varsity eight boat ... finished fifth in the preliminary heat (7:04.44), followed by a 7:07.98 seventh place finish in the repechage heat ... served as coxswain in the fourth place finish (6:40.33) of the third final to conclude 16th at the NCAA Championships.

    AS A SOPHOMORE: Spent the spring season as coxswain for the varsity eight boat for the Irish ... named a CRCA National Scholar-Athlete ... guided her boat to a first place finish in the first regatta of the spring against Buffalo with a time of 6:10.9 ... came across the finish line in second in Indianapolis with a time of 6:29.0 against Indiana, Purdue, and Eastern Michigan ... qualified for Lake Natoma Invitational grand final with a pair of second place finishes behind California and Stanford in preliminaries with times of 6:36.57 and 6:40.67, respec- tively ... finished behind only Tennessee in the Group "B" varsity eight finale, posting a time of 6:33.0 ... won the preliminary heat for the varsity eight in the BIG EAST Championships (6:56.5) qualifying the boat for the finals ... went on to finish second in the finals behind Louisville while finishing the race with a time of 6:42.83 ... crossed the line fourth (6:35.18) at the Oak Ridge Regional finals behind Virginia, Clemson, and Duke ... qualified for those finals by coming in second behind Virginia after posting a time of 6:43.41 ... coxed the varsity four (18:06.36) and varsity eight (16:39.58) to ninth-place finishes at the Head of the Rock Regatta ... set the pace in the varsity eight race vs. Tulsa on the Notre Dame "1" boat, stopping the clock at 14:13.1.

    AS A FRESHMAN: Coxed the novice eight boat for the Irish during the spring season ... raced in heat two against Buffalo, guiding the boat to a victory in a time of 5:30.5 ... finished third in a race against Michigan and Michigan State, crossing the line at 7:07.8 ... the following day, held off the likes of Indiana, Buffalo, Purdue and Eastern Michigan with a race-winning mark of 7:49.9 ... finished second against both USC and UCLA, ending the morning race against the Trojans in a time of 7:20.36 and finished the afternoon run against the Bruins in 8:12.67 ... captured the prelim victory at the BIG EAST Championships in a time of 7:26.996 ... later went on to win the grand final race, holding off Connecticut, with a mark of 7:32.732 ... coxed boat to the grand final race at the Central/South Sprints, placing sixth with a pace of 7:00.76 ... served as a coxswain for the Irish in the fall campaign ... opened up competition at the Head of the Rock Regatta in the novice eight race ... led her boat to the race victory, as the crew posted a winning time of 16:15.34 ... coxed the Notre Dame "B" novice eight boat to a third-place finish in flight two against Indiana, Iowa and Michigan State, recording a time of 15:14.90 ... named to the BIG EAST All-Academic Team.

    PREP AND PERSONAL: Was a member of the rowing team while attending Chaminade-Julienne, lettering during her sophomore through senior years ... enjoyed success with the teams varsity four boat, capturing the Governors Cup Regatta and getting a silver medal at the Midwest Junior Championships in her junior year ... during senior season, won the gold at the Head of the Eagle and earned bronze at the Hoover Invitational ... was a member of the National Honor Society ... born in Dayton, Ohio ... daughter of Stuart and Amy Meyers ... has two siblings - Trevor and Marcie ... enrolled in the College of Arts and Letters as a double major in economics and mathematics.

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