2026 Women's Rowing Roster
Roster

Lily Wood
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Chester, United Kingdom
- High School:
- The King's School Chester
- Major:
- Sport Management
HONORS & AWARDS
Senior (2026):
Junior (2025):Ā
Freshman (2023):Ā
Additional Info:
- CRCA Second Team All-American (2026, 2025)
- CRCA Honorable Mention All-American (2024)
- First Team All-Big Ten (2026, 2025, 2024)
- Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (2026)
- Academic All-Big Ten (2026, 2025)
- Big Ten Boat of the Week (Apr. 1, 2025Ā - V8)
- Big Ten Boat of the Week (Mar. 25, 2025 - V8)
Senior (2026):
- CRCA Second Team All-Big Ten
- First Team All-Big Ten
- Big Ten Distinguished ScholarĀ
- Academic All-Big Ten
- Placed fifth in petite final and 11th overall with Varsity 8 at 2026 NCAA Championships (5/31)
- Captured silver with the Varsity 8 at the 2026 Big Ten Championships, one of seven total and six silver at the championships (5/17)
- Won the opening heat with the Varsity 8 at the 2026 Big Ten Championships to advance to the grand final (5/15)
- Placed sixth in the grand final with the Varsity 8 at the Women's Eastern Sprints (5/2)Ā
- Won the prelim heat with the Varsity 8 ahead of #21 Harvard-Radcliffe at the Women's Eastern Sprints (5/2)
- Runner-up with the Varsity 8 behind #6 Princeton and ahead of Cornell in the afternoonĀ session at the Ivy League Invitational (4/11)
- Finished third with the Varsity 8 behind #9 Brown and #7 Virginia in the morning session at the Ivy League Invitational (4/11)
- Runner-upĀ with the Varsity 8 behind #12 SyracuseĀ in the afternoonĀ sessionĀ at the Doc Hosea Invitational (3/29)
- Finished second with the Varsity 8 behind #3 Yale and ahead of #16 Penn in the morning sessionĀ at the Doc Hosea Invitational (3/29)
Junior (2025):Ā
- CRCA Second Team All-American
- First Team All-Big Ten
- Gold medalist with Great Britain in the women's eight at U23 World ChampionshipsĀ in Poznan, Poland
- Runner-up in the petite final and eighth overall with the Varsity 8 at the 2025 NCAA Championships, scoring 45 points to help Rutgers to an eighth-place national finishĀ
- Runner-up with the VarsityĀ 8 at the 2025 Big Ten Championships, helping Rutgers to medal in all seven races and its highest finish at the championship with a second-place result
- Champion in the grand final with Varsity 8 at the 2025 Eastern Sprints, helping Rutgers to a second-straight team title and seven total medals
- Big Ten Invitational champion with Varsity 8, beating out boats from No. 16 Duke, No. 17 Oregon State, No. 21 IndianaĀ and No. 24 USC
- Doc Hosea champion with Varsity 8, helping Rutgers to the team title behind five grand final top finishes ahead of No. 12 Penn
- Big Ten/Ivy Dust Up champion with Varsity 8 ahead of No. 11 Penn, helping Rutgers to six race victories
Sophomore (2024):Ā
- Finished 15th place in the country competing in the Varsity 8, contributing to a 14th place team finish at the NCAA Championships (6/2)
- Finished 4th place with the Varsity 8Ā at the 2024 Big Ten Rowing Championship (5/19)
- Finished second with the Varsity 8 in the grand final of the Eastern Sprints (5/5)
- Finished second with the Varsity 8 in the second and third session of the Big Ten Invitational (4/19, 4/20)
Freshman (2023):Ā
- Placed first with Novice Eight in session 2 and 3Ā at the Ivy League Invitational (4/13)
- Finished secondĀ with Novice 8Ā at Eastern Sprints (4/30)
- Finished 6th place with the Novice 8 at the 2023 Big Ten Rowing Championship, contributing to a 4th place team finish (5/14)
Additional Info:
- Played netball and rowedĀ in high schoolĀ
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