2019-20 Women's Rowing Roster

Elizabeth Clarke

  • Height 5-10
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh, Northern Ireland
  • Highschool Enniskillen Collegiate Grammar School

Biography

2018-19: Sat three seat in the varsity four at the Big Ten Double Dual, topping both No. 13 Iowa and No. 20 Indiana (April 13) ...  Stroked the varsity four at the Pac-12 Invite (March 30-31)

2017-18: Placed 15th at the NCAA championships as the bow seat in the varsity four (May 26) ... took fourth at the Big Ten Championships (May 13) in the varsity four as two seat ... sat two seat with varsity four and placed first against Princeton/Syracuse (April 28) ... rowed two seat at the Clemson Invitational and placed fifth with varsity four (April 14) ... raced two seat with the varsity four and placed first at Frozen/Sunshine Regatta (March 31)

2016-17: Raced with the novice eight boat that placed second in two races at the Big Ten Double Dual (4/8) … rowed two seat for club four that placed second at 2016 Head of the Charles (10/22) … placed first at the 2016 Head of the Rock with the first collegiate eight and the first collegiate four (10/9) … finished first and second at the 2016 Milwaukee River Challenge with the second open four and the first open eight, respectively (9/17)

High School: Rowed five years … won Irish Junior nationals in the women’s junior eight and U23 eight for Portora Boat Club … finished second at Nationals in women’s junior pair … represented Ireland and placed fifth in the women’s pair at Junior European Championships, Coupe de la Jeunesse in Szeged, Hungary … placed second at Irish Indoor rowing championships

Personal: Parents are Barbara and Raymond Clarke … has a brother, John … brother John plays rugby for Bedfordshire University in England ... major is communication arts

Reason for choosing UW-Madison: “I chose UW-Madison for its beautiful campus and amazing university.”

What Wisconsin rowing means to you: “Wisconsin rowing to me, means being part of a team that is there for each other every day, pushing and supporting each other on and off the water to do the best that we can.”

Historical Player Information

  • 2016-17Freshman

    5'10"
  • 2017-18Sophomore

    5'10"
  • 2018-19Junior

    5'10"
  • 2019-20Senior

    5'10"