2015-16 Women's Rowing LT Roster

Mackenzie Whiteside

  • Height 5-4
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Littleton, Colo.

Biography

2015-2016: Won the 2016 IRA national title with the lightweight four (June 4-5)... rowed six seat for the second lightweight eight that won the EAWRC Sprints (May 1)... six seat with the second collegiate eight that placed second and third at the Big Ten/ Big 12 Invite (April 23)... helped the second lightweight eight win the Charles River Lightweight Invitational (April 17)

2014-15: Rowed four seat for lightweight four that finished second at 2015 IRA National Championships (May 31) ... four seat for lightweight four that won EAWRC Sprints (May 3) ... two seat for lightweight four that won Knecht Cup (April 19) ... one seat for lightweight eight that placed fourth at Head of the Charles (Oct. 19) ... placed third in lightweight pair at Head of the Rock (Oct. 12) ... three seat for lightweight eight that finished fifth at Head of the Rock (Oct. 12) ... six seat for lightweight eight that took second at Milwaukee River Challenge (Sept. 20) ... four seat for lightweight four that placed fourth at Milwaukee River Challenge (Sept. 20) 

2013-14: Two seat of the varsity lightweight eight that placed third at the 2013 Head of the Charles ... sophomore captain ... rowed from the two seat to help the varsity lightweight eight to a second place finish at Eastern Sprints and a sixth place finish at the 2014 IRA National Championships

2012-13: Helped UW to a first-place finish in the varsity four Grand Final at the IRA National Championships from her spot in the two seat ... rowed bow at the Eastern Sprints, where the Badgers placed fourth in the first varsity eight ... stroked Wisconsin to a first-place finish in the novice eight grand final at the Knecht Cup

High School: Was the girls team captain of the Mile High Rowing Club ... placed sixth at 2012 Youth Nationals in the women's open four with coxswain ... placed third at 2011 Club Nationals in the intermediate lightweight four with coxswain ... also a four-time letterwinner in swimming ... served as swim team co-captain

Personal: Parents are Beverly and Bob Whiteside ... has a brother Cameron ... major is genetics

Historical Player Information

  • 2013-14Sophomore

    5'4"
  • 2014-15Junior

    5'4"
  • 2015-16Senior

    5'4"