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2025-26 Women's Rowing Roster

Christina Kamenev

  • Height 5-7
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Wesley College
  • Hometown Melbourne, Australia

Biography

2024-25
  Team Captain
  CRCA National Scholar-Athlete
SPRING
  *Big Ivy Dustup (Session 1): Varsity 8+, bow seat (1st/3, 6:25.90)
  *Big Ivy Dustup (Session 2): Varsity 8+, bow seat (2nd/2, 6:20.00)
  *Doc Hosea (Heat): Varsity 8+, bow seat (1st/6, 6:31.786)
  *Doc Hosea (Grand Final): Varsity 8+, bow seat (2nd/6, 6:34.351)
  *Brown: Varsity 8+, bow seat (2nd/2, 6:29.2)
  *B1G Invitational (Session 1): Varsity 8+, bow seat (3rd/6, 6:26.681)
  *B1G Invitational (Session 2): Varsity 8+, bow seat (3rd/5, 6:26.077)
  *B1G Invitational (Session 3): Varsity 8+, bow seat (5th/6, 6:32.431)
 
2023-24
  CRCA National Scholar-Athlete
SPRING
  *Big Ivy Dustup: Varsity 4+, 2 seat (4th/4, 7:51.6; 1st/3, 8:00.0)
  *Lake Wheeler Invitational (Session 1): Second Varsity 8+, 2 seat (3rd/6, 6:51.272)
  *Lake Wheeler Invitational (Session 2): Second Varsity 8+, 2 seat (1st/6, 6:57.505)
  *Lake Wheeler Invitational (Session 3): Second Varsity 8+, 2 seat (3rd/6, 6:40.536)
  *at Princeton: Varsity 4+, bow seat (2nd/2, 7:30.6)
  *Ivy League Championship: Varsity 4+, bow seat (5th/8, 7:47.024 heat / 7:52.500 final)
  *NCAA Championship: Second Varsity 8+, 2 seat (10th/22, 6:35.449 in petite final)

2022-23
SPRING
  *Doc Hosea: Varsity 4+, 3 seat (2nd/4, 7:32.05)
  *Murphy Cup (heat): Varsity 4+, 2 seat (1st/5, 7:19.97)
  *Murphy Cup (final): Varsity 4+, 2 seat (1st/6, 7:11.08)
  *Ivy Invitational (Session 1): Varsity 4+, 2 seat (1st/4, 7:22.7)
  *Ivy Invitational (Session 2): Varsity 4+, 2 seat (2nd/3, 7:16.260)
  *Ivy Invitational (Session 3): Varsity 4+, 2 seat (2nd/3, 7:30.579)
  *Lake Wheeler Invitational (Session 1): Second Varsity 8+, 4 seat (1st/6, 6:25.000)
  *Lake Wheeler Invitational (Session 2): Second Varsity 8+, 4 seat (1st/6, 6:47.610)
  *Lake Wheeler Invitational (Session 3): Second Varsity 8+, 4 seat (1st/6, 6:45.275)
  *at Princeton: Second Varsity 8+, 2 seat (2nd/2, 6:38.0)
  *Ivy League Championship: Second Varsity 8+, 2 seat (3rd/8, 6:18.836 heat / 6:17.240 final)
  *NCAA Championship: Second Varsity 8+, 2 seat (9th/22, 6:37.563 petite final)
  *Henley Women’s Regatta: Second Varsity 8+, 5 seat (1-1, lost to Penn ‘A’ in Ron Needs Challenge Cup round of 16)
  *Henley Royal Regatta: Second Varsity 8+, 5 seat (1-1, lost to Oxford Brookes ‘B’ in Island Challenge Cup round of 16)
 
High School: Rows with Melbourne University Boat Club … Took first place at the U17 Australian Indoor Rowing Championships (2k) … Highest Honour Colours in rowing, cross country and track & field … Captain of rowing and cross country teams … APS Head of the River Premiership winners … Took first in Women’s Four at U19 Australian National Championships … In cross country, Premiership winners at APS Championships … In track, took first at U18 Victorian All-Schools and U20 Victorian All-Schools Championships in relays … IBDP … Debating.
 
Personal: Enrolled in Wharton.
 
Why Penn? “Penn's relentless persistence within academics and crew is precisely what I was looking for. In taking the risk and moving to the United States, I had to be certain I was coming to a good school, and Penn has proven to be exactly its worth.”

Historical Player Information

  • 2022-23Freshman

    5'7"
  • 2023-24Sophomore

    5'7"
  • C

    2024-25Junior

    5'7"
    C
  • C

    2025-26Senior

    5'7"
    C