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2025-26 Women's Rowing Roster

Ella Kalmbach

  • Height 5-11
  • Class Junior
  • Highschool Kent School
  • Hometown Laguna Beach, Calif.

Biography

2024-25
  CRCA National Scholar-Athlete
SPRING
  *Brown: Varsity 8+, 3 seat (2nd/2, 6:29.2)
  *B1G Invitational (Session 1): Varsity 8+, 3 seat (3rd/6, 6:26.681)
  *B1G Invitational (Session 2): Second Varsity 8+, 7 seat (4th/5, 6:38.246)
  *B1G Invitational (Session 3): Second Varsity 8+, 7 seat (5th/6, 6:46.082)
  *Ivy Championship: Second Varsity 8+, 7 seat (6th/8, 6:22.205 heat/6:29.112 final)
  *NCAA Championship: Second Varsity 8+, 7 seat (15th/22, 6:37.494 in third final)
 
2023-24
SPRING
  *Big Ivy Dustup: Second Varsity 8+, bow seat (2nd/4, 7:01.6; 1st/3, 7:06.8)
  *Ivy Invitational (Session 1): Second Varsity 8+, 3 seat (2nd/3, 6:29.930)
  *Ivy Invitational (Session 2): Second Varsity 8+, 3 seat (1st/3, 6:47.311)
  *Lake Wheeler Invitational (Session 1): Varsity 4+, 3 seat (2nd/6, 7:41.129)
  *Lake Wheeler Invitational (Session 2): Varsity 4+, 3 seat (2nd/6, 7:55.508)
  *Lake Wheeler Invitational (Session 3): Varsity 4+, 3 seat (2nd/6, 7:22.707)
  *at Princeton: Varsity 4+, 3 seat (2nd/2, 7:30.6)
  *Ivy League Championship: Second Varsity 8+, bow seat (4th/8, 6:47.193 heat / 7:00.912 final)

High School: Three-year letter winner in rowing and was senior captain … Coached by Anastasia Salatas and Christine Wilson at Kent School Boat Club … Won silver with Second Varsity Eight at Southwest Regional Championships … Silver medal with Row West Racing Camp Varsity Eight at Club Nationals … Also competed for Oakland Strokes under coaches Allison Ray and Anita Sarrett … Also lettered twice in volleyball at the Kent School … Excellence in Spanish award at senior prize day ceremony … High honors all 3 years.
 
Personal: Older brother, William, played football at Lehigh … Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences.
 
Why Penn? “I chose Penn because I knew it would be a place where I would find success both inside and outside of the classroom. It was the perfect blend of rigorous academics and a team that I knew was going to push me to improve every day.”

Historical Player Information

  • 2023-24Freshman

    5'11"
  • 2024-25Sophomore

    5'11"
  • 2025-26Junior

    5'11"