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2021-22 Women's Rowing Roster
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Comerford, Grace
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Grace Comerford
- Height:
- 5-11
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Wyndmoor, Pa.
- High School:
- Mount Saint Joseph Academy
- Prev School:
- Virginia
Bio
2021-22 / Graduate Student
CAA All-Conference...CRCA Scholar-Athlete...CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll...competed in nine races for the Dragons mostly as stroke for the Varsity 8 boat...guided Drexel to wins against La Salle, Villanova, Saint Joseph’s, and UMass...was victorious in the Kerr Cup Regatta and Kelly Cup Regatta...placed second in CAA Championships in Alleva XVII.
2020-21 (at Virginia)
Helped the Second Varsity Eight to a fifth-place finish at the NCAA Championships...Part of the ACC champion Second Varsity Eight...Named All-ACC First Team...Named to the ARI Recruiting DI All-Conference Team...Most Valuable Oarswoman Award voted on by teammates and coaches...CRCA National Scholar-Athlete honoree...Named to the All-ACC Academic team...Named to the ACC Honor Roll...Lettered
2019-20 (at Virginia)
Named to the ACC Honor Roll...Lettered
2018-19 (at Virginia)
Bow of the Varsity Four that finished 13th at the NCAA Championships...Bow of the ACC champion Second Varsity Four...Member of the CRCA National Scholar-Athlete team...Member of the ACC Honor Roll...Lettered
2017-18 (at Virginia)
Bow of the ACC champion Third Varsity Eight...Named to the ACC Honor Roll...Lettered
Background
Rowed for Mount Saint Joseph under head coach Michael McKenna from 2013-17...Four-year letter winner in swimming at Mount Saint Joseph...Captured 20 medals rowing for Mount Saint Joseph, including two golds in the Philadelphia City Championships (2016, 2017), two silvers in the USRowing Mid-Atlantic Youth Championships (2016, 2017), and a silver and two bronze in the Stotesbury Cup Regatta (2015, 2016, 2017)...Rowed in USRowing Youth National Championships in 2016 and 2017...Rowed in Henley Women’s Regatta in 2015...Competed in the Head of the Charles Regatta three times...Served as swimming team captain as a senior...Medaled twice in conference championships and qualified for State District Championships three consecutive years for swimming...Medaled six times at Country Club Association of Greater Philadelphia Championships, and was overall league champion in 50 yard breaststroke in 2016...Finished in top three in age group five years in a row in the Stone Harbor Triathlon, including first in 2016, 2018, and 2019...Recipient of the 2017 Stephanie Arizin Christian Scholar Athlete Award, 2017 Pat McManus Memorial Leadership Award, and 2017 Scholastic Rowing Association of American Gold Scholarship...Named to the National Honor Society and graduated with distinguished honors
Personal
Daughter of David and Robin...Has two brothers, DJ and Kevin, and a sister, Julia...Majoring in Nutrition and Dietetics.
CAA All-Conference...CRCA Scholar-Athlete...CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll...competed in nine races for the Dragons mostly as stroke for the Varsity 8 boat...guided Drexel to wins against La Salle, Villanova, Saint Joseph’s, and UMass...was victorious in the Kerr Cup Regatta and Kelly Cup Regatta...placed second in CAA Championships in Alleva XVII.
2020-21 (at Virginia)
Helped the Second Varsity Eight to a fifth-place finish at the NCAA Championships...Part of the ACC champion Second Varsity Eight...Named All-ACC First Team...Named to the ARI Recruiting DI All-Conference Team...Most Valuable Oarswoman Award voted on by teammates and coaches...CRCA National Scholar-Athlete honoree...Named to the All-ACC Academic team...Named to the ACC Honor Roll...Lettered
2019-20 (at Virginia)
Named to the ACC Honor Roll...Lettered
2018-19 (at Virginia)
Bow of the Varsity Four that finished 13th at the NCAA Championships...Bow of the ACC champion Second Varsity Four...Member of the CRCA National Scholar-Athlete team...Member of the ACC Honor Roll...Lettered
2017-18 (at Virginia)
Bow of the ACC champion Third Varsity Eight...Named to the ACC Honor Roll...Lettered
Background
Rowed for Mount Saint Joseph under head coach Michael McKenna from 2013-17...Four-year letter winner in swimming at Mount Saint Joseph...Captured 20 medals rowing for Mount Saint Joseph, including two golds in the Philadelphia City Championships (2016, 2017), two silvers in the USRowing Mid-Atlantic Youth Championships (2016, 2017), and a silver and two bronze in the Stotesbury Cup Regatta (2015, 2016, 2017)...Rowed in USRowing Youth National Championships in 2016 and 2017...Rowed in Henley Women’s Regatta in 2015...Competed in the Head of the Charles Regatta three times...Served as swimming team captain as a senior...Medaled twice in conference championships and qualified for State District Championships three consecutive years for swimming...Medaled six times at Country Club Association of Greater Philadelphia Championships, and was overall league champion in 50 yard breaststroke in 2016...Finished in top three in age group five years in a row in the Stone Harbor Triathlon, including first in 2016, 2018, and 2019...Recipient of the 2017 Stephanie Arizin Christian Scholar Athlete Award, 2017 Pat McManus Memorial Leadership Award, and 2017 Scholastic Rowing Association of American Gold Scholarship...Named to the National Honor Society and graduated with distinguished honors
Personal
Daughter of David and Robin...Has two brothers, DJ and Kevin, and a sister, Julia...Majoring in Nutrition and Dietetics.
Drexel's Autocomplete With Rowing Coach Paul Savell
Tuesday, March 18
Justin Best - Olympic Gold Medal Rower
Wednesday, March 05
Dragon Leadership Academy Feature 2024
Friday, March 01
Game Plans - Presented by The Study - Rowing Coach Katie Lane
Tuesday, February 06
