2019-20 Women's Rowing Roster
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Wenzke, Makayla
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Makayla Wenzke
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Mullica Hill, N.J.
- High School:
- Bishop Eustace
Bio
2021-22 / Graduate Student
CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll...competed in eight races for the Dragons as part of Second Varsity 8...won gold medals at Knecht Cup Regatta, Kerr Cup Regatta and Kelly Cup Regatta...CAA champion in Cara Fry.
2020-21 / Senior
Competed in eight races for the Dragons, seven of them in the Second Varsity 8…helped Drexel to a gold medal at the Dad Vail Regatta and a first place finish at the Kelly Cup Regatta…part of the 2V8 boat that took second at the CAA Championships…led the 2V8 that was first in the Murphy Cup Regatta and against Penn.
2019-20 / Junior
Granted another season of eligibility by the NCAA due to the COVID-19 pandemic…received a place on the CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll…began the year with a win in the second varsity eight over Army, Rutgers, Coast Guard Academy and Villanova at the Rumson Boat Race on the Navesink River in Rumson, N.J. (Sept. 21)…placed third in the second varsity eight grand final at the 1969 Cup on Mercer Lake in New Jersey (Nov. 2)…rowed to a fourth-place finish with the second varsity eight in the Club Championship 8+ race at the Head of the Schuylkill Regatta (Oct. 26)…competed in the women’s varsity four at the 55th Head of the Charles Regatta in Boston (Oct. 19), finishing in the top half of a field of 56 boats…featured in the women’s open 8+ B boat at the Navy Day Regatta on the Schuylkill (Oct. 12)…raced in the varsity eight B boat at the Princeton Chase on Lake Carnegie in Princeton, N.J. (Oct. 27).
2018-19 / Sophomore
Member of the second varsity eight from the four seat for a majority of the races this spring…in the four seat, part of a fourth place finish in the second varsity eight at the CAA Championships (May 19)…placed third in the second varsity eight at the Dad Vail Regatta (May 11)…finished fourth in the second varsity eight at the Eastern Sprints on Lake Quinsigamond in Worcester, Mass. (May 5)…won gold in the second varsity eight at the Kerr Cup Regatta (April 20)…helped capture the women’s team points trophy at the George Washington Invitational with three second varsity eight wins over Duquesne, GW and MIT (April 12-13)…finished second in the third final of the second varsity eight at the San Diego Crew Classic on Mission Bay in California (April 7)…placed sixth in the grand final in the second varsity four at the Cooper Sprints on the Cooper River in New Jersey (March 24)…in the third varsity eight, defeated La Salle in the second varsity eight race to open the spring on the Schuylkill River (March 16).
2017-18 / Freshman
Helped the Dragons to their sixth consecutive overall team title at the Dad Vail Regatta…key piece in the women’s team winning its second consecutive women’s title at the Dad Vail Regatta…sat stroke in the second varsity four that captured silver at the Dad Vail Regatta…at the Kelly Cup finished second in second varsity eight…finished sixth in the second varsity eight at the Cooper Sprints…sat 6-seat in the second varsity eight that placed second at the 36th Memorial Murphy Cup Regatta…at the 52nd annual Kerr Cup Regatta placed second in the second varsity eight…in the fall, sat stroke at the Head of the Schuylkill Regatta where the freshman eight placed first…placed second as part of the freshman eight at the Navy Day Regatta.
Background
Was a four-year rower at Bishop Eustace Prep in Pennsauken, N.J….2017 SRAA Nationals varsity four silver medalist…earned the bronze medal at Stotesbury, City Championships and Cooper Cup in the varsity four in 2017…won the silver medal at the 2017 Garden State Championships and the 2017 MAYC…gold medalist at SRAA Nationals with the junior four and Stotesbury with the varsity four in 2016…bronze medalist at the City Championships and silver medalist at MAYC in 2016.
Personal
Daughter of Heidi and Paul Wenzke…has a sister and a brother…sister Kendall was a standout rower at Drexel from 2013-17…triple majoring in marketing, legal studies and business analytics.
CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll...competed in eight races for the Dragons as part of Second Varsity 8...won gold medals at Knecht Cup Regatta, Kerr Cup Regatta and Kelly Cup Regatta...CAA champion in Cara Fry.
2020-21 / Senior
Competed in eight races for the Dragons, seven of them in the Second Varsity 8…helped Drexel to a gold medal at the Dad Vail Regatta and a first place finish at the Kelly Cup Regatta…part of the 2V8 boat that took second at the CAA Championships…led the 2V8 that was first in the Murphy Cup Regatta and against Penn.
2019-20 / Junior
Granted another season of eligibility by the NCAA due to the COVID-19 pandemic…received a place on the CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll…began the year with a win in the second varsity eight over Army, Rutgers, Coast Guard Academy and Villanova at the Rumson Boat Race on the Navesink River in Rumson, N.J. (Sept. 21)…placed third in the second varsity eight grand final at the 1969 Cup on Mercer Lake in New Jersey (Nov. 2)…rowed to a fourth-place finish with the second varsity eight in the Club Championship 8+ race at the Head of the Schuylkill Regatta (Oct. 26)…competed in the women’s varsity four at the 55th Head of the Charles Regatta in Boston (Oct. 19), finishing in the top half of a field of 56 boats…featured in the women’s open 8+ B boat at the Navy Day Regatta on the Schuylkill (Oct. 12)…raced in the varsity eight B boat at the Princeton Chase on Lake Carnegie in Princeton, N.J. (Oct. 27).
2018-19 / Sophomore
Member of the second varsity eight from the four seat for a majority of the races this spring…in the four seat, part of a fourth place finish in the second varsity eight at the CAA Championships (May 19)…placed third in the second varsity eight at the Dad Vail Regatta (May 11)…finished fourth in the second varsity eight at the Eastern Sprints on Lake Quinsigamond in Worcester, Mass. (May 5)…won gold in the second varsity eight at the Kerr Cup Regatta (April 20)…helped capture the women’s team points trophy at the George Washington Invitational with three second varsity eight wins over Duquesne, GW and MIT (April 12-13)…finished second in the third final of the second varsity eight at the San Diego Crew Classic on Mission Bay in California (April 7)…placed sixth in the grand final in the second varsity four at the Cooper Sprints on the Cooper River in New Jersey (March 24)…in the third varsity eight, defeated La Salle in the second varsity eight race to open the spring on the Schuylkill River (March 16).
2017-18 / Freshman
Helped the Dragons to their sixth consecutive overall team title at the Dad Vail Regatta…key piece in the women’s team winning its second consecutive women’s title at the Dad Vail Regatta…sat stroke in the second varsity four that captured silver at the Dad Vail Regatta…at the Kelly Cup finished second in second varsity eight…finished sixth in the second varsity eight at the Cooper Sprints…sat 6-seat in the second varsity eight that placed second at the 36th Memorial Murphy Cup Regatta…at the 52nd annual Kerr Cup Regatta placed second in the second varsity eight…in the fall, sat stroke at the Head of the Schuylkill Regatta where the freshman eight placed first…placed second as part of the freshman eight at the Navy Day Regatta.
Background
Was a four-year rower at Bishop Eustace Prep in Pennsauken, N.J….2017 SRAA Nationals varsity four silver medalist…earned the bronze medal at Stotesbury, City Championships and Cooper Cup in the varsity four in 2017…won the silver medal at the 2017 Garden State Championships and the 2017 MAYC…gold medalist at SRAA Nationals with the junior four and Stotesbury with the varsity four in 2016…bronze medalist at the City Championships and silver medalist at MAYC in 2016.
Personal
Daughter of Heidi and Paul Wenzke…has a sister and a brother…sister Kendall was a standout rower at Drexel from 2013-17…triple majoring in marketing, legal studies and business analytics.
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