Megan Hinkle

Class:
Senior
Position:
Port/Starboard
Height:
5-10
Hometown:
Troy, Ohio
High School:
Troy Christain

At Michigan
• Member of two Big Ten Championship Teams (2019, '21)
• NCAA Medalist (bronze, 2019 2V8)
• Two-time Big Ten Champion (2021, 3V4; 2019, 2V8)
• Enrolled in the College of Literature, Science and the Arts; major undecided

Senior (2020-21)
• Rowed in the second seat of the 2V4 in Columbus (March 27) as it picked up wins over Indiana and Iowa (7:30.0) in the morning and Ohio State and Michigan State (7:57.66) in the afternoon
• Rowed in two seat of the 2V4 boat and beat No. 10 Duke (8:02.5), No. 3 Virginia, and Michigan State (8:17.9) at the Big Ten vs. ACC Regatta (April 3)
• From the third seat, helped the 1V4 boat time 7:46.73 to come second to Texas at Belleville Lake (April 10)
• At the first day of the Big Ten Invitational (April 17), stroked the 2V4 as it won both races, first beating No. 10 Rutgers and t-No. 18 Washington State in 7:23.229, then beating No. 20 Syracuse, No. 9 Tennessee, and No. 16 Iowa in 7:34.088
• From the stroke seat, helped the 2V4 defeat No. 4 Virginia, No. 20 Syracuse and No. 3 Ohio State in 7:14.086 on the second day of the Big Ten Invitational (April 18)
• Rowed fifth in the 2V8 against Iowa and Louisville (May 2), winning with a time of 6:45.5
• Rowed in the third seat for the 3V4 as it won a gold medal in 7:24.468 at the Big Ten Championships at Eagle Creek (May 16)

Junior (2019-20)
• Spring 2020 season canceled due to COVID-19

Sophomore (2018-19)
• Rowed in the three seat to help the second varsity eight to wins over Harvard-Radcliffe in 6:39.7 and Yale in 6:57.22 at the Big Ten-Ivy League Double Dual (March 29-30)
• Helped the second varsity eight complete an ACC sweep of No. 10 Virginia in 6:36.0, and No. 17 Syracuse and Duke in 6:35.3 in a pair of tight races at the Big Ten-ACC Double Dual (April 6)
• Sat in the three seat as the second varsity eight swept Ohio State (+1.6) and Rutgers (+1.44) at OSU's Big Ten Double Dual (April 13)
• Competed with the second varsity eight to finish +1.57 behind No. 1 Washington for second place ahead of Ohio State at Lake Las Vegas (April 20)
• From the fifth seat, helped the second varsity eight as it bested Louisville and Michigan State on Senior Day at Belleville Lake (May 5)
• Sat third as the second varsity eight won a gold medal in 6:30.479 at the Big Ten Championships on Devil's Lake (May 19)
• From the third seat, helped the second varsity eight to a bronze medal in 6:15.063 at the NCAA Championships (May 31-June 2) which led to a third-place team finish

Freshman (2017-18)
• Competed in a four-piece set scrimmage against Eastern Michigan (Sept. 17), recording 11:47.1 time in the first piece
• At the Head of the Charles (Oct. 22) helped the 2V8 boat finish 30th in 16:13.019
• Made her varsity debut at the Louisville Cardinal Invitational (March 17-18)
• Member of the 2V8 boat which won all three of its races at the Louisville Cardinal Invitational (March 17-18), posting times of 6:16.602 over Wisconsin and Minnesota, 6:17.022 over Yale and 6:06.166 (+9.41) over Virginia, among others
• Earned a second-place finish in the 1V8 boat at Princeton's Class of 1987 Cup Regatta, crossing at 7:00.9 ahead of Brown (+2.4) and behind Princeton (-5.4)
• Helped the 2V8 boat beat Clemson (6:39.69; +16.49) at Ohio State (March 31)
• Competed as part of the second varsity eight boat at the Big Ten Double Dual (April 7), picking up wins over No. 16 Indiana (+16.51) and No. 11 Iowa (+0.03)
• Earned a second-place finish as a part of the 2V8 boat in Las Vegas, crossing at 6:15.77 ahead of No. 3-ranked Texas (+1.62) and behind No. 1-ranked Washington (-4.37)
• As a member of the 2V8, beat Louisville in 6:31.00 (+10.44) on Senior Day (April 29)
• Rowed to a silver medal finish at the Big Ten Championships (May 13), finishing in 6:27.604
• As part of the 2V8 boat, finished fourth nationally at the NCAA Championships (May 25-27) with a time of 6:28.576

Prep
• National Honor Society member; Honor Roll and High Honor Roll member
• Competed in Youth Nationals on two occasions finishing third in the single and 11th in the quad (2017) and fourth in the single and 14th in the quad (2016)
• Two-year competitor at Club Nationals, rowing with the USR HP camp; won two silver medals (U19 8+, 2015; U19 single, 2017) and one bronze (Intermediate 8+)
• Also rowed at US Youth Nationals, finishing fifth in the quad and eighth in the single (2015)
• Two-year C.R.A.S.H.-B's competitor, finishing fifth in women's juniors (2016) and third in U23 (2017)
• Three-year competitor at Head of the Hooch, finishing eighth in the single and fourth in the quad (2014); second in the double, sixth in the single and second in the quad (2015); fifth in the double, second in the single and second in the quad (2017)