Julia Gehlert

Class:
Junior
Position:
Starboard
Height:
5-8
Hometown:
Grosse Pointe Shores, Mich.
High School:
Grosse Pointe North

At Michigan
• Member of two Big Ten Championship Teams (2019, '21)
• Big Ten Champion (2021) with the 1V8
• CRCA Scholar-Athlete (2021)
• Three-time Academic All-Big Ten (2019-20-21)
• Graduated from the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts with a degree in English

Senior (2020-21)
• In Columbus (March 27), sat fourth as the 1V4 picked up wins over Indiana and Iowa (7:31.3) in the morning and Ohio State and Michigan State (6:59.8) in the afternoon
• At the B1G vs. ACC Regatta (April 3) stroked the 2V8 to second place against No. 3 Virginia (7:16.1) and wins over No. 10 Duke (7:04.90) and Michigan State (twice) at the Big Ten/ACC Double Dual (April 3)
• Part of the 1V8 boat (bow seat) that timed 6:34.52 and came in second to Texas at Belleville Lake (April 10)
• Rowed in bow seat of the 1V8 that beat No. 20 Syracuse, No. 9 Tennessee, and No. 16 Iowa in 6:34.311 and placed second to Rutgers (+1.589) on the first day of the Big Ten Invitational (April 17)
• On the second day of the Big Ten Invitational (April 18), rowed from the bow seat in the 1V8 as it second to No. 4 Virginia and beat No. 3 Ohio State in 6:26.502
• Against Iowa and Louisville (May 2), rowed stroke in the 1V8 which beat Louisville and Iowa with a time of 6:36.95
• Rowed in bow seat for the 1V8 as it won a gold medal in 6:25.744 at the Big Ten Championships at Eagle Creek (May 16)
• From bow seat, rowed with the 1V8 to finish fourth overall (6:23.437) at the NCAA Championships (May 28-30), helping the team to a fourth-place finish

Junior (2019-20)
• Spring 2020 season canceled due to COVID-19
• Rowed in the fourth seat in Michigan’s 2V8 boat which placed 16th overall and eighth among collegiate programs in 16:14.617 at the Head of the Charles (Oct. 20)

Sophomore (2018-19)
• Sat bow as the second varsity four picked up wins over Harvard-Radcliffe in 7:20.8 and Yale in 7:57.93 at the Big Ten-Ivy League Double Dual (March 29-30)
• Stroked the third varsity four to wins over No. 10 Virginia in 7:29.2 in the morning, and 7:31.6 in the afternoon at the Big Ten-ACC Double Dual (April 6)
• Helped the third varsity four win races against Ohio State (+8.81) and Rutgers (+21.71) as well as the U-M 4v4 at OSU's Big Ten Double Dual (April 13)
• From the third seat, helped the second varsity four as it was victorious against Louisville, Michigan State, and U-M's 3v4 in 7:18.2 on Senior Day at Belleville Lake (May 5)
• Stroked the second varsity four to gold in 7:30.616 at the Big Ten Championships on Devil's Lake (May 19)

Freshman (2017-2018)
• Rowed in the novice eight boat which raced against Ohio State, Virginia, and Michigan State in Columbus (March 31)
• As a member of the first novice eight boat at the Big Ten Double Dual (April 7), helped U-M earn wins on Indiana (+22.40) and Iowa (+6.05)

Prep
• National Honor Society member
• Four-year letter winner in swimming and a captain as a Junior and Senior
• State meet competitor all four years

Personal
• Born April 20, 1999
• Daughter of Guy and Danielle Gehlert
• Mother, Danielle, graduated from U-M's School of Dentistry
• Two siblings: brother Jack and sister Kayleigh