Carla Russell

Class:
Senior
Height:
5-10
Hometown:
Henley-On-Thames, England
High School:
Sir William Borlase's Grammar School
Major:
Applied Exercise Science

At Michigan
• Member of two Big Ten Championship Teams (2023, '24)
• Three-time Big Ten Champion (2022, 2V8; 2023-24, 1V4)
• CRCA Scholar-Athlete (2025)
• Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (2024)
• Three-time Academic All-Big Ten (2023-25)
• Enrolled in the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts

Senior (2025)
• Rowed in the second seat of the 1V8 as it finished second (6:27.17) against Syracuse and Penn in the morning session of the Big Ten/Ivy Dust Up (March 22)
• Timed 7:10.5 with 1V4 from the second seat against Yale during the afternoon session at the Big Ten/Ivy Dust Up
• From the sixth seat of the 1V8, timed 6:46.4 against Oklahoma and 7:04.8 against Virginia at the Big Ten/ACC Challenge (March 29)
• Placed second (6:19.13) with the 1V8 in the bow seat at Texas (April 12)
• Finished first (6:19.93) in the morning and fourth (6:28.53) in the afternoon session in the bow seat of the 1V8 on day one (April 18) of the Big Ten Invitational
• From the bow seat, placed fourth (6:30.70) in the 1V8 on day two (April 19) of the Big Ten Invitational
• On the first day of the Big Ten Championship (May 17), helped the 1V8 advance to the grand finals in second place (6:30.17) from the second seat
• Earned bronze in 6:10.09 from the second seat of the 1V8 to help the team finish third overall on finals day of the Big Ten Championship (May 18)
• From the second seat, helped the 1V8 advance to petite finals and time 6:20.14 to finish 12th as a boat and 11th as a team at the NCAA Championship (June 1)

Junior (2024)
• Rowed in the second seat of the 1V4 as it timed 7:44.8 over Virginia in the morning and 7:54.5 against Duke in the afternoon at the Big Ten-ACC Challenge (March 30)
• Rowed in bow seat of the 2V8 as it timed 6:44.0 to beat Michigan State (April 6)
• Helped the 2V8 finish second against Texas (April 13) in 6:34.24 from bow seat
• Finished second (6:32.958) and first (6:39.970) from bow seat of the 2V8 on the first day of the Big Ten Invitational (April 19)
• Placed third (6.39.856) with the 2V8 in bow seat on the second day of the Big Ten Invitational (April 20)
• Won a gold medal in 7:00.649 from the second seat of the 1V4 to help the team win the Big Ten Championship (May 19)
• Rowed in the second seat of the 1V4 as it won the Petite Final with a time of 7:13.916 to place seventh overall at the NCAA Championship (May 31-June 2), helping the team finish seventh

Sophomore (2022-23)
• From the 1V4's stroke seat, timed 8:03.9 to beat Duke (March 31) and 7:43.93 against Virginia (April 1) at the ACC-Big Ten Double Dual
• From the stroke seat of the 1V4, placed third in 7:15.080, ahead of Indiana and behind Stanford and SMU on the first day of the Big Ten Invitational (April 7); during the second session, placed second from the bow seat in 7:21.221 behind Duke and ahead of UCLA and Iowa
• From the bow seat of the 1V4, placed third in 7:14.583 behind Brown, Stanford and Ohio State on the second day of the Big Ten Invitational (April 8)
• Rowed in the second seat of the 1V4 as it timed 7:24.926 against Texas (April 15)
• On Senior Day against Louisville (April 30), stroked the 2V4 to victory in 7:23.25
• Won gold from the third seat of the 1V4 (7:18.086) to help the team win the Big Ten Championship (May 14)
• From the third seat, rowed with the 1V4 to finish ninth overall (third, Petite Final) with a time of 7:23.781 at the NCAA Championship (May 26-28) to help the team place 11th

Freshman (2021-22)
• Made her U-M debut in bow seat of the 1V8 in a scrimmage against Indiana (March 25)
• From the 2V8's stroke seat, helped time 7:07.2 against Virginia at the ACC-Big Ten Challenge (April 2)
• Helped the 2V8 time 7:14.7 against Duke from the stroke seat at the ACC-Big Ten Challenge (April 2)
• Rowed the 2V8's bow seat, and timed 6:38.49 against Texas (April 9)
• Rowed in fifth seat of the 2V8 on the first day of the Big Ten Invitational (April 15), placing second in the morning to Virginia in 6:37.957 (-.456) and second to Brown in the afternoon in 6:46.249
• Placed second to Stanford with the 2V8 (6:21.081) in the fifth seat on the second day of the Big Ten Invitational (April 16)
• On Senior Day against Louisville (May 1), rowed the 2V8 to a win from the seventh seat with a time of 6:44.4
• From the seventh seat, helped the 2V8 to a gold medal at the Big Ten Championship (May 15) in a time of 6:23.917
• Seventh seat of the 12th-place 2V8 (sixth, Petite Final) at the NCAA Championships (May 29), which timed 6:42.784 to help the team finish 10th

Prep
• Attends Sir William Borlase's Grammar School in Marlow, England
• Leader of Debate Society and member of Politics Society
• History Scholar Award recipient
• Rows with Henley Rowing Club (HRC) and Leander Club
• Rowed with the Great Britain U19 team in winter 2019 training camp located in Spain
• Set three national records rowing with HRC
• Three-time Henley women's winner (2017-19)
• In the same span, won four national titles and five British Championships
• Two-time silver medalist at British Nationals
• Also earned half-colours in 2018-19 as part of the soccer team

Personal
• Daughter of Kate and Jack Russell