Gracie Landefeld

Class:
Senior
Height:
5-11
Hometown:
Marietta, Ga.
High School:
Wheeler Magnet Center for Advanced STEM Studies
Major:
Industrial and Operations Engineering

At Michigan
• Member of two Big Ten Championship Teams (2023, '24)
• Two-time Big Ten Champion (2022, 3V4; 2024, 2V8)
• Three-time CRCA Scholar-Athlete (2023-25)
• Three-time Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (2023-25)
• Three-time Academic All-Big Ten (2023-25)
• Enrolled at the College of Engineering (COE), majoring in Industrial and Operations Engineering

Senior (2025)
• Recognized on the For Stars Network Divsion 1 Women's Rowing Spring Watch List
• Rowed in the third seat of the 2V8 as it finished second (6:43.97) against Syracuse and Penn in the morning session of the Big Ten/Ivy Dust Up (March 22)
• Timed 6:37.3 with the 2V8 from the third seat against Yale during the afternoon session at the Big Ten/Ivy Dust Up
• From the seventh 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 (6:32.28) with the 2V8 in the third seat at Texas (April 12)
• Finished first (6:27.56) in the morning and third (6:37.74) in the afternoon session from the fifth seat of the 2V8 on day one (April 18) of the Big Ten Invitational
• From the fifth seat, placed fourth (6:41.01) in the 2V8 on day two (April 19) of the Big Ten Invitational
• On the first day of the Big Ten Championship (May 17), helped the 2V8 advance to the finals in second place (6:39.85) from the stroke seat
• Earned bronze in 6:23.80 from the stroke seat of the 2V8 to help the team finish third overall on finals day of the Big Ten Championship (May 18)
• From the fourth seat, helped the 2V8 advance to petite finals and time 6:26.86 to finish ninth as a boat and 11th as a team at the NCAA Championship (June 1)

Junior (2024)
• Rowed in the fourth seat of the 2V8 as it timed 6:53.9 over Virginia in the morning and 7:01.5 against Duke in the afternoon at the Big Ten-ACC Challenge (March 30)
• Rowed in the fourth 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 the fourth seat
• Finished second (6:32.958) and first (6:39.970) from the fourth seat of the 2V8 on the first day of the Big Ten Invitational (April 19)
• Placed third (6.39.856) with the 2V8 in the fourth seat on the second day of the Big Ten Invitational (April 20)
• Won a gold medal in 6:15.038 from the seventh seat of the 2V8 to help the team win the Big Ten Championship (May 19)
• Rowed in the fourth seat of the 2V8 as won the Petite Final with a time of 6:31.327 to place seventh overall at the NCAA Championship (May 31-June 2) to help the team finish seventh

Sophomore (2022-23)
• From the 2V8's bow seat, timed 7:13.7 against Duke (March 31) and 6:47.19 against Virginia (April 1) at the ACC-Big Ten Double Dual
• On the first day of the Big Ten Invitational (April 7), placed third from the third seat of the 2V8 in 6:33.537 behind Stanford and SMU, and over Indiana; won the afternoon race against Duke, Iowa, and UCLA in 6:29.248
• On the second day of racing at the Big Ten Invitational (April 8), helped the 2V8 finish second in 6:23.787 from the third seat, behind Stanford and ahead of Ohio State and Brown
• Rowed in the fifth seat of the 2V8 as it timed 6:21.657 against Texas (April 15)
• On Senior Day against Louisville (April 30), helped the 2V8 to a time of 6:27.09 from the third seat, a win of 28 seconds over the Cardinals
• Won a silver medal from the fifth seat of the 2V8 (6:37.571) to help the team win the Big Ten Championship (May 14)
• From the third seat, rowed with the 2V8 to finish 12th overall (sixth, Petite Final) with a time of 6:45.733 at the NCAA Championship (May 26-28) to help the team place 11th

Freshman (2021-22)
• Made her U-M debut in the third seat of the 1V4 in a scrimmage against Indiana (March 25)
• From the 1V4's bow seat, helped sweep Virginia (7:57.2) in the morning and Duke (7:52.9) in the afternoon at the ACC-Big Ten Challenge (April 2)
• From the 1V4's bow seat, finished 7:14.53 against Texas (April 9)
• Rowed in the third seat of the 1V4 on the first day of the Big Ten Invitational (April 15), sweeping both sessions with a morning win over Virginia, Rutgers in 7:28.381 and an afternoon victory in 7:19.151, beating Brown, Indiana
• Completed the perfect weekend for the 1V4 (7:05.430) in the third seat on the second day of the Big Ten Invitational (April 16), beating Stanford, Ohio State, Virginia
• From the third seat, helped the 3V4 to a gold medal at the Big Ten Championship (May 15) in a time of 7:17.532

Prep
• Graduated from Wheeler Magnet Center for Advanced STEM Studies in Marietta, Georgia
• USRowing Scholastic Honor Roll
• Georgia Certificate of Merit recipient
• Four-year principal's honor roll member; three years of Spanish national honor society
• Rowed with and captained the Atlanta Junior Rowing Association (AJRA) varsity women
• As a member of the U.S. High Performance Camp (USHP) U17 8+, won gold at the USRowing Nationals U19 event
• Also won a bronze medal in the 4+ with the USHP U17 4+
• Part of a gold medal-winning 4+/4x and a fourth place-winning U19 2-/2x at the U.S. Virtual National Championships
• Five-time gold medalist at Atlanta Erg Sprints and two-time record-setter at the U17 level
• Also owns two top-20 finishes at Head of the Charles in the women's youth 8+

Personal
• Daughter of Jeff and Mandy Landefeld
• Enrolled in the College of Engineering