Jana Peachey

Class:
Junior
Height:
6-1
Hometown:
Lower Sackville, Canada
High School:
Dartmouth
Major:
Psychology

At Michigan
• Member of two Big Ten Championship Teams (2023, '24)
• Two-time Big Ten Champion (2023, '24, 1V8)
• All-Big Ten (first team, 2024)
• Two-time representative of Team Canada (8+) at U23 World Championships (2024, '25)
• Two-time member of the Big Ten Boat of the Week (April 2, 2024; March 25, 2025) following rowing with the 1V8 at Big Ten-ACC Duals and the 1V4 at the Big Ten/Ivy Dust Up
• Two-time Academic All-Big Ten (2024, '25)
• Enrolled at the School of Kinesiology, majoring in Applied Exercise Science

Junior (2025)
• Rowed in the second seat of the 1V4 as it finished first (7:22.80) against Syracuse and Penn in the morning session of the Big Ten/Ivy Dust Up (March 22)
• Timed 7:10.5 with the 1V4 from the third seat against Yale during the afternoon session of the Big Ten/Ivy Dust Up
• From the third seat of the 1V4, timed 7:44.2 against Oklahoma and 8:01.9 against Virginia at the Big Ten/ACC Challenge (March 29)
• Placed second (6:19.13) with the 1V8 in the seventh seat at Texas (April 12)
• Finished first (6:19.93) in the seventh seat in the morning and fourth (6:28.53) in the stroke seat of the 1V8 in the afternoon session on day one (April 18) of the Big Ten Invitational
• From the seventh 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 third seat
• Earned bronze in 6:10.09 from the third seat of the 1V8 to help the team finish third overall on finals day of the Big Ten Championship (May 18)
• From the third 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)

Sophomore (2024)
• Rowed in the fifth seat of the 1V8 as it timed 6:53.5 over Virginia in the morning and 6:40.4 to beat Duke in the afternoon at the Big Ten-ACC Challenge (March 30)
• Rowed in the fifth seat of the 1V8 as it timed 6:30.8 against Michigan State (April 6)
• Helped the 1V8 finish second against Texas (April 13) in 6:08.1 (+5.2) from the fifth seat
• Finished second (6:23.720) and first (6:29.927) from the fifth seat of the 1V8 on the first day of the Big Ten Invitational (April 19)
• Placed second (6:24.693) with the 1V8 in the fifth seat on the second day of the Big Ten Invitational (April 20)
• Won a gold medal in 6:17.859 from the seventh seat of the 1V8 to help the team win the Big Ten Championship (May 19)
• Rowed in the third seat of the 1V8 as it placed third in the Petite Final (6:20.834) at the NCAA Championship (May 31-June 2), ninth overall, to help the team finish seventh

Freshman (2023)
• Made her debut in the 1V4's third seat, timing 8:03.9 to beat Duke (March 31) and 7:43.93 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 fifth 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 fifth seat, behind Stanford and ahead of Ohio State and Brown
• Rowed in the third 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 fifth seat, a win of 28 seconds over the Cardinals
• Won gold from the fourth seat of the 1V8 (6:21.292) to help the team win the Big Ten Championship (May 14)
• From the fourth seat, rowed with the 1V8 to finish ninth overall (third, Petite Final) with a time of 6:33.818 at the NCAA Championship (May 26-28) to help the team place 11th

At Michigan
• Named to Team Canada's U-23 World Championship Roster (2022) in the 8+, where she competed with teammate Abby Dent

Prep
• Attended Dartmouth High School in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Received the Principal's Award of Excellence; Honours List student with an Honours Certificate
• Won the John Regan Award for the graduating student-athlete who exemplifies community spirit, balancing academics and training while representing Canada on an international platform
• Also participated as a Leader with Best Buddies/Unified Sports
• Rows with Northstar Rowing Club; also trains full-time with the Nova Scotia Provincial Rowing team
• Competed at the 2021 World Rowing Junior Championship for Team Canada
• Finished ninth overall in the 2x with now-Michigan teammate Madeleine Lauriault
• Placed fifth at the 2021 Canadian National Rowing Championships in the Junior 1x
• First-place finisher at the 2019 and 2021 Atlantic Rowing Championship events
• Also competed in basketball at Dartmouth; Co-MVP in her senior year
• A four-time league All-Star and two-time Provincial Champion

Personal
• Daughter of Mark and Tricia Peachey