Kalia Krichko

Class:
Senior
Position:
Port/Starboard
Height:
6-0
Hometown:
Ridgefield, Conn.
High School:
Ridgefield

At Michigan
• Two-time Pocock All-American (2017-18, second team)
• CRCA All-Region Second Team honoree (2017)
• All-Big Ten selection (2018, second team)
• Academic All-Big Ten selection (2017-18)
• Enrolled in the College of Engineering
• Graduated with a degree in civil engineering

Senior (2017-18)
• Earned Pocock All-American honors (second team) for the second time
• Rowed in the 1V8 boat at the Louisville Cardinal Invitational (March 17-18), helping to beat Wisconsin and Minnesota with a time of 6:10.294, and defeated Yale and Virginia in the 2V8 with times of: 6:17.022 and 6:06.166
• Competed as part of the 2V8 boat which finished third at Princeton's Class of 1987 Cup Regatta, finishing behind Brown and Princeton in 7:16.8
•Rowed as part of the 1V8 boat at Ohio State (March 31), beating Clemson in 6:31.44 (+16.94) and No. 9 Virginia (6:30.14; +.2.24)
• Rowed in the first varsity eight boat at the Big Ten Double Dual (April 7), defeating No. 16 Indiana in 6:26.99 (+1.82) before falling to No. 11 Iowa
• Competed as part of the 1V8 boat in Las Vegas, coming in third place with a 6:10.11 finish against No. 1-ranked Washington (-7.51) and No. 3-ranked Texas (-2.01)
• As part of the 1V8 boat, beat Louisville on Senior Day (April 29) with a time of 6:21.00 (+4.74)
• Stroked the 1V8 boat at the Big Ten Championships, earning a silver medal in 6:20.948
• Stroked the 1V8 boat at the NCAA Championships, leading to a 10th-place national finish in 6:30.981

Junior (2016-17)
• Earned Pocock All-American honors (second team)
• Competed in the 1V8 boat that finished in fifth place in 6:44.812 at the NCAA Championships on Sunday (May 28) at Lake Mercer in West Windsor, N.J., helping U-M to a third-place team finish
• Rowed with the 1V8 boat that finished in second place in 6:11.194 at the Big Ten Championships on Sunday (May 14) at Eagle Creek Park in Indianapolis, helping U-M to a second-place team finish
• Rowed in the 1V8 boat that helped sweep Louisville with a +14-second win in 6:28.51 on Senior Day at Belleville Lake (April 30)
• Member of the 1V8 boat that rowed against Ohio State, Duke, and Notre Dame at Ohio State's Regatta (April 15) at the Scioto River
• Rowed in the 1V8 boat that beat Minnesota (6:28.01, 6:44.43) and Wisconsin (6:21.59, 6:26.67) in the Big Ten Double Dual (April 8)
• Member of Michigan's 1V8 boat that beat Stanford (6:19.0, 6:22.57) but lost to Washington and No. 1 California in the Pac-12 Challenge (April 1-2).
• Rowed in Michigan's 1V8 boat that went undefeated against Harvard and Yale (March 25)
• Rowed on 1V8 crew that clocked in at 6:24.3, 6:29.0, and 6:23.194 in the Oak Ridge Cardinal Invitational on March 11 and March 12

Sophomore (2015-16)
• Spent most of the spring season as a key member of Michigan's 1V4 crew
• Michigan's 1V4 finished third at the B1G Rowing Championships with a 7:15.927 finish

Freshman (2014-15)
• Made spring debut on 2V8 crew that finished third (7:29.60) at Princeton on Lake Carnegie (Mar. 28)
• Rowed on 3V4 crew that clocked in at 7:31.5 ahead of Ohio State, and 7:42.1 in the afternoon in ACC/Big Ten Challenge on Apr. 4
• Helped Michigan's 3V4 earn morning and afternoon wins against Iowa in 7:46.4 and 7:36.5 in Big Ten Double Dual at Belleville Lake on Apr. 11
• Member of 3V4 crew that finished 3rd (of 5) in 7:41.50 at Ohio State on Apr. 25
• On 3V4 that finished in 7:29.00 against Louisville on May 2 at Belleville Lake
• Helped 1N8 earn fifth place finish (7:28.870) at Big Ten Rowing Championships on May 17 at Eagle Creek Park

Prep
• Graduated from Ridgefield High School (2014)
• Rowed for GMS Rowing Center
• Member of USRowing Junior National Team
• Finished third at the 2013 Head of the Charles Regatta in the women's double
• Selected for the 2013 Junior Worlds Development Team that competed in Spain this past summer
• Competed at the 2012 CANAMEX Games in Mexico City, finishing second in the junior women's eight
• A member of the National Honor Society in 2013, 2014
• Also member of varsity track and field team (2011) and varsity ski team (2011, 2012)

Personal
• Parents are Kip and Leslie
• Mother Leslie Krichko was member of U.S. cross-county ski team, and participated in 1980 and 1988 Olympic Games