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Amy Newton

Class:
Sophomore
Height:
5-11
Hometown:
Edinburgh, Scotland
High School:
George Heriot's School
Major:
Undeclared

At Michigan
• Member of the 2024 Big Ten Championship Team
• Big Ten Champion (2024, 2V8)
• All-Big Ten (second team, 2025)
• CRCA Scholar-Athlete (2025)
• Academic All-Big Ten (2025)

Sophomore (2025)
• Helped the 1V8 (bow) place 15th in Championship Eight event at the Head Of The Charles Regatta (Oct. 20, 2024)
• Rowed in the third 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 6:37.3 with the 2V8 from the second seat against Yale during the afternoon session at the Big Ten/Ivy Dust Up
• From the third seat of 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 sixth seat at Texas (April 12)
• Finished first (6:19.93) in the sixth seat in the morning and fourth (6:28.53) in the fourth seat of the 1V8 in the afternoon session on day one (April 18) of the Big Ten Invitational
• From the sixth 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 fifth seat
• Earned bronze in 6:10.09 from the fifth seat of the 1V8 to help the team finish third overall on finals day of the Big Ten Championship (May 18)
• From the fifth 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)

Freshman (2024)
• Made her Michigan debut in the second 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 second seat
• Finished second (6:32.958) and first (6:39.970) from the second 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 second seat on the second day of the Big Ten Invitational (April 20)
• Won a gold medal in 6:15.038 from the fifth seat of the 2V8 to help the team win the Big Ten Championship (May 19)
• Rowed in the fifth 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

Prep
• Attends George Heriots School in Edinburgh, Scotland
• Received the Joyce Bruce Memorial Prize and the Individual Girls' Sports Prize at George Heriots
• Also accomplished in Mandarin, having won the Governor's Prize in the subject
• Currently competes with George Heriot's School Rowing Club
• Rowed with the Great Britain U19 team in the JW4- at the 2022 World Rowing Championships (sixth) and at the Munich International Regatta (gold, twice)
• Champion of the JW4- at the National Schools Regatta
• Member of the Scottish rowing high-performance program
• Scottish record-holder at 2,000 meters
• Henley Royal Regatta qualifier (4x)

Personal
• Daughter of Miriam and David Newton