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Lauren Benitez

Class:
Sophomore
Position:
Port
Height:
5-11
Hometown:
Oakland Township, Mich.
High School:
Stoney Creek

At Michigan
• Member of 2021 Big Ten Championship Team
• Two-time Big Ten Champion (2021, 2V4; 2022, 3V4)
• Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (2022)
• Two-time Academic All-Big Ten (2021-22)

Junior (2021-22)
• Rowed in the stroke seat of the 3V4 in a scrimmage against Indiana (March 25)
• Helped the 3V4 time 7:58.1 against Virginia from the stroke seat at the ACC-Big Ten Challenge (April 2)
• Helped the 3V4 beat Duke in 8:24.9 from the stroke seat at the ACC-Big Ten Challenge (April 2)
• Rowed in the second seat of the 3V4 on the first day of the Big Ten Invitational (April 15), sweeping both sessions with a morning win over Iowa, Wisconsin, Tennessee in 7:42.7 and an afternoon victory in 7:27.306, beating Rutgers, Minnesota, MSU
• Completed the perfect weekend for the 3V4 (7:23.489) in the second seat on the second day of the Big Ten Invitational (April 16), beating Rutgers, Ohio State, Wisconsin, Tennessee
• On Senior Day against Louisville (May 1), rowed the 3V4 to a win over two other Michigan fours from the bow seat with a time of 7:37.6
• From the second seat, helped the 3V4 to a gold medal at the Big Ten Championship (May 15) with a time of 7:17.532

Sophomore (2020-21)
• Made her varsity debut in bow seat of the 1V4 which picked up wins over No. 16 SMU and Louisville (7:07.628), Notre Dame (7:24.691, 2nd), and Clemson and No. 12 Wisconsin (7:05.265) at the Cardinal Invitational (March 13-14)
• In Columbus (March 27), sat third in the 1V4 to wins over Indiana and Iowa (7:31.3) in the morning and stroked the 3V4 to wins over Ohio State and Michigan State (7:45.7) in the afternoon
• From the bow seat, helped the 1V4 sweep races against No. 10 Duke (7:50.90), No. 3 Virginia (8:13.90) and Michigan State (twice) at the Big Ten vs. ACC Regatta (April 3)
• From bow seat, helped the 1V4 boat time 7:46.73 to come second to Texas at Belleville Lake (April 10)
• At the first day of the Big Ten Invitational (April 17), rowed bow seat in the 2V4 as it won both races, first beating No. 10 Rutgers and t-No. 18 Washington State in 7:23.229, then beating No. 20 Syracuse, No. 9 Tennessee, and No. 16 Iowa in 7:34.088
• From bow seat, helped the 2V4 defeat No. 4 Virginia, No. 20 Syracuse and No. 3 Ohio State in 7:14.086 on the second day of the Big Ten Invitational (April 18)
• Rowed fourth in the 2V8 against Iowa and Louisville (May 2), winning with a time of 6:45.5
• Rowed in the second seat for the 2V4 as it won a gold medal in 7:26.420 at the Big Ten Championships at Eagle Creek (May 16)

Freshman (2019-20)
• As a member of the novice team, had her season canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic