Women's Crew

Lydia Hawthorne
	Class: Graduated Hometown: Rochester, MN High School: Mayo High School

2011: Rowed to a fourth-place finish with the second varsity four in the Big Ten Championships with a time of 7:26.97....Recorded a sweep over Boston University, Gonzaga and Indiana including a margin of 15.8 seconds over Gonzaga and 4.1 seconds against Indiana to capture the Dale England Cup with the varsity four... Posted a 8.62 second Big Ten victory over Minnesota ... Defeated Texas by a margin of 10.6 seconds with the varsity four... Posted second-fastest time of the field in 2011 NCAA spare pair race.

Prior to MSU: Came in seventh place in her in the first varsity four and eight boats her senior year at the Midwest Junior Rowing Championships... Was a member of the University College Dublin Ladies Boat Club where they took first place in the Irish National rowing championships.

Personal: Born August 5, 1989... Daughter of Frank and Dottie Hawthorne... Majoring in public policy.

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