2022-23 Women's Rowing Roster
Roster
Ella Van Fleet
- Position:
- Coxswain
- Height:
- 5-4
- Class:
- Sophomore
- High School:
- Long Beach Poly HS
- Hometown:
- Long Beach, Calif.
2023-24
Coxed both of UCLAโs varsity crews (V4+, V8+) and the second varsity eight (2V8+) crew during her junior seasonโฆ coxed UCLAโs V8+ crew in the season-opening tri-meet against USC and LMU where UCLA placed second (March 23)โฆ coxed the Bruinsโ V4+ and V8+ crew at the Lake Natoma Invitational, earning a respective first and third-place finish (April 6)โฆ coxed the 2V8+ crew during the Big Ten Invitational, clinching a third-place finish on day one and a first-place finish on day two (April 19-20)โฆ also coxed the 2V8+ crew at the Dexter Lake Invitational where UCLA finished second out of six boats (April 27).ย
2022-23
Coxed the Bruinsโ second varsity eight (2V8+) and varsity four crews (V4+) during her sophomore campaign โฆ coxed UCLAโs 2V8+ crew in the season-opening dual-meet competition against USC at the Port of Los Angeles (March 11) โฆ coxed the Bruinsโ 2V8+ crew at the two-day Big Ten Invitational in Sarasota, Fla. (April 7-8) โฆ helped guide the 2V8+ boat to a first-place finish in the morning session on day one at the Big Ten Invitational โฆ coxed the V4+ crew in a dual-meet competition against Loyola Marymount in Marina del Rey (April 22) โฆ helped UCLAโs V4+ crew to a win over LMU โฆ coxed the V4+ at the Dexter Lake Invitational in Lowell, Ore. (April 29) โฆ helped the V4+ boat to a fourth-place finish in the morning session and to a third-place finish out of eight crews in the afternoon session โฆ coxed the V4+ crew at the season-culminating Pac-12 Championships on Dexter Lake in Lowell, Ore. (May 14).ย
2021-22
Coxed various boats in four spring racing events during her freshman season โฆ coxed the novice eight (N8+) crew at the two-day San Diego Crew Classic (March 26-27) โฆ helped the N8+ boat to a second-place finish on back-to-back days at the SDCC on Mission Bay โฆ coxed the second varsity four (2V4+) at the two-day Pac-12 Invitational on Lake Las Vegas in Henderson, Nev. (April 9-10) โฆ coxed the varsity four (V4+) boat at the Longhorn Invitational in Austin, Texas (April 30) โฆ coxed the third varsity eight (3V8+) at the Pac-12 Championships on Dexter Lake in Lowell, Ore. (May 15).
High School
Attended Long Beach Poly High School for four years โฆ competed for the Long Beach Junior Crew โฆ qualified in the 4x at the 2019 Head of the Charles โฆ placed second at U.S. Southwest Regionals in the 4x in 2018 โฆ was invited to the U19 USA Rowing national team selection camp in 2019.
Personal
Full name: Ella Grace Van Fleet โฆ born in Bellflower, Calif. โฆ daughter of Jason and Anna Van Fleet โฆ has one older sister, Phoebe, and one older brother, Levi โฆ has one grandmother who attended UCLA โฆ admires former professional womenโs tennis player Billie Jean King (who also graduated from Long Beach Poly HS) โฆ is interested in a career in the field of law โฆ intends to major in political science.
