2024-25
Rowed 2 seat in the 4v8+ at the Head of the American in October... Did not compete in the spring… Honors: Big Ten Spring Academic Honor Roll, Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
2023-24
Rowed bow seat in the 3v4+ in the races against LMU and USC on March 23... Rowed bow and 7 seat in the 3v8+ at the Big Ten Invitational on April 19th... Rowed 7 seat in the 3v8+ at the Dexter Lake Invitational on April 27th... Rowed bow seat of the 3v8+ at the Pac-12 Championships on May 19th.
2022-23
Rowed in three regattas for the Bruins as a freshman … rowed bow seat in the Bruins’ second varsity four crew (2V4+) against USC in the team’s season-opening spring event (March 11) … led the 2V4+ crew past USC at the Port of Los Angeles … rowed two seat in the Bruins’ novice eight crew (N8+) in a dual-meet competition against Loyola Marymount in Marina del Rey (April 22)... Rowed bow seat in the 4v8+ at the Pac-12 Championships on May 14.
High School
Attended New Trier High School for four years … was a two-year varsity basketball letterwinner, competing at the power forward and center position … competed in the basketball program at New Trier for four seasons … rowed for the New Trier High School rowing program and served as the team captain during her senior year … was invited to participate at the 2019 USRowing U19 Olympic Development Program Camp (Midwest region).
Personal
Full name: Anika Clair Roche … named is pronounced ah-nick-UH (rhymes with Monica) … born in Chicago, Ill. … is the daughter of Richard Roche and Cindy Blikre … has two sisters, Margaux and Beatrix … Majoring in political science and gender studies.