2022-23 Women's Rowing Roster
Roster
Ellise Flessland
- Height:
- 5-3
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Grosse Ile
- Hometown:
- Grosse Ile, Mich.
2024 (Senior): Big Ten Distinguished Scholar … Academic All-Big Ten … CRCA Scholar-Athlete … As the coxswain of the 2V8, finished second to Miami in the semifinal heats of the Sunshine State Invitational (3/29-30), and then finished fourth in the Grand Final (6:46.57) ... In the second varsity eight, finished second to host Michigan (7:07.8) (4/6) ... In the varsity four, finished third behind Alabama and Clemson (7:48.19), fourth behind Indiana, Notre Dame and SMU (7:56.07), and third behind Clemson and UCLA and ahead of Minnesota and Oklahoma (7:37.56) at the Big Ten Invitational (4/19-20) ... At Indiana for the Dale England Cup (4/27), finished second to host Indiana in the varsity four (8:05.8) ... In the second varsity eight at Sprints (5/5), finished second in the morning prelims behind Rutgers (7:13.87) and advanced to the Grand Final, finishing fifth (7:14.86) behind Brown, Rutgers, Columbia, and Dartmouth ... In the varsity eight, finished sixth at the Big Ten Championships (5/19), clocked in a time of 6:36.510 ...
2023 (Junior): Academic All-Big Ten and Big Ten Distinguished Scholar … Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association (CRCA) Scholar Athlete … Coxswain of the second varsity eight which took a pair of fourth-place finishes in the Sunshine State Invitational (3/31-4/1), in both the opening heat (6:50.5) and the grand final (6:39.31) … At the Big Ten Invitational (4/7-8), coxed second varsity eight to three fourth-place finishes … Split the two races in the coxswain seat of the varsity eight at the Spartan Invitational (4/15), falling to Miami before rebounding with a win over Temple (7:03.20) … Finished third to Ohio State and Indiana in a time of 7:06.5 in the second varsity eight at the Ohio State Invitational (4/22) … As the coxswain of the second varsity eight, took second (6:38.59) in the Petite Final (eighth overall) at Women’s Sprints (4/30) … Finished in eighth place in second varsity eight at the Big Ten Championships (5/14), clocked in a time of 7:05.387.2022 (Sophomore): Academic All-Big Ten ... Coxed the second varsity eight boat to a pair of second-place finishes over Harvard and Yale at the Ivy/Big Ten Double Dual (3/26) … Took fifth place ahead of Columbia at the Doc Hosea Invitational (3/27), clocking in at 6:58.78 … Won over EMU’s crew in 7:29.56 in a dual race at Eastern Michigan (4/2) … Coxed the second varsity eight in a second-place finish at the Ohio State Regatta (4/9), finishing in 7:07.5 … Coxed three 2v8 races at the Big Ten Invitational (4/15) … Coxed the varsity eight crew at the Dale England Cup (4/30) to a 6:57.1 finish in the final race of the Regatta … Helped guide the second varsity eight crew to a time of 6:56.998 in their race at the Big Ten Championship (5/15).
2021 (Freshman): Started the season as the coxswain of the novice eight for a pair of dual races at Ohio State (3/27), posting times of 7:16.33 and 7:53.64 against ranked crews … Earned a pair of third-place finishes as the coxswain of the novice eight at the B1G/ACC Double Dual (4/3), posting times of 7:50.41 and 8:36.68 in the two sessions against nationally-ranked Duke, Michigan, and Virginia … Lined up once again against some of the nation’s top crews as the coxswain of the second varsity eight at the Big Ten Invitational in Cincinnati (4/17-18), earning an open-water win over Louisville in the first session (6:59.28) and clocking times of 7:14.41 and 7:02.124 the next two races … Earned a decisive open-water win at Eastern Michigan (4/24) as the coxswain of the second varsity eight, registering a time of 7:12.54 … Finished third in the second varsity eight (coxswain) at Indiana’s Dale England Cup (5/1), posting a time of 7:17.12 … At the Big Ten Championships (5/16), coxed the second varsity eight, finishing eighth in a time of 7:13.581.
Prior to MSU: Earned four varsity letters in rowing at Grosse Ile, captaining the team in 2019 as a junior … In the Summer Games of Michigan, won a pair of silver medals in the quad and double scull as well as a bronze in the girls eight in 2019, while capturing gold in the JV coxed four and a bronze medal in the mixed eight in 2018 … Earned a sixth-place finish in the coxed four at 2019 U23 Canadian Nationals … Rowed to Royal Canadian Henley gold in the U23 coxed four in 2018, and also took home a gold medal in the lightweight four in the U23 Royal Canadian Regatta the same year
Personal: Daughter of Eric and Stephanie Flessland … Has a brother, Gabriel and sister, Olivia … Olivia rowed at Michigan (2014-15) … Member of the National Honor Society and graduated with honors … Will pursue a degree in education.