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Bianka Smeulders

5'10''
Height
Junior
Class
Pittsford, N.Y.
Hometown
Mendon
High School
Bianka Smeulders - Women's Rowing - Virginia Cavaliers

2022-23
• Named to the All-ACC Academic Team
• Named to the ACC Honor Roll
• Part of the ACC champion Third Varsity Eight

2021-22
• Helped the Second Varsity Four to a second-place finish at the ACC championship
• Named to the ACC Honor Roll
• Lettered

2020-21
• Helped the Second Varsity Eight to a fifth-place finish at the NCAA Championships
• Part of the ACC champion Second Varsity Eight
• Named to the ACC Honor Roll
• Lettered

2019-20
• Named to the ACC Honor Roll
• Lettered

Background
• Member of Pittsford Crew Rowing from 2014-2019
• Team captain in 2018 and 2019
• Gold medal winner in the women’s 8+ at the 2017 national competition
• Silver medal winner in the 4x at the 2017 national competition
• Competed in the 2015 national competition
• Member of USRowing HP National Team in 2016 and 2017
• Competed at the HOCR Regatta from 2015-2018
• Member of the National Honor Society

Personal
• Daughter of Posy Seifert and Stephen Smeulders
• Has a younger brother, Alexander
• Mother played lacrosse and field hockey for UMass Amherst
• Plays the piano, violin, and cello
• Coached rowing in summer 2019 for Pittsford Crew
• Cognitive science major