Rani Duff

Duke Row takes on Studio in Kennedy Tower in Durham, North Carolina on September 6, 2019.

Height:
5-6
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Wilmette, Ill.

Honors: ACC Crew of the Week (4/11/19) … 2019 All-ACC Academic Team … 2019 CRCA Scholar-Athlete

2018-19: Coxswain in the V4 boat for the entire season… helped Duke win its third consecutive Carolina Cup with a first place finish (7:49.0) … at the Cooper Sprints, finished second out of 15 schools with a time of 7:30.42) … upset No. 7 Ohio State and No. 19 Syracuse at the Big Ten/ACC Dual, clocking a time of 7:25.2 in the morning final … collected ACC Crew of the Week honors on April 11 for her efforts at the Big Ten/ACC Dual … aided Duke to four first-place showings at the Lake Wheeler Invitational, registering first with the V4 boat (7:12.900) … captured gold at the ACC Championship in the V4 race, outracing second place Syracuse by nearly five seconds with a time of 7:22.300 for Duke’s first ever gold medal at the ACC Championship … earned fifth at the NCAA Championships in the Petite Final (6:22.440), the highest finish for any boat in program history at the NCAA Championships.

2017-18: Coxswain for the 2V4 for the entire season … Claimed the Carolina Cup season-opening race with a time of 7:37.1, 22-seconds faster than second-place North Carolina as the Blue Devils brought home the Carolina Cup title with 99 overall points and a sweep of all five races … At the first day of the Clemson Invitational, brought in a second-place finish with a time of 7:16.26, trailing only No. 4 Ohio State (7:11.52) … During the final day of competition, raced to two third-place finishes, including third in the A Final in a time of 7:19.46 … Helped guide the team to a seventh-place finish at the highly competitive Clemson Invitational as the unranked Blue Devils bested then No. 18 Syracuse and No. 20 Oklahoma in the team standings … Bested No. 15 Michigan State on the water in Columbus in 7:43.6 before barely falling to No. 4 Ohio State in the afternoon session (7:41.38) … For the first time in program history, all five boats qualified for the Grand Final at the ACC Championship where Duke finished third as a team with 72 points … Claimed first in the second heat in 7:24.5, helping the squad earn a podium spot in the Grand Final, clocking in at 7:20.8 … Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll.

2016-17: Competed with the 3V8 during the spring campaign … Started the year with a win at the Carolina Cup, defeating North Carolina and Clemson with a time of 7:05.5 as the Blue Devils swept all five races and captured the Carolina Cup … In Columbus, Ohio, placed fourth against No. 3 Michigan (6:52.7), No. 4 Ohio State (6:59.2) and Notre Dame (7:00.2), crossing the finish line in 7:14.2 … Came in fifth in the Clemson Invitational B Final, crossing the line in 7:41.270 … During the Clemson Invitational preliminary heats, finished in 7:19.564 to take sixth in the first race and came in seventh with a 7:01.319 mark in the second … Claimed a victory in the ACC Championship Petite Final, finishing in 6:58.599 to defeat Boston College (7:04.398) and Miami (7:19.226) … Turned in a fourth-place finish (7:16.100) in heat one of the preliminary race at the league’s main event … named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll.

Prior to Duke: A USRowing Scholastic Honor Roll member … a four-year letterwinner for head coaches Rose Marchuk and Sandy Culver at New Trier High School … competed all four years at the Scholastic Rowing Association of America (SRAA) nationals, bringing home a silver medal in the bow seat of the Freshman 8+ … as a sophomore and junior, took part in the Lightweight 8+ and earned sixth place at the SRAA Nationals and earned the silver as a senior … also picked up four letters as a varsity ice hockey center at New Trier … the New Trier Hockey Scholar-Athlete with the highest weighted and unweighted GPAs as a senior, when she led the squad to a Founder's Cup League bronze medal after earning silver as a freshman ... a National Merit Finalist as a senior and received the social studies department book award during junior year ... a National Junior Classical League Latin Honor Society selection all four years ... during senior year, placed on the USRowing Scholastic Honor Roll.

Personal: Born October 31, 1997 … daughter of Sara Gopal and Bill Duff … has a younger sister, Sanjay ... father graduated from Duke in 1985.