Completed Event: Rowing at ACC Championships on May 16, 2025 , , 5th/89 points
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Final
Rowing
at ACC Championships
2020-21 Rowing Roster
Morley, Brenna
Brenna Morley
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Bettendorf, Iowa
- High School:
- Pleasant Valley
Bio
Honors:
CRCA Scholar-Athlete (2023)
All-ACC Academic Team (2021, 2023)
ACC Academic Honor Roll (2021, 2022, 2023)
Duke Rowing Freshman of the Year (2021)
2022-23 (Junior): Saw action in all eight regattas during her junior year campaign ... opened the fall race schedule in the Blue Devils’ Varsity Eight B boat, posting a top-25 finish in the Women’s Open at the Princeton 3-Mile Chase (11/6) ... competed in two races at the Rivanna Romp (11/13), stroking the Varsity Eight B and Varsity Four B to two top-10 finishes …sat in the V4+ in three races at the Oak Ridge Cardinal Invitational (3/18-19) ...earned the victory over No. 9 Michigan, while finishing second to No. 14 Ohio State in the ACC/Big 10 Double Dual (3/31-4/1) ... placed second, third and fourth in three races at the Big 10 Invitational (4/7-8) ... helped the Blue Devils capture the Pocock Cup at the Lake Wheeler Invitational (4/21-22) ... earned a bronze medal in the V8+ race at the 2023 ACC Championships (5/12-13) ... helped the V8+ to a third-place finish in the C Finals of the NCAA Championships (5/26-28).
2021-22 (Sophomore): Competed at seven regattas during the spring season ... helped 2V8 open the season with a first-place showing at the Carolina Cup (3/5) ... swept three races with the 2V8 at the Oak Ridge Cardinal Invite (3/19-20) ... helped 2V8 earn ACC Crew of the Week honors after outracing No. 4 Michigan and No. 9 Ohio State at the Big Ten/ACC Double Dual (4/2) ... moved into the V8 lineup for the Big Ten Invite (4/15-16), winning once race and placing second in two others ... helped the 2V8 claim bronze in the Grand Final of the ACC Championship (5/14) ... competed with the 2V8 at the NCAA Championships (5/27-29), clocking a C Final time of 6:42.825 to finish third.
2020-21 (Freshman): Competed at five regattas during freshman season ... made her career debut at the Carolina Cup (3/6), competing with the 2V8 boat that earned ACC Crew of the Week honors after a first-place time of 6:28.3, more than 20 seconds faster than the next finisher ... helped 2V8 pick up head-to-head wins over Virginia, UCF and Tennessee at the Virginia Invite (3/27) ... moved into the V8 lineup for the ACC Championship (5/15) and helped steer the boat to a silver-medal result ... remained in the V8 at the NCAA Championships (5/30), finishing fourth in the C Final ... named Duke's Freshman of the Year at the team's end-of-season banquet ... named to the All-ACC Academic team and ACC Academic Honor Roll.
Prior to Duke: Attended Pleasant Valley High School in Riverdale, Iowa, and competed at Y Quad Cities Rowing ... member of the 2019 USRowing junior national team, winning the quad at the 2019 USRowing Youth Nationals ... won the lightweight double at the 2017 and 2018 USRowing Youth Nationals ... won the double at the 2019 Head of the Charles Regatta ... won gold in the U17 double at the 2018 Royal Canadian Henley Regatta ... six-time Midwest Regional champion.
Personal: Born on February 4, 2002 in Chicago, Illinois ... daughter of Jim and Myra Morley ... has one brother, James, and two sisters, Siobhan and Erin.
Last Updated: 2/1/24
CRCA Scholar-Athlete (2023)
All-ACC Academic Team (2021, 2023)
ACC Academic Honor Roll (2021, 2022, 2023)
Duke Rowing Freshman of the Year (2021)
2022-23 (Junior): Saw action in all eight regattas during her junior year campaign ... opened the fall race schedule in the Blue Devils’ Varsity Eight B boat, posting a top-25 finish in the Women’s Open at the Princeton 3-Mile Chase (11/6) ... competed in two races at the Rivanna Romp (11/13), stroking the Varsity Eight B and Varsity Four B to two top-10 finishes …sat in the V4+ in three races at the Oak Ridge Cardinal Invitational (3/18-19) ...earned the victory over No. 9 Michigan, while finishing second to No. 14 Ohio State in the ACC/Big 10 Double Dual (3/31-4/1) ... placed second, third and fourth in three races at the Big 10 Invitational (4/7-8) ... helped the Blue Devils capture the Pocock Cup at the Lake Wheeler Invitational (4/21-22) ... earned a bronze medal in the V8+ race at the 2023 ACC Championships (5/12-13) ... helped the V8+ to a third-place finish in the C Finals of the NCAA Championships (5/26-28).
2021-22 (Sophomore): Competed at seven regattas during the spring season ... helped 2V8 open the season with a first-place showing at the Carolina Cup (3/5) ... swept three races with the 2V8 at the Oak Ridge Cardinal Invite (3/19-20) ... helped 2V8 earn ACC Crew of the Week honors after outracing No. 4 Michigan and No. 9 Ohio State at the Big Ten/ACC Double Dual (4/2) ... moved into the V8 lineup for the Big Ten Invite (4/15-16), winning once race and placing second in two others ... helped the 2V8 claim bronze in the Grand Final of the ACC Championship (5/14) ... competed with the 2V8 at the NCAA Championships (5/27-29), clocking a C Final time of 6:42.825 to finish third.
2020-21 (Freshman): Competed at five regattas during freshman season ... made her career debut at the Carolina Cup (3/6), competing with the 2V8 boat that earned ACC Crew of the Week honors after a first-place time of 6:28.3, more than 20 seconds faster than the next finisher ... helped 2V8 pick up head-to-head wins over Virginia, UCF and Tennessee at the Virginia Invite (3/27) ... moved into the V8 lineup for the ACC Championship (5/15) and helped steer the boat to a silver-medal result ... remained in the V8 at the NCAA Championships (5/30), finishing fourth in the C Final ... named Duke's Freshman of the Year at the team's end-of-season banquet ... named to the All-ACC Academic team and ACC Academic Honor Roll.
Prior to Duke: Attended Pleasant Valley High School in Riverdale, Iowa, and competed at Y Quad Cities Rowing ... member of the 2019 USRowing junior national team, winning the quad at the 2019 USRowing Youth Nationals ... won the lightweight double at the 2017 and 2018 USRowing Youth Nationals ... won the double at the 2019 Head of the Charles Regatta ... won gold in the U17 double at the 2018 Royal Canadian Henley Regatta ... six-time Midwest Regional champion.
Personal: Born on February 4, 2002 in Chicago, Illinois ... daughter of Jim and Myra Morley ... has one brother, James, and two sisters, Siobhan and Erin.
Last Updated: 2/1/24
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