Justine Medveckus

Height:
5-6
Weight:
null
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Gladwyne, Pa.
High School:
Merion Mercy Academy

Honors:
All-ACC Academic (2023)
ACC Honor Roll (2023)

2023-2024 (Sophomore): Saw action in seven of nine regattas, including the ACC Championships … member of the Varsity Eight A boat that clocked a time of 15:44, against the Ukraine women’s national team at the High Point Rowing Festival … part of Duke’s Championship 8+ boat that finished 22nd overall at the 58th Head of the Charles with a time of 17:16.727 … raced in the Varsity Eight B and Varsity Four C boat at the annual Rivanna Romp … sat in the Varsity Eight that collected a pair of first-place finishes at the Oak Ridge Cardinal Invitational … part of the Second Varsity Eight lineup that collected top times against No. 9 Michigan (6:58.0) and No. 12 Ohio State (6:54.2) in its two races at the ACC/Big 10 Double Dual … helped Duke collect 84 team points to finish second at its annual home regatta, the Lake Wheeler Invitational … brought home a silver medal in the grand final race at the 2024 ACC Championships on Lake Wheeler.

2022-23 (Freshman): Saw action in all eight regattas during her first season with the Blue Devils ... competed in Duke’s Varsity Eight C boat at the Princeton 3-Mile Chase (11/6) ... claimed a first-place finish in the Novice 8+ race at the Rivanna Romp (11/13), with a time of 13:22 ... helped the V8+ crew to a pair of first-place finishes and a close second place time over two days 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 silver medal at the ACC Championships with Duke's 2V8+ (5/12-13)... won the 2V8+ C Final race at the NCAA Championships (5/26-28).

Prior to Duke: Attended and competed for Merion Mercy Academy ... elected a team captain for her last season ... turned in an impressive 2021 that saw her earn two second-place finishes at the USRowing Summer National Championships in the U-19 8 and U-23 8 crews ... helped Merion Mercy place second among scholastic teams in the Women's Youth 8 at the 2019 Head of the Charles Regatta ... was also a member of top-three finishing boats at the Schuylkill Regatta, the SRAA Nationals and the Stotesbury Cup.

Personal: A native of Gladwyne, Penn. ... member of the National Honor Society and is a National Merit Scholarship Program honoree ... daughter of Michael Medveckus and Portia Bonavitacola.