Matilda Macartney

November 10, 2025: The Duke Blue Devils Rowing Studio

Photo by: Nat LeDonne / Duke Athletics

November 10, 2025: The Duke Blue Devils Rowing Headshots

Height:
5-8
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Henley-on-Thames, England
High School:
St. Helen & St. Katherine

Honors:
All-ACC Academic (2025)
ACC Honor Roll (2025)

2024-2025 (Freshman): Competed in the Blue Devils’ D boat at the High Point Rowing Festival (10/6), going head-to-head with the Ukraine women's national team, Oxford University and High Point … part of the Third Varsity Eight boat that finished 28th overall at the Princeton Chase (11/3) … saw action in the 3V8 and N8 boats in the annual Rivanna Romp (11/10) to close out the fall racing season … opened the spring season in the 3V8 and helped Duke complete a 10-race sweep at the Oak Ridge Cardinal Invitational (3/15-16) … opened action in the inaugural Rocky Top Invitational (4/4-5) with a first-place time of 7:21.917, cruising past ACC foe North Carolina by nearly six seconds … closed out the regatta with a second-place finish, clocking 7:04.556, just behind host No. 5 Tennessee … a member of the 3V8 lineup that competed against a stacked field of 23 teams at the Big Ten Invitational (4/18-19), crossing the finish line in 7:01.575 to take fourth … raced as part of the 3V8 crew that helped the Blue Devils secure second place at the annual Lake Wheeler Invitational (4/25-26) for the second straight year … won the petite final in the 3V8 as Duke finished fifth overall at the 2025 ACC Championships (5/16-17).

Prior to Duke: Attended St. Helen & St. Katherine in Abingdon, Oxfordshire … competed with the Henley Rowing Club from 2019- 2023 and the Hinksey Sculling School from 2023-2024 under head coach Bodo Schulenburg … earned two gold and two silver medals in the women’s eight and women’s coxed four, respectively, for Great Britain at the 2024 Coupe de la Jeunesse … raced in the women’s eight that won the National Schools Championship in 2024 … Henley Royal Regatta finalist in the women’s eight (2024) … has raced in the Henley Royal Regatta three times, reaching the quarterfinals in the women’s eight and coxless quad … broke the record at the 2022 National Schools Regatta in the J16 women’s coxless quad … competed in the women’s coxless quad that won the British Rowing Championships in 2022 … her father, James, is a long-time rowing coach with stops at Thames Rowing Club, Oxford Brookes University, Sydney University and Leander … favorite rowing memory was crossing the line at nationals in 2024 and knowing that a small community club, with only 10 girls on the squad, had been able to come through as the underdogs and pull off a victory.