Nora Conaty

November 10, 2025: The Duke Blue Devils Rowing Headshots

Height:
5-10
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Seattle, Wash.
High School:
Seattle Preparatory School

Honors:
All-ACC Academic (2023, 2024, 2025)
ACC Honor Roll (2023, 2024, 2025)
CRCA Scholar-Athlete (2025)

2024-2025 (Junior): Started the fall campaign in the Blue Devils’ B boat, earning a silver medal in the Dash for the Dr. Lenny Peters Cup at the High Point Rowing Festival (10/6) … part of the Second Varsity Eight lineup that secured a spot in the top-25 of the Princeton Chase (11/3), racing their way to a time of 14:46.977, good for 24th overall … competed with the 2V8 and V4B boats in the annual Rivanna Romp (11/10) to close out the fall racing season … opened the spring season in the 2V8 and helped Duke complete a 10-race sweep at the Oak Ridge Cardinal Invitational (3/15-16) … earned a pair of second-place finishes at the inaugural Rocky Top Invitational (4/4-5), crossing the line in 7:02.950 Friday afternoon and improving their time to 6:39.509 during Saturday’s morning session … finished fourth in the opening 2V8 race at the Big Ten Invitational (4/18-19) before powering past crews from No. 14 Ohio State, Miami and Wisconsin for a third-place finish in the afternoon session … raced as part of the 2V8 crew that helped the Blue Devils earn second place at the annual Lake Wheeler Invitational (4/25-26) for the second straight year … placed fifth in the grand final 2V8 race as Duke finished fifth overall at the 2025 ACC Championships (5/16-17).

2023-2024 (Sophomore): Saw action in seven regattas … member of the Varsity Eight B boat that clocked a time of 15:32, finishing 12 seconds behind the Ukraine women’s national team … raced in the Varsity Eight B and Varsity Four D boat at the annual Rivanna Romp … sat in the Varsity Eight that collected a pair of first-place finishes and a close second place in three races at the Oak Ridge Cardinal Invitational … part of the Varsity Eight lineup that placed second against No. 9 Michigan and No. 12 Ohio State during the ACC/Big 10 Double Dual … earned a spot on the podium at the Big Ten Invite after a photo finish in the Varsity Eight race, edging Ohio State by 0.694, to take home third … helped Duke collect 84 team points to finish second at its annual home regatta, the Lake Wheeler Invitational … brought home a bronze medal in the grand final race at the 2024 ACC Championships on Lake Wheeler.

2022-23 (Freshman): Competed in all eight regattas in her rookie season, primarily in Duke's Second Varsity Eight ... made her collegiate rowing debut in the 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) ... part of the 2V8+ crew that narrowly edged Tennessee in a photo finish to place first 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) with a second-place finish, just three seconds behind the top crew from Penn ... earned a bronze medal at the ACC Championships with Duke's V8+ ... won the 2V8+ C Final race at the NCAA Championships after a tight race with the crew from No. 15 Rutgers.

Prior to Duke: Attended and competed for Seattle Preparatory School ... served as a team captain from 2020-22 ... helped lead the USRowing CanAmMex team to a first-place finish at the 2021 Summer National Championships in the U19 division ... helped Seattle Prep take first in the U19 4x at the 2021 Head of the Lake Regatta in Seattle.

Personal: A native of Seattle, Wash. ... daughter of Garrett and Leanne Conaty ... two older sisters involved with collegiate rowing (Maeve at Loyola Marymount, Emma at Washington State).