Sophie Gower

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:
6-0
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Tsawwassen, British Columbia
High School:
South Delta Secondary School

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

2024-2025 (Junior): 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 2V8 and V4C boats in the annual Rivanna Romp (11/10) to close out the fall racing season … opened the spring season in the 3V8 … 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 earn 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).

2023-2024 (Sophomore): Competed in eight of nine regattas for the Blue Devils … member of the Varsity Eight D boat that competed against the Ukraine women's national team in the High Point Rowing Festival, clocking a time of 16:12 … raced in the Varsity Eight D and Varsity Four F boat at the annual Rivanna Romp … sat in the Second Varsity Eight that swept all three races 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 …. earned a spot of the podium with a third-place time of 6:35.676, against some of the top nationally-ranked crews at the Big Ten Invite … 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 … competed against a tough 22-team field to earn a third-place finish in the C Final race at the NCAA Championships in Bethel, Ohio

2022-23 (Freshman): Made their collegiate rowing debut at the Princeton 3-Mile Chase (11/6), as a member of the Varsity Eight D boat ... claimed a first-place finish in the Novice 8+ race at the Rivanna Romp (11/13), clocking a time of 13:22 ... helped the 3V4+ to a second-place finish behind Tennessee at the Oak Ridge Cardinal Invitational (3/18-19) ... part of the 4V8+ lineup that helped the Blue Devils defeat No. 9 Syracuse and No. 8 Penn and capture the 2023 Pocock Cup at the Lake Wheeler Invitational (4/21-22).

Prior to Duke: Attended South Delta Secondary School while competing for the Thunder Rowing Club ... was a member of the Canadian Junior National Team in 2021 ... helped the junior women's four place to a seventh-place finish at the 2021 World Rowing Junior Championships ... was also designated by Rowing Canada Aviron as a NextGen Hub athlete, a high performance program designed to train rowers to compete for their country at the highest levels of the sport.

Personal: A native of Tsawwassen, British Columbia ... parents are Stephen and Julie Gower ... served as a student council co-president at South Delta, where they were a member of the honor roll and principal's list from grades 8-11.