2024-25 Women's Rowing Roster
Roster
April Serrano
- Height:
- 5-5
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Central High School
- Hometown:
- Philadelphia, PA
2024-25
Spring Season: Coxed the second varsity eight that won a pair of races at the B1G/ACC/Ivy Dual, defeating #9 Michigan and #11 Penn in the morning and #14 Ohio State in the afternoon ... With the performance at the B1G/ACC/Ivy Dual, the second varsity eight received ACC Crew of the Week honors on March 25 ... Coxed the second varsity eight that finished behind #6 Yale and ahead of Cornell at the Cayuga Cup ... Coxed the second varsity eight to second against #2 Stanford (8:04.00) … Coxed the second varsity eight that placed second against #8 California (6:32.40) ... Coxed the second varsity eight that finished third (6:28.3) against #5 Tennessee, #6 Princeton and #16 Ohio State ... Coxed the second varsity eight that won its heat (6:30.026) and earned bronze in the grand final (6:21.327) at the ACC Championship ... Coxed the second varsity eight at the NCAA National Championship where the Orange placed 12th overall.
2023-24
Fall Season: Coxswain for the second varsity eight that finished 26th at the Head of the Charles.
Spring Season: Coxed the second varsity eight that placed first against Penn, Radcliffe and, Indiana in the morning race and first against Ohio State in the afternoon race at the ACC/Big Ten/Ivy Dual ... Coxswain for the the second varsity eight that finished second behind #5 Yale and ahead of Cornell at the Cayuga Cup in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. ... Coxed the second varsity eight that placed second behind #4 Cal and ahead of #17 Oregon State at the UVA Invitational in Lake Montichello, Va. ... Coxswain in the second varsity eight that beat #11 Penn and #16 Duke on the final day of racing at the Lake Wheeler Invitational … Also at the Lake Wheeler Invite, coxswain for the second varsity eight that came in second behind #5 Tennessee in the morning session and placed second behind #5 Tennessee in the afternoon race ... Coxed the second varsity eight to ACC Championship in a championship record time (6:19.406) ... A member of the team that won the ACC Championship for the first time in program history ...Coxswain for the second varsity eight that placed 13th at the NCAA Championship.
2022-23
Fall Season: Coxswain for the fourth varsity 8 that finished 43rd at the Princeton Chase.
Spring Season: Coxswain for the second varsity 4 that finished first against Radcliffe and Rutgers in the morning race and first against Iowa in the afternoon race at the Ivy-Big Ten Double Dual ... Coxswain of the second varsity 4 that finished first at the Doc Hosea Invitational ... Coxswain of the second varsity 4 that finished second behind Yale and ahead of Cornell in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. ... Coxswain for the second varsity 4 that finished second at the Lake Wheeler Invitational … Coxswain for the second varsity 4 that finished first at the Eastern Sprints … Coxswain for the second varsity 4 that finished third behind Virginia and Duke and in front of Notre Dame, Boston College, Clemson and Louisville at the ACC Championship … Was an alternate at the NCAA Championship.
2021-22
Fall Season: Coxswain for freshman/novice 8+ that finished second at the Head of the Fish … Coxswain for open 4+ that placed 16th at the Princeton Chase.
Spring Season: Coxswain for the second varsity 4 that placed second in its heat at the Doc Hosea Invitational (finals where cancelled due to weather) … Coxswain for the second varsity 4 that finished third behind Yale’s second and third varsity 4 in the morning race and finished behind Radcliffe in the afternoon race at the Saratoga Duels … Coxswain for the second varsity four that won all three races at the Lake Wheeler Invitational … Syracuse won the Pocock Cup, based on team scoring, at the 16-team regatta.
High School: 2019 men’s coxswain … International Baccalaureate Student … Director of CentralTHON … Treasurer of SALSA … Participant in the Science Fair and NHD.
Personal: Born in Philadelphia, Pa. … Daughter of Alde and Palmira Serrano … Two sisters and two brothers … Majoring in economics in the Martin J. Whitman School of Management.
Spring Season: Coxed the second varsity eight that won a pair of races at the B1G/ACC/Ivy Dual, defeating #9 Michigan and #11 Penn in the morning and #14 Ohio State in the afternoon ... With the performance at the B1G/ACC/Ivy Dual, the second varsity eight received ACC Crew of the Week honors on March 25 ... Coxed the second varsity eight that finished behind #6 Yale and ahead of Cornell at the Cayuga Cup ... Coxed the second varsity eight to second against #2 Stanford (8:04.00) … Coxed the second varsity eight that placed second against #8 California (6:32.40) ... Coxed the second varsity eight that finished third (6:28.3) against #5 Tennessee, #6 Princeton and #16 Ohio State ... Coxed the second varsity eight that won its heat (6:30.026) and earned bronze in the grand final (6:21.327) at the ACC Championship ... Coxed the second varsity eight at the NCAA National Championship where the Orange placed 12th overall.
2023-24
Fall Season: Coxswain for the second varsity eight that finished 26th at the Head of the Charles.
Spring Season: Coxed the second varsity eight that placed first against Penn, Radcliffe and, Indiana in the morning race and first against Ohio State in the afternoon race at the ACC/Big Ten/Ivy Dual ... Coxswain for the the second varsity eight that finished second behind #5 Yale and ahead of Cornell at the Cayuga Cup in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. ... Coxed the second varsity eight that placed second behind #4 Cal and ahead of #17 Oregon State at the UVA Invitational in Lake Montichello, Va. ... Coxswain in the second varsity eight that beat #11 Penn and #16 Duke on the final day of racing at the Lake Wheeler Invitational … Also at the Lake Wheeler Invite, coxswain for the second varsity eight that came in second behind #5 Tennessee in the morning session and placed second behind #5 Tennessee in the afternoon race ... Coxed the second varsity eight to ACC Championship in a championship record time (6:19.406) ... A member of the team that won the ACC Championship for the first time in program history ...Coxswain for the second varsity eight that placed 13th at the NCAA Championship.
2022-23
Fall Season: Coxswain for the fourth varsity 8 that finished 43rd at the Princeton Chase.
Spring Season: Coxswain for the second varsity 4 that finished first against Radcliffe and Rutgers in the morning race and first against Iowa in the afternoon race at the Ivy-Big Ten Double Dual ... Coxswain of the second varsity 4 that finished first at the Doc Hosea Invitational ... Coxswain of the second varsity 4 that finished second behind Yale and ahead of Cornell in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. ... Coxswain for the second varsity 4 that finished second at the Lake Wheeler Invitational … Coxswain for the second varsity 4 that finished first at the Eastern Sprints … Coxswain for the second varsity 4 that finished third behind Virginia and Duke and in front of Notre Dame, Boston College, Clemson and Louisville at the ACC Championship … Was an alternate at the NCAA Championship.
2021-22
Fall Season: Coxswain for freshman/novice 8+ that finished second at the Head of the Fish … Coxswain for open 4+ that placed 16th at the Princeton Chase.
Spring Season: Coxswain for the second varsity 4 that placed second in its heat at the Doc Hosea Invitational (finals where cancelled due to weather) … Coxswain for the second varsity 4 that finished third behind Yale’s second and third varsity 4 in the morning race and finished behind Radcliffe in the afternoon race at the Saratoga Duels … Coxswain for the second varsity four that won all three races at the Lake Wheeler Invitational … Syracuse won the Pocock Cup, based on team scoring, at the 16-team regatta.
High School: 2019 men’s coxswain … International Baccalaureate Student … Director of CentralTHON … Treasurer of SALSA … Participant in the Science Fair and NHD.
Personal: Born in Philadelphia, Pa. … Daughter of Alde and Palmira Serrano … Two sisters and two brothers … Majoring in economics in the Martin J. Whitman School of Management.
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