National Teams
Twelve Pan Am, 2011; Senior, 2012-15, 2017-19, 2022-23; Olympic, 2020, 2024
International Results
Finished third in the lightweight women's double sculls at the 2024 World Rowing Cup II...Finished second in the lightweight double sculls at the 2023 World Rowing Championships...Finished second in the lightweight double sculls at the 2023 World Rowing Cup II…Finished second in the lightweight double sculls at the 2022 World Rowing Championships...Won The Stonor Challenge Trophy for double sculls at the 2022 Henley Royal Regatta...Won the lightweight double sculls at the 2022 World Rowing Cup II...Finished fifth in the lightweight double sculls at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games...Won the lightweight double sculls at the 2021 World Rowing Final Olympic Qualification Regatta...Finished 10th in the the lightweight double at the 2019 World Rowing Championships...Finished sixth in the lightweight double sculls at the 2019 World Rowing Cup II...Finished fourth in the lightweight single sculls at the 2018 World Rowing Championships...Won bronze in the lightweight double sculls at the 2017 World Rowing Championships...Placed 11th in the lightweight double sculls at the 2015 World Rowing Championships...Won bronze in the lightweight double sculls at the 2015 World Rowing Cup III...Placed 10th in the lightweight double sculls at the 2014 World Rowing Championships...Placed eighth in the lightweight double sculls at the 2014 World Rowing Cup II...Placed seventh in the lightweight single sculls at the 2013 World Rowing Championships...Placed fourth in the lightweight quadruple sculls at the 2012 World Rowing Senior and Junior Championships...Took bronze in the lightweight double and quadruple sculls at the 2011 Pan American Games.
National Results
Won the single sculls at the 2023 USRowing Fall Speed Order...Won the championship single sculls at the 2023 Head of the Charles Regatta...Finished second in the open single sculls at the 2023 USRowing National Selection Regatta…Won the lightweight single sculls at the 2023 USRowing Winter Speed Order…Won the lightweight double sculls at the 2022 USRowing National Selection Regatta 2...Finished second in the open weight double sculls at the 2020 U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Rowing #2...Won the lightweight double sculls at the 2020 U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Rowing #1, qualifying to race at the Final Olympic Qualification Regatta...Won the lightweight double sculls at the 2019 Senior World Championships Trials...Won the lightweight single sculls at the 2018 Senior World Championships Trials...Won the lightweight double sculls at the 2017 Senior World Championships Trials...Won the lightweight double sculls at the 2014 Senior II World Championships Trials…Won the lightweight single sculls at the 2014 National Selection Regatta I…Won the lightweight single sculls at 2013 Senior World Championships Trials...Won the lightweight quadruple sculls at 2012 World Rowing Non-Olympic Senior Championship Trials…Won lightweight double sculls at 2012 USRowing National Regatta…Finished second in the lightweight quadruple sculls at 2012 USRowing National Regatta…Finished third in lightweight double sculls at 2012 National Selection Regatta…Won the lightweight double sculls at the 2011 Pan American Games Trials…Finished fourth in the women's quadruple sculls at the 2011 USRowing National Championships…Finished fifth in the lightweight double sculls at the 2011 National Selection Regatta II…Won gold in the senior lightweight single sculls, intermediate lightweight single sculls and senior lightweight quadruple sculls at the 2009 USRowing Club National Championships…Won bronze in the lightweight division at the 2009 C.R.A.S.H.-B. Indoor Rowing Championships…Took silver in the lightweight division at the 2008 C.R.A.S.H.-B. Indoor Rowing Championships.
Personal
Michelle was named USRowing’s Female Athlete of the Year in 2022…She is the American record holder on the ergometer in the lightweight women's 6k distance...Michelle began rowing at age 14 for Capital Crew in Folsom, Calif., after seeing how much her older sister was enjoying crew after her first season. After attending grad school at the University of Tulsa for her MBA, she began pursuing her U.S. National Team dream. Through her years on the national team, Michelle has represented OKC High-Performance Center, Vesper Boat Club, and Cambridge Boat Club. In the offseason, Michelle enjoys cycling and races bikes for QCW p/b Cadence Cycling. Her biggest role models are the USA lightweight women who trail-blazed before her, including Jen Goldsack, Christine Collins, Lindsay Burns Barbier, Ellen St Clair, and Joanne Iverson. Michelle won USRowing's Ernestine Bayer Award (Woman of the Year) with partner Molly Reckford in 2021. She enjoys her career at Broadridge Financial Solutions and looks forward to building on her work with the company. She would love to take a long bike vacation to Europe after rowing. There are so many places the team drives through during the international rowing campaigns and she always finds herself saying, "Ah, that would be a great mountain to ride up!" Michelle lists her favorite place to compete as Lucerne, Switzerland, - the lake of the Gods. It is such a small, almost intimate, venue. It doesn't have the huge grandstands and chaos of the larger venues. “It feels almost like our own private little fight club that the outside world doesn't even know is happening. That, and the sights and lake around Lucerne are stunning to see after racing wraps up.” Her favorite place to travel is Italy, specifically Lago di Pusiano. The lake looks like heaven above the clouds. The drama of the sawtooth mountain behind the start line is incredible, and the church bells chime every hour. The food and the coffee are also the best she’s ever had in her life. Michelle lists her favorite Olympic moment as sitting on the start line of the Olympic final with Molly Reckford in the lightweight women’s double. She said, “Our times from the semifinal indicated that we had a solid shot at the Olympic podium if we executed a great race. I remember feeling so strong, confident, and determined to chase that dream. It's an incredible feeling to be sitting there waiting for the light to turn green knowing that you're about to go race for an Olympic medal. Michelle loves music and it plays a huge role in her training and navigating the cycles of the rowing season. She enjoys so many different genres but the playlists she gravitates towards always seem to match the energy and intensity of each part of the training block or the types of workouts. Anything with a good beat.
