2025-26 Women's Rowing Roster

Melanie Helfenstein

Melanie Helfenstein

  • Class:
    Sophomore
  • Hometown:
    Halifax, Nova Scotia
  • High School:
    Charles P. Allen

Summary

Biography

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2024-25
Rowed six seat in the Third Varsity 8+ against No. 4 Yale and No. 14 Harvard-Radcliffe (April 26) … Two seat for the Varsity 4+ that finished ahead of Northeastern and behind No. 18 Columbia (April 12) … Helped in the two seat in the Varsity 4+ to finish ahead of No. 22 Dartmouth, Northeastern and MIT (April 5) … Rowed in two seat of the Varsity 4+ that finished ahead of Cornell and George Washington (March 29) to open the season.

BEFORE BOSTON UNIVERSITY
Also rowed for the North Star Rowing Club under coach Patrick Cody ... National champion in high school as a senior in the single sculls (CSSRA) ... Two-time Canadian Rowing NextGen Athlete and Future RBC Olympian participant.

PERSONAL
Daughter of Myriam Bergeron and David Helfenstein ... Has two siblings, Megane and Jasmine ... Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences majoring in Molecular Biology at BU.

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  • 2024-25Freshman

  • 2025-26Sophomore