2025-26 Women's Rowing Roster
Roster
Ada Giraldo
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Sarasota, Fla.
- Height:
- 5-9
- High School:
- Out of Door Academy
AS A JUNIOR IN 2025-26
At the NCAA Championships, rowed three seat in the Second Varsity 8+ that won the D Final in 6:21.480 (May 31)…Three seat in the Second Varsity 8+ that finished first in the finals at the Patriot League Championship with a time of 6:33.426 to help BU win its third consecutive league title (May 15)…Rowed three seat in the Second Varsity 8+ that advanced to the Grand Finals at Eastern Sprints (May 3)…Two seat in the Second Varsity 8+ that finished behind No. 9 Brown and ahead of Columbia (April 12)…Was named Patriot League Boat of the Week following the results (April 14)…Rowed two seat in the Second Varsity 8+ that defeated Northeastern (April 4)…Sat two seat in the 2V8 that bested Cornell and Colgate to open the season (March 28)…Rowed two seat in the Championship Four which finished 14th overall and 12th among collegiate crews at the Head of the Charles (Oct. 19).
AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2024-25
Sat Bow seat in the Varsity 4+ that finished sixth in the C Final in 7:29.613 at the NCAA Championships (May 30-June 1) … Bow seat for the Varsity 4+ that won the Grand Final in 7:36.502 at the Patriot League Championship (May 16) … Sat Bow seat for the Varsity 4+ that competed in the Grand Final at Eastern Sprints (May 4) … Rowed three seat in the Varsity 4+ at the Lake Wheeler Invite (April 25-26) … Bow seat for the Varsity 4+ that finished ahead of Northeastern and behind No. 18 Columbia (April 12) … Bow seat for the Varsity 4+ to finish ahead of No. 22 Dartmouth, Northeastern and MIT (April 5) … Three seat for the Varsity 4+ finish ahead of Cornell and George Washington (March 29) to open the season … Rowed three seat in the Championship 4+ at the Head of the Charles (Oct. 20) that finished 14th.
AS A FRESHMAN IN 2023-24
Stroke seat in the Second Varsity 8 that won the Grand Final in 6:56.337 at the Patriot League Championship (May 17) … Stroke seat in the Second Varsity 8 that finished 18th in the nation, placing sixth in the C Final in 6:55.149, at the NCAA Championships (May 31-June 2) … Three seat in the Women’s Club 4+ that placed seventh at the 58th Head of the Charles Regatta (Oct. 21) … Stroke seat in the Second Varsity 8 that took down Cornell in the spring opener (March 30) … Stroke seat in the Second Varsity 8 that finished second in a race against Harvard-Radcliffe, Northeastern, and Dartmouth (April 6) … Stroke seat in the Second Varsity 8 that defeated Northeastern and Rhode Island (April 13) … Stroke seat in the Second Varsity 8 at the Lake Wheeler Invite (April 26-27) … Stroke seat in the Second Varsity 8 that placed sixth at the Eastern Sprints (May 5) … Stroke seat in the Women’s 8+ that participated in the Henley Royal Regatta, qualifying for the Island Challenge Cup (July 2-7).
BEFORE BOSTON UNIVERSITY
Rowed for Out of Door Academy and Sarasota Crew … As a senior, secured 1st at the USRowing Southeast Regionals Women’s 8+ … Placed 2nd at both the FSRA Sculling States Women’s Varsity 2x and FSRA Sweep States Women’s Varsity 8+ … Earned 5th in Women’s Varsity 8+ at Youth Nationals in 2023.
PERSONAL
Daughter of Cynthia Collawn and Kenneth Giraldo … Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences at BU.
