2025-26 Women's Rowing Roster
Roster
Olivia Bencze
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Absecon, N.J.
- Height:
- 5-9
- High School:
- Holy Spirit
AS A JUNIOR IN 2025-26
At the NCAA Championships, rowed four seat in the Varsity 8+ that won the D Final in 6:11.072 (May 31)…Three seat in the Varsity 8+ that won Boat of the Year honors at the Patriot League Championship after finishing first in the finals with a time of 6:26.042 to help BU win its third consecutive league title (May 15)…Rowed three seat in the Varsity 8+ that finished fifth in the Grand Finals at Eastern Sprints ahead of No. 12 Rutgers (May 3)…Went on to win Patriot League Boat of the Week honors for the performance at Eastern Sprints…Five seat in the Varsity 8+ that competed against No. 9 Brown and Columbia (April 12)…Rowed five seat in the Varsity 8+ to help BU win the Council Cup over Northeastern for the first time in three years (April 4)…Sat five seat in the 1V8 that bested Cornell and Colgate to open the season (March 28)…Rowed three seat in the Championship Eight which finished 11th overall and seventh among collegiate crews at the Head of the Charles (Oct. 19).
AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2024-25
Sat three seat in the Varsity 8+ that finished second in the D Final in 6:36.356 at the NCAA Championships (May 30-June 1) … Three seat for the Varsity 8+ that won the Grand Final in 6:42.587 at the Patriot League Championship (May 16), later receiving Patriot League Boat of the Year honors … Sat three seat for the Varsity 8+ that won the Petite Final at Eastern Sprints (May 4) … Rowed three seat in the Varsity 8+ at the Lake Wheeler Invite (April 25-26) … Three seat for the Varsity 8+ in the Council Cup and against No. 18 Columbia (April 12)…Sat Bow for the Varsity 8+ that finished second behind No. 22 Dartmouth and ahead of Northeastern and MIT (April 5)…Helped the Varsity 8+ finish ahead of Cornell and George Washington (March 29) to open the season from the three seat…Sat Bow seat in the Championship 4+ at the Head of the Charles (Oct. 20) that finished 14th.
AS A FRESHMAN IN 2023-24
Five seat in the Varsity 8 that won the Grand Final in 6:42.028 at the Patriot League Championship (May 17), later receiving Patriot League Boat of the Year honors … Five seat in the Varsity 8 that finished 20th in the nation, placing second in the D Final in 6:41.980, at the NCAA Championships (May 31-June 2) … Two seat in the Women’s Club 4+ that placed seventh at the 58th Head of the Charles Regatta (Oct. 21) … Four seat in the Varsity 8 that took down Cornell in the spring opener (March 30), leading to Patriot League Boat of the Week honors … Four seat in the Varsity 8 that competed against Harvard-Radcliffe, Northeastern, and Dartmouth (April 6) … Five seat in the Varsity 8 that finished second in a Council Cup race between Northeastern and Rhode Island (April 13) … Five seat in the Varsity 8 at the Lake Wheeler Invite (April 26-27) … Five seat in the Varsity 8 that placed fifth in the Grand Final at the Eastern Sprints (May 5) … Three 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 at Holy Spirit High School … As a senior, secured 1st in the Atlantic County Championship in the V8 … Placed 2nd at both the Garden State Championship and Stotesbury in the V8 her senior campaign.
PERSONAL
Born on March 5, 2005 … Daughter of Melissa and Scott Bencze … Enrolled in the College of Engineering at BU.
