2025-26 Women's Lightweight Rowing Roster

Mira Saldanha

Mira Saldanha

  • Class:
    Sophomore
  • Hometown:
    Bedford, N.H.
  • Height:
    5-2
  • High School:
    Bedford

Summary

Biography

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2024-25
Coxswain of the Lightweight 4+ that earned a silver medal in 7:59.55 at the Knecht Cup (April 12-13) … Coxswain of the Lightweight 4+ that earned a silver medal in 7:59.55 at the Knecht Cup (April 12-13) … Coxswain of the Varsity 4+ “B” crew that finished third among Radcliffe, Brown and MIT (April 19) … Coxswain of the Lightweight 4+ “B” crew that earned a gold medal in a time of 8:17.854 over Radcliffe and three Wisconsin crews at the Eastern Sprints (May 4).

BEFORE BOSTON UNIVERSITY
Team captain as a senior, earning the Sportsmanship Award ... Helped the First Varsity 8 and Second Varsity 4 finish first among high school programs (10th and fourth overall, respectively) at the Head of the Fish ... Also won gold in the First Varsity 4 at the New Hampshire Champs George Dirth Regatta ... Earned a top-five overall results (second among high school programs) in the Varsity 8 at the New England Junior/High School/Masters Championship ... Received the Bulldog Award as team MVP as a junior during the fall ... Guided the Second Varsity 8 to a ninth-place effort at the NEIRA Championship that year ... Competed in the Northeast Youth Championship as a sophomore, helping the Youth 8 finish sixth.

PERSONAL
Daughter of Bindu Malieckal and Rohit Saldanha ... Has one sibling, Leo Saldanha ... Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences majoring in Statistics and Computer Science at BU.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2024-25Freshman

    5'2"
  • 2025-26Sophomore

    5'2"