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Kirrali Schofield Season 2023-24

PositionRower
ClassGraduate Student
HometownSydney, Australia
Kirrali Schofield headshot
  • Joined the team prior to the spring season as a graduate transfer from Minnesota
  • All-ACC Academic Team honoree
  • Rowed with the 2v8 at the six seat
  • Made her season debut at the Oregon State Invite, turning in a time of 6:59.56 for a third place finish
  • Helped Miami cross the finish line first in the 2v8 second heat with a 7:11.78 mark on day one at the Sunshine State Invite
  • Turned in a time of 6:39.88 in the final of the Sunshine State Invite, helping Miami win the event for the first time in program history
  • Won her race at the Lake Natoma Invite, posting a mark of 7:03.9 to defeat UCLA, Gonzaga and the UCLA 3v
  • Posted a 6:54.924 mark at the Lake Wheeler Invite’s first day, defeating Tulsa, Boston College and Kansas
  • Pulled up in second at 6:47.182, defeating Alabama, Iowa, Boston and Washington State at the Lake Wheeler Invite
  • Helped the 2v8 advance to the ACC Championship finals before turning in a program record of 6:33.373 in the grand final of the ACC Championships for a fourth-place time

• Competed in all six regattas for the Gophers, making five appearances with the Second Varsity Eight boat and one in the First Varsity Eight boat
• Part of the 2V8 boat that finished seventh at the 2023 Big Ten Championship May 14
• Turned in seventh and fifth-place results in the morning and afternoon sessions, respectively, on the 2V8 boat at the Dexter Lake Invitational Apr. 29
• Raced to second on the 2V8 boat during the Big Ten & Big 12 Double Dual versus Iowa, Kansas and Oklahoma Apr. 15
• Recorded performances of third, fourth and fourth in three sessions of the Big Ten Invitational Apr. 7-8 with the 2V8 boat
• Placed second with the 2V8 boat in a Double Dual against Indiana and Tulsa Mar. 25
• Started the year with a first-place finish in the 1V8 boat at the Head of the Mississippi Regatta Oct. 1

• Placed seventh at the Big Ten Championships in the Second Varsity Eight boat
• Placed third in both sessions of the Iowa Rowing Regatta
• Appeared in all three 2V8 races at the B1G Invitational
• Assigned to the 2V8 boat against SMU
• Made a First Varsity Eight appearance against Gonzaga
• Placed 15th at the Head of the Charles Regatta with a time of 16:55.100
• Opened the season with a race win in the Women’s Collegiate 8+ race at the Head of the Mississippi Regatta with a time 15:26.472

• Placed fifth with the Second Varsity Eight boat at the Big Ten Championships
• Earned a second-place finish at the Dale England Cup in the 2V8 boat
• Helped the Second Varsity Eight to a race win at the Iowa Rowing Regatta
• Appeared in all three sessions at the B1G Invitational and Cardinal Invite

• Finished second at the Head of the Mississippi with the the 3V8 (20:54.352)
• Season ended on March 12, 2020, when the Big Ten and NCAA announced they were ceasing competitions and championships because of COVID-19 public health concerns

• Graduate of Sydney Girls High School
• Competed for the Sydney Girls Rowing Club and the Sydney Rowing Club
• Achieved top 5% in the state in her final year of school
• Finished second in the single skull at the Sprint Championships
• Finished third in the double skull at the State Championships

  • Began rowing at age 13
  • Daughter of Dianne Li and Glen Schofield
  • Has two older twin brothers, Luke and Jayden Schofield, who are full-time triathletes in Australia
  • Working on her master’s in industrial engineering
  • Chose Miami for the weather, coaches and team culture
  • Made the engineering dean’s list as a senior, receiving the scholar-athlete award during her senior year
  • Enjoys reading, cooking vegan food, running and going to trivia