Veronica Belloso

2021-22: Primarily competed for the 2v8 this season… Took home the gold medal against Jacksonville and Stetson, finishing in a time of 7:26.100…Tallied a first-place finish against UCF with a 6:56.700 finish time, a full nine seconds ahead of the Knights…At the Lake Wheeler Invite, finished seven-tenths of a second behind 11^th-ranked Duke (6:46.532)…Placed fourth out of 16 boats in the second round of the Lake Wheeler Invite…Finished third in the 2v8 heat race (6:53.238) at the ACC Championship to earn a spot in the grand final…Placed fourth in the ACC Championship grand final with a time of 6:36.624.

2020-21: Rowed the 3v8 to a sixth-place finish (7:26.761) in the Grand Final of the ACC Championship (5/15)…Helped Miami to its best team finish (sixth) at the ACC Championship since 2014.

High School: Attended the School of the Holy Child…Rowed the pair, V4 and V8 for RowAmerica Rye…Sat the bow seat…Placed first at the 2019 NY State Championships in the V8+…Coxed a V4+ at the Head of the Charles, helping boat to sixth place finish…Earned a fifth place showing at the U19 2019 National Championships…Ran for the varsity cross country team as a freshman…Member of the honor roll as a senior

Personal: Parents are Clementina and Daniel…One sibling, Emiliana…Majoring in health science with the goal of being a sports nutritionist…Chose Miami for the academics and location…Great Uncle attended UM…Born in Venezuela.