2021-22 Women's Rowing Roster

Claire Barrett

  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Providence Catholic
  • Hometown Tinley Park, Ill.

Biography

CAREER HONORS AND AWARDS
CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2022
Athletic Director's Honor Roll Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2022

Career: Veteran competitor for the Wildcats who has competed 24 times during her collegiate career and has been a member of the varsity eight boat in each of her four seasons on the team … Eight-time selection to the CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll and seven-time member of the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll.
 
2021-22: Part of Varsity Eight boat that was named CAA Boat of the Week in back-to-back weeks, the first such honors for the program … Competed with the V8 in each event, typically at the 5-seat … Group recorded a fourth-place time of 6:46.25 at the CAA Championships … Villanova won its competition at the Mason Invitational in 6:30.5 … Part of the V8 that swept its races in the dual with UConn and Eastern Michigan, winning with times of 6:56.30 and 6:39.28, respectively … Made the Grand Final at the Knecht Cup , finishing fifth at 6:43.47 … V8 posted a second-place time of 7:26.6 in the dual with La Salle and Drexel … Raced in the Women’s Championships Eights in the Head at Schuylkill for a sixth-place 13:02.816 finish.
 
2020-21: Part of the Villanova lineup in the varsity eight for the entire spring season and rowed in either the 3-seat or the 7-seat during the year … After beginning the season with an exhibition against Drexel, the varsity eight squad opened competition with a first place finish in a dual against Delaware … The team recorded a time of 7:10.8 and tallied a two-second margin of victory over the Blue Hens … Helped the V8 squad win its heat by 2.1 seconds over Temple and Jefferson with a time of 6:40.3 at the Kerr Cup … Villanova came in second at George Mason in both the heats (6:44.0) and the grand final (6:47.1) … The team finished second in their heat at the Kelly Cup in 6:58.9 and qualified for the A final where they finished fourth overall in 7:02.6 … The varsity eight squad recorded a time of 6:50.47 and finished fifth at the CAA Championship.
 
2019-20: Competed at four regattas during the season and was part of the Wildcats varsity four and varsity eight lineups … The varsity eight squad came in eighth in the Championship Eights at the Head of the Schuylkill, placed 13th in the Collegiate 8+ final at the Navy Day Regatta and was second at the Metro Cup Regatta while competing against UCF, Duquesne and Rollins … Part of the varsity four boat (2-seat) which finished ninth in the Collegiate 4+ final at the Navy Day Regatta … Helped the second varsity eight (5-seat) come in second in the season-opening Rumson Boat Race.
 
2018-19: Competed eight times during her freshman campaign as part of the varsity eight and second varsity eight squads … Helped the varsity eight boat (4-seat) place fifth at the CAA Championship and fourth in the Grand Final at the Cooper Invitational … Part of the second varsity eight boat (5-seat) which qualified for the Petite Final against strong competition at the Cooper Sprints … The 2V8 team also came in second to Kansas in the Grand Final at the George Mason Invitational and placed third in the final at the Kerr Cup … Villanova’s 2V8 squad was second in competition at both the Rollins Invitational and in competition against Saint Joseph’s and Delaware … Made her collegiate debut at the Head of the Schuylkill where she was part of the College Frosh/Novice Eights team (stroke).
 
Club Sports: Played soccer for the Chicago International Soccer Club from 2013-18 … Helped the team win the Midwest Regional League title in 2017 and place second in the Disney Soccer Showcase the same year.
 
Providence Catholic High School: Earned a varsity letter playing soccer as a goalkeeper during her senior season in 2018 … Winner of the Girls Catholic Athletic Conference Scholar-Athlete Award for soccer … Was the President of the National Honor Society and was named an Illinois State Scholar.
 
Personal: Born 4/11/2000 in Tinley Park, Ill. … One of four children of Edward and Cheri Barrett … Has a twin brother, Jack, and older twin sisters Grace and Tess (23) … Father played college football at Southern Illinois … Both sisters were also collegiate student-athletes … Grace played volleyball at Saint Mary’s College Notre Dame and Tess played soccer at Valparaiso … Hobbies include beatboxing and dancing … Chose to attend Villanova because she fell in love with the campus and the contagiously uplifting spirits among the students she met while visiting campus … Nursing major.

Historical Player Information

  • 2018-19Freshman

  • 2019-20Sophomore

  • 2020-21Junior

  • 2021-22Senior