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2019-20 Women's Rowing Roster

Erik Schelkun

Anna Benton

  • Height 5-11
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Johnstown-Monroe
  • Hometown Johnstown, Ohio
  • Custom1 Varsity

Biography

2019-20 (Senior)
• No spring season due to COVID-19
• CoSIDA First Team Academic All-District
• CoSIDA Third Team Academic All-American


2018-19 (Junior)
• Recipient of the Presidential Scholar-Athlete Honor 

Named to University of Dayton Dean's List for Fall 2018
• Member of the Varsity 4+ who finished in 3rd place out of 9 with a time of 17:52.8 at the Bald Eagle Collegiate Invitational.
• Competed on the Varsity 8+ A  team who finished in 3rd place out of 7 teams at the Bald Eagle Collegiate Invitational.

• Competed in the 500m 2V8+ race and recorded two 1st place finishes at Duquesne.
• Advanced to the Grand Final and finished in 6th place at the A-10 Championships with a time of 7:35.54.
• Named a 2019 CRCA National Scholar-Athlete 
• CoSIDA First Team Academic All-District

 

2017-18 (Sophomore)
• Named Dayton's MVP
• Named to 2017-18 A-10 Commissioner's Honor Roll
• CoSIDA First Team Academic All-District
• CRCA National Scholar-Athlete
• Atlantic 10 All-Academic Team
• Flyer 4.0 GPA
• 10/10/17: Raced in the V8+ boat and the V4+ boat in Morgantown, W.Va. against WVU and Duquesne.
• Raced in the WV2- pairing that finished in fourth place in the 6K (26:28.09) and the 2- pairing that finished second, third, and first in the three 500m heats at the Muskie Chase hosted by Marietta.
• Part of the V8+ boat that finished second in the morning session with a time of 7:29.08 and then placed first in the afternoon session's V8+ B Final with a time of 6:44.6 at the Crimson Tide Invitational in Tuscaloosa, Ala.
• On day one of the George Washington Invitational, raced in the V8+ that finished second with a time of 6:31.70. On day two, competed in the V8+ that finished second with a time of 6:43.00
• At the Cooper Invitational, competed in the V8+ race, finishing in a time of 7:37.61, and also raced in the V8+ Petite Final, placing second with a time of 7:25.53.
• On day one at the SIRA Regatta, raced in the V8+ Time Trial, finishing fifth overall with a time of 6:04.07. This qualified the V8+ for the semifinal, which they finished in third place overall with a time of 6:59.71. In the V8+ Grand Final, the team finished fourth overall with a time of 6:53.76.
• At A-10 Championships, raced in the V8+ which won the Petite Final, with a time of 6:53.65.

2016-17 (Freshman)
• Fall 2016 Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll
• Most Outstanding Novice Rower
• Finished first in two 500m races (1:41.3; 1:40.3) at the Marietta Muskie Chase as a member of Novice 8+
• Placed first (5:24.4) in the Varsity 8+ 2,000m race at Duquesne
• Raced with the Varsity 8+ at the A-10 Grand Final, finishing fifth with a time of 7:01.93 
• Spring 2017 Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll

High School
• Three-year member of varsity track and field team
• Team Captain (2015, 2016)
• Earned 12 varsity letters playing four sports
• Valedictorian and Senior Class President 

Personal
• Daughter of Kathy and Alan Benton
• Has three siblings: Patrick, Thomas and Charles
• Majoring in chemical engineering with plans of going to medical school

Historical Player Information

  • 2016-17Freshman

    5'11"
  • 2017-18Sophomore

    5'11"
  • 2018-19Junior

    5'11"
  • 2019-20Senior

    5'11"