Cornell University Athletics

• CRCA All Mid-Atlantic Region First Team (2010)

At Cornell 
Madsen was named second-team CRCA All-American following her senior season.  She stroked the varsity eight boat that placed 11th overall at the 2012 NCAA Women's Rowing Championship. She was also named second-team All-Ivy after helping Cornell to a silver medal in the varsity eight race at the Ivy League Championship. She was a two-time first-team CRCA All-Mid Atlantic Regional selection, earning the honor in 2010 and 2012.  During her junior season, Madsen stroked the varsity eight to a great season with wins against Yale, Harvard and Dartmouth. The crew was consistently ranked in the top 20, reaching as high as No. 10. As a sophomore, she stroked the varsity eight and helped the Big Red to its first national ranking in more than five years and narrowly missed out on an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament. She also stroked the novice eight crew to the bronze medal at the 2009 Eastern Sprints.

At Ithaca HS
Madsen earned one varsity letter in rowing at Ithaca high school. She won a bronze medal at the 2007 New York State Championships in the novice-8.

Personal
Cecelia Guenveur Madsen is the daughter of Eugene Madsen and Jane Walker and she has one younger sister. Both of her parents, as well as two cousins, all graduated from Cornell. She is enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences.