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2021-22 Sailing Roster

Lilly Bjerke

  • Height 5-6
  • Class Freshman
  • High School Greenwich HS
  • Hometown Greenwich, Conn.

Biography

As a freshman (2021-22)

• Sailed at Team Race Nationals, helping Cornell to ninth overall, the program's highest finish in school history.
• Team Race Nationals also served as the first-ever Ivy League Championship.
• Crewed B division to the program's third consecutive fall conference title with a win at the MAISA Fall Women's.
 

Prior to Cornell

• Bjerke captained the sailing team at Riverside Yacht Club while attending Greenwich HS.
• She earned the Dave Griffiths All-Around Athlete Award as a senior.
• Named a Scholar-Athlete in 2021.
 

Personal

• Lilliane Ingrid Bjerke is the daughter of Bjorn and Sareeta Bjerke and has two older sisters and a younger brother.
• Her sister, Louisa, is also a member of the Big Red sailing team.
• Her parents are both 1989 graduates, while her sister, Annika, is a 2019 grad.
• She is enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences.