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2022-23 Sailing Roster

Lucija Ruzevic

  • Height 5-5
  • Class Junior
  • High School Denton HS
  • Hometown Denton, Texas

Biography

2022-23 I JUNIOR SEASON
Claimed the Faye Bennett Trophy as MAISA's singlehanded chamion in the fall ... placed sixth at the Singlehanded National Championships among a field of 19 of the top sailors in the country ... helped the Big Red to a 4-3 record at the MAISA Match Race Championship in the fall ... helped Cornell to a top-half finish by grabbing eighth at the Women's ACC Finals ... helped Cornell to a top-half finishe at the War Memorial, grabbing ninth ... saw significant action during Team Racing season to kick off the spring ... helped capture a win in the inaugural Finger Lakes Women's Team Race ... helped the Open Team qualify for nationals with a ninth-place effort at the America Trophy national qualifier.

2021-22 I SOPHOMORE SEASON
Placed fifth at the 2021 College Sailing Women's Singlehanded Nationals at Navy ... runner-up at the Faye Bennett Laser Radial to teammate Lillian Myers ... sailed two races in A division, helping the Big Red to eighth at the Women's Dinghy National Championships.

2020-21 I FRESHMAN SEASON
Season canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

PRIOR TO CORNELL
Won the 2019 U.S. Junior Women's National Championship in the laser radial competition while attending Denton HS ... part of the U.S. Olympic Development Program ... finished first at the 2018 Laser Youth Easter Meeting, a U17 event in Lake Garda, Italy ... took eighth at the U17 2018 Radial Youth Europeans Championships and Trophy.

PERSONAL
Lucija Kay Ruzevic is the daughter of Nikola and Lara P Ruzevic and has two younger brothers ... she is enrolled in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.
 

Historical Player Information

  • 2020-21Freshman

    5'5"
  • 2021-22Sophomore

    5'5"
  • 2022-23Junior

    5'5"