Completed Event: Rowing at Head of the Charles on October 17, 2025 , , NTS
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Final
Rowing
at Head of the Charles
2025-26 Rowing Roster
Kina Desai
- Height:
- 5-4
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Hermosa Beach, Calif.
- High School:
- Mira Costa
Honors:
All-ACC Academic (2025)
ACC Honor Roll (2025)
2024-2025 (Freshman): Made her Blue Devil debut in the Varsity Eight D boat at the High Point Rowing Festival (10/6), going head-to-head with the Ukraine women's national team, Oxford University and High Point … saw action in the Novice 8 boat at the annual Rivanna Romp (11/10) to close out the fall racing season … opened the spring season in the 3V8 and helped Duke complete a 10-race sweep at the Oak Ridge Cardinal Invitational (3/15-16) … opened action in the inaugural Rocky Top Invitational (4/4-5) with a first-place time of 7:21.917, cruising past ACC foe North Carolina by nearly six seconds … closed out the regatta with a second-place finish, clocking 7:04.556, just behind host No. 5 Tennessee … a member of the 3V8 lineup that competed against a stacked field of 23 teams at the Big Ten Invitational (4/18-19), crossing the finish line in 7:01.575 to take fourth … raced as part of the 3V8 crew that helped the Blue Devils earn second place at the annual Lake Wheeler Invitational (4/25-26) for the second straight year … won the petite final in the 3V8 as Duke finished fifth overall at the 2025 ACC Championships (5/16-17).
Prior to Duke: Attended Mira Costa High School in Manhattan Beach, Calif … competed with the Marina Aquatics Center (MAC) rowing team … MAC women's rowing 1V varsity coxswain for the 2022-23 and 2023-24 seasons … named National Merit Finalist Recipient … earned AP Scholar Distinction Award … totaled a perfect 4.0 GPA in high school … favorite rowing memory is coxing the Head of the Charles race for the first time in 2022.
All-ACC Academic (2025)
ACC Honor Roll (2025)
2024-2025 (Freshman): Made her Blue Devil debut in the Varsity Eight D boat at the High Point Rowing Festival (10/6), going head-to-head with the Ukraine women's national team, Oxford University and High Point … saw action in the Novice 8 boat at the annual Rivanna Romp (11/10) to close out the fall racing season … opened the spring season in the 3V8 and helped Duke complete a 10-race sweep at the Oak Ridge Cardinal Invitational (3/15-16) … opened action in the inaugural Rocky Top Invitational (4/4-5) with a first-place time of 7:21.917, cruising past ACC foe North Carolina by nearly six seconds … closed out the regatta with a second-place finish, clocking 7:04.556, just behind host No. 5 Tennessee … a member of the 3V8 lineup that competed against a stacked field of 23 teams at the Big Ten Invitational (4/18-19), crossing the finish line in 7:01.575 to take fourth … raced as part of the 3V8 crew that helped the Blue Devils earn second place at the annual Lake Wheeler Invitational (4/25-26) for the second straight year … won the petite final in the 3V8 as Duke finished fifth overall at the 2025 ACC Championships (5/16-17).
Prior to Duke: Attended Mira Costa High School in Manhattan Beach, Calif … competed with the Marina Aquatics Center (MAC) rowing team … MAC women's rowing 1V varsity coxswain for the 2022-23 and 2023-24 seasons … named National Merit Finalist Recipient … earned AP Scholar Distinction Award … totaled a perfect 4.0 GPA in high school … favorite rowing memory is coxing the Head of the Charles race for the first time in 2022.
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