Lena Mills

Height:
5-11
Weight:
null
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Lymington, England
High School:
King Edward VI School Southampton

Honors:
CRCA All-America - Honorable Mention (2024)
All-ACC (2024)
All-ACC Academic (2023)
ACC Honor Roll (2023)

2023-2024 (Sophomore): member of the Varsity Eight A boat that clocked a time of 15:44, against the Ukraine women’s national team at the High Point Rowing Festival … part of Duke’s Championship 8+ boat that finished 22nd overall at the 58th Head of the Charles with a time of 17:16.727 … raced in the Varsity Eight A and Varsity Four C boat at the annual Rivanna Romp … sat in the Varsity Eight and Second Varsity Eight to sweep all three races at the Oak Ridge Cardinal Invitational … part of the Varsity Eight lineup that placed second against No. 9 Michigan and No. 12 Ohio State during the ACC/Big 10 Double Dual … earned a spot on the podium at the Big Ten Invite after a photo finish in the Varsity Eight race, edging Ohio State by 0.694, to take home third … helped Duke collect 84 team points to finish second at its annual home regatta, the Lake Wheeler Invitational … placed fourth in the Varsity Eight race at the 2024 ACC Championships on Lake Wheeler … competed against a tough 22-team field to earn a fourth-place finish in the C Final race at the NCAA Championships in Bethel, Ohio … named a CRCA Division I All-American.

2022-23 (Freshman): Saw action in four regattas during her first season with the Blue Devils ... made her collegiate rowing debut in Duke’s Varsity Eight C boat at the Princeton 3-Mile Chase (11/6) ... helped the Blue Devils defeat No. 9 Syracuse and No. 8 Penn and capture the 2023 Pocock Cup at the Lake Wheeler Invitational (4/21-22) ... earned a bronze medal in the V8+ race at the 2023 ACC Championships (5/12-13)...helped the V8+ to a third-place finish in the C Finals of the NCAA Championships (5/26-28).

Prior to Duke: Attended King Evward VI School Southampton and competed for the Reading Rowing Club ... was a finalist in the women's junior singles event at the 2021 Henley Royal Regatta ... was a member of the Great Britain Rowing World Class Start program ... won a gold medal in the J17 division at the 2019 National Junior Rowing Championships.

Personal: A native of Lymington, England ... daughter of Hugo and Bernadette Mills ... father Hugo represented Great Britain on junior and U23 international teams, competing at the Junior World Championships in 1990 and U23 World Championships in 1993 and 1994.