Lena Mills

November 10, 2025: The Duke Blue Devils Rowing Studio

Photo by: Nat LeDonne / Duke Athletics

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

Honors:
CRCA All-America - Honorable Mention (2024, 2025)
All-ACC (2024, 2025)
All-ACC Academic (2023, 2024, 2025)
ACC Honor Roll (2023, 2024, 2025)

2024-2025 (Junior): Opened the fall slate with a win over Oxford in the Blue Devils’ A boat at the High Point Rowing Festival (10/6), posting the winning-time of 10:40 … wrapped up the day with a bronze medal in the Dash for the Dr. Lenny Peters Cup … part of the Varsity Eight crew that led the time trials for the Blue Devils at the Princeton Chase (11/3), clocking a time of 14:28.380 to earn a 12th place finish … competed with the V8 and V4B boats in the annual Rivanna Romp (11/10) to close out the fall racing season … opened the spring season in the V8 and helped Duke complete a 10-race sweep at the Oak Ridge Cardinal Invitational (3/15-16) … earned a second- and third-place finish at the inaugural Rocky Top Invitational (4/4-5), recording times of 6:52.736 and 6:43.635, respectively … went up against a highly-competitive field of 23 teams at the Big Ten Invitational (4/18-19), claiming a fifth-place finish in the V8 during the morning session before improving their time by nearly two seconds in the afternoon session, crossing the finish line in 6:33.098 … raced as part of the V8 crew that helped the Blue Devils secure second place at the annual Lake Wheeler Invitational (4/25-26) for the second straight year … placed fifth in the grand final V8 race as Duke finished fifth overall at the 2025 ACC Championships (5/16-17).

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.