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Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Athletics

2023-24 Women's Rowing Roster

Michael Black
Kyrin Mayfield
Alfonso Mirabal
Margaret Dotson
Christopher Elwell
Christopher Elwell

Kristen Vigna

  • Height 5-7
  • Class Senior
  • High School Pine-Richland
  • Hometown Gibsonia, Pa.
  • Major Astronomy & Astrophysics

Biography

• 2024 SSC Boat of the Year (Varsity 8)
• 2024 SSC Commissioner’s Honor Roll
• 2023 SSC Co-Boat of the Year (Varsity 8)
• 2022 SSC Boat of the Year (Varsity 4)

• 2022 SSC Commissioner’s Honor Roll
• 2021 SSC Commissioner’s Honor Roll 

2023-24 (Senior): Named to the SSC Commissioner’s Honor Roll…competed in 19 races…earned three medals including two golds…part of the SSC’s Boat of the Year (Varsity Eight…started her season with a gold in Club Eights (13:21.205) at the Head of the Schuylkill (Oct. 28)…earned SSC Boat of the Week honors by beating Rollins by 18 seconds in Varsity Fours at the Tars Regatta (March 2)…received the award for a second-straight week by defeating Barry in Varsity Eights twice at the Eagles’ home dual (March 11)…claimed victories in Eights (7:02.77), which was the SSC Boat of the Week, and Varsity Fours ‘B’ (8:04.84) at the FIRA Championships (March 30) to help the Eagles win their fourth-straight state title…earned a bronze in Eights (7:06.41) at the Knecht Cup (April 14)…grabbed a win in Eights (6:56.8) at the SSC Championship (April 26) to aid ERAU in a third-consecutive conference crown…competed in Eights at the NCAA II National Championship (June 1).

2022-23 (Junior): Competed in 15 races, 10 of which were with Varsity 8, the SSC Co-Boat of the Year…gathered six wins…accumulated a gold and a silver medal…part of the SSC Boat of the Week four times…began the spring with a dual victory in DII Fours (7:57.9) over Rollins (Mar. 4)…downed Barry (Mar. 11) in Fours (8:09.9)…once again bested the Buccaneers at home (Mar. 25) in Fours (8:49.6)… earned a silver medal in DII Fours (7:53.18) at the FIRA Championships (Apr. 1) aiding the program to its third-straight top-2 placement in the overall standings at the event…transitioned to Varsity 8 from that point on…set a program-record time of 6:14.680 in the Eights time trial at SIRA (Apr. 15)…won in Eights (6:48.8) at the SSC Championship (Apr. 28) for the first time in program history to help the Eagles repeat as conference champs…part of the first-place DII Eight boat (6:50.379) at the Dad Vail Regatta (May 13)…assisted the Eight boat to a fourth-place result at the NCAA II Championship (7:30.265).

2021-22 (Sophomore): Part of the Sunshine State Conference Boat of the Year (Varsity 4), the first Eagle vessel to receive the honor…included in the SSC Commissioner’s Honor Roll…grabbed an 11th-place result in Championship 4+ at the Head of the South (Nov. 13) with a 18:48.9…also finished fourth in Championship 8+ (16:20.0)…picked up wins in Varsity 4 and Varsity 8 ‘B’ (7:22.4) at the Tars Regatta (March 5)…won two races in a double dual at Stetson (March 12) against Jacksonville (7:53.2) and the Hatters (7:54.5)…stopped the clock at 7:52.9 to win the Division II Varsity 4 race at Florida Tech (March 19)…helped the Eagles win an overall FIRA (April 2) title with victories in Division II Varsity 4 (7:33.58) and JV 8 (7:22.64)…powered the Varsity 4 boat to a bronze medal (7:50.976) at SIRA (April 16), becoming the first varsity vessel to medal at the regatta in program history…assisted in ERAU claiming its first SSC Championship (April 22) with a win in Varsity 4 (8:31.3)…broke the program-record time with a 7:19.911 in Varsity 4 at the Dad Vail Regatta (May 14)…second-place finish in Varsity 4 (7:49.647) at the NCAA II National Championship (May 28) aided the Eagles in placing third overall, the best national result in program history.
 
2020-21 (Freshman): Named to the SSC Commissioner’s Honor Roll…won first two races of the year in the Varsity Four (8:43.60) and Freshman/Novice Four (8:48.11) events at the FIRA Championship (April 3)…claimed a third victory of the season at the Stetson Invitational (April 10) in Varsity Four…notched a second-place finish in Varsity Eight at the Sunshine State Conference Championships with at 7:12.3… aided the Eagles in reaching the NCAA II Championships (May 29) in Varsity Eight where she finished fourth (7:00.62).

Prep: 2020 graduate of Pine-Richland High School…rowed for coaches Sam DiMarzio, Bela Loskoch, Sarah Heastings, and Jared Zurich…named Outstanding Young Citizen…four-year Merit Scholar.
 
Personal: Born in Fairfax, Virginia…parents are Jerry and Susan Vigna…majoring in Astronomy & Astrophysics.

Historical Player Information

  • 2020-21Freshman

    5'7"
  • 2021-22Sophomore

    5'7"
  • 2022-23Junior

    5'7"
  • 2023-24Senior

    5'7"