Ruby O'Keeffe

Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Melbourne, Australia
High School:
Queen's Gate School (London)

2021-22: CRCA Scholar-Athlete … Rowed with the 2V8 in nearly every race during the spring season … Helped the 2V8 finish seventh at the NCAA Championship and second at the Ivy League Championship … Captured first at the Eastern Sprints with the second boat … Helped the 2V8 to wins over Cornell, Dartmouth, and Radcliffe during the season … Rowed with the A4 in the season-opener against Princeton and Ohio State, taking the win over both.

2020-21: Did not compete.

2019-20: Placed seventh out of 32 entries with the championship eight at the Head of the Charles (Oct. 20) … Came in seventh out of 47 entries with the B varsity eight at the Princeton Chase (Oct. 27) … Spring season canceled due to novel coronavirus (COVID-19).

Before Brown: Won the single scull at the 2019 Australian National Schoolgirl Championship … Captured a title in the double scull at the 2019 U19 Australian National Championship … Won a title at the 2019 Henley Women’s Regatta in the junior quad … Set the record for the Australian Junior Lightweight 2K Erg Score in 2018 … Won events at the Pairs Head in 2018 and the Wallingford Regatta in 2019 … Earned colors in rowing, kayaking, athletics, and cross country … Claimed an Australian National Marathon Kayaking K2 championship in 2016 … Finished as the runner-up at the Victorian State Triathlon in 2017 … Rowed for head coach Rhona MacCallum … Competed on the club level for Methodist Ladies’ College Rowing Club (2015-17), Tideway Scullers School (2018-19), and Sydney University Boat Club (2019) … Served as a prefect and deputy head girl as a senior at Queen’s Gate.

Personal: Ruby is the daughter of Jodie and Michael O’Keeffe … Has two younger siblings, Eamon and Curtis … Plays the bassoon … Entered Brown undecided on a concentration.

Why Brown? “I chose Brown because I loved meeting and talking to the students on campus and all the alumni I had met. I really connected with the ethos of the college and the variety of diverse and interesting courses. For me, Brown seemed to be a place which I could continue to love to learn and engage fully with the people around me – a very exciting prospect.”