Katelyn Bartos

Biography

A former Big Ten rower, Katelyn Bartos joins the Indiana rowing staff ahead of the 2025-26 season as an assistant coach. Bartos previously served Wisconsin as a novice coach in two seasons from 2023-25. In her role, Bartos worked with the coaching staff to create training plans, assisted in recruiting, helped manage team communication and calendars and coached youth rowing summer camps. Bartos started her rowing career as a walk-on athlete at Ohio State in 2019, and by her senior year was competing in the first varsity eight and second varsity eight boats. As a junior, her 2V8 crew finished second at the Big Ten Championships and fourth at the NCAA Championships, boosting sixth-place team finish. That boat repeated as Big Ten runner-up her senior year, finishing eighth at the NCAA regatta as well as eighth as a program. Bartos became a Big Ten Champion in 2019, helping her second novice eight crew place first at the conference regatta. Bartos was a three-time Big Ten Distinguished Scholar and CRCA National Scholar Athlete. In May 2023, she graduated from The Ohio State University with a degree in mechanical engineering and a minor in business.