[3] Behrent had planned to start her tertiary education at the University of Otago in 2010 when she received her call to the New Zealand rowing squad.

She moved to Cambridge to be at the New Zealand training centre at Lake Karapiro and studied at the University of Waikato instead.

Only 14 months later, she was nominated for the New Zealand under-23 squad to compete at the 2010 World Rowing U23 Championships in Belarus, something that O'Connor termed "astonishing".

[6] She won a silver medal at the 2015 World Rowing Championships with the women's eight, qualifying the boat for the 2016 Olympics.

[7] She also competed in the coxless pair in Rio and with Rebecca Scown won silver, beaten by Heather Stanning and Helen Glover of Great Britain.